Namaste, hakkers!
I've noticed that there was a meeting on 2013-11-26 and that the minutes are
posted. They are visible on the web at
https://synhak.org/wiki/Meetings/2013-11-26. I've also included them in this
mail for reading at your leisure:
{{Infobox_meeting
|time=7PM
|date=2013-11-26
|venue=21 West North
|next=Meetings/2013-12-3
|previous=Meetings/2013-11-19
}}
= Agenda =
* '''Note Taker:''' G
* '''Moderator:''' Torrie
== Introduction and Names ==
* Invite a knowledgeable member to explain what SYNHAK is about, if
anyone new is present:
<blockquote>SYNHAK is an infrastructure provider for people who want
to make things. SYNHAK provides space, tools, and infrastructure to
help others learn new skills and create cool things. SYNHAK exists
through and depends on membership dues, donations, and the hard work
of individuals such as ourselves. Our code of conduct is "Be excellent
to each other."</blockquote>
* Round of introductions
** What is your name?
** What do you do?
** If this is your first time, how did you hear about SYNHAK?
* Torrie - Gets pierced
* Andrew - Tired of cleaning snow of his car
* Chris - Never gets tired of cleaning snow off his car
* Tim Seely - Coach robotics
* Mike - Likes to Ski
* Becca - Make santa cakes for christmas
* Bethany - Plays with fire
* Steve - Play old skool video games
* Lea - Knits scarf - first time - heared about synhak in newspaper
* David - Fiddle around with Software
* Andy - Works on electronics
* Andy - Tinkers with everything; mom told him about synhak!
* Justin - Plays with robots and automation
* Ben - Likes to learn; learned about us from Drew
* Alex - Does IT support
* David - Invited by Tim Seely; physician assistant - sees nuts and
bolts
* Devin - Machinist
* Philip - Sells stuff online; interests in technology; wants to
convert nook to something; read about synhak in his email
* G - Write a software for a living
* Omar - Thinks wishfully
== Announcements ==
* Any cool new projects? Something you want everyone to know?
* Any happenings that people should be aware of?
* Devin - Power wheels racing:
** Tig load of aluminum
** Meeting after the frame is constructed
* Andy - Mythbusters are coming in town
** wants to get a booth
** Andrew - protolab - approached the organizers and missed their
boat?
* Torrie - protolab wants to use spiff. good luck!
* Devin - Hartville hackerspace - We can potentially benefit them
** They are talking about it
** Wishes we were like Hartville .. at their price!
* G - Geauga county makerspace (homestead style). Have a meetup.com
account to plan the makerspace. Damon Ramsey.
* Devin - property available around Summit street - a little high in
price - vacant for 2 years.. agent is owner 3000sq ft ground floor
* G - Receives call from Kevin. 12/3 6pm we meet at floor 8 in his
office to see the space he has.
* Omar - CompTIA partner -
*benefits
** able to get student discounts on testing
** instructors get free testing - can become CompTIA+ testing
** have to be able to buy $500 vouchers in one year (not required,
only for instructor testing and promo materials)
** 6 weeks is plenty time to get familiarised
* Phil brought us:
** ultrasonic cleaner
** commercial soldering machine
* Someone below got us:
** video equipment - cameras, video mixer, tripod and video stuff
* G got us (from Steve Smith at Sherwin Williams):
** 4 feet level
** Black and Decker non-functional miter saw
* Torrie - Stereo system replaces the turntable
** has better audio quality
** smaller uses less electrons
* Torrie - OpenSCAD class last week
** People enjoyed it
** Next week (Wed) is Devins class on shop safety; can get safety
trained! G will video tape as well
** Social media class at Office Space Coworking
== Membership ==
* Read off any names open for application
* Anyone eligible should:
** Introduce yourself
** Answer any questions
** Leave the area
* Members present should reach consensus on whether or not they join
* Applicants may return
* Steve
** Works with computers and stuff
** working on a game; plays them, builds them
** Beth: Who makes you happy?
*** Fresh installs of linux; Losing a game of Super Metroid
*** Looking forward to python class - Torrie
*** Chris: What can you add to synhak?
** Beth: fav beer; Yuengling
** Beth: fav takeout place: South plaza House of Hunan - its near
Marcs
** Andy: Profession?: IT field - getting CDL license.
** Torrie: Prog languages?: Assembly, Qbasic,
** Alex: Fav game of all time?: Megaman2
** Torrie: what are you working on?: Working on a SNES based game that
is made in YCHR
**sponsored by omar and Andy B.
* David
** wants to be part of space because, i am a hacker from long time ago
** 1969 operated computer for Army!
** read cards
** It had 500Bytes of memory- good lights on it too, text scrolled on
it too !
** Who makes you happy?
*** Lea and Computers (in that order)
** Chris: How can the space improve you?
*** Looks forward to interaction with other people
*** Which specific fields are you interested in?
*** Linux would help a lot, have used Unix in the past
*** Chris: What can you add to synhak?
*** Contributes a lot of history to computing
** Beth: fav beer? Labatt Blue
** Beth: Fav takeout place? None
** Andy: profession? Retired software developer
** Alex: Have you touched enigma machine? No
** Torrie: Fav prog lang? Smalltalk, C, Java, Lisp
** Torrie: current projects? Emulator for firmware..
** sponsored by Chris and Torrie
== Financial Report ==
* Funds in bank: >$3000
== Proposals ==
* None (for this week)
== Discussion Items ==
* Senior discount
** Philip: Will attract older knowledgable people
** $25 price point
** Beth: can you do it at same price as students? Yes
** Chris: What is criteria to get buckeye card?
** Philip: Burger King discount
** Chris: Show identification at time of membership
* Chris: Couples membership?
** We could probably do a couples membership
** Suggestion: equivalent to single membership - only one vote in
elections, consensus items etc.
** potentially leads to organization membership
** Becca: Thinks $45 for couple would be manageable vs $70 for two
members
** Beth: family discounts?
** Torrie: Nuclear family is 2.58 people - measure that times how many
people divide by number of members.. Treasurer will decide what is
sustainable.
* G talks about the Akron Programming Languages Group
** He's been going to a bunch of NEO user groups
** Lots of them were programmers that were vendor specific. Microsoft,
Apple, Linux, ETC
** So he started the Akron Programming Languages Group
*** Discussions about languages in neutral environments
** Akron is a bit of a dumping ground for technology
** Academically, a lot of knowledge is lost when developers stick with
the hip and trendy ones such as Rails or Python
** More experienced developers can share these deeper experiences
* Andy: No lines in parking lot, try to park and leave a lot of room
please leave some room. We can have two lines of parking spaces.
** Can get ODOT spray paint or any other spray paints.
* Torrie: Dumpster
** Gets emptied once a week, and must leave space in front of it.
dOn't block access to it
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