[SH-Discuss] Class suggestion

2013-05-15 Thread Trever Fischer
Last night, we talked about classes we want to see. Does anyone know how to mod nerf guns? I have a collection... ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [SH-Discuss] Mini Maker Faire

2013-05-14 Thread Trever Fischer
: pretty sad freenode had a webchat outage today .. I know I was > affected atleast. Its been an ongoing DDOS since late last week. > > > > > From: Trever Fischer > To: discuss@synhak.org > Date: 05/14/2013 04:46 PM > Subject:[SH-Discuss] Min

[SH-Discuss] Mini Maker Faire

2013-05-14 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, hakkers! The wonderful folks at the Akron Public Library emailed me a few minutes ago with some news: * They want our help completing a letter of support to get a license to have a mini maker faire * It is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, November 2nd. It'd be super excellent if anyo

[SH-Discuss] LAN Party

2013-05-11 Thread Trever Fischer
Tonight at 9p. Games to be played: Sins of a Solar Empire TF2 on pubs Meinkraft Soldat Hopping on a Trouble in Terrorist Town server Other suggestions welcome :D ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[SH-Discuss] Updated Membership Process

2013-05-07 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, all. Remember http://synhak.org/wiki/Meetings/29-1-2013? When we approved the new membership process? And how I said I'd update http://synhak.org/wiki/Membership? Well, that finally happened. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org http://sy

[SH-Discuss] LAN Party

2013-04-28 Thread Trever Fischer
Shall we have one next weekend, May 11th? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[SH-Discuss] [Fwd: [Code-for-Summit-County] Join the Code for Summit County Hackpad!]

2013-04-26 Thread Trever Fischer
Forwarded Message From: Persa Reply-to: code-for-summit-county-l...@meetup.com To: code-for-summit-county-l...@meetup.com Subject: [Code-for-Summit-County] Join the Code for Summit County Hackpad! Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:51:06 -0400 Hi Civic Hackers! A little while back, we s

Re: [SH-Discuss] How to Build a PC with Omar Rassi

2013-04-24 Thread Trever Fischer
On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 19:02 -0400, Gaurav Saxena wrote: > Is someone planning to video Omars talk? It would be great if someone > could Yeah, Dan is here, recording it. > > I have conflict tonight will not be able to make it for the talk > > G > > > > _

[SH-Discuss] Pecha Kucha

2013-04-24 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, hakkers! A few months back, we announced our upcoming Pecha Kucha night for May 23rd, 2013: http://synhak.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha Its less than a month away, but we're still looking for more presentations! If you've got something that you are passionate about and want to share, please add yo

Re: [SH-Discuss] URGENT: SYN/HAK at Cleveland Mini Maker Faire - 4/13 10a-6p

2013-04-11 Thread Trever Fischer
On Wed, 2013-04-10 at 16:04 -0400, Gaurav Saxena wrote: > Greetings, > > > I am going to be traveling up to Cleveland Mini-Maker Faire (4/13, > morning), and have one 8ft table for representing Modular Robotics. My > intent was to share their kit - Cubelets with attendees. I plan on > taking a mo

Re: [SH-Discuss] National Day of Civic Hacking - Ideas?

2013-04-07 Thread Trever Fischer
On Sun, 2013-04-07 at 20:06 -0400, Trever Fischer wrote: > On Fri, 2013-04-05 at 19:48 -0400, Persa Zula wrote: > > Hey hackers, > > > > As you know, Code for Summit County (a Code for America Brigade), has > > been meeting at SynHak lately to work on SummitWiki, and s

Re: [SH-Discuss] National Day of Civic Hacking - Ideas?

2013-04-07 Thread Trever Fischer
On Fri, 2013-04-05 at 19:48 -0400, Persa Zula wrote: > Hey hackers, > > As you know, Code for Summit County (a Code for America Brigade), has > been meeting at SynHak lately to work on SummitWiki, and soon other > civic hacking/open data projects. As a group, we've been encouraged to > participat

[SH-Discuss] Repurposing The Office

2013-03-27 Thread Trever Fischer
After some discussion, we officers are considering opening up the back office space for others to use. SYNHAK, Inc has very few assets that need locked up: * Our money * Member contact information * Spare space keys There is a big black desk back there that locks up and can hold all that stuff. T

Re: [SH-Discuss] The SYNHAK Manual

2013-03-24 Thread Trever Fischer
; \¥/ > \¥/ I think it would be excellent of everyone if they added reasons why > they > \¥/ like SYNHAK. And I'm not just talking about just members, I think > everyone > \¥/ should contribute. :) > \¥/ > \¥/ > \¥/ -- > \¥/ Trever Fischer (tdfischer) > \¥/ Fedor

[SH-Discuss] The SYNHAK Manual

2013-03-24 Thread Trever Fischer
added reasons why they like SYNHAK. And I'm not just talking about just members, I think everyone should contribute. :) -- Trever Fischer (tdfischer) Fedora Ambassador, KDE Hacker http://wm161.net GPG: C40F2998 hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net ___ Discuss ma

[SH-Discuss] office computer

2013-03-23 Thread Trever Fischer
Does anyone still use that desktop computer in the office? I'd like to move it out into the perkins room later this week and set it up as a public machine for people to use if nobody uses it. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org http://synhak.org/

[SH-Discuss] SYNHAK has a phone number

2013-03-23 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, all! I found a SIP hardphone in the perkins room today. Not sure where it came from, but I ended up installing Asterisk on kevlar and hooked it up to a google voice account. SYNHAK has a phone number now, which is 330-737-1425, or 330-737-1HAK Google Voice currently has free calling to th

[SH-Discuss] [Fwd: Outreach Program for Women]

2013-03-20 Thread Trever Fischer
Forwarded Message From: Myriam Schweingruber To: women mailinglist KDE , KDE SoC Mentor Cc: devel mailinglist KDE , bugsquad mailinglist KDE , developers mailinglist Amarok , KDE Quality Team , edu mailinglist KDE , Translation mailinglist KDE , SoC mailing list KDE , multimedia

Re: [SH-Discuss] Met Kabir Bhatia (wksu) tonight

2013-03-18 Thread Trever Fischer
On Mon, 2013-03-18 at 21:51 -0400, gsvolt gsvolt wrote: > Handed him a synhak flier and spoke to him about us. > > He said he will let everyone on his team at wksu know about synhak on > his wed meeting. > > Invited him, his colleagues and Steve Felix for 3D printing talk too! we <3 you, G > >

[SH-Discuss] monoprice order

2013-03-18 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, all. I'm placing an order on monoprice for a couple of HDMI cables for the space and myself. Anyone else want to add to the order and pay be back to save on shipping? I'll place it tonight before 4 PM. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org

[SH-Discuss] Akron Artwalk

2013-03-13 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, all. I'm not sure if I've asked before, but is anyone interested in showing their art at the Akron Artwalk? http://www.downtownakron.com/artwalk We have the opportunity to be a stop on the Artwalk if there is enough interest. Right now Zuzu has told me she wants to, but one person probabl

[SH-Discuss] Tonight's Class: Soldering 101

2013-03-13 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, hakkers! Tonight at 8 PM, Andy and I will be teaching how to solder and some basics about electronics. We have plenty of scrap components available to teach how to solder, along with full kits for those wanting to make something useful: http://www.dalewheat.com/products/ Tonight we have

Re: [SH-Discuss] PROPOSAL: Code for Summit County Brigade can schedule (write:code:build)-a-thons at SYN/HAK

2013-03-13 Thread Trever Fischer
On Wed, 2013-03-13 at 11:53 -0400, Gaurav Saxena wrote: > Persa (an invite): > > > > Please let me know if there is someone else I should contact > regarding the matter, but I do think that Syn/Hak would be a great > partner because of your connection to Makers/Doers, the community, and > of cour

Re: [SH-Discuss] Auction fund-raising

2013-03-11 Thread Trever Fischer
On Mon, 2013-03-11 at 10:49 -0400, Dan Swick wrote: > Hi all. > > I was just talking to my boss about his football boosters' fundraising > auction and that caused a few ideas in my head that I'd like for the > record: > > - The way the boosters' auction works is they sell tickets ($12) and > then

[SH-Discuss] LAN party

2013-03-09 Thread Trever Fischer
Who would be up for a LAN party at the space not today but this coming Saturday? I'm thinking we start around 8 and get a game of sins of a solar empire in at some point. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/dis

Re: [SH-Discuss] Book Scanner - Are you interested?

2013-03-04 Thread Trever Fischer
On Mon, 2013-03-04 at 10:52 -0500, a l wrote: > I imagine Jeff will want in since he did a talk on them. Right now > we're collecting a list of interested parties and trying to figure out > the most cost effective and easy to construct design that still gives > great results. I'd be cool with figu

[SH-Discuss] Big update to Spiff

2013-03-03 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, all. Today I'm pushing a large update to our copy of Spiff that includes an invoicing system that lets us more accurately track member due payments and other transactions such as key deposits. In the future, it can be expanded to support registration fees for things, if we ever have a funct

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposal: Low Income Membership

2013-03-01 Thread Trever Fischer
On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 10:36 -0500, Penny Golightley wrote: > Hey everyone! > > > Last night we talked about the low income membership level. I think > it's great we offer that. I also think it's odd that we have people > dropping their membership because they say they cannot afford > membership.

Re: [SH-Discuss] Financial Report

2013-03-01 Thread Trever Fischer
Ah, I knew I forgot to disable something. Please disregard phong's mail, as the information is totally inaccurate. The treasurer requested that I turn it off, but I forgot to get to it before today. On Fri, 2013-03-01 at 02:30 -0500, ph...@synhak.org wrote: > Guten Tag, hakkers! > > Here is SYNH

Re: [SH-Discuss] Mic options / Video editing process

2013-03-01 Thread Trever Fischer
On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 23:06 -0500, Dan Swick wrote: > Howdy all. > > Trever and I had a very brief discussion before I left tonight; we both > agreed while it's good to have a wireless microphone for > amplification/recording purposes, it's also pretty clumsy to use a > handheld during demonstrati

Re: [SH-Discuss] Happy Hour at SYN/HAK!

2013-03-01 Thread Trever Fischer
On Fri, 2013-03-01 at 11:25 -0500, Alexander Golightley wrote: > Howdy Hakkers! > > > Trever and I have some things to do at the space this evening so we > decided why not have a happy hour? Trever and I will be there at 7. If > you join us please byob because the fridge is a little low on > beve

[SH-Discuss] Sparkfun National Tour

2013-03-01 Thread Trever Fischer
Sparkfun is apparently going to be teaching electronics classes in all 50 states. The cost to have them come out here is $2,500, and they're subsidizing $1,000 for the first 50 stops. https://learn.sparkfun.com/tour I think we should work with Maker's Alliance, UA, and Akron Public Schools to hav

[SH-Discuss] what is it like running a hackerspace?

2013-03-01 Thread Trever Fischer
a collection of truths: http://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[SH-Discuss] Fwd:

2013-02-28 Thread Trever Fischer
-- Forwarded message -- From: "Rick Nemer" Date: Feb 27, 2013 9:35 PM Subject: To: "Jeff Brubaker" , "Frank Tompkins" < w8...@att.net>, , "Jo Sugiura" , "Trever Fischer" Cc: Hi All, The next talk at the Shaker Launch hou

[SH-Discuss] Pecha Kucha Night!

2013-02-27 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, hakkers! The Speakers Bureau is excited to announce a most magical event: Pecha Kucha night at SYNHAK! It is May 22nd, 2013, at the usual Speaker's Bureau time of 8 PM. What is pecha kucha, you ask? 20 images in 20 seconds. No text, no slides, and the images automatically advance for you

[SH-Discuss] SYNHAK in the news again (soon)

2013-02-22 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, all. These people called me today, asking for a phone interview I'll be giving next tuesday afternoon: http://www.hivelocitymedia.com/ Just thought y'all would like to know that we're going to be in the press soon again :) ___ Discuss mailing li

Re: [SH-Discuss] 2/23 9:30a-3p Code for America: Summit County

2013-02-22 Thread Trever Fischer
On Fri, 2013-02-22 at 00:29 -0500, gsvolt gsvolt wrote: > Hakkers, > > > Here's me letting you know of this great event this Saturday in > downtown Akron, in case you are interested in attending it. I've mailed them to inform them that I'll be there to talk about the space. > > > Regards, > >

Re: [SH-Discuss] Cash payments for member dues should be invoiced

2013-02-20 Thread Trever Fischer
On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 17:38 -0500, Penny Golightley wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Trever Fischer > wrote: > On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 17:11 -0500, Gaurav Saxena wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > Today the treasurer sent

Re: [SH-Discuss] Cash payments for member dues should be invoiced

2013-02-20 Thread Trever Fischer
On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 17:11 -0500, Gaurav Saxena wrote: > Greetings, > > Today the treasurer sent me a note that I am delinquent on my payment > for Jan, when the fact is I have paid for Jan and Feb on opening day. > > This prompted me to think.. why did this happen.. I think this > happened be

Re: [SH-Discuss] REMINDER: Meeting tonight!

2013-02-19 Thread Trever Fischer
Also, nominations for officer and board positions are closed at 7 PM. On Tue, 2013-02-19 at 08:26 -0500, ph...@synhak.org wrote: > Guten Tag, hakkers! > > Your friendly hackerspace robot Phong here, reminding everyone about > tonight's meeting: > > http://synhak.org/wiki/Meetings/19-2-2013 > >

[SH-Discuss] Free Akron Art Museum Admission

2013-02-18 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, all. I thought some people might be interested in this: http://akronartmuseum.org/calendar/third-thursday/3486/ This thursday: free admission to the Akron Art Museum. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org http://synhak.org/mailman/listinf

Re: [SH-Discuss] April Outside Cleanup Day

2013-02-17 Thread Trever Fischer
On Sun, 2013-02-17 at 01:06 -0500, a4s...@dsprototyping.com wrote: > That sounds great > We should see if the local scout troups would like to get involed, > exspecaily since the lock is right next to us. > > *I've been out of scouting for a while, does anyone know any of the scout > troups in Akr

Re: [SH-Discuss] April Outside Cleanup Day

2013-02-15 Thread Trever Fischer
On Fri, 2013-02-15 at 09:47 -0500, Dan Swick wrote: > Hi all, > > I was just mentioning my idea of a cleanup day to the IRC channel and > figured I'd bring the list into the discussion. > > My idea is to have a day (I say in April because it's neither too hot > nor too cold) where we get the comm

[SH-Discuss] Board Meeting: Monday, Feburary 18th

2013-02-12 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, all. As discussed at our previous meeting, we will be having a board meeting at 7 PM on Monday, February 18th. Here's the agenda: * Change the address in our bylaws to reflect our current location * An amendment to the bylaws that will: ** Limit officer and board terms to one year, with t

[SH-Discuss] No Bathrooms Tonight

2013-01-23 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, all. The water line for 21 W. North froze last night and needs repaired. Our landlord is on it, but make sure you use the bathroom *before* you come to the space! I don't know how long it'll take to fix it, but the water will remain shut off for some time until the line can be warmed for t

Re: [SH-Discuss] New Open Hours for SYN/HAK!!

2013-01-23 Thread Trever Fischer
On Tue, 2013-01-22 at 10:31 -0500, Penny Golightley wrote: > Hai there hakkers! > > > We have heard your pleas for more open hours! And we have answered > them! Here is our new schedule starting Feb 3rd! > > > Sunday - 12pm-4pm with Craig > Monday - 3pm-7pm with Penny > Tuesday - 6pm-10pm with

Re: [SH-Discuss] Some ideas for talks / classes

2013-01-22 Thread Trever Fischer
On Tue, 2013-01-22 at 07:13 -0500, Dan Swick wrote: > Andy, > > I think Trever may be able to help out on the third one. :) > > Dan > Possibly. Nowadays I use the bukkit WorldEdit plugin. Though I am pretty good at google sketchup. ___ Discuss maili

[SH-Discuss] Printer Status

2013-01-17 Thread Trever Fischer
Hi, all. Today I had a chance to look at our laser printer in the context of a warmer climate (the perkins room). Seems to be working fine, so I guess the thing is just very picky about ambient temperature. It should be available over the network again, under the name "Perkins".

Re: [SH-Discuss] Arduino talk Video

2013-01-10 Thread Trever Fischer
On Thu, 2013-01-10 at 07:32 -0500, Dan Swick wrote: > Looks great. We need to get this on an official Syn/Hak channel of some > kind... > We have one, but I think I'm the only one who has the account password. http://www.youtube.com/synhak ___ Discuss

[SH-Discuss] Arduino class resources

2013-01-09 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, all! I mentioned I would send the arduino book I was teaching out of (kinda) from tonight's class: http://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/ Cheers! ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [SH-Discuss] O'Reilly Make book series

2013-01-09 Thread Trever Fischer
On Wed, 2013-01-09 at 16:38 -0500, Chris Markwick wrote: > You guys probably already know this but I'll share this any way! > O'Reilly has a "Make" series of books: > > > http://search.oreilly.com/?q=make > > > covering Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Yup! We've got a subscription for the space

[SH-Discuss] Tonight's Class: An Introduction to Arduinos

2013-01-09 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, hakkers! Today is Wednesday. The second one of the month, to be exact. That means during tonight's open night, we're having a class! Tonight's class is a gentle introduction to Arduinos. You'll want to bring a laptop (Linux, OSX, and Windows are all welcome) to participate. Several arduino

[SH-Discuss] [Fwd: [HSL] Hacker Scouts]

2013-01-08 Thread Trever Fischer
This sounds awesome and we should think about getting something like this organized for summer. Forwarded Message From: Ryan Mcdermott Reply-to: heatsyncl...@googlegroups.com To: heatsyncl...@googlegroups.com Subject: [HSL] Hacker Scouts Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 09:49:02 -0700 We

Re: [SH-Discuss] REMINDER: Meeting tonight!

2013-01-08 Thread Trever Fischer
On Tue, 2013-01-08 at 08:26 -0500, ph...@synhak.org wrote: > Howdy, hakkers! > > Your friendly hackerspace robot Phong here, reminding everyone about > tonight's meeting: > > http://synhak.org/wiki/Meetings/8-1-2013 > > It is at 7 PM, at 21 West North. Please visit the wiki for more information

Re: [SH-Discuss] Fwd: Beacon Journal Article/Support

2013-01-07 Thread Trever Fischer
On Mon, 2013-01-07 at 20:47 -0500, Dan Swick wrote: > We're still kind of at the point where working CRTs and relatively old > (P3-P4 era) towers are moderately useful. Broken LCD displays, mid-90s > computers and ancient software are pointless, agreed. > > Dan > I'm looking for another tower to

Re: [SH-Discuss] Fwd: Beacon Journal Article/Support

2013-01-07 Thread Trever Fischer
On Mon, 2013-01-07 at 12:21 -0500, Chris Egeland wrote: > My understanding is that we would collect the cell phones, and then > supply them to Jeremy's company where he would do whatever it is he > does to generate revenue, a portion of which would be sent back to us. > > Here's the majority of th

[SH-Discuss] HGR field trip

2013-01-07 Thread Trever Fischer
Who would be interested in a group trip up to HGR in cleveland next month? http://www.hgrinc.com/ They are an industrial surplus warehouse/toy store. We had a trip last year with some Maker's Alliance members, where we acquired the LED message boards. Tons of fun and lots of goodies. Their hours

[SH-Discuss] The new Proposals system is up

2013-01-07 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, all. On January 1st, we agreed to implement the new proposal system that was drafted towards the end of December. Just in time for the first meeting, I've updated all the wiki pages and wrote the code for Phong to handle things: http://synhak.org/wiki/Proposals In summary, bring up a prop

[SH-Discuss] Open Hours

2013-01-07 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, hakkers. We need to expand our open hours. Currently, we are open from 7p-10p on Tuesday and 6p-10p on Wednesday. I'm pledging to be at the space from 12p-5p on Saturday (with an exception for the 19th when I'm at Ohayocon in Columbus) Anyone else want to sign up for when they'll be around

[SH-Discuss] Speaker's Bureau: Now twice as fun!

2013-01-07 Thread Trever Fischer
Greetings, hakkers! Recently, a number of people have been coming to me asking to be a part of our monthly open night classes. Our schedule has been full through March 13th since mid december. I'm expanding the schedule to also include the fourth wednesday of each month, meaning two classes a mon

Re: [SH-Discuss] Rasberry Pi

2013-01-07 Thread Trever Fischer
On Mon, 2013-01-07 at 01:05 -0500, gsvolt gsvolt wrote: > The space should be open around 7pm. I believe talk starts at 8 pm, > roughly for an hour. > Yup! I meant to finish all the wiki stuff yesterday but other stuff popped up, my laptop battery died, and I wasn't motivated enough to drive down

Re: [SH-Discuss] Great idea

2013-01-06 Thread Trever Fischer
On Sun, 2013-01-06 at 13:35 +, Thomas Houlihan wrote: > Even though I am old and don’t have the technical chops to actually > build anything, I am excited to see this sort of innovation and > collaboration going on in Northeast Ohio. Thanks for bringing it to > the community. > > > > In r

[SH-Discuss] Opening Day Summary

2013-01-04 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, Hakkers! I'd like to take a minute to poop all over the mailing list again (sorry). Tomorrow is Opening Day, for those who are just now getting over their holiday hangovers. We start at Noon, but I'll be there at 10AM to make sure everything is ready to go. https://plus.google.com/u/1/109

[SH-Discuss] Dawn of the Second Day

2013-01-04 Thread Trever Fischer
24 hours remain. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [SH-Discuss] To do list for opening day

2013-01-03 Thread Trever Fischer
cool. I want > to have a coold video that introduces the space. It will be submitted > to Hack-a-Day in hopes of getting a feature. > > > > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Trever Fischer > wrote: > > On Wed, 2013-01-02 at 15:05 -0500, Byron Moran wrote: >

Re: [SH-Discuss] Synhak incentives

2013-01-03 Thread Trever Fischer
On Thu, 2013-01-03 at 07:30 -0500, a4s...@dsprototyping.com wrote: > Trever! Please don't use the email list as an IRC channel!! I just spent > 2 hr's going through 90 emails. > Use the BCC option, or email everyone indivisualy and then report back to > everyone with you findings in One email! We

[SH-Discuss] Cardboard cleanup

2013-01-02 Thread Trever Fischer
There is a stack of cardboard on our hand truck by the front door. I heard it is being saved for something, is that the case? If not, I'm tossing it Saturday morning as part of cleaning up. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org http://synhak.org/m

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposals for tweaking membership ranks

2013-01-02 Thread Trever Fischer
able to spend there in any given month isn't exactly > giving me a warm and fuzzy feeling either. Same here. > > Is there a middle ground where having 24-7 access is a "add-on" of $5 or > $10/month on top of a basic membership, with the usual review? Right now, th

Re: [SH-Discuss] To do list for opening day

2013-01-02 Thread Trever Fischer
t have the mobility to do so now. Yup! > > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Trever Fischer > wrote: > On Wed, 2013-01-02 at 14:23 -0500, Dan Swick wrote: > > I am bringing my PA system, DJ rig, and music. Should anyone > want to > >

Re: [SH-Discuss] To do list for opening day

2013-01-02 Thread Trever Fischer
ith the printer (MakerGear > > M2) around 11 then. I can bring a card table to set everything up > > on unless there will be other table space available. I'll also need > > an outlet for power near by. Let me know. > > > > > > Anyone have suggestions

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposals for tweaking membership ranks

2013-01-02 Thread Trever Fischer
On Tue, 2013-01-01 at 19:57 -0500, Trever Fischer wrote: > Howdy, all. > > At today's meeting we were discussing possibly restructuring the > membership perks again. > > First: Creating another higher level called Sponsor, with monthly dues > of $250/mo. Nothing excitin

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposals for tweaking membership ranks

2013-01-02 Thread Trever Fischer
der their key application. That's my > opinion on that though. That is something else we would have > to discuss. > > > Something else I want to point out is that everyone that has > shown interest in

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposals for tweaking membership ranks

2013-01-02 Thread Trever Fischer
would be willing to consider their key application. That's my > opinion on that though. That is something else we would have > to discuss. > > > Something else I want to point out is that everyone that has > shown inte

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposals for tweaking membership ranks

2013-01-02 Thread Trever Fischer
what happens over the next month with the increased > publicity and an actual space. The group will only grow as you get > outside money, not just squeezing money from each other. +1 > > > --Jeff > > > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Trever Fischer > wrote: &

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposals for tweaking membership ranks

2013-01-02 Thread Trever Fischer
On Wed, 2013-01-02 at 12:41 -0500, Vogl,Markus V wrote: > >If we have any current members who have not applied for a key but expect > >24 hour access, I would like to meet them and figure out where they > >heard that. We have been very clear to everyone that a key to the space > >isn't handed out j

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposals for tweaking membership ranks

2013-01-02 Thread Trever Fischer
On Wed, 2013-01-02 at 10:43 -0500, Vogl,Markus V wrote: > As another example Cleveland's membership is $5 cheaper than our > current full membership and provides 24/7 access. Cool. Sounds like they have less expenses than us. Our hackerspace caters to our members, not to the members of maker's al

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposals for tweaking membership ranks

2013-01-02 Thread Trever Fischer
On Wed, 2013-01-02 at 10:34 -0500, Vogl,Markus V wrote: > >"SYN/HAK provides an environment for people to educate, create, and > >share amongst themselves and others within the domains of technology, > >art and science." > > > >It doesn't say we need to provide 24/7 access at all. It might be a > >

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposals for tweaking membership ranks

2013-01-01 Thread Trever Fischer
rsity of Akron - Myers School of Art > -- > Folk Hall 124 A > 150 East Exchange Street > Akron, OH 44325 > (330) 972-5952 > > From: discuss-boun...@synhak.org [discuss-boun...@synhak.org]

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposals for tweaking membership ranks

2013-01-01 Thread Trever Fischer
ent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 9:46 PM > To: SYN/HAK discussion list > Subject: Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposals for tweaking membership ranks > > Hey everybody! > I thought it would be a good idea to let everyone know my opinion on these > matters. > > On Jan 1, 2013 7:56 PM, &quo

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposals for tweaking membership ranks

2013-01-01 Thread Trever Fischer
On Tue, 2013-01-01 at 19:57 -0500, Trever Fischer wrote: > Howdy, all. > > At today's meeting we were discussing possibly restructuring the > membership perks again. > > First: Creating another higher level called Sponsor, with monthly dues > of $250/mo. Nothing excitin

[SH-Discuss] Proposals for tweaking membership ranks

2013-01-01 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, all. At today's meeting we were discussing possibly restructuring the membership perks again. First: Creating another higher level called Sponsor, with monthly dues of $250/mo. Nothing exciting there; It can be used as a way to entice corporate sponsors. Second: Bumping the requirement fo

[SH-Discuss] [Fwd: [SH-Sysadmin] Amazon RDS Automatic Minor Version Upgrade for MySQL Starting January 15, 2013]

2012-12-30 Thread Trever Fischer
Hey, all. I'd like to update this tomorrow evening. Just in case anyone wonders why it might be unreachable for a few minutes during 7-8pm tomorrow. Spiff and MediaWiki will be affected. Mailing lists shouldn't be. Forwarded Message From: Amazon Web Services, Inc. Reply-to: SYN

Re: [SH-Discuss] To do list for opening day

2012-12-30 Thread Trever Fischer
On Wed, 2012-12-26 at 15:43 -0800, Doug Costlow wrote: > Hello, > > > I'm Doug Costlow, I was at the meeting last Tuesday and met everyone > that was there. Opening day was discussed and I mentioned to Trever > that I have a 3d printer and would be willing to bring it in for > display. I could

Re: [SH-Discuss] Financial Report

2012-12-21 Thread Trever Fischer
Now that we have internet, the gnucash database has been able to be synchronized with synhak.org for Phong to use. Our latest report as of 2012-12-17 18:52:37 is at http://synhak.org/wiki/Financial_Report. We currently have $1852.56, which is exactly what was reported at the last meeting. On Fri,

[SH-Discuss] Space Webcam

2012-12-21 Thread Trever Fischer
Now that we have internet at the space, the webcam is up and running again: http://space.synhak.org:8000/view/index.shtml rtsp://space.synhak.org:554/mpeg4/media.amp If it goes down, its because it got unplugged to be mounted in a proper location instead of sitting on the electronics workbench.

Re: [SH-Discuss] Next week's meeting

2012-12-21 Thread Trever Fischer
On Fri, 2012-12-21 at 07:21 -0500, a4s...@dsprototyping.com wrote: > New Year's Day meeting = Brewing Party? Hey, that might be fun. We have one carboy that needs bottled, but I think we're waiting for opening day for that one. > > \¥/ Not sure if everyone knows this, but next Tuesday is supposed

[SH-Discuss] Next week's meeting

2012-12-20 Thread Trever Fischer
Not sure if everyone knows this, but next Tuesday is supposed to be Christmas. I know a lot of people are going to be out of town or not wanting to really have a meeting, so would anyone else be interested in moving next week's Tuesday meeting to Wednesday the 26th? There is also a meeting on New

[SH-Discuss] A proposal for proposals

2012-12-16 Thread Trever Fischer
ork, I think we have a problem. So thats why I got fed up and wrote this down. Our current mechanism (from what I understand) says we need at least a week before something can be proposed. So lets discuss this at this week's meeting, and we can propose if next week if it seems sound. --

Re: [SH-Discuss] Meeting minutes from 2012-11-20

2012-12-14 Thread Trever Fischer
On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 20:34 -0500, a4s...@dsprototyping.com wrote: > \¥/ * Andrew L. Is on the lookout for a NEMA 4(electrical code) rated > \¥/ enclosure of atleast 12x12x8" if you see one let him know > > Andrew have you tried these web sites?: > http://www.mcmaster.com/ > http://www.digikey.com

Re: [SH-Discuss] Test post please ignore

2012-12-14 Thread Trever Fischer
On Fri, 2012-12-14 at 17:39 -0500, Trever Fischer wrote: > So, the good news is that our server migration is almost done. > > The "almost" bit, is figuring out why all the mails sent to > discuss@synhak.org also get copied to sysad...@synhak.org. > > I need a t

[SH-Discuss] Test post please ignore

2012-12-14 Thread Trever Fischer
So, the good news is that our server migration is almost done. The "almost" bit, is figuring out why all the mails sent to discuss@synhak.org also get copied to sysad...@synhak.org. I need a test message to generate some searchable log data, so don't mind me, just passing through ___

Re: [SH-Discuss] Back one again with the renegade master

2012-12-13 Thread Trever Fischer
On Thu, 2012-12-13 at 21:42 -0500, Craig Bergdorf wrote: > Hello hakkarPals, much has happened, I wont bor, just Hello friends, > How have you all been? I look forward to seeing everyone, and > apologize for my absence (the details dictated my actions). > Congratulations (to all) on the new space,

Re: [SH-Discuss] Internet service at the space

2012-12-13 Thread Trever Fischer
dding nerds to become serious geeks. Having said that, I'm still forecasting another 15+ members signing up before Februrary. -- Trever Fischer (tdfischer) Fedora Ambassador, KDE Hacker http://wm161.net GPG: C40F2998 hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net ___ Disc

[SH-Discuss] Internet service at the space

2012-12-13 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, hakkers. Here's the good news: the time warner installer showed up to the space 10 minutes early and didn't waste any of our time. The bad news: Since we aren't a residence, time warner refuses to serve us with anything other than business class. So our monthly expenses just skyrocketed by

[SH-Discuss] Server Migration

2012-12-07 Thread Trever Fischer
Hi, all. synhak.org is moving to our new server this weekend. There shouldn't be any significant interruption in service. For sake of transparency, here's whats going down: 1. We have a new AWS account with members of the sysadmin team granted access (Ricky, Chris, Dan, and myself). We're taking

[SH-Discuss] Requesting Key Access

2012-12-05 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, all. People have been asking me how to get keys, so here's the wiki page detailing that: http://synhak.org/wiki/24/7_access In brief: 1. Print this form: http://synhak.org/~secretary/docs/key-form.pdf 2. Add a proposal to the next meeting, proposing that you get key access 3. We discuss

Re: [SH-Discuss] REMINDER: Meeting tonight!

2012-12-04 Thread Trever Fischer
On Tue, 2012-12-04 at 08:26 -0500, ph...@synhak.org wrote: > Ni hao, hakkers! > > Your friendly hackerspace robot Phong here, reminding everyone about > tonight's meeting: > > http://synhak.org/wiki/Meetings/4-12-2012 > > It is at 7 PM, at 21 West North. Please visit the wiki for more informati

[SH-Discuss] Sysadmin mailing list

2012-12-03 Thread Trever Fischer
Hi, again! We've created a mailing list for us sysadmins in the space. If you encounter some kind of issue with the website, spiff, internet, IRC, mailing lists, or whatever other electronic infrastructure we have running, shoot a mail to sysad...@synhak.org The list is read-only to us sysadmins,

[SH-Discuss] Junk Hardware Donations

2012-12-03 Thread Trever Fischer
Hi, all! Over the last two months, I've noticed an increase in hardware donations. Most of it has been junk that may or may not be fixable, but at the very least we can pick it clean for salvageable parts. Without a doubt, we'll run out of space to store all this stuff, turning the space into a ha

[SH-Discuss] New Location: 21 West North St, Akron, OH

2012-12-02 Thread Trever Fischer
Howdy, hakkers! Our move in on Saturday was successful! All of our goodies have been relocated to the new location, and are awaiting our next meeting where we will unpack the boxes and start moving stuff into position. Yes, that means stop showing up at 1456 Riverside Dr. We are now downtown, and

  1   2   >