March 25, 2014

Meetings
Previous Meeting: March 18, 2014	Meeting Procedure	Next Meeting: April 1, 2014

Time: 7:30 PM

Space: Anchor Building, 2929 Spring Grove Ave.

Agenda

Old Business

• Space Stuff/COO
  • Gigabot
  • Spotting laser
  • lathe
• science night/outreach
• Hive13 propaganda

Attendees

• Mike--3D design software
• Dave B--took a vacation to chicago
• Ryan
• "Dark Ian"--spent 8hrs on an arduino
• Nancy--finished her rug
• Jordan
• John-worked on display object for Hive, brought in prototype
• Bll--worked on the Gigabot, it is (mostly) working
• Jon--worked on CNC router, cleaned up
• Joseph--tweaks to brochure, learning java, but considering scala
• Hodapp--took glamor shots of the space
• Brandon--present
• Jason--posted about upcoming hive gameday at tabletopday.com (april 5th)
• Jim--worked on cindi lou
• Dave
• Ryan--shelves
• Franklin-brought in levitating desk toy
• Jim--working on barista robot
• Ian--helped flip CNC machine over
• Arliss
• Tiffany
• Coy
• (first name?)Saunders, visitor--interested in 3D printing

Minutes

• Space stuff
  • Jon--More tool info getting moved/put on the wiki
  • Dave will be trying to document some of the electronics
  • Dave is also doing a digikey order if you want to save on shipping
  • Jim--also doing some wiki updates, fixing broken links
    • also making power tool drag racing wiki page
    • Jim also created a DIY project wiki template, with instructions for self-documenting
    • want to show that the hive is active and alive! please document projects
  • Mike--starting to document some science outreach stuff on the wiki

• Dave B--hive13.org server is kinda lacking. Dave appreciates getting input for server restructing
  • currently our website and wiki are run from a server we own, at a colocation center downtown
  • We could switch this server for a better one.
  • Some discussion followed....
  • Jon-agrees it would be nice to upgrade; we should do a mirror here before completely switching over.
  • Dave thinks it would be good to remove our VMware server.
  • Ian--how long will free colocation last?
    • Dave--as long as we don't cause trouble.
    • Dave should be introduced to Larry (of the colo)
  • Dave--bigger push for getting more storage is to decrease the # of machines that need to be powered on.
  • we have older, shittier, power-hungry machines we could get rid of.

• Lathe--will be arriving 5PM saturday. On extended "free loan" from Tiffany's father
  • Volunteers wanted to help move it into hive.
  • Some discussion of what we need--engine hoist to lift if from pickup?
  • Tiff--it is now on the wiki as "atlas lathe"
    • also "manual of lathe operations" has some nice documentation
  • There is a group (Jon, Ryan, etc) planning to learn to use the lathe, talk to them if you want to join.

• Ryan--pallet racks--we could put some up in front of fab lab, and keep our long angle iron there.
  • We would need to move bookshelves
    • Dave can easily get more for the same good place
    • We have more open space for more pallet racks in woodworking area as well

• Jim
  • Oxford kinetic festival coming up April 6. crazy DIY bikes and stuff
  • http://www.oxfordkineticsfestival.org

• Shadoxx--working on getting prices still for pamphlets.
  • Jon--have you talked to the guy next to us at the print shop?

• Dave should bug Ian about Tshirts.