08/30/2016
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First Time Visitor Info
- Prime Directive: Be Excellent to Each Other
- Waivers of Liability - Please sign if you have not already
- Our website / calendar is www.lvl1.org
- Sign up for our Google Group discussion list
- You can find all of our Meeting Minutes on our wiki: wiki.lvl1.org
- Culture of Cleanliness - FIVE MINUTE TASKS -
- Check the boards for post its -
- Includes clean tables, surfaces.
- Minors must be attended by Parent/Guardian!
- We have an Amazon Smile account
- Shop at smile.amazon.com: pick us as your nonprofit; some proceeds come our way.
Shout Outs
- Shout out to Jared, Charles and Ben for helping andy with leds.
- Shout out to andy for monitoring broken, Gold Star!
- Shout out to Ben, Andy, and Isaac for cleaning up the woodshop..
Equipment and Supplies Wanted
- Cody looking for bicycle or wheelchair wheels.
- Mike Revel looking for: Acrylic sheet, at least 5"x5"x2"
- Mike Revel looking for: Laptop Batteries, broking or working, or any state.
- Rob is looking for assistance making a vehicle with canvas/fabric over a frame.
Equipment Report
- The front door was acting weird, Broken was emailed, but it seems to be doing okay now?
- Some of the resistors have been re-stocked and reorganized.
- The quickest way to get something fixed is to let us know that it is broken! Send broken equipment reports to broken@lvl1.org
- This includes supplies like drill bitses and soap!
Regular Meetups
- MONDAY
- Night of The Hat (Mondays @ 8 PM)
- Learn to solder, work on Inter-hackerspace "Naval Strategy Game", Kittens, and open making.
- Now weekly until Makerfaire Louisville!
- Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 9/12 @ 8pm)
- Night of The Hat (Mondays @ 8 PM)
- TUESDAY
- Learn-a-thing (Tuesdays @ 6pm)
- Learn how to use many tools at LVL1 before the meeting (informal setting; great for first-timers!)
- LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesdays @ 8pm)
- Derby Py Meetup (4th Tuesday of the month, next 9/27 @ 6:30)
- Discussion of Python related topics.
- Meetup
- Learn-a-thing (Tuesdays @ 6pm)
- WEDNESDAY
- MakerEd Educators MeetUp (2nd Wed of the Month, next 9/14 @ 7 pm)
- THURSDAY
- Drone Meetup - (4th Thursday, 9/29 @ 8 PM)
- Talk shop, fix your drone, and take flight!
- Meetup
- Drone Meetup - (4th Thursday, 9/29 @ 8 PM)
- FRIDAY
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (Friday @ 8pm)
- Watch a terrible movie and ignore your project! Or maybe work on your project and ignore a terrible movie... The choice is yours.
- Group Pizza order may be placed around 7:30 pm (~$7/person)
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (Friday @ 8pm)
Upcoming Workshops and Events
- August Makership Application Deadline - Thursday, 8/31 @ 11:59 PM
- Submit your project for a chance to win 3 months of membership and $100 toward your project
- Apply at www.lvl1.org/makership
- Install-Metal-Shop-Air-Conditioner-athon - 9/9 @ 2:30 PM
- Help James and Jared install the Metal Shop's new air conditioning unit! (Thanks Chris!)
- Contact James
- Louisville mini Makerfaire (LmMF) - September 10th @ 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM.
- Or sign up as an independent maker now! https://makerfairelou.org/
- Contact Danielle or Jared to arrange being a part of LVL1's booth.
- Arduino 101 Workshop - September 17th @ 12:00 Noon - 4:00 PM.
- Sign up (coming soon) on lvl1.org
- Contact Nathan
- Louisville Metro Information Security Conference - Tuesday 9/20
- Contact Barbie.
- Annual First Build Hack-a-thon - 9/24; 9/25
- Info on their website: https://firstbuild.com/event/2016-firstbuild-mega-hackathon/
- Derby Con - September 23-25th
- lvl1 will be teaching how-to solder at this conference.
- Contact: Charles; Ben.
- Solder your own arduino workshop - October 1st @ 1:00 ish - 4:00 ish PM
- Contact Ben; Charles.
- The Internet of Terror Hackathon - 10/28-10/30 @ 4:00 PM (Friday) - 4:00 PM (Sunday)
- Hack something on the IoT to make it terrifying.
- Including the "Meme of Scream" costume hack-a-thon for IoT n00bs.
- Contact Kevin
- Halloween Party/6th Annual (Third 5th Annual) Sumobot Competetion - Saturday, 10/29 @ 6:00 PM
- Compete with your Sumobot in the ring!
- Includes the "Meme of Screams" costume contest judging.
- Contact Brian
- Learn how to solder ongoing workshops
- By appointment, Various time commitments; costs.
- Contact: Charles
- #Adulting workshop series - Coming soon; TBA.
- Contact Ben
- Want to learn something new, get some equipment training, or host a workshop? Send email to learn@lvl1.org
- Any one can be added to receive requests, just send email to learn@lvl1.org
Project Roll Call
- Craig's Makership, the "naughty or nice candy bowl", is coming along.
- David is trying to make an e-hooka, like an e-cig type thing.
- Brian made some more learn-how-to-solder badges for makerfaire louisville; KCD's booth.
- Brian made a piano/keyboard chip, it's arduino-esque
- Brian is making an IoT-enabled sensor/data collection device.
- Danielle went to DC, got a picture in front of the White House.
Meeting Notes
- Attendance: 26
- Meeting Start: ~8:00 PM
- Meeting Stop: 8:46 PM
- Tour Guide: Jared
- Notes Taken by: Jared