Meeting Notes for March 20, 2012

Attendance

Matt N. noted that the belt sander has a broken power switch. He will be replaced it soon.
We discussed bringing permanent power to the Wood Shop. Joe B. has an electrician he knows that may be able to help.
Two to four 20 amp circuits, with breakers, receptacle boxes, and conduit may cost $100-$200

Introduce a Milwaukee Makerspace “Makership” where we sponsor a maker's membership.
One idea would be to sponsor someone to complete a project in the space for us.
Another would be to flat out sponsor a person.
Joe B. noted other organizations he's been involved with that had similar programs.
Jason G. explained projects at http://www.lvl1.org/makership/
People interested in this so far include Pete, Brant, Kevin, and Sean.
It was noted students will need to upgrade their memberships when they graduate.
A summer internship was also considered.

Kevin, Jason H., Pete, and Shane attended the event last week at Sweet Water Organics.
Pete noted we got some good PR and maybe even a contact with WUWM.

DamCamp (BarCamp Beaver Dam) is happening on Saturday, 3/24. (Sponsored by the Beaver Dam Makerspace Project)

BucketWorks is hosting WordPress Meetups.
Gallery Night is taking place Friday, April 20th and we will be in attendance to represent Makerspace and help give tours.
A 28-hour hack-a-thon called BuildHealth is scheduled for 4/14-4/15.

After the meeting Pete took photos of makers (doing some making) for the web site.
Brant and Ron discussed a canopy inside to the catch the leaks, but there might be repairs to the roof coming soon from the landlord.