Plenum/Meeting minutes/2019-02-06

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Idea/Overview: Plenum

Date/Time: February 6th 2019, 8 pm
Attending Managers: Mitja, Lukas
Attending Members: Julien, Tobi, Ignaz, Henrik, Luzian, Kim, Johannes, Erik, Jochen, WiNu
Attending Guests: Michael

Topics

Here's the list so far - please don't hesitate to add more! If you won't be able to attend, you can add your comments here or in the discussion to take part anyway :-)

Project Presentations

Let's take about 2 × 20 minutes before each plenum to show others whay we're working on! If you are interested in talking about your projects, please announce it here and/or via the Mailing List:

• Julien talked about
  • a small 3D print of a Wandlüfter he could not get at a store
  • his solar oven currently being built - after a playful cardboard version, the next one will be "smart" and track the sun, for example
  • a plan for making wooden cups out of pumpkins using 3D printing (see his inspiration here)
• Johannes showed a 5 × 5 × 5 RGB LED cube and was able to get feedback from the others about some hardware problems (not enough memory on the chip he used)

• next time: Erik & his son could present something and Jochen might, other volunteers: please add yourself to the next "meeting minutes"!

Recap of the last plenum

• Waste Situation?
  • work hasn't started on #85 yet
  • garbage bins did not overflow this month :-)
• Members Wall?
  • Martin: Johannes and me hung up the members wall in the floor. We asked the attending members to create their page and add themselves.
• Seminar Planning?
  • Julien's "Arduino park assist for the Bobby Car" seminar happens on Feb 16th
  • Erik is learning about LoRaWan at the moment
  • Martin will hold another PlatformIO seminar at some point
• Further Event Planning?
  • Volunteers for Arduino Day?
    • Erik could do something with "Grove"
  • Volunteers for Mini Make Darmstadt?
    • Ignaz is on the "potential" list, Lukas will send an eMail to the Mailing List
  • Volunteers for another Open Day?
    • probably August or September, good to find organizers before setting a date
    • Erik is in for sure (soldering), Mitja & Lukas would also like to make it possible

New (and newly available) tools at the space

newly available:

• The small bandsaw
• reciprocating saw

new in commissioning:

• woodshop dust extraction

=> also see "Wish List"

Collaboration possibilities

Did everyone know about the plenum, e.g. from the mailing list? Several members have never confirmed their invitations, hopefully just accidentally...

=> Lukas will look at who's missing when there is time, but please just add yourself in the meantime ;-)

Do-something days

We explained the concept of the issue tracker and do-something days, Mitja will rather spontaneously announce a "cleaning & more" day in the next weeks

Current projects that are looking for collaborators

Project:Precious Plastic

• WiNu brought newspapers with plastic-related information
• she is also able to get several free tickets for the KPA Messe (March 19/20 in Ulm) and wants to go to the World Organic Forum and the KUTENO Messe (May 7-9) as well

Issues

closed issues since the last plenum
new issues since the last plenum

Wiki

Creating a user page is a great way to get started and introduce yourself and your projects!

Area Patron Update

Area	Patron	Update	Members Feedback
Electronics Bench	Johannes	re-organized the E-Bench storage, new small parts magazines hung up but still empty	Thanks! We're curious to see how it will turn out
3D Printers	Luca	any update?	any feedback/thanks?

Who else would like to become an Area Patron (Eckpate)?

Seminar Ideas

If you have anything to teach, please don't be shy and develop a seminar ;-)

open discussion (general improvements, etc.)

What did I do since the last plenum?

Lukas: added some simple, but probably non-intuitive hand tools to the wiki (and the workshops):

• Saw Sets
• Circlip Pliers

Martin:

• Members Wall (with great support from Johannes)
• PlatformIO Seminar

What am I planning to do until the next plenum?

• Kim is working on the new website via Github pages
  • idea: could also include a "blog" section where everyone could submit entries for publication
• Jochen is developing a silica gel based solar heat storage system
  • he might get us a metal bender for that :-D

What went wrong?

• some fine tweezers from the IFixIt Toolkit are badly bent
• the small yellow side-cutters from the E-Bench is missing

What went well?

• simple user page creation led to a chat about toymaking that produced a new and hopefully useful category and a nice beginner project description :-)
• six new members in January! That brings us up to 50 for the first time :-)
• PlatformIO seminar
• some missing tools came back after the last plenum

What should get done at the space (new issues)?

• add/finish documentation for the welder.
• more members should add themselves to the Members Wall
• Lukas' 3D model of the space should be documented and further developed
• bring waste wood to the recycling place - Sebastian offered his van (need to find volunteers & a suitable date)

Next Meeting

Third Friday in March (after Make Munich & school break): 2019-3-15, 20:00