Meeting #298 Agenda for May 10, 2016

• Put “meeting tonight” sandwich boards outside doors 1 and 3
• Ask guests to sign the guestbook
• Project Updates (Show & Tell!) from Members
• Member Recognition for Awesomeness
• Guest & New Member introductions

• “To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” – Thomas Edison

• Events for 2016
• Safety Note: …

Two General Safety Rule for CNC Machines

− Never operate a CNC machine without proper training or consulting the specific operator's manual for that particular machine and control type.

− Never attempt to program a CNC machine without proper training or consulting the specific programmer's manual for that particular machine and control type.

• Grillers Night Out is tomorrow
• Kindly clean up after yourselves when you are done using an area, and put the tools back where they belong
• Keith is available for laser cutter training after the meeting tonight
• Tuesday night is trash and housekeeping night.
• Meeting Adjourns

• Space Tour starts immediately following meeting, meet in front lobby.
• Any interested new members, see a Board Member to discuss the sign-up process.
• One On One Introductions of Members to Guests

• Member Projects
  • Wolfgang made Leopold benches for a community garden
  • Steve made a smartwatch stand, and… broke it
  • Repeat appearance of a knife made from a file, and a handmade leather sheath

• Recognition for AWESOMENESS
  • Wolfgang, Tom and Marc helped on a table
  • Jon helped Marc and his wife with their gourds. Marc bought two boxes of belts for the jewelry area
  • Wolfgang made pizzas for grillers night out
  • Keith fixed the exit sign in the craft lab
  • Tony cleaned up the machine shop

• Guest Introductions
  • Jim found out about the space from his brother, works with wood and wants to learn to weld
  • Rena took a tour during gallery night a few years ago, is an artist and teacher, and is interested in CNC
  • A.J. runs a haunted house out of Franklin, and found out about us from his boss, is interested in woodworking and welding
  • Cindy worked with clay years ago, and wants to learn again, heard about us from a friend
  • Aaron is a software dev, and took a tour a few weeks ago. Does woodworking and wants to learn hardware and electronics
  • Kyle stopped in last week, and has discovered he has a compulsion to build things
  • Gabriel made the knife from above