February Meeting Agenda:

February Board Meeting Agenda:

• Milky way rocket engine? 7/13 ratio of sugar to pottasium nitrate by weight! or other caloric demos?

• Media contact checklist/and demo list started February_Hacking_Chocolate

Attendees: Geoff, Walter, Adric, Greg, Ray, Arron, Heather, Alfred, Mark, Bandit, and 1 other I didnt catch

• Geoff will try and get contact info for Oz pasteries foodtruck
• Still needs more ideas/recipes and needs more contacts with commercial confectioners.

Meeting was a combined, Board/Member meeting! Called to order at about 1:43pm Minutes/notes are inline, under the subjects!

Ground Rules

• Covered

Ice breaker

• intro, and do you care about superbowl.

Agenda Review

• done

Reports:

Review of ComicCon

Report about progress on ABQ Maker Faire

Spin off the 1-year Quelab membership contest into a task force

Possibility of 2hr future meetings

Rube Goldberg (need inputs from Heather)

Feb event: food/chocolate event "Hacking Chocolate"

Discussion about a new hackerspace location, (this is a complicated discussion that may actually encompass several different topics. As this discussion unfolds I'll try and capture the various discussion threads)

March of the robots

Misc notes

Status update for IgnightNM 12

Space federation fiscal sponsorship paperwork

• submitted to James Yay! Done! sent signature required, and return copy requested.

State status,

Report on electrical maintenance conducted this month

Treasurers report, number of members and bank account balance

• was delayed, and secretary missed some of this, but i think it was said 22 members, and all bills paid for atleast this and possibly next month.

Announcement of the meetup site/group

1. Review of ComicCon

1. Report about progress on ABQ Maker Faire

1. Spin off the 1-year Quelab membership contest into a task force

1. Possibility of 2hr future meetings

1. Rube Goldberg (need inputs from Heather)

1. Feb event: food/chocolate event "Hacking Chocolate"

• Finalize the small takehome project
  • Adric has played with spheres of (previously) hot coco, Which ties into another Mysterious experement
    • Will need mugs, hot water and lots of packets of hot coco.

1. Discussion about a new hackerspace location, (this is a complicated discussion that may actually encompass several different topics. As this discussion unfolds I'll try and capture the various discussion threads)

• Kempur’s space decision
• Space requirement development
• We need real Cost/expenses numbers.

1. March of the robots

Time: 1:30-3:00m
Attendees: Geoff, Walter, Adric, Greg, Ray, Arron, Heather, Alfred, Mark, Bandit,

Meeting was a combined, Board/Member meeting! Called to order at about 1:43pm

• Ground Rules
  • Covered
• Ice breaker
  • intro, and do you care about superbowl.

        Agenda Review

-done

Reports:

            #Status update for IgnightNM 12

• 3 members probably presenting, up in the air on when possibly 28th or 29th of february,

            #Space federation fiscal sponsorship paperwork *submitted to James Yay!  Done! sent signature required, and return copy requested.
            #State status,  

• paperwork was returned, 2nd of January. needs zipcodes, They claimed they never got it, but got it and sent it back... resubmitting,

           #Report on electrical maintenance conducted this month

• outlets were fixed, leak in carpetd room, address roof issues with ray he will talk to caroline,

           #Treasurers report, number of members and bank account balance
           #Announcement of the meetup site/group

• Meetup setup by greg, hackers and makers group,
• announce linux and game night meets, misc

            #Review of ComicCon 

• need faced time meeting and better planning.
• need a event outreach subcommitie! Geoff and walter, volunteer,

            #Report about progress on ABQ Maker Faire

• notmuch news yet

           #Spin off the 1-year Quelab membership contest into a task force

• Adric, will spearhead, this.
• To launch this on youtube, looking at ray and brian's videos

           #Possibility of 2hr future meetings 

• proposed to start at 4:30 parallel pizza with meeting, then flexi start of member meetings,
  • Quick Vote Measure passes!

           #Rube Goldberg (need inputs from Heather)

• tuesday 7pm, lets get some folks in to use the space.
• Plan camera footage
  • we have several possible cameras,
    • Marks DV, Rays, Ethans?, Cellphones, the Nikon/Eyefi(stills only)...
• Final device troubleshooting

  #Feb event:  food/chocolate event "Hacking Chocolate"
           *Finalize the small takehome project
           **Adric has played with spheres of (previously) hot coco, Which ties into another Mysterious experement 

• Will need mugs, hot water and lots of packets of hot coco.

• Discuss other food-related hacking demos, projects, videos, etc.
  • Temprature control something involving chocolate?
  • Videos of DIY Freeze dried astronaut icecream... more?
  • Milky way rocket engine? or other caloric demos?
• Serving food to the public(?)
  • Can be done aslong as its simple, and ingredients are listed, and the people have to do their own assembly!
• Date/Time 6-10pm feb 25th.
  • Need to get our outreach team into promoting this!

         #Discussion about a new hackerspace location, (this is a complicated discussion that may actually encompass several different topics. As this discussion unfolds I'll try and capture the various discussion threads)
            *Kempur’s space decision
            *Space requirement development

We need real Cost/expenses numbers. space use how do we divide it up to do what we do, which is both talking and doing.

• existing and future space needs, cleanup czar per rooms,
  • Walter front room,
  • Greg Workshop
  • per room whiteboard, to explain its state to the room Czar/members,
• space planning taskforce headed by Geoff, and Heather,

       # March of the robots

• Adric Will Reach out to Zoot to come back with robots!
• Roomba/k9 (Adric/Arron/Morgain
• Roomba jousting
• possible photovore, or other beam bots
• arduino rc-car stuff..

1. Misc notes

April arduino, theme and class? need to order parts, arron willing to front. perhaps 3 nights,

January Board Meeting Agenda:

"Hacking is not a spectator sport. -unknown"

NOTE: All board meetings are open to Quelab members and members of the public. Attendance is encouraged!
Date: 05 Feb 2012
Time: 5-6pm
Attendees:

Ground Rules

Ice Breaker

Agenda Review:

Reports

• Treasurer's report

Old business:
New Business
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