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Meeting Agenda for August 7, 2012

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ReCap of Maker Faire Evanston
DrawBot “drew” a crowd
BookScanner was an interest to libriarians
ReCap of Power Racing Series for 2012 (Planning for 2013?)
Jakenstein is faster than other cars, but unofficially
Red Lotus blew a tire, but still qualified with three tires, later blew two tires in endurance race
Jakenstein had screws and bolts loosen up, needed a lot of time in the pit
Sector67 and i3Detroit raced very competitively, very well
Begin meeting to plan for 2013, maybe meet once a month
ReCap of Curiosity party at Bucketworks
Journal Sentinel reporter visited
Many people not from maker crowd in attendance, good experience
Positive light during otherwise negative events that day
Note: BarCampMadison is scheduled for August 18th, 2012 - 10am-7pm
Engineering Building at UW Madison
Unscheduled conference, come present what you want
Free event
Update on Frank's Makership work (photos? blog post?)
Matt N. proposed keeping him on
Pete made buttons! They were shared with all present.
MakerBot Replicator
Matt N. can check people out on it after the meeting
And if you want to donate money, talk to jason g.
TV Production Company Conference Call
Tom's motive: make a fool out of himself to promote the Makerspace, attract others, benefit our space
Mash two things together, different machines, list of ideas to pitch
Interviews for potential candidates
Format to be discussed, and some compensation
Time off likely required