01-18-2013 Meeting Notice. This weeks meeting with be held at the makerspace location at NYPENN.

Here is a quick video walk-through of the space. For those of you that were at the last First Friday event, you may remember this video.

This weeks meeting 01-11-13 will be at the TC Makerspace. Located in the NYPENN Trade Center on 1st Street in Johnson City. Parking is in the area indicated by the red arrow in the picture. The meeting will start at 7:30 PM.

Well it’s finally happened, for anyone who hasn’t heard we have a space. First months rent, security deposit and we are in. There is a lot of work to do, but we are making progress. If anyone is interested in checking out the space please contact us and we’d be more than happy to set up a time.

Due to a last minute schedule change we are going to meet at the Riverwalk Hotel at 7:30 and then go as a group over to Brewed Awakenings coffee shop on Hawley Street.

The big news is that we voted and decided to move into the NYPENN space. We may end up outgrowing the space, but for the moment it makes the most sense. The space meets our requirements, has low enough rent that we can save money for tools, renovations, and other stuff. Below is a list of things we will need to move in and secure the space

• Solid door for main entrance – sliding or hinged
• Access control system  $250
• DVR $170
• Uhaul & moving supplies $200

Sorry for the lack of meeting notes from this week and last weeks meeting, everything has been a bit sideways since we moved into the new space, and our note taker has been ill.

The other meeting points were:

Asking everyone to review the Milwaukee Makerspace’s bylaws.http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/about/makerspace-policies/

We would like to build off of these bylaws. This list is very common for MakerSpaces

We are also planning on doing a Kickstarter to raise funds for specific additions to the space. Any suggestions on what we can offer as perks would be great. So far we are planning on offering T-shirts and engraved acrylic thank you plaques.

We would like to raise $5,000 this will allow us to purchase additional items. See below list

• Storage bins
• Utility sink
• Fire extinguishers A,B,C and water
• First aid kits
• Extension cords
• Light fixtures
• Solder stations and exhaust
• Dust collection
• CNC laser machine
• Insurance
• Fridge
• Microwave

Meeting notice for 12-21-2012
This weeks meeting will be held at the Serling room at the Riverwalk Hotel at 7:30PM
This meeting is one that everyone should attend. We will be discussing the bylaws, the space we will be moving into in the short term, and organizational structure.

Meeting notice for 12-14-2012
******Venue Change*****
Due to the diligent efforts of two of our members we will be meeting at the conference room at the Riverwalk Hotel at 7:30PM. Parking is available in either the parking garage next to the hotel or in the lot behind the hotel. The map below shows the layout of the hotel, the conference room is listed as the “Sterling Room”

 Just an update for everyone. I just got an email from the real estate agent and apparently the landlord is now considering putting a second story on the place and turning it into student housing. They aren’t sure this is going to happen, they should know by the end of the month. In light of this, the real estate agent is canceling the walk-throughs.

We will be having two group walk-throughs at the 74.5 Carroll Street location. The first will be this Saturday 12-15 and the second will be on 12-22, both with be at 1:30 PM.

We are requesting that anyone that wants to come to a walk-through come to at least one Friday night meeting, so we can answer any questions you might have beforehand.

December 7th, 2012
Meeting start time: 8:00 PM

Attendance:

Dan, Adam, Turin, Eric, Erik, Drew, Krista, Jim

Updates on spaces since last meeting:

Carroll Street: Letter of intent was given to landlord. First revision was rejected, after some discussion we think we have reached a compromise. We will rent the space with a 1 year lease at $650 a month plus utilities, with first months rent, and a security deposit.  Drew and Erik are going to meet with the real estate agent and landlord Monday. If you have any questions or interest in going to see the space, please send us an email.

NYPENN: We received approval to sublet space, and to install a access control system.

Supplies for space: The laptops we discussed getting were not worth the money, they were all 866Mhz PIII machines.

Access control system: Per the discussion from last week, Erik did some research on the access control system options that would fit our needs. The problem with the commercial solutions were that they either held too few users, were expensive ($1000+), or required subscriptions to expensive services. The best option that was found so far was an open source Arduino based access control system that was made by another hackerspace, called Open Access Control. The system will run about $200 for a basic setup, but has the following advantages:

• Allows usage of RFID and PIN
• Uses 125Khz RFID
• Is Arduino based and open source so the code can be modified to meet our needs
• Holds hundreds of users
• Doesn’t require a subscription

Other concerns: Trash, we may need to get a dumpster for trash, and do some research on getting rid of electronic and chemical waste.

Equipment and supplies for move in: See Google Doc for a list of stuff we have and stuff we want and need.
Check with Jim Stark (no relation to Tony Stark 🙁 ) he might have tools and equipment to donate to the space.

Also check with local scrap yards. Weissman’s gets a lot of old office furniture and computer equipment as does Towanda Scrap