[dms-discuss] 2015-05-04 DMS General Meeting Minutes

[Braden]

Hi all,

Here are the minutes from the meeting at the start of the month.  Sorry for
the delay!

The markdown is attached, and the HTML is output to:
http://www.davismakerspace.org/section/2015-05-04-dms-general-meeting

  - Braden
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- Meeting start @ 19:07
- Roll call
  - All officers except for Bill (who arrived later).
- Previous minutes are accepted.
- Additions to agenda
  - Junk cleanout
- Officers reports
  - President report
    - Nice weather.
  - Secretary report
    - Agrees that the weather is nice.
  - Treasurer report
    - Got the Davis city business licence corrected to read "Davis Makerspace" instead of "Davis
      Markerspace".
    - We are in the black, though heading into the red.
- Commitee reports
  - Events committee
    - (Jordan) Let's get the Kinect scanner turntable working. Can we get together some weekend to
      see how we can see about it getting it working?
      - (Rob) Current hangup is that we don't have a copy of Skanect+Windows 7 to use.
      - (Jim) General concern about having too many toys around the space to then spend time/money
        to maintain.
      - (Jordan) Will look into software options before scheduling event.
    - (Jeff) We can check to see if Steve E would like to do music for the June Art About.
  - Key Committee
    - Nothing to report.
- Old Business
  - (Rob) Sarndbox
    - Looking into the use of extruded aluminum to create the sandbox itself.
      - There is a software tool for creating the box.
    - Sandbox would sit on and affixed to a sturdy table that Explorit has.
    - Ran by Explorit, they seem happy with the idea and gave the go-ahead to buy parts.
    - Once Rob has a design, he'd like someone with engineering knowledge to give it a look over.
    - (Jim) Who's money is being spent for the parts?
      - (Rob) Explorit's.
  - Projector Bulb
    - (Rob) Ordered the bulb, and it is currently in West Sacramento.
    - (Jeff) Volunteered to get the bulb installed.
    - Rob will be reembursed
  - Reembursements
    - Reembursement for snacks to Tim.
- New Business
  - (Jim) Plotter Swap
    - Jim fixed up the large format printer that Jeff originally brought in.
    - Would the space like the smaller cheaper-to-maintain printer, or the larger more-complex
      printer?
    - There is no rush to make a decision.
    - (Tim) When printing out black and white on this larger printer, and it came out a little
      green.
    - (Rob) What about current supplies?
      - Current supplies would not work for the smaller printer.
      - Though, the current larger printer has two printheads that it thinks are bad, and we don't
        have replacements for that.
    - (Jeff) No problem with a swap, and the smaller one does seem easier to maintain.
    - (Tim) Also wouldn't mind a swap.
    - General consensus is that the swap would be fine.
  - Junk Buildup
    - Some of the wood belongs to Alan, who is rebuilding some chairs.
    - What to do with the Macs?
      - If they could be made into internet kiosks, that would be nice.  But if 
      - The Macs are on notice for 2 months; if they haven't been used for 2 months then Rob will
        take them for donation to an artist.
    - Other stuff has been claimed or moved.
    - (Tim) Could people if they bring stuff in, please post that to the discuss@ list?
    - (Jim) Re-suggests a committee for incoming material review.
      - Jim volunteers to lead the Material Review Board.
      - Tim and Bill volunteer to be part of that board.
    - (Steve I) Concerned about when one of his projects was removed from the space.
      - The board appologized that that happened.
      - Hopefully with a Material Review Board, such things can be prevented from happening in the
        future.
- (Bill) Encourages everyone to go the makerfaire.
- (Tim) What happened to the Library people?
  - (Bill) Not sure; will try to remain in contact.
- Printrbot status
  - Jim, Tim, Steve I recounted the status and what might need to be done for the Printrbot LC and
    Printrbot prototype.
- Adjournment
  - 19:50