<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Sorry for the long delay in response. I want to use our meeting on the 16th as an opportunity to discuss a lot of these different decisions, particularly how we should structure the organization and how to fund its activities. <div><div> <div style="color:00226B"><h1 style="font-size:12px">Matthew Tuerk</h1> <p style="font-size:10px">Assistant Director<br> Allentown Economic Development Corporation<br> (610) 435-8890 (w)<br> (610) 653-3064 (c)<br> <a style="text-decoration:none; color:00226b" href="mailto:mtuerk@allentownedc.com">mtuerk@allentownedc.com</a></p> <p style="font-size:10px"><a style="color:6B4A00" href="http://allentowngoodnews.blogspot.com">Allentown Good News Blog</a><br> <a style="color:6B4A00" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Allentown-Economic-Development-Corporation/212098131917">Find us on Facebook</a><br> <a style="color:6B4A00" href="http://twitter.com/allentownedc">Follow us on Twitter</a><br></p> <em style="font-size:8px">CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information in this email may be confidential and/or privileged. This email is intended to be reviewed by only the individual or organization named above. If you are not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this email and its attachments, if any, or the information contained herein is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email and delete this email from your system.</em></div> </div><br><div><div>On Nov 4, 2010, at 12:11 AM, Tyler Worman wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">We can discuss with membership requirements with AEDC when we meet on the 16th, unless Matthew is able to chime in and give his thoughts. My understanding is they just want to get people using the space for now. They did mention anyone using the space would definitely need to sign a waiver of liabilities. I guess that is a form of requirements...<div> <br><div>AEDC has purchased the CNC machines from one of the local tech schools that they plan to have in the space. The Makerbot is mine, but as the site said, if I know ahead of time I'd be happy to bring it in and let others use it. I'm still struggling to get it printing perfectly, but I'm close. It is really exciting model an item in a cad program, hit build and a short time later be holding that item in your hand.</div> <div><br></div><div>I document my work here: <a href="http://www.novaslp.net/cgi-bin/mainSite.pl?function=projects">http://www.novaslp.net/cgi-bin/mainSite.pl?function=projects</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>My recent projects have been an Ethernet to Xbee router so that multiple Xbee radio devices can send and receive http requests. Which was designed to give connectivity to a RGB pixel wall/panel I'm working on. </div> <div><br></div><div> - Tyler</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Josiah Ritchie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:josiah@ritchietribe.net">josiah@ritchietribe.net</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I just saw the announcement on the Makezine blog and am excited to see this opening up so near to my house. I live near the intersection of Lehigh St. and 78. I wonder if sending out an announcement to local Linux User Groups might be helpful. <div><br></div><div>I've played around with Arduino some also. I posted my primary project on my projects website: <a href="http://projects.josiahritchie.com/projects/ed" target="_blank">http://projects.josiahritchie.com/projects/ed</a></div> <div><br></div><div>I looked at the tool list and having a Makerbot and a CNC available to play with seems particularly interesting.</div><div><br></div><div>Will there be any membership requirements? What sort of stuff have others been doing?</div> <div><br></div><div>JSR/</div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> Makelehighvalley mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Makelehighvalley@makelehighvalley.com">Makelehighvalley@makelehighvalley.com</a><br> <a href="http://makelehighvalley.com/mailman/listinfo/makelehighvalley_makelehighvalley.com" target="_blank">http://makelehighvalley.com/mailman/listinfo/makelehighvalley_makelehighvalley.com</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br></div></div> _______________________________________________<br>Makelehighvalley mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Makelehighvalley@makelehighvalley.com">Makelehighvalley@makelehighvalley.com</a><br>http://makelehighvalley.com/mailman/listinfo/makelehighvalley_makelehighvalley.com<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>