Weekly Staff Meetings/2012-03-06

Props

• David for taking care of the new space and XinCheJian 2.0 formalities
• Barcamp - Edward, Ricky, David, Infy, Mika, Clemence, lutz, Angie, Andrea, Minlin, Russell, Edward (little) and all the other awesome people that made it possible!

Agenda

• Updates on the new space
  • Delay: Ren - wants to kick XCJ out after 2 years - others not agreed so construction costs being negotiated.
  • 25 day Build out - move in early - before April 11th for Mitch group.
  • XCJ commitment 7 still
• XCJ 2.0 formalities update
  • names came back, xinchejian too generic - david to send through the approved list
  • two weeks once name confirmed.
  • industrial park in yangpu - David
• Moving
  • Machine room first
  • no costs yet.
• Wednesday speakers
  • confirmed with Derek Zhang, he's going to show some RC toys
  • Susan's crew will announce the ECO fair 14th April
  • Lady to come give a talk on interactive music
• Mitch and crew?
  • The group is 8 people total [1]
  • They will be in Shanghai from Apr. 11th to 17th
  • Wednesday talk on Apr. 11th, but still need to confirm
  • Beijing Lu Electronics malls tour on Apr. 14th from 9am to 12pm
    • Ask Shyu and Shenjie for tour
  • Workshop for newbies on Apr. 14th at 2pm
  • xinchejian to follow along on the shanghai factory tour :) - min lin to check
  • Maybe another workshop for advanced users...
• Minlin to Shenzhen - Minimaker faire, 7-11th
• Payments/Circle pleasure
  • Let's create a Taobao store
    • Sell workshops
    • Sell memberships
• Start enforcing memberships
  • student prices
  • Membership rules
• Maker Carnival in Beijing Apr. 27-29th
  • Projects
    • Moody plant
    • Hairless crab
    • EEG脑波传感和Arduino
    • Quadcopter
    • Angie's dust bin
    • Arduino car hacks
    • Rat Motel 2000
    • Lophilo
  • Workshops
    • (David, Minlin, Edward, Clemence, Paul, HQC, Angie, Sunny, Mika, Stanley, Ricky, Shyu, Andrea, Lio)
    • nominated: Infy & Chinese guy, Michael (recruit more before we go) to run XCJ
    • ..maybe run a workshop in shanghai like processing..
    • Ardublock
    • Squishy Circuits
    • Insectbot
    • Heart shaped LED
    • Analog line follower
    • Useless machine (is workshop possible?)
• Art Hack weekend Apr. 21th-22nd
  • Clemence and Angie to go.
• Roboracing - 15th April
• YangPu - workshop(s) - David to follow up.
  • 3D Scanner workshop
  • 3D Printer workshop
  • Laser cutter workshop
• LaSalle to setup a HackerSpace.
  • maybe coming over on Wednesday.
• rudy to host a workshop & launch party 18th march

Todo

• David names/company registration
• Edward moving
• Clemence - Fa Ren & Delegates id copy Next Monday
• Paul to Cut 5 keys