January meeting

Tonight we were Barry, Malcolm White, Gordon, Morris, Mike Redman, Michael Polley, Jed, Guy Unwin, Dan Heeks ( me ). I collected membership money from 7 of us. Guy showed us some metal bird feeders that he had made. They were shiny garden sculptures as well as being functional. Michael got us thinking some more about intelligent clothing. Jed told us about his recent successes with local business. I showed everyone some of the milling I had been doing and told them about my software. Guy had also brought in a simple portable exercise bike that he had bought, that you could put under the desk and pedal while working on your computer. I need something like this, so I have decided to buy the PowerPlus Cougar, which can power my laptop while I pedal it. See the picture.

December meeting

Malcolm Victory came along and told us how he has patented the adaptor he has designed for his for his rotary drier cover. Jed told us about his involvment with the proposed Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership.
Michael Polley had some useful contributions, but most memorable was his recent experience of being involved in an aeroplane crash! Rick had some ideas to pass by us, including an idea for thermally sensitive clothing, and another idea for protecting frail people when they fall over. I got some advice about my software ( www.heeks.net ).

November meeting

Tonight we were Dan, Rick, Jed, Marcus, Malcolm White and Charles Penny. We mostly discussed ideas for the Upton flood defense. Malcolm also described some interesting uses of a MP3 voice recorder.

October meeting

Tonight we had a new member join; Rick. Also at the meeting were Marcus, Jed, Morris, Francis, Guy and me ( Dan ). Rick had some ideas about Upton flood defenses. Marcus has also thought about this a lot and had some drawings of his designs for a barrier.

September meeting

Tonight we were Dan, Geoff, Barry, Mike Dean, Gordon, Morris, Mike Redman, Guy, Chris Baddiley, Marcus, Ian.

August Meeting

There were only 5 or 6 of us.

July meeting

Tonight, we were: Dan Heeks ( me ), Guy Unwin, Gordon Heeks, Jed Marson, Marcus Cleaver, Ian Browse, Chris Baddiley. Chris told us how the view of the night sky in Mathon is superior to the view of the night sky in Malvern, because of the laminar airflow on the western side of the Malvern Hills. Also he talked about the Dyson desktop fan. I talked about my CAD/CAM software ( HeeksCAD ). Guy showed us some nice stainless steel frying trays. Gordon told us about SAS combat knives and described the correct way to kill a man. Jed suggested ways to capitalise on the club's assets and told us about his own situation regarding housing. Marcus showed us his low cost idea regarding food tins that don't stack on top of each other effectively.