# 7/11/2023 ## BFL Alignment * Joe has not had time to check alignment yet, will try to align it on Friday ## Midwest Maker Fest / Ignite Peoria * Pinewood Derby * Cars are cut and getting finished by Men's Club * Jeep has been painting and printing cars to have extras * Awards are being finished by Al * Heather has been advertising to libraries, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, etc. * Track is 8'x 50', so 20'x50' would be nice to have * Plan to have pizza for lunch for members who volunteer ## New Members * Heather has been emailing people who came for tours but didn't sign up * Two of the last 3 new members are people that Heather followed up with * Visiting student is a member of a Makerspace at his school in Michigan, and Heather wants to know about giving him a starving membership for the remainder of his time in Peoria - officers agree ## Fiber Laser * Joe recommends 30W JPM MOPA LPE (\~$4000) * Need a green acrylic box (\~$500) * Concern - we need to maintain our CO2 laser capabilities first before adding a fiber laser, and replacing the Glowforge & BFL would cost $15K * There are a number of new desktop lasers that are going to become commercially available soon. $30k laser for $5k. Recommendation to wait until these are available to replace Glowforge (if possible). ## CR-10 S5 Donation * Printer is free, Will Staples has expressed interest in fixing it up * Wes to let Quinton know that we will take it ## New Overhead Projector * Our current projector is old and getting dim and hard to see * Discussion to continue on Slack ## Membership Status * 85 members - 72 full members, 5 starving, 8 digital --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://wiki.rivercitylabs.space/rcl-administration/meetings/officers/archive/2023/7-11-2023.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.