[Noisebridge-announce] Meeting Notes

thousand in the equipment fund. Talk to John if you have ideas for the equipment fund. - New members: Ruth Grace Wong - New philanthropists: Juan Montana, Travis Herrick - Consensus Items: None - Discussion Items: Country is out of whack. If you see something wrong, do something about

[Noisebridge-announce] Your help is needed for fundraising strategy @ Noisebridge

Hi everyone, We have an extremely important Noisebridge survey and need input from as many people as possible. This survey will help guide Josef Krebs and Megan Ahiers as they develop a fundraising strategy for Noisebridge, so that we can survive and thrive in the coming years. Please take a

[Noisebridge-announce] Formlabs events: mass customization & prototyping and production

Got this message on the Meetup group and thought I'd share. I think I might go to the prototyping and production event. Will be interesting to hear from large companies how they do things. Ruth -- Forwarded message - From: Meetup Messages Date: Tue, May 22,

[Noisebridge-announce] No Circuit Hacking Monday on memorial day

Hi all, Heads up that no one is hosting Circuit Hacking Monday on Memorial day. If people wander in the space looking for the class feel free to direct them to the kits in the vending machine that they can play with themselves. Ruth ___

[Noisebridge-announce] Board Election 2018

of the board (AKA the bored) is to not do anything. The board nominees are: J James (@jslack) John Shutt Lady Red Lee Azzarello Naomi Most Nicole Borgaard Rebecca Valentine Ruth Grace Wong Steve Young Victoria Fierce Wow, good job, congrats. You can vote for any number of the nominees, and also

[Noisebridge-announce] Sheet Acrylic Manufacturing Workshop -- May 5

Are you manufacturing something with plastic? How much do you expect to pay for your molds? $10,000? Maybe even $100,000? If you are a startup and don't have the capital or the volumes to justify expensive plastic molds, manufacturing out of sheet acrylic might be the answer for you. Myself

[Noisebridge-announce] Looking for Exhibitors & Volunteers for Mission Art & Performance Project @ Noisebridge!

Hey Noisebridge! We're looking for project/art exhibitors and volunteers to help out with our participation in the Mission Art & Performance Project (MAPP)! MAPP happens once every 2 months and venues around the Mission participate by opening up their space and inviting the neighbourhood. If

[Noisebridge-announce] laser is fixed

Hi all, In case you were wondering, the laser cutter is functioning again. There is still duct tape on the tube, so be careful. But the blockage preventing the laser from coming out of the tube has been resolved (Thanks to Justin removing a broken adaptor piece that made its way inside). Ongoing

Re: [Noisebridge-announce] Plastic Manufacturing for Hardware Startups -- October 20th

5th at the NoisebridgeHackerspace, and costs $85: *https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/events/254812336/ <https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/events/254812336/>* Feel free to contact me at ruthgracew...@gmail.com if you have any questions Best, Ruth On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 11:49 AM Ruth Grac

[Noisebridge-announce] Help bring more people to Noisebridge [MAPP]

Hello Noisebridge community, Please help us share about our Mission Arts and Performance Project event this Saturday!! This event brings in people who normally wouldn't come across Noisebridge, we'll be ready with greeters and tours. Help us introduce even more people to our lovely space! Share

[Noisebridge-announce] Plastic Manufacturing for Hardware Startups -- October 20th

Exciting news: This time Mike Zhao, our contract manufacturing expert, is going to come for the Q in person! You can read more about him and the contract manufacturing process here: https://medium.com/supplyframe-hardware/shanghais-contract-manufacturing-a-factory-visit-7fc800cce411 *Note that

[Noisebridge-announce] Mission Arts & Performance Project @ Noisebridge

Announcing our first music performer at Noisebridge's Mission Arts & Performance Project: Joseph Grand, DJ specializing in deep house and techno, 8-9pm October 6th! https://soundcloud.com/josephgrandmusic --- The Mission Arts and Performance Project has been running for 14 years. During

[Noisebridge-announce] Noisebridge is ON FIRE -- update

Since the last fiery update, we've seen $670 more in donations, bringing our campaign total to $4077 from 110 donors!! Can you chip in to help us reach our goal of $5000 before the end of 2018? Fundraising bot update:

Re: [Noisebridge-announce] Help fill out our Noisebridge demographic survey!

when we talk about our radically open-access space. Ruth On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 6:48 PM Ruth Grace Wong wrote: > Hello Noisebridgers! > > As we gear up to apply for some big money grants at the end of 2019, we'll > need to start measuring how well we're serving the local community. P

[Noisebridge-announce] Help fill out our Noisebridge demographic survey!

Hello Noisebridgers! As we gear up to apply for some big money grants at the end of 2019, we'll need to start measuring how well we're serving the local community. Please help by filling out our 10 question demographic survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HNSWRWY Results will be shown at a

[Noisebridge-announce] No power at Noisebridge 9PM Dec 1 to 6AM Dec 2

Hi all, Heads up: There will be no power at Noisebridge tonight. There's some people doing electrical work outside the space. Ruth ___ Noisebridge-announce mailing list Noisebridge-announce@lists.noisebridge.net

[Noisebridge-announce] Laser Cutter Safety Training today at noon

Hello people of Noisebridge, Due to a shortage of teachers we haven't had any scheduled laser trainings this month, but we have one scheduled today before the AbilityHacks event. The laser cutter safety training will be run by David and Dany. https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/events/260215413

[Noisebridge-announce] Elevator back in service !!

The elevator is finally back in service! Yesterday, a licensed company checked to make sure it was operational and removed the city tag. If you experience any issues with the elevator, please share in our forum: https://discuss.noisebridge.info/c/guilds/elevator Ruth

[Noisebridge-announce] Donate is down

A server was decommissioned and the Rack volunteer crew failed to migrate donate.noisebridge.net in time (as happens with volunteer crews). The main Rack folks are meeting tomorrow to get a test donate website up, and then we'll need more volunteers to help find any bugs. Will keep everyone

Re: [Noisebridge-announce] Donate is down

The test website is up! We need help testing it. Instructions here: https://discuss.noisebridge.info/t/testing-new-donate-server/1013 Thanks in advance! Ruth On Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 8:45 AM Ruth Grace Wong wrote: > A server was decommissioned and the Rack volunteer crew failed to migr

[Noisebridge-announce] Elevator down for maintenance

Unfortunately, the elevator is down for maintenance and will not be operational in time for the gala tomorrow. The roller cam on the elevator door facing away from Mission Street is broken and the elevator technician is working on it. Ruth ___

[Noisebridge-announce] laser cutter is down for maintenance

We had a tech come look at it and they cleaned and adjusted all the optics, and confirmed that we need a new tube. We are discussing how to go about this here: https://discuss.noisebridge.info/t/we-need-a-new-laser-tube-should-we-upgrade-to-150w/1274 There's interest in upgrading to a 150W tube.

[Noisebridge-announce] Stupid Hackathon 6 @ Noisebridge

y'all: I'm hosting the Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas Hackathon October 19-20!!! I would love to see you and your friends come and make some truly useless shit. Kids welcome (with supervision). Hardware, software, tupperware, vaporware -- almost anything goes. Don't hesitate to me

Re: [Noisebridge-announce] Stupid Hackathon 6 @ Noisebridge

://stupidhackathon.github.io Hope to see you all there! :) (RSVP here: https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/events/264945809/) Ruth On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 5:21 PM Ruth Grace Wong wrote: > y'all: I'm hosting the Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas > Hackathon October 19-20!!! I would love to see you an

[Noisebridge-announce] THE LASER CUTTER IS BACK!!

After 2 months, we've gotten the broken tube upgraded to 150W!! Hurrah!!! *Note that you shouldn't go over 55% power to prolong the life of the new tube.* So you probably won't be able to cut wood or MDF thicker than 1/4 inch. *We have not retested all the materials yet, so please try 50% less

[Noisebridge-announce] Laser Cutter Retraining required starting November 11

micals for cleaning, etc.). Ruth On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 3:02 PM Alex (Merlin) Glow wrote: > Badass! Thx Ruth and co!! > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 12:22 PM Ruth Grace Wong > wrote: > >> After 2 months, we've gotten the broken tube upgraded to 150W!! Hurrah!!! >> >&

[Noisebridge-announce] SF Stupid Shit Hackathon 7 @ Noisebridge

What better to do the weekend before April fool’s than the Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas Hackathon??!! I would love to see you and your friends come and make some truly useless shit this March 28-29. Kids welcome (with supervision). Hardware, software, tupperware, vaporware – almost

[Noisebridge-announce] Stupid Hackathon Postponed to June

Hello everyone, I have been looking forward to this event for half a year (since the last one) and am really sad to announce that we will be postponing it for everyone's safety. If you are excited about making something dumb, please don't let coronavirus stop you, and share the stuff you made with