Weekly Staff Meetings/2012-03-13

Props

• Clemence for the last weekend: Dorkbot, self-made synthesizer
  • Great attendance! Great promotion! Great coverage!
  • Thanks to Meng Qi
  • Sending a new kits
• Paul/Infy/Edward/Mika for setting up the space and tidying up
• Andi for photography - pictures are important for archives
• Min Lin for events promotion and Beijing Maker Carnival coordination
• David for dealing with the new space stuff

Agenda

• Wednesday topics
  • Joshua: Garage Band
  • Reporting from Beijing electronics
  • MIT technology review
  • Chris: beer making technology?

• This weekend
  • 2 workshops on Saturday
    • Augmented Reality garnishes: 13h to 16:30
    • Milkymist hands-on: 17 to 19h (need 2 LCD screen, 3 VGA cables)

• XCJ one year anniversary party
  • Monday 03/26 so we should have a party 24th
  • Drinks and cake
  • XCJ logo cake
  • Super-slideshow: fileserver, Flickr, USB powered hub

• Business setup
  • David will send an email
  • Will get process going...

• New space agreement (issues) - see email

• Moving
  • Find measurements for the staircases and doors
  • Identify all the equipment
  • Get cardboard boxes
  • Get everything into boxes
    • ask past members to get their stuff into the boxes
  • Move the boxes to future machine room April 1st
  • Take down the blue racks
    • Put them in storage
  • Move the tables

• Where's the stuff?
  • 1xArduino Uno, 2xDuemilanove identified as XCJ (sticker on XCJ)

Follow up

• Moving:
  • Quote from legit moving company (96811.com real da zhong ban chang) : 3Ton van with 4 guys moves for us, RMB800 per trip. We need to put our stuff in boxes first.
  • Quote from smaller company: 400~500 depending on size of the van 4ton or 5ton, and if lift is available. Boxes cost 12/15, 15rmb box is 60x60x45cm