Meeting39

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Meeting39
From 2010/09/30 19:30:00 to 2010/09/30 23:59:59
Where:
Whitespace Blekerijstraat 75, Gent, Belgium Loading map... Costs 0
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Topics

• discussion on membership fee.
• arduino uno
• iRail awesomeness
• GWOBorg hackathon?

financial

• 1,518.48 EUR in our pocket, 1217 euro to be paid soon
• we are healthy
• expectation from now on: 20 euros
• those who want can pay 40 still, its appreciated

members

• Youssef:
  • Not paying,
  • Never been here after the vzw was erected,
  • Is on the papers though
  • Andre will contact him to see if he wants to be a member or if we remove him.

Arduino Uno

• Its tha new shit!
• New arduino model
• Came out last sunday
• Bert has one!!! (Straight from New York)
• Has new logo
• No longer has an ftdi chp
• Has another small avr that runs open source usb stack (loofa?) - also reprogrammable if you really want (requires soldering) - can be used to make your arduino to be seen as a mouse or a keyboard etc...
• Fully compatible with old shields
• About 35 $
• Also a new mega available

iRail Awesomeness

• iRail guys talked to the NMBS
• not awesome:
  • talking to PR people - want to be friends - they said you can use, but no signing with papers
  • talk with yeary on future/marketing
    • api 1000+ hits/day
    • hunderds of users of mobile platform
  • new thing they are going to do
    • based on codes
    • iRail needs people to apply
    • they accept patches
• note from members
  • is this a good idea?
  • vunerability?

GWOB.org hackathon

• fs111 found it today
• Organisation called "geeks without borders"
• They are going to start 10/10/2010
• They want to do a hackatlon on three existing applications
• From 9th till 10th
• Maybe join the hackatlon with the space?

see: http://www.gwob.org

Makerbot

• sandb is going next week
• welcome to join
• for the space? going around for hat

Airconditioning unit

• compressor is broken
• Koenraad cant fix it, maybe someone can change the compressor
• but not the trouble, keep it for parts
• Check with Kurt before demolition

Roel member

• yes!

Keys

• Mitch has a key
• Roel has key
• We don't hand out keys to other people before checking with group

Book shelf

• Its cool!!
• Thx Koen!!!

Audio stuff on bookshelf

• Fixing the speakers
• When to fix it?
• Any time?

Book shelves

• Bert can has
• Needs transport
• 2m high
• Hans can help, fs111 can
• Science fiction books?
  • All in english
  • No fantasy (thank god!)
  • We keep them

Automatic whiteboard

• sandb will make doodle

Gate system

• cron job problem
• we don't know why and what?
• To be investigated