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