• Project Updates (Show & Tell!) from Members
• Member Recognition for Awesomeness
• Membership Sign-ups
• Guest & New Member Introductions
  • Board of Directors and Area Champion Introductions
• Meeting adjourns

• Tonight's is from Jake Bissen
  • Don't lift with a twisting, jerking motion. Lift with your legs!

• Events for 2021
• Maker Fair scheduled for September 24-26. Fair being hosted by MSOE
  • CALL TO MEMBERS: A link has been shared with members if you would like to display a project or sell your wares at the Faire,
  • Please sign up to volunteer! Members also received that link.
  • 2021 Maker Faire Budget of $10,000 approved by membership.
    • Faith F is taking the lead on signage for the Faire
• Egg drop challenge September 7th during the member meeting. Additional info below
• Flame Effects for the Artist Workshop, Sept 24 Sept 25 and 26th Viola, WI

• Don't wear jewelry while using equipment
  • No one wants to untangle you from a machine, the paperwork alone is headache-inducing

• Less-serious safety note: Check the structural integrity of the chair you're about to sit down into before throwing all your weight down onto it

• Be excellent to each other
  • Among other things, that means wearing a mask!

• Carl S: FUSION 360 classes are now held at NORWICH (moving from Lenox) at 7 PM. Classes can be attended in person, or virtually (Carl will send you the link). Thank you Carl.
  • These classes are now being recorded and are available for viewing on You Tube. Carl will send you the link

• Reminder:
  • Member meetings on even numbered days will be held at Lenox
  • Member meetings on odd numbered days will be held at Norwich
  • This will allow for new members to tour each building and attend member meetings on consecutive weeks.

• No heavy equipment in the newly paved parking lot for the next few months as the asphalt hardens. Pls reach out to Tom G, Dan J, Jake B or Rudy if you need to use a fork lift outside the building to load/unload. Do NOT attempt to use the fork lift outside the Norwich building.

• Tom G shared there are paper printers (no, not 3D printers) available for members for a $30 donation to the Space. See Tom G. Printers are at Norwich, just west of the metal shop.

• Nerdy derby and the need for scrap wood. Leave the wood at Lenox marked for the nerdy derby.

• EGG DROP competition: scheduled for Tuesday, September 7th. At Norwich 7:30 to 8:30 PM.
  • 2 categories
    • #1 Build from hack rack before meeting. Building is open from 6 to 7PM day of the competition.
    • Build for the next 2 weeks using whatever you would like.
    • More rules to be announced as people think of them.
    • Stay tuned!

• Any interested new members, see a Board Member to discuss the sign-up process.
• One On One Introductions of Members to Guests
• Begin Tour

• Tim C: 1st product to market - light for working under cars
  • Shared his first prototype and the final product
• Lincoln: made a nice mid century modern birdhouse
• Jake: Made 2 stainless steel tables in the welding area
• Marcus: moved dust collector outside
• Dan J and Tim C: new struts holding up vent stack to paint room
• Wally J: has cherry sticks from the Zero brand refrig handles for members

* Bill and Bobby Coon - updating the leather working area * Jake for making the tables * Jake, Marcus, Tom G, Dan G: getting the dust collector outside the building and ready for install. * Mike T: helped Dan L with his radio