September 29, 2009

Meetings
Previous Meeting: September 22, 2009	Meeting Procedure	Next Meeting: October 6, 2009

Time: 7:00 PM

Space: Anchor Building, 2929 Spring Grove Ave.

Attendees

• ChrisA
• Paul
• cjdavis
• Craig
• avishaan
• Dave
• Jim
• Mike
• Tiffany
• TP
• Nathaniel
• starbuck

Minutes

form 1023 - dave

• craig - i have the check to pay for it
• dave - i will work on the form tonight after the meeting

password challenge - craig

• i think i am the only one with a submission
• prize is a third hand - donating it to the space
• demo
  • involves an algorithm that is unrepeatable by an observer
  • algorithm is memorized not any given PIN
• win!

Network

• eric the ninja could teach us nice techniques on some weekend day
• not this saturday
• possibly next saturday
• eric

Python

• ChrisA might not be able to come
• it is kinda still on if someone wants to come and do it
• just go through the chapter then go through the example assignments
• Paul volunteered to hold down the fort until Chris can get here

Equus

• the masks are done. win!
• if anyone wants tickets, let craig know, we can get them probably
• is is slightly risque so be warned

console gaming night on the 10th

• we probably need tvs and a lan

KOIPound - starbuck

• burners want a MAME cabinet
• maybe we can barter with them?
• ChrisA wants one too
• we will do it as a MAME workshop type of thing
• burners do a bi-weekly potluck, seems like a good idea
  • every wednesday and sunday they get together and hang out, eat, etc

Ohio Linux Ffest - cjdavis

• bunch of people went
• was awesome
• columbus idea factory is like a hackerspace
  • they rent time on their nice machines
  • S.T.E.M. is a thing they do that is with education, could be a good idea for us to do
  • people from there might like to come visit us
  • did a power-tool drag race, also a good idea, got on the news
  • also worked with "fuse labs"
  • had kits from a robotics class, were wanting to come to our space
  • wanted to teach blender classes, would even pay someone to come
• freegeek was cool

cincy co-working - cjdavis

• they currently meet up at venue222
• run by friend of the Hive gerard sychay
• maybe they could meet here
• they pretty much need coffee, bathroom, internet
• grant has a space still available upstairs that might work for them

luke murray - cjdavis

• met a guy from lexington at olf with a space called "awesome, inc."
• very similar
• luke trying to do all kinds of things like hackerspace, co-working, etc
• visited us and we should establish a relationship with him

propaganda arm - dave

• re-institute a committee to do this work
• we want to establish relationships with other groups like the above mentioned
• there is a crafty supermarket thing coming in november that would be a good networking opportunity
• craig - day-con.org coming up - we can all get in
  • craig is giving a talk about hive13 there
• dave was at pumpingstationone this saturday and they were having like an open hack night / hackathon

battlebots - nathaniel

• wyoming high school
• talking back and forth with the teacher
• about 15 students
• teacher will stop by a meeting
• club meets during daytime at the school, like 3-4
• competition up in dayton around march

chrisA's wife works with this npo

• foster kids
• maybe we could hook kids up with computers
• NECCO.org - independent living

Next Actions

• dave - work on form 1023
• starbuck - contact eric the cabling ninja and find out if he can come on Oct. 10
•  ??? - coordinate console gaming night on Oct. 10
• starbuck, craig, chrisA - coordinate MAME barter with KOIpound
• cjdavis - contact gerard about cincy co-works using hive13 space
•  ??? - re-establish propaganda / diplomacy committee
• nathaniel - continue following up with battlebots people