Steering Committee Meeting 2025-02-17

Steering Committee Meeting 2025-02-17

Monday, February 17, 2025 from 7:03pm to 7:21pm

Table of Contents
  1.  Present
  2.  Agenda
  3.  Minutes

Present

Adrian B, Jeremy B, Bob F, Harvey B, John N, Mark M, Geoff S, Katherine K, Patrick C, Tom W

Agenda

  1. Harvey B: status of materials with parking tickets in the basement
  2. Adrian B: 3D design class using FreeCAD: looking for comments, advice
  3. Mark M: Focus on Monport laser cutter
  4. Tom W: Difficulty with members’ full names
  5. Tom W: Shop Manager spending guidance

Minutes

  1. Harvey B: status of materials with parking permits in the basement
  2. Jeremy, Harvey, Skip are reaching out to old members about their projects
  3. Adrian B: 3D design class using FreeCAD: looking for comments, advice
  4. Curt L wants to do 3D printing classes and to support the dept. 
  5. Adrian and Rebecca will meet with Curt on Saturday.
  6. FreeCAD has more features than TinkerCAD. It’s similar to Fusion360. 
  7. Mark M: Auto-focus on Monport laser cutter
  8. In LightBurn, there’s an offset feature. It requires an 8/10mm offset. The other day, we discovered that someone changed the setting to 0, which turned off auto-focus. Part of the new cleaning routine is to check that auto-focus is turned on. 
  9. Tom W: Difficulty with members’ full names
  10. Many accounts don’t have a full, real name listed. This is problematic. 
  11. Geoff S: The board realizes that some people wish to go by pseudonyms. The board isn’t sure which way to go yet.
  12. Harvey B supports members giving their full names, and pictures. Sometime we have to track people down for various 
  13. Tom W: Shop Manager spending guidance
  14. If a Shop Manager or volunteer needs guidance on a purchase for Xerocraft, speak to Jeremy, the General Manager.