TMP:meetings:2011-05-10

= Tuesday, May 10th 2011 = Meeting planned for 7:30 ~ 9:00pm (though not planning to leave before 10pm is safer). Doors open officially at 7 pm.

General
Greetings / Newbie Introductions

Announcements/Reports

 * NYCResistor Vistor and akihabara tour next week 5/16 -?
 * 5/7 BBQ (Lauren/Chris) Report
 * Hackers on a plane and CCC?
 * Anything exciting happen over GW?

Projects

 * Automating THS doors? (MRE)
 * There Will Be Cider (Lauren)simple project statement, more in detail at a later meeting
 * Kimono Lantern T-shirts - Ohmspace sent us design files and we can start making/selling them.

Upcoming Events

 * 5/12 Web Programming (Rick)
 * 5/19, 5/28 <3Bacon<3 (Chris/Lauren)
 * Note: on 5/21 an outside group will be using the space] (Tayken)
 * 5/23 Felted bead-making (Lauren)
 * 6/4 This week in start-ups? (Terri)
 * Date TBD: Analog Valve class? (Andrew)
 * [YOUR EVENT GOES HERE]

Tohoku Projects possible to keep this super short this week?
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 * Lanterns /  Donated panel chargers  (MRE, etc.)
 * Sensors and Safecast (Akiba, Pieter?)
 * Can has DIY geigers build time?
 * 12v chargers ([[User:Tayken|
 * Planning summertime electricity reduction / no electricity packs (Ben)
 * Safecast: NetRAD boards are in, RADTracker prototype, BYOG sessions (Build Your Own Geiger)

THS Admin Special

 * Financial/situation report (Lauren)
 * ''(Can we get a brief THS history write-up somewhere so people who are newer can get some background? Or a verbal report? - Ben )
 * THS Revenue Streams from henceforth - how do we forge THS into a self-sustaining entity (as opposed to a basically core-donor-funded one) over the next year?
 * Recommended reading material: http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hackerspaces
 * (Particularly: http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Documentation, http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hackerspace_Software, http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hackerspace_Hardware, http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Theory)
 * Prep work for next meeting
 * Selecting next meeting chair/ we already had one... Kalin Volunteered pending confirmation.
 * Shall get together early on Tuesdays?

Free Working/Mingling
Find folks who said something that interests you and go talk to them, figure out how to help their projects, or work on one of your own.

Results/Report

 * Several new visitors came by (Hi guys!). Hope they had a good time and want to come again.
 * Real meeting time ended up being about 7:40 ~ 8:45, with post-meeting chatting&hacking going well past 10pm.
 * Journalist (Watanabe-san?) dropped by from (I forgot the name again nantoka-okkusu? FIX ME) interviewed Pieter from Safecast, Kalin, and others
 * Hawaiian masseuse also dropped by. Some confusion about that.  Will try and have him come again later?
 * Good stuff happening with Safecast.org.  Japanese gov't/US military recently released competing map (possibly a result of safecast pressure?).  Anyway, good job guys!  They still need volunteers.  If you have a license and car and want to be a volunteer driver, email Lauren or Pieter with your personal info and available dates.
 * Akiba/Freaklabs DIY geiger counter boards are in! Some testing required, build days probably starting in a couple weeks or so.  Note: builders may/will need to acquire their own geiger tubes.  Keep an eye out for info from Akiba about how to do this.
 * Automated door locking system becoming closer to reality. Next steps - MRE may need help with enclosures, possibly with programming, and with hard-fixing to the the door?
 * Ben/greenhackers wants to put together a summer blackout/electricity restriction kit. Ideas so far include solar phone chargers, storm kettles, and veer pots, though we have our doubts about the viability of each.  Need more ideas and testers for the ideas we have!
 * More confirmation that most of the affected disaster areas where people are still living do have electricity, water, and gas, in that order of likelihood. Local schools (i.e. future evacuation centers) may be a good place to proactively place lanterns/solar chargers.  (As well as summer setsuden/teiden kits.)
 * May be a contact for the nashi farming side of things for cider project
 * One or two people interested in helping Lauren with the vending machine project
 * Talk of (possibly far future) trying a workshop on anodizing metals/jewelry to change its color? (And/or building an anodizer?)
 * Let's publicize info about CCC hackers on a plane and new akihabara tour
 * THS admin meeting bumped to next week. Do for reals next week?
 * Comment made that having an end hacking goal (make xyz) be the beginning impetus for any hacking class or series of hacking classes is very helpful in guiding guidance and helping people come away feeling like they learned/did something
 * Next tuesday meeting organizer (tues may 17th): MRE (who wants to do the 24th?)

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