Meeting 20100401

Makerspace Agenda/Meeting

• Makerspace intro (5 min)
• Makerspace business (15 min)
  • hand out flyers to those @ the meeting
  • donations: any amount OK
  • current funds: $3335 of $6000, Mar 31st goal-- -1 DAYS!!
  • current members: 14 (+2)
    • budget, $40/month/member?
    • need more members
    • speak at other group meetings
    • post more flyers
  • past events
    • Mike's Hobby Shop R/C Swap Meet March 27, 10am- "Limited table space on a first come first served basis"
  • upcoming events
    • Oak Cliff Earth Day is Sunday, April 18, 12pm-5pm. Last day for registration is April 5.
    • DFW Dragon Boat Festival May 16. No booth or table available; we will be performing some aerial photography and possibly distributing some fliers
    • National Robotics Week at The Generator in Garland. Will have a table there to hand out flyers and demo robots and other projects.
• Group introductions (15 min)

Minutes

• 20100401
• 1919 @ company|dallas
• 1925
• 1930 Starting
• 1934 Makerspace items
• 1934 flyers
  • reminders
• 1936 15 members, 2 verbal commitments, 17 total.
  • $3585 currently
• 1938 discussing spaces, what we are looking for, what we'd use it for
  • we wouldn't want to stay there, expect to move out soon.
  • another option is to keep fund raising until we hit the goal to get the large space.
• 3rd option, something between, hoping to find a medium size space, hold-over space, something
• that works for now, a compromised solution.
• "any thoughts about that"
• 1940 some member suggestions about space
  • eric
    • different groups, some people may think they'll waste their money..
    • defcon, people were doubtful that it would even happen.
  • ed: (1942) find a space that is scalable; thinking about Mike's. If we could get a space with a vacancy next door, we would
    • have a space to grow into if needed.
    • Mike has no space avail right now, also it is north on I-35, north of 635.
  • 1945 Glenn talked to Mike; the dollhouse wallpaper one is 300/mo, sft not known.
  • Steve; deep ellum, huge 3 story building; always space becoming avail; having trouble contacting the owner, also at the S end of 75
    • "The Continental Gin" building
• 1947 question about DPRG credit; suggestion about buying a building, renting out parts
• 1949
• Steve; it would be interesting to find houses; find a big old house that 2 or 3k sft.
• 1952
• 1954
• steve recommends put the decision off for 2 meeting cycles/2 weeks
• 2001 Ed will set up the phpBB forum
• 2003 Ed will create a form in the Google Discussion List
• 2005 on to the discussion about Earth Day in Oak Cliff
  • will have a table
• 2013
  • vermicompost table MarkH
  • windchimes out of HD platters
• 2018
  • window gardens
  • box kite(s) made from recycled bags
• 2039
• 2133 meeting over, leaving.

Presentation

break out for discussions (no limit)

Attendees