EMF Camp 2024/2024-01-15 Meeting

Previous meeting EMF_Camp_2024/2023-12-18_Meeting.

Attendees: Aaron, Andrew, Jon, Betty, Jason

Meeting aim: Solidify plans for workshops and who will run them.

Notes

• Use some of the ex-member's boxes for storing and grouping together various things we are taking to EMF Camp.
• Contact Graham about whether he's taking a van
  • Betty might also drive a van? (if Graham isn't). She's staying in an Air BnB anyway. ("Mansfield Van is £105 Luton, LONG WHEEL BASE VANS£95")
  • Kev's Van Rental (Wilford)
  • Get permission to go a day early (e.g. Wednesday, May 29th)
• Ask Ian to bring in tent (or we could collect it?)

Workshop Proposals

Solargraphy

Gareth will figure out costs for materials etc.

Shrinky Jewellery

Betty.

• Things needed
  • Heat gun / mini oven

Soldering Workshop

Duncan / Aaron / Jason / ???

• Things to get
  • New soldering irons (check edu pack from Kitronik)
    • Solder iron kit from Kitronik is £12.99 - individual soldering iron for £9.
    • Someone look for some new soldering irons for Electronics area - We can take them to EMF Camp and then bring back for electronics area.
  • Soldering kits - keep some aside as spares
    • We have a bunch of Mini POV3 - Column of LEDs which show text as you move it through the air. We'll need to get AA batteries, two per kit. We have more than 20 of these.
      • We sold them in the vending machine for £15
    • We have some old badge kits in Team Storage
    • Maybe some robot kits?

"Get More Ouf Of Your" Arduino Workshop

Jason (Aaron can help?)

We have like 10-20 Arduino Unos in Team Storage

• Aaron get one out tonight for Jason to test (but we think they should still work :D)
• Elegoo Arduinos (if we needed new ones) are £5 each or so.
• Workshop Aim??
  • We provide / give an Arduino
  • BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop)
  • Getting over the hurdle of starting to use an arduino. e.g. learning to program them to do something simple (hello world of arduino: flash an LED)
  • Maybe more intermediate? Maybe RGB LED thing?
• Jason to provide a list of parts after figuring out what the workshop will be.
• £20 to provide everything, leave with Arduino and parts etc.

Sewing Workshop

Betty

• Basic hand sewing
• "how to make a bag" (in an hour or two)
• Betty to have a think about what to do and get an idea of what we'll need to buy.
• Embroidery?
• Grant for STEM projects

Non-workshop things

Joust

Need Jon to look into getting it running (may require an old laptop).

Things to Buy

• Tea urn
• Folding tables? These may be provided by EMF (for a small fee)
• Food for breakfasts!
• Mugs (Aaron to look into printed mugs with Nottingham Hackspace logo on)
• Snackspace stuff (for later), cans, squash/juice, snacks, super noodles, tea, coffee
• First Aid Kit (for the Events Box)
• Evening food (for us)

Things people can lend us?

• Fridge? (Mini freezer? for ice)
• Tent from Ian
• Fairy lights (Betty?)

Things we need to find / gather

• Strip lights
• Arduinos
• Tables
• Fridge
• Kettle
• Stationary / Pens / Markers / Scissors / etc
• Whiteboard (in team storage from Betty)
• Events Box (Table clothes, advertising material, example projects, banner)
• Water barrel
• Donations Box
• Buckets (for cans)
• Hot plate, cooking utensils
• Projector screen / projector, visuals or film later???

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Next meeting, 12th Feb