Meeting #291 Agenda for March 22, 2016

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

• “I've always been more interested in the future than in the past.” – Rear Admiral Grace Hopper

• Events for 2016
• Maker Plaza at UWM May 26-28 looking for mini make & take sessions (Ask Pete for more info)
• Milwaukee Makerspace 2016 Board of Directors Elections - Nomination period at-large positions ends - voting begins
• Kennedy Middle School Robotics Lab Fire - still taking donations! (see Brant)
• Safety Note: Fire lanes MUST be kept clear at the space

• 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

• We saw
  • a very precise 3D printed pulley
  • a working steam engine
  • an electronic animated glyph for a role playing game
  • a display stand for earrings and chains and such
  • a drift punch made from our recent tool steel haul, made with a tool we made with a tool we made
• Lexie, Lance and Chris went to St Louis and visited the City Museum, a very adventureland
• Lance bought a can of Brutal Rust a paint which simulates rust in minutes
• CNC mill donation period ends at the end of March - see Larry, post to the wiki, GET GOING!
• Adrian is looking for the learn to solder kit, it's now under the bench
• Tom has a source and will be bringing in sticky protective film, we can experiment and find uses for it
• Stratasys training is happening right after the meeting

Awesomeness!

• Evan fixed the leak on the self-filling water cooler. Well, tried to anyway, it's leaking again.
• Steve gave great training on the 4×8 CNC router
• Wolfgang did something, probably more than one thing
• The old and new members of the board of directors!
• Harvey has been emptying trash cans in advance of the Tuesday meetings

Guest and new member introductions

• Alexis found us through the internet, and is interested in refinishing furniture
• Jan and TonI found us through friends and she welds and uses plasma cutters
• Ron (Shark) was referred by Bill**2
• Rick and his girlfriend Kelly were introduced by a new member, and this is their second visit