July 28, 2009
From Alpha One Labs
- We talked about possible classes.
Solder Sundays and Circuit Saturdays were 2 that stood out. If I missed any we discussed please add them here. We touched on the topic of senior classes and threw around the idea of we visit them type of deal. This one is still on the table.
- Internet access.
we are able to get online through the front room with an open access point. We are going to see if that may be sufficient with a repeater. Each room has cat5 cable running to it. We'll have to find out where the main box is and see about getting time warner or something there and dispatching it through the main box.
- Common space cleanup.
We discussed cleanup and we will alternate cleanup tasks.
- lock on commonspace door
This is a good idea. We should bring this up again at the next meeting.
- Selling beers / club mate / food.
We decided that selling beers is out of the question without a liquor license. If people want to BYOB then that is fine. We will also just charge an entry fee at events with donation cups. selling sodas club mate / food is still fine. We'd like to get / build a vending machine for this.
- Bike rack?
No definite solution to this yet. We'll bring this up again at the next meeting.
- Other space.
We are going to try to get the front space instead of the back space so that we can be near the window.
Additional things that came out of the meeting:
- Sectional
- We would like to make the small corner of the common space into a comfortable rest space. A couch wouldn't fit, so we though a sectional. But that may get too cozy what we decided on was 2 comfy chairs next to the poles. This should work as a start.
- A buzzer for the front door
- There is no buzzer, this would be very helpful for telling when people are at the door. It will ring in the common area.
- Fire extinguishers
- It will be good to have a couple on hand since we are doing welding classes.
- Insurance
- Also good to have. We will investigate this
- Food while in the neighborhood
- A place called second chance has free bbq on saturday or sunday.
- Lockers
- We discussed lockers. We will get these as more people join.
Ideas that came out of the meeting are now in Projects
