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 ===== Reflection ===== ===== Reflection =====
  
-  * +  * //To invent something, all you need is imagination and a big pile of junk.// - Albert Einstein
  
 ===== Topics ===== ===== Topics =====
  
   * [[:2016events|Events for 2016]]   * [[:2016events|Events for 2016]]
-  * **Safety Note:** +  * Maker Faire Kansas City is this weekend! 
 +  * Update from National Maker Faire - Pete 
 +  * Bylaws revisions 
 +    * targeting 7/12 for the initial discussion of proposed revisions, followed by a vote from 7/19 thru 7/26 
 +    * allow board standing committees to help with workload 
 +    * hardship suspension of membership 
 +    * formally describe family membership and related rights 
 +    * split election cycles to aid in continuity of the board of directors 
 +  * **Safety Note:** Safety is like a lock with you as the key 
      
 ===== Member Topics and Announcements ===== ===== Member Topics and Announcements =====
  
   * Tuesday night is trash and housekeeping night.   * Tuesday night is trash and housekeeping night.
 +  * Tomorrow night around 6:30 p.m. is Grillers Night Out - bring a piece of meat to grill and a dish to pass
 +  * Meeting about 4th axis for the machine shop immediately after the meeting
   * Meeting Adjourns   * Meeting Adjourns
  
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 ==== Project Updates ==== ==== Project Updates ====
 +  * Bill and Wolfgang are working on getting the surface grinder working in the metal shop, and they showed off a piece that was worked on the grinder
 +  * Jon finished another set of Dalek body parts - now up to 4
 +  * Kathy made an ornament, mostly from parts from the craft lab hack rack
 +  * Taylor showed off Roman armor made in the leather shop, and is working on some Chinese archer armor
 +  * Pete has been making more HDPE out of melting down plastic jugs, and is making Nerdy Derby wheels out of them
 +  * Tom and a handful of members ran gas pipe to the jewelry area, and put a power pole in the metal shop
  
 ==== Guest Introductions ==== ==== Guest Introductions ====
 +  * Elizabeth is a guest of Taylor, and is interested in lots of areas, including Daleks and craft lab
 +  * Cody lives a couple of blocks from here, and heard about us from an instructor at work during training. He's interested in embedded systems, electronics, 3D printing, and most of the other areas.
 +  * Jess was a student of Pete and Frankie Flood, she makes art with the scanning electron microscope
 +  * Another art student interested in automatic fabrication
 +  * Z heard about us from looking into Maker Faire, and decided to drop in, he's in to graphic design
 +  * Delilah is interested in woodworking
 +  * Samantha is here with Rick
 +  * Holly is a recent industrial design grad, and is interested in getting into the shop. She works at Marquette in an incubator space
  
 ==== Recognition for AWESOMENESS ==== ==== Recognition for AWESOMENESS ====
 +  * Jake wants to recognize Tom Gr for helping him learn Arduino
 +  * Keith thanks Brant for cleaning up in the welding area and vacuuming the dust collection filters
 +  * Tom thanks Royce for the work on the lighting system. Vishal is working on remotes.
 +  * Linda thanks Wolfgang for helping with chair repair, and Steve is helping her with repairs to her porch
  
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