Makespace - User contributions [en]

Meetings/FamilyMakers17-02-2013

2013-02-17T18:08:50Z

Vangpk: /* Minutes */

= Dates =
'''This meeting:''' Sunday 17th Feb 2013 @ 10:00am 
'''Next meeting:''' Early March 2013 

= Attendees =
Steve Upton 
Brian Corteil 
Chris Voth 
Meg Westbury 
Beck Collins 
Rod Williams 
Uwe Borowski 
Vangelis Pappas-Katsiafas 

= Minutes =
Using the wiki page as a guide we talked through the following:

'''Where'''
Following conversations with Jonny on Tuesday we discussed the use of the main space for the club. It's lighter, it IS the space for making, it would give exposure to the club of the equipment out there and provide inspiration for attendees.

'''Rules'''
*Involve youngsters in creation of initial rules - this would help them to accept and follow the rules
*Orientation - We should have a short orientation for new starters
*The rule for removal should be 3 strikes per day and then three instances but we'll need to see how this goes. Reasons for removal would be:
**Disruptive behaviour
**Safety rule breaches
*Definitely need atleast 2 organisers per session

'''Potential Projects'''
We need a selection of projects. Some simple 1 day projects that we can make to start, which can also be used as first projects for new joiners. Longer term projects would need to be planned but there was interest in doing things for events such as the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6EIjtwvOMY Chain Reaction]. 
Other ideas we covered were: 
*Laser cutter project with end result
*Out of the box kits
**[http://oomlout.co.uk oomlout] project kits
**solderless breadboard kits
*3D modeling
**Use of the modelling apps on a computer
**Build of items from Thingiverse
**Build things that can then be used/taken home e.g. Stamps
**3D Monsters, using [http://www.123dapp.com/creature 123D Creatures]
**Using [http://www.123dapp.com/catch 123 catch]
*Training on software
**Sketchup
*Craft based projects
*Name badges
*'Family Makers at work' - sign, badges

'''Questions to be asked of other maker clubs'''
*What projects worked well and what didn't?
*Can we take your projects and reuse them?
*How did you source funding?
*Where there any legal challenges to setting up?
*What did you do about formulating a set of rules?
*What parent/child ratios are you working with?

'''Fees/Funding'''
*Different costs for Makespace members and non members was a popular idea to avoid parents having to join Makespace when they were only in the club for their kids.
*There are believed to be sources of funding available for organisations promoting family projects, plus those promoting making for younger people. Therefore these will be pursued before looking to Makespace for funding.
*An initial investment from the founding club members is an option but first we need to define the projects we aim to start, and hence determine the cost.

'''Equipment'''
*Safety scissors may be required for younger members
*General consensus was that all should be taught to use the existing tools but safely

'''Other'''
*Correct sized safety equipment will be needed for younger members
*Engineering department events have minimal paperwork and rules - to be checked with Maria
*Meetup should be used for meetings but a set limit of attendees used
*10 family groups initially
*Provisional start date of end of March
*It would be good to have the opportunity for a 'show and tell' both within the club and to the wider community.

'''Actions'''
*Update the list of possible projects - wiki - '''All'''
*Chase the contacts we already have - '''Meg'''
*Next meetup to be created - '''Brian'''
*Risk assessment
**Overall risk assessment for the club - '''Brian'''
**Think about assessment of main space - '''Beck'''
*Investigate potential funding sources - '''Steve/Meg'''

Meetings/FamilyMakers17-02-2013

2013-02-17T18:08:12Z

Vangpk:

= Dates =
'''This meeting:''' Sunday 17th Feb 2013 @ 10:00am 
'''Next meeting:''' Early March 2013 

= Attendees =
Steve Upton 
Brian Corteil 
Chris Voth 
Meg Westbury 
Beck Collins 
Rod Williams 
Uwe Borowski 
Vangelis Pappas-Katsiafas 

= Minutes =
Using the wiki page as a guide we talked through the following:

'''Where'''
Following conversations with Jonny on Tuesday we discussed the use of the main space for the club. It's lighter, it IS the space for making, it would give exposure to the club of the equipment out there and provide inspiration for attendees.

'''Rules'''
*Involve youngsters in creation of initial rules - this would help them to accept and follow the rules
*Orientation - We should have a short orientation for new starters
*The rule for removal should be 3 strikes per day and then three instances but we'll need to see how this goes. Reasons for removal would be:
**Disruptive behaviour
**Safety rule breaches
*Definitely need atleast 2 organisers per session

'''Potential Projects'''
We need a selection of projects. Some simple 1 day projects that we can make to start, which can also be used as first projects for new joiners. Longer term projects would need to be planned but there was interest in doing things for events such as the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6EIjtwvOMY Chain Reaction]. 
Other ideas we covered were: 
*Laser cutter project with end result
*Out of the box kits
**[http://oomlout.co.uk oomlout] project kits
**solderless breadboard kits
*3D modeling
**Use of the modelling apps on a computer
**Build of items from Thingiverse
**Build things that can then be used/taken home e.g. Stamps
**3D Monsters, or using [http://www.123dapp.com/creature 123D Creatures]
**Using [http://www.123dapp.com/catch 123 catch]
*Training on software
**Sketchup
*Craft based projects
*Name badges
*'Family Makers at work' - sign, badges

'''Questions to be asked of other maker clubs'''
*What projects worked well and what didn't?
*Can we take your projects and reuse them?
*How did you source funding?
*Where there any legal challenges to setting up?
*What did you do about formulating a set of rules?
*What parent/child ratios are you working with?

'''Fees/Funding'''
*Different costs for Makespace members and non members was a popular idea to avoid parents having to join Makespace when they were only in the club for their kids.
*There are believed to be sources of funding available for organisations promoting family projects, plus those promoting making for younger people. Therefore these will be pursued before looking to Makespace for funding.
*An initial investment from the founding club members is an option but first we need to define the projects we aim to start, and hence determine the cost.

'''Equipment'''
*Safety scissors may be required for younger members
*General consensus was that all should be taught to use the existing tools but safely

'''Other'''
*Correct sized safety equipment will be needed for younger members
*Engineering department events have minimal paperwork and rules - to be checked with Maria
*Meetup should be used for meetings but a set limit of attendees used
*10 family groups initially
*Provisional start date of end of March
*It would be good to have the opportunity for a 'show and tell' both within the club and to the wider community.

'''Actions'''
*Update the list of possible projects - wiki - '''All'''
*Chase the contacts we already have - '''Meg'''
*Next meetup to be created - '''Brian'''
*Risk assessment
**Overall risk assessment for the club - '''Brian'''
**Think about assessment of main space - '''Beck'''
*Investigate potential funding sources - '''Steve/Meg'''

Family Makers

2013-02-17T18:01:01Z

Vangpk: /* Potential Projects */

= Aim =
To enable makers and their families and friends to come together, make things and have fun.

= Description =
In order to progress and get the club set up quickly and reduce the required legal work this will be for existing members, their families and their guests.
The classroom will be the main location used, possibly making use of the kitchen and maybe demonstrating some of the equipment in the workshop.

= Meetings =
Next meeting early March 
[[Meetings/FamilyMakers17-02-2013]] 
[[Meetings/FamilyMakers03-02-2013]]

= When =
*Sunday mornings: 10-12
*Weekly to enable access for as many as possible, as people will be away and unable to attend every week

= Rules =
*We should have a committee of at least 3 members to organise and administer the club
*We should have a set of club rules, on top of the Makespace membership rules
*Parents are required to attend, it won't be possible to drop of kids and collect them later
*Full control of children is required as Makespace has potentially dangerous equipment
*Number of kids dependent on behaviour, typically up to 2 as we already have a majority of parents with 2
*Three strikes rule on behaviour, three bad behaviour instances and the child will not be permitted back
*Repeated ‘guests’ need to consider membership
*A committee member should attend each day, be there 15 mins early and organise refreshments and projects plus ensure clear up afterwards.

= Potential Projects =
We need to have some level of structure to the sessions, especially at the start, after that attendees may want to do their own things. Some project ideas could be:
*Raspberry Pi
*Basic skills
**Soldering
*Standard kits e.g. Adafruit
*Chain reaction
*Competitions
**Catapults
**Cars
**Robots
*Laser cutter demo
*3D print demo
*Educational component – e.g. what is this resistor doing?
*Sewing
*PaperCraft
**I have a set of PaperCraft designs of locks, combination, cylinder etc, which are interesting to build and result in a working (but fragile) lock, RodW
** Build hats and helmets with cardboard and hot glue
*Use 123D catch to capture 3D models, possibly heads
*Use 123D Creatures to design 3D monsters and cartoons, then 3d print them.

Longer Projects
*Create a mold and cast something - low tech by cutting out layers of ply, vacuum mold a heated plastic sheet and cast chocolate.
*Conductive Fabric - Sewing, sensors and simple circuits.
*3D generative programs, create program (in openscad) that will generate 3D models, add parameterisation via thingiverse customizer script, 3D print
*Create a polagraph, draw quirky pictures slowly
*Raid Make magazine, [http://blog.makezine.com/projects/make-33/vinyl-pcb-resist/ Vinyl PCB Resist]encourages custom/artistic circuit diagrams and the process teachs circuit board basics

= Legal =
<Todo>

= Funding =
*Initial investment
**Makespace ?
**Founding members?
*Weekly fees
**£2 each non member to cover refreshments and consumables
 

= Other =
*Communication – who, when, how?
*Wiki page, web page, twitter, calendar, meetup pages
*Founding families
*Outreach targets ?
*Sources for kits and spares
*Refreshments: Squash, snacks
*Are two members needed for each club event so that one can escort non members through the space if required?
*Future coordination with other groups?
*Committee meetings – how frequently? Monthly initially
*How many people interested?
*Who will actively attend?
*Next meeting end of Feb

= Links =
Some links that could have useful information for us going forward:
* [http://hackerscouts.acemonstertoys.org/ Hacker Scouts]
*Instructables
*Lego
*Engineering faculty days – [mailto:outreach-officer@eng.cam.ac.uk Maria Kettle]
*Adafruit
*Proto pic
* [http://www.theroboticist.org/ The Roboticist] (Seattle-based robot club for young kids)

= Actions =
{| class="wikitable"
!Action
!Owner
!Expected Date
!Comments
|-
|Create a Meetup for the next meeting
|
|
|
|-
|Start separate discussions on the Google group for the areas that need to be clarified
|Steve U
|
|
|-
|Talk to Laura about the legal elements
|Steve U
|
|
|-
|Contact details for [mailto:outreach-officer@eng.cam.ac.uk Maria Kettle] at Engineering Faculty
|Meg W
|
|done - but did not contact Maria as need to set questions first
|-
|Contact friend at the [http://www.theroboticist.org/ Seattle kids' robotics club] for tips on setting up a club
|Meg W
|
|done - waiting for reply
|-
|Define the steps to set the club up
|
|
|
|-
|Define what we need to get access to the Makespace classroom
|
|
|
|-
|Membership for Chris, Meg and Rod
|Chris V, Meg W, Rod W
|
|
|-
|Risk assessments – what needs to be done?
|
|
|
|-
|Do we need at least one founder in attendance?
|
|
|
|}

Family Makers

2013-02-17T18:00:33Z

Vangpk:

= Aim =
To enable makers and their families and friends to come together, make things and have fun.

= Description =
In order to progress and get the club set up quickly and reduce the required legal work this will be for existing members, their families and their guests.
The classroom will be the main location used, possibly making use of the kitchen and maybe demonstrating some of the equipment in the workshop.

= Meetings =
Next meeting early March 
[[Meetings/FamilyMakers17-02-2013]] 
[[Meetings/FamilyMakers03-02-2013]]

= When =
*Sunday mornings: 10-12
*Weekly to enable access for as many as possible, as people will be away and unable to attend every week

= Rules =
*We should have a committee of at least 3 members to organise and administer the club
*We should have a set of club rules, on top of the Makespace membership rules
*Parents are required to attend, it won't be possible to drop of kids and collect them later
*Full control of children is required as Makespace has potentially dangerous equipment
*Number of kids dependent on behaviour, typically up to 2 as we already have a majority of parents with 2
*Three strikes rule on behaviour, three bad behaviour instances and the child will not be permitted back
*Repeated ‘guests’ need to consider membership
*A committee member should attend each day, be there 15 mins early and organise refreshments and projects plus ensure clear up afterwards.

= Potential Projects =
We need to have some level of structure to the sessions, especially at the start, after that attendees may want to do their own things. Some project ideas could be:
*Raspberry Pi
*Basic skills
**Soldering
*Standard kits e.g. Adafruit
*Chain reaction
*Competitions
**Catapults
**Cars
**Robots
*Laser cutter demo
*3D print demo
*Educational component – e.g. what is this resistor doing?
*Sewing
*PaperCraft
**I have a set of PaperCraft designs of locks, combination, cylinder etc, which are interesting to build and result in a working (but fragile) lock, RodW
** Build hats and helmets with cardboard and hot glue
*Use 123D catch to capture 3D models, possibly heads
*Use 123D Creatures to design 3D monsters ans cartoons, then 3d print them.

Longer Projects
*Create a mold and cast something - low tech by cutting out layers of ply, vacuum mold a heated plastic sheet and cast chocolate.
*Conductive Fabric - Sewing, sensors and simple circuits.
*3D generative programs, create program (in openscad) that will generate 3D models, add parameterisation via thingiverse customizer script, 3D print
*Create a polagraph, draw quirky pictures slowly
*Raid Make magazine, [http://blog.makezine.com/projects/make-33/vinyl-pcb-resist/ Vinyl PCB Resist]encourages custom/artistic circuit diagrams and the process teachs circuit board basics

= Legal =
<Todo>

= Funding =
*Initial investment
**Makespace ?
**Founding members?
*Weekly fees
**£2 each non member to cover refreshments and consumables
 

= Other =
*Communication – who, when, how?
*Wiki page, web page, twitter, calendar, meetup pages
*Founding families
*Outreach targets ?
*Sources for kits and spares
*Refreshments: Squash, snacks
*Are two members needed for each club event so that one can escort non members through the space if required?
*Future coordination with other groups?
*Committee meetings – how frequently? Monthly initially
*How many people interested?
*Who will actively attend?
*Next meeting end of Feb

= Links =
Some links that could have useful information for us going forward:
* [http://hackerscouts.acemonstertoys.org/ Hacker Scouts]
*Instructables
*Lego
*Engineering faculty days – [mailto:outreach-officer@eng.cam.ac.uk Maria Kettle]
*Adafruit
*Proto pic
* [http://www.theroboticist.org/ The Roboticist] (Seattle-based robot club for young kids)

= Actions =
{| class="wikitable"
!Action
!Owner
!Expected Date
!Comments
|-
|Create a Meetup for the next meeting
|
|
|
|-
|Start separate discussions on the Google group for the areas that need to be clarified
|Steve U
|
|
|-
|Talk to Laura about the legal elements
|Steve U
|
|
|-
|Contact details for [mailto:outreach-officer@eng.cam.ac.uk Maria Kettle] at Engineering Faculty
|Meg W
|
|done - but did not contact Maria as need to set questions first
|-
|Contact friend at the [http://www.theroboticist.org/ Seattle kids' robotics club] for tips on setting up a club
|Meg W
|
|done - waiting for reply
|-
|Define the steps to set the club up
|
|
|
|-
|Define what we need to get access to the Makespace classroom
|
|
|
|-
|Membership for Chris, Meg and Rod
|Chris V, Meg W, Rod W
|
|
|-
|Risk assessments – what needs to be done?
|
|
|
|-
|Do we need at least one founder in attendance?
|
|
|
|}