Weekly Staff Meetings/2016-11-29

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Staff Meeting Notes 2016-11-29, 20:06
Staff: Chris,  Ricky, Freda, Roger
Notes: Chris

Props and Announcements

  • George made an awesome Javascript!
  • Eduardo workshop 5 people signed up and he donated his teaching fee to xcj

Past events

  • George workshop 4 people signed up.
  • Eduardo smart watch workshop

Coming Week's Events and Workshops

  • Eduardo smart watch workshop (550 RMB for buying the watch) sun
  • Camilo: Otto robot
  • Henry: Friday night robot meetup, starts from next week
  • TBD: Follow up PCB workshop by Paul
  • Rudi: robot camp

Wednesday Open Night

HOST: Chris

  • Jakon: Ball like intelligent access device
  • Cedric: short movie "monuments for progress" Cedric's life in Shanghai
  • Gamilo: Otto
  • Teacher Huang

Workshops

  • Alipay name is wrong on Huodongxing, fixed! Waiting for 20th to get money.


Sponsorships

Sponsorships updates:

CHRIS & KEVIN to work on the below: (8 weeks late)

  • history timeline from the beginning (nothing from Ricky)
  • XinCheJian at Crystal Galleria
    • Pay Chris for the organization
    • May sponsor us, allow us to put posters
    • Get 15% from the projects there for referral
    • Do more outreach to people that don't about XinCheJian
  • Need more articles: That's Shanghai, City Weekend
  • Silent Auction, when? - Alec Walker takes the job.
    • Geeky.. book time? dinner with Chris? roger in an outfit?
    • Entrance to event?
    • buy an old iMac!

Xinchejian Rules Changelog

Rules Changes: rules_changelog

Space Safety (9 weeks no incidents)

  • Bandsaw, turns on, magnetic switch needs to be replaced.
  • Enabling the individual members to call out individual safety first.
    • Call out safety to group, have a discussion, address objections.
    • if objections not addressed satisfactorily
    • Enforce safety workshop usage
  • Ban for people that present a risk as collectively assessed

Physical security also include making sure we don't get things stolen

Xinfab-Xinchejian Relations

https://wiki.xinchejian.com/wiki/Relationship_of_Xinfab_and_Xinchejian

  • workshops are 50% / 50% split of workshop
  • lasercutter is broken (acrylic caught on fire, belt is burned)
  • belt sander is broken (belt needs to be changed)

XinCheJian Kids Club

  • make a decision internally before the end of November
  • Teach more kids
    • ROGER gives Freda the template.
    • from 5 years old to 16 years old (afterschool)
    • Chris is to help with budgeting
      • decision to be voted on the 22nd of November or we pass on the space.

KEVIN to send the notes for the governance issue

Xinchejian Cleanup

  • Total failure
  • Members don't maintain.
  • Track these who don't clean and announce it. People should nag these ones don't clean up.

XinCheJian Online Shop shop.xinchejian.com

Proposal: online shop full of cool ideas

  • From makers to makers
  • Projects BY members (XinCheJian Members)
  • Need to have a profile
  • Disclaimer: project are not owned by XinCheJian, projects are by members
  • Customized logo "XinCheJian Member" (Andi)

Implementation:

  • Use the wiki: shop.xinchejian.com
  • Physical store: use the shelves (demo product + profile)

Roger sent Wiki stuff to staff, no reply

  • wants to name the products
  • clean up project shelf
  • throw away old shit
  • add new products there
  • Urban Farming second class will be ending this week. Will finish the documentation on Wiki.
  • Party will be on Saturday night probably.
  • Next Wednesday will be presentation time.
  • Biolab next meetup will be on Saturday.


Space Manager Transfer

  • Freda will take over Chris's role.
  • Chris will remain XinCheian for a long time.
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