Meeting Minutes for 2016: 09/17/16

Meeting called to order.

Old Business

1) Update on VCF SE 5.0

  • Date finalized as April 29 and 30th 2017.
  • Earl will be communicating with speakers to coordinate.

2) Maker Faire Update
We have 10 tables — 6 solder, 3 for display, 1 for selling

  • Exhibits
    • Earl can provide PC Jr monitor and hard drive that has open cover.
    • Mark — TI exhibit
    • Sam — PC exhibit
    • Nolan & Joe — Will have an exhibit –  details forthcoming
    • Ed — 6800 exhbit
    • Alan — PC Jr exhibit
  • General support
    • Sam — Volunteer list : Follow up
    • Earl — Squares and access point
  • Volunteers
    • Flash — Both days, all day
    • Ed — Saturday set up (partial) all day Sunday
    • Wendy — Other exhibit — Will make something
    • Mark — Both days, all day
    • David G — ? Smoozing – Saturday all day
    • Nolan & helper Joe — All day Saturday, early Sunday
    • Alan — Sunday all day, Saturday tenative
    • Brad – Saturday, maybe Sunday
    • Ben – 1/2 day not sure which
    • Adam- Will tell Sam. Also wife Rebecca will help with soldering
    • Rob & Eva – Will help out soldering on Saturday

3) Any new members to sign up?

  • None this month

 

New Business

1) New kit for VCF SE 5.0 — Musical organ kit.

  • Flash demonstrated initial prototype.
  • Kits and more inventory of existing kits in process.

2) Meeting goes back to 2nd Saturday : October 8th

  • October Presentation — David G.- Modern storage for Vintage HW.
  • November Presentation — Wendy  – Software preservation
  • December Presentation — Normally Christmas party & game day.
  • January Presentation — Ben – Topic to be determined.

3) Alan will be talking at GA Tech — Will tell about that next month

Meeting adjourned.