Monday, February 6, 2023 from 7:03pm to 8:08pm

Don C, Jeremy B, Adrian B, Bob F, Ed S, John N, Alexis L, Steve W, Angela M, Frank R, Tom W, Patrick C

1. Don C: New tube in blue laser cutter
2. Don C: The VCarve license in the CNC Shop
3. Jeremy B: New basement light switch, new front dock lights, new back gate, new ladder storage, First Saturday
4. Tom W: CNC mill class survey
5. Ed S: Our liability insurance coverage and sharing coverage information with members and attendees
6. Bob F: Developing a formal policy for staffing Open Hacks
7. Bob F: Charging for sandpaper and sanding discs
8. Bob F: Notifying people when machines are down
9. Steve W: Disposal of CRT monitors

• Ethan redid the clamps in the Wood Shop

1. Don C: New tube in blue laser cutter
2. Adrian and Don got it done.
3. Dramatically better! 
4. Air assist is also helping a lot.
5. We hope this tube will last longer with power monitoring
6. Bed has not been leveled yet. Front right corner is a click lower. Shim it?
7. Jeremy noted the strong odor and was concerned about fumes. We need to seal leaks and possibly reduce the air assist.
8. Adrian: Previous tube could’ve been part of the problem.
9. Automating the blower fans?
10. Adrian has the controller built already.
11. Vegetable-dyed leather in the laser cutters only! Chromium dust is dangerous.
12. Don is trying to get more people signed up for the laser cutter email list. 
13. Don C: The VCarve license in the CNC Shop
14. Our VCarve license will soon expire. It’s about $100. It’s an essential license for makerspaces. 
15. Members can user the software on their home computers!
16. CNC Dept is looking for a new Shop Manager.
17. Jeremy B: Minor announcements
18. New basement light switch
19. Announce new location
20. new front dock lights
21. new back gate and pedestrian door
22. new ladder storage
23. First Saturday
24. We need a few more artists
25. Angela M is looking for help and feedback
26. Tom W: CNC mill class survey
27. Tom has gotten the CNC metal mill working and now he needs to get people familiarized with it. It’s a major step up from the Bridgeport and CNC router. Likely only a small group will use it at first due to requirements.
28. Tom is looking for interested people and putting on a class.
29. Tom wants to put out a survey to gauge interest to get a class going. 
30. CAD and running the mill are too big to be one class. Two separate subjects!
31. Jeremy: Basics of the operation of the mill class with simple items cut. 
32. Alexis: You can buy small items to be CNC milled.
33. Ed S: Our liability insurance coverage and sharing coverage information with members and attendees
34. Don: We should make staffers aware of our excellent liability insurance and train them to offer an email address to seek more information.
35. Jeremy will add that to staffing manual
36. Bob F: Developing a formal policy for staffing Open Hacks
37. Part of the policy is shutting down depts when there’s no staffer in a dept during open hack.
38. Also Shop Managers don’t want people in off the street coming in and using their tools. 
39. Don: We need a subcommittee. What’s most important when staffing open hacks? Trained staffers. Barriers to getting trained staffers?
40. Subcmte: Alexis, Don, Jeremy, input from Bob
41. Subcmte will try to have something by next SCM.
42. Bob F: Charging for sandpaper and sanding discs
43. Bob found a box of a lot of sandpaper from Guy in a box. 
44. Guy’s idea was to sell it. 
45. Bob F: Notifying people when machines are down
46. Miter saw is down while we wait for a bearing
47. Bob put all the Wood Shop machines’ status on the website. 
48. Jeremy will look into it and get back to Bob.
49. Steve W: Disposal of CRT monitors
50. Steve takes responsibility for disposal of the CRT monitors. He’s looking for suggestions.
51. Adrian: Check out Elliot Surplus Supply. Suburban Miners will recycle for $20/CRT
52. Mike might be able to dispose of them.
53. Steve: CRTs are not on the hazmat list so the county won’t take them.