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April302016 Meeting Notes

2016-04-30T18:57:34Z

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== Attending ==

Present: Rick, Cord, Dean, Jeffrey, Weston
* Payload conversation, we are agreed to 6lb max. Tradeoff in $$ for helium/balloon.
* Rough plan to set 6lb payload max, then shave ounces wherever we can near the end to minimize weight (as trade for max altitude)
* Cord has friend Andrew Wilson who will attend in two weeks, he has extensive ham experience.
* Dean described the bat tracking system he was using. 48 hour life on battery-powered radio beacons they'd glue to them. (recovery discussion)
* Weston got the 900mhz serial pipe. [http://store.rfdesign.com.au/rfd-900p-modem/ RFD 900+ by RFDesign]
* [http://www.quectel.com/product/prodetail.aspx?id=13 GPS L70] is chip, according to specs it has 'balloon mode'. We may need to find out if we have to toggle this somehow. Notes: 60k GPS notes: http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/GPSrcvrsvs60kft.htm
* Cord's [[Re Phone]] GSM chipset is programmable (per Weston). Weston requested Cord research the capabilities of the Duino.
* Dean suggested we do a Foxhunt to practice recovery techniques. Weston suggested cutting 900mhz if the final land-recovery is the main focus and we are only using a single method. Cord will focus on GPS functionality in [[Re Phone]]. 
* Standalone beacon possibility: http://rcbeacon.com/blog/?product=fox-hunt-beacon-transmitter Ben ordered one for help with terminal recovery. 
* Dean asked if we could make the June Mini-Maker Faire date. Possibly?
* Weston described how he reverse-engineered a headset for the [[Bao Feng]] handheld to make a connector to the Pi so it can interface with APRS. Excellent. 
* Dean asked about timeline for testing recovery with what we have already, Weston says maybe 2 weeks.
* Ben suggest: we have a display table at Mini Maker Faire with either results or a display of the hardware. Cord: We should mail Nick at Science Factory
* We'll try a range test in two weeks then possibly perform an ad-hoc recovery test and/or try out having a fixed base while someone drives around with the transmitter setup. Cord will try to get GPS online, if it's not available then we'll just test signal reception w/ canned data. 
* Weston would like us to commit to range test.
== Weight notes ==
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| RFD 900+ || 18g
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| Handheld Baofeng || 127g
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| Raspberry Pi || 157g (w/ cable)
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| [[Re Phone]] || 22g
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| Spot Tracker || 179g
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| 4000mah battery || 121
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| Sphere || 311g w/ guts
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| Working total: || 935g
|}

-- Main.BenH - 30 Apr 2016

Nearspace2016 Task Status

2016-04-10T03:17:49Z

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<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td>Task</td> <td>Status</td> <td>Owner(s)</td> <td style="width: 60%;">Notes</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 20%;">Figure out suitability of using Spot for backup location tracking.</td> <td align="center" style="background-color: green;">%WHITE% '''On-track''' %ENDCOLOR%</td> <td style="width: 10%;"> Ben</td> <td style="width: 60%;"> ESN 0-7475988 Auth 17680806</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 20%;"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td style="width: 10%;"> </td> <td style="width: 60%;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 20%;"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td style="width: 10%;"> </td> <td style="width: 60%;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 20%;"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td style="width: 10%;"> </td> <td style="width: 60%;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 20%;"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td style="width: 10%;"> </td> <td style="width: 60%;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 20%;"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td style="width: 10%;"> </td> <td style="width: 60%;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 20%;"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td style="width: 10%;"> </td> <td style="width: 60%;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 20%;"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td style="width: 10%;"> </td> <td style="width: 60%;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 20%;"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td style="width: 10%;"> </td> <td style="width: 60%;"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center"> ''Legend'' </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; background-color: green;"> '''%WHITE%On-track%ENDCOLOR%''' </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color: red;"> '''%WHITE%Troubled%ENDCOLOR%''' </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color: blue;"> '''%WHITE%Complete%ENDCOLOR%''' </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color: yellow;"> '''Deferred''' </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> -- Main.BenH - 10 Apr 2016

Hardware Needed

2016-04-09T20:50:43Z

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| GPS || Needed || Jeffrey and Ben may have some
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| Transmitter || Needed ||
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| Modem || Needed ||
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| Photo || Needed ||
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| Video || Needed ||
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-- Main.BenH - 09 Apr 2016

EMSBo DMeeting Minutes020516

2016-02-05T01:56:08Z

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'''EMS''' '''Board of Directors''' '''Meeting Minutes''' '''Meeting date:''' //2015

= Call to order: =

A Regular meeting of the Board of directors of EMS, was held at 687 McKinley street, Suite #2, Eugene OR on XX , 2015. The meeting convened at PM, Rick Osgood presiding and Ben Hallert secretary.

Board '''Members in attendance:''' Rick, Bob, Ben, Kass, Darrell Board '''Members not in attendance:''' none

''Quorum present?'' Yes / Provisional

'''Also Present Were:''' CJ
== Approve agenda, and previous minutes. ==

Agenda:
# Approve the agenda
# Review previous meeting minutes
#
'''Approval of Agenda:''' Motion was made by XX and seconded by XX to approve this meeting's proposed agenda (as amended?)

The '''Motion carried''' with unanimous approval.

'''Approval of minutes:''' Motion was made by XX and seconded by XX to approve the minutes (as amended?) of the XX meeting.

The '''Motion carried''' with unanimous approval.
== Officer's reports: ==

President Secretary Treasurer

'''Board and committee reports:'''

Were materials distributed at the meeting? If so, are copies or a link available?
= Old business: =
== Action Item Review from //2015 [[Bo D]] Meeting ==

(bulleted list of previous meeting action items)
== Subject title ==

'''MOTION''' - XX moved, and XX Seconded that:

Unanimous approval.

'''Motion''' '''Carried /''' '''Failed.'''

'''MOTION''' - XX moved, and XX Seconded that:

Unanimous approval.

'''Motion''' '''Carried /''' '''Failed.'''
= New business: =
== Subject title ==

'''MOTION''' - XX moved, and XX Seconded that:

Unanimous approval.

'''Motion''' '''Carried /''' '''Failed.'''
== Action Items: ==

Kassie:
*
Rick:
*
Bob:
*
Darrell:
*
Ben:
*
== Adjournment: ==

XX moved for adjournment and was seconded by XX.

The vote was unanimous and the meeting was adjourned at PM.

____________________________ ___________________ Secretary Date of approval Eugene Maker Space

EMSBo DMeeting Minutes110515

2015-12-04T05:04:36Z

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EMS Board of Directors Meeting Minutes Meeting date: 11/05/2015

 
= Call to order: =

A Regular meeting of the Board of directors of EMS, was held at https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/g4fqvksfrwxoodrj3gkn22ei64a on November 5, 2015. The meeting convened at 6:02PM, Rick Osgood presiding and Ben Hallert secretary.

Board Members in attendance: Rick, Bob, Ben, Kass, Darrell Board Members not in attendance: none

Quorum present? Yes

Also Present Were: Piotr, Clif, Jeffrey
== Approve agenda, and previous minutes. ==

Agenda:
# Approve the agenda
# Review previous meeting minutes
# Officer's reports
# Kassandra will mail classroom forms to the board
# Pumpkin Chunkin' report
# Rick to investigate post-scheduling
# Board report on [[Eugene Space Maker]] meeting.
# Kassie to report on 3d printer purchase research
# Rick to write up fundraising targets for [[Kay Dee]] to pursue
# Ben to assist with new site
# Ben to populate community calendars and set up recurring EMS events
# Election ballot and announcement New Business
# Report on meeting with Mayor (we can do this first)
# Vote on moving the mill
Approval of Agenda: Motion was made by Rick and seconded by Darrell to approve this meeting's proposed agenda as amended

The Motion carried with unanimous approval.

Approval of minutes: Motion was made by Bob and seconded by Darrell to approve the minutes of the previous meeting.

The Motion carried with unanimous approval.
== Officer's reports: ==
== Treasurer ==

Darrell reports that the financial status of the organization remains roughly unchanged with approximately $2k in the bank.
== Facilities ==

Bob has no news other than apparently we're getting in a CNC mill in the future.

Old business:
== Kassandra will mail classroom forms to the board ==

- She doesn't have them in digital form yet. She will work to get them online.

- Webforms? She has rich text to fill out right now. - She described some ideas about using CMS. - Rick asked for the RTFs now and then go with the tech answer in the future.
== Pumpkin Chunkin' report ==

- It went well. Could have had a bigger turnout maybe. - We need better advertising - Possibly host events at the space next year to build both attendance and participation
== Rick to investigate post-scheduling ==

- Doesn't know what he would be scheduling

'''ACTION''': Ben will start a mail thread related to collecting links to send
== Kassie to report on 3d printer purchase research ==

- Kassie reported on various printers (including the [[Hobby King]] printer) - Her recommendation is an i3 printer. Bob asked how we pick one. - She will send some ideas to the board.
== Rick to write up fundraising targets for [[Kay Dee]] to pursue ==

- He provided a list to her.
== Ben to assist with new site ==

- Mail clif about new instance
== Ben to populate community calendars and set up recurring EMS events ==

'''ACTION''': Ben will seek out community calendars to set up recurring EMS events
== Election ballot and announcement ==

ACTION: Rick will notify the members about the election and ballot.
== New business: ==
== Report on meeting with Mayor ==

- Piotr & Clif & Ben reported - Clif was referred to someone at LCC and reached out. - Rick suggested we reach out to RAIN instead of mayor - Rick discussed possibility of dissolving EMS into RAIN then running it internally - Piotr mentioned that someone came in looking to print something but the machines were broken - Jeffrey described that we needed a phase converter for his mill. 40 amps - Fertilab space is being emptied by the 23rd. Jeffrey will start moving things out this weekend. - Kassie mentioned she's planning on doing an Inkscape class during conversation about bottle openers - There was a conversation about how to move equipment around for the Bridgeport - Rick did a check to see if there were any objections, none indicated. - Rick requested Clif show us the proposal, he will make it available for the board to review.
== Vote on moving the mill ==

There was an informal vote in unanimous favor of assisting in any way to make space available for Jeffrey's mill.
== Action Items: ==

Kassie:
*
Rick:
* Rick will notify the members about the election and ballot.
Bob:
*
Darrell:
*
Ben:
* Ben will start a mail thread related to collecting links to send
* Ben will seek out community calendars to set up recurring EMS events
== Adjournment: ==

Bob moved for adjournment and was seconded by Rick.

The vote was unanimous and the meeting was adjourned at 7:49PM.

____________________________ ___________________ Secretary Date of approval Eugene Maker Space

EMSBo DMeeting Minutes090315

2015-09-11T14:04:53Z

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'''EMS''' '''Board of Directors''' '''Meeting Minutes''' Meeting date: 9/3/2015

= Call to order: =

A Regular meeting of the Board of directors of EMS, was held at 687 McKinley street, Suite #2, Eugene OR on September 3, 2015. The meeting convened at 6:04PM, Rick Osgood presiding and Ben Hallert secretary.

Board '''Members in attendance:''' Rick, Ben, Kass, Darrell Board '''Members not in attendance:''' Bob

''Quorum present?'' Yes

'''Also Present Were:''' CJ
== Approve agenda, and previous minutes. ==

Agenda:
<div style="display: inline !important; background-color: transparent;"> <div style="display: inline !important;">
* Approve the agenda
* Review previous meeting minutes
* Treasurer Report
* Facilities Report
</div> Old Business</div> <div style="background-color: transparent;">
* Kassandra will put together a class and fill out the forms.
* Ben and Kassie will continue to work on a projection screen and present it to the board.
* Kass will reach out to Taper to document the status on the vinyl cutter.
* Rick will film an equipment tutorial for the documentation project.
* Let's hash out the idea of the 'Make The Space Better' contest in mail. Bob will write smething and send it to Ben.
* Bob moved that we renew the meetup membership, darrel seconds. The vote passed unanimously, the motion succeeds.
* Bob will provide physical waiver forms for the magical binder.
* Ben will inform members about [bin.edit.[[Amazon Smile]]?topicparent=[[EMSBo DMeeting Minutes080515]] AmazonSmile] plugins.
New Business

* Pumpkin chunkin update and next steps 
* Shall Bob sign the lease? 
* Kassie asks that someone else to set up a meeting with Taper, she's not get anywhere on that and it's holding her up. She doesn't want to push forward with Inkscape classes until she has some device that will use those skills. 
* Kassie asks "Should we try and do a weekly class?"
</div>

'''Approval of Agenda:''' Motion was made by Rick and seconded by Darrell to approve this meeting's proposed agenda.

The '''Motion carried''' with unanimous approval.

'''Approval of minutes:''' Motion was made by Rick and seconded by Darrell to approve the minutes of the 8/5 meeting.

The '''Motion carried''' with unanimous approval.
== Treasurer's report ==

We have 15-16 members. There is some slight amount of flux but it has held relatively steady.

Old business:

Kassandra will put together a class and fill out the forms.

This item was merged with the class-related new business below.
== Ben and Kassie will continue to work on a projection screen and present it to the board. ==

No update.
== Kass will reach out to Taper to document the status on the vinyl cutter. ==

Discussed in New Business.
== Rick will film an equipment tutorial for the documentation project. ==

No update.
== Let's hash out the idea of the 'Make The Space Better' contest in mail. Bob will write smething and send it to Ben. ==

No update.
== Bob suggested that we renew the meetup membership ==

It was done.

Bob will provide physical waiver forms for the magical binder. No update.
== Ben will inform members about [bin.edit.[[Amazon Smile]]?topicparent=[[EMSBo DMeeting Minutes080515]] AmazonSmile] plugins. ==

Complete.
= New business: =
== Pumpkin chunkin update and next steps ==

Rick sent out an email. Nick was to put it on the science factory calendar. Deadline is on the 12th, Rick will find out about coffee truck and possibly renting bleachers.

'''ACTION''': Rick will send out a reminder and push back the deadline slightly.
== Shall Bob sign the lease? ==

6 month renewal ending March 31, 2016. Same terms and conditions except rent increased to $550.

'''ACTION''': Rick will mail Bob assenting to new lease
== Kassie asks that someone else to set up a meeting with Taper, she's not get anywhere on that and it's holding her up. ==

She doesn't want to push forward with Inkscape classes until she has some device that will use those skills. ACTION: Rick will reach out to Taper
== Kassie asks "Should we try and do a weekly class?" ==

There is nothing to prevent anyone from running a class, but iniital forays have not been successful (Silhouette example). It's possible we are not doing enough to get the word out beyond discuss. We talked about invoking our Meetup better. Rick asked that Kass put together a class for us to attempt marketing to the Meetup group. Rick stressed that there was no requirement that we focus the class around specific tools we have here so if she has a subject that's more general, we should still try.

We should not let the possibility of an imperfect class stop us from trying, we seem to be caught in analysis paralysis.

Rick moved, Darrell seconded. adjourned 6:42

Action Items:

Kassie:
* Kassandra will put together a class and fill out the forms
Rick:
* Rick will reach out to Taper about the Vinyl cutter
* Rick will mail Bob assenting to new lease
* Rick will send out a reminder about the pumpkin event and push back the deadline slightly
* Rick will film an equipment tutorial for the documentation project
Bob:
*
Darrell:
*
Ben:
*
== Adjournment: ==

Rick moved for adjournment and was seconded by Darrell.

The vote was unanimous and the meeting was adjourned at 6:42 PM.

____________________________ ___________________ Secretary Date of approval Eugene Maker Space