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Meeting #291 Agenda for March 22, 2016
Intro
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
Reflection
Topics
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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
Member Topics and Announcements
Post Meeting Reminders
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
What Did We Talk About
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!
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