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* You can find all of our Meeting Minutes on our wiki: wiki.lvl1.org
 
* You can find all of our Meeting Minutes on our wiki: wiki.lvl1.org
 
* Culture of Cleanliness
 
* Culture of Cleanliness
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= Vote =
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* Members, vote for treasurer!
  
 
= Equipment and Supplies Wanted =
 
= Equipment and Supplies Wanted =
* (Wilcox) 7 inch Harmonic Balancer x4 for EAE trebuchet
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* (Cody) - Gimbal for quadcopter & handheld camera
  
 
= Space Upgrades =
 
= Space Upgrades =
* Let there be more light!
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= Space Downgrades =
 
= Space Downgrades =
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** LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
 
** LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
 
* '''WEDNESDAY'''
 
* '''WEDNESDAY'''
** MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 10/1 @ 7pm)
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** MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 11/5 @ 7pm)
 
* '''THURSDAY'''
 
* '''THURSDAY'''
 
** Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 10/16/2014
 
** Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 10/16/2014
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= Upcoming Workshops and Events =
 
= Upcoming Workshops and Events =
* September Makership Deadline - 9/30 at 11:59pm
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* Learn2Laser Wednesdays - Every Wed. in October - 7pm - 10pm
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** Learn to use our new 80W laser cutter with Joseph, all are welcome!
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* October Makership Deadline - 10/31 at 11:59pm
 
** More info about the Makership program at http://www.lvl1.org/makership
 
** More info about the Makership program at http://www.lvl1.org/makership
 
* SumoBot Tournament and Halloween Party - 11/1/14 (Sat after Halloween) More info to come.  Save the date.  Start building your bot.
 
* SumoBot Tournament and Halloween Party - 11/1/14 (Sat after Halloween) More info to come.  Save the date.  Start building your bot.
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= Project Roll Call =
 
= Project Roll Call =
  
* Maker Faire Compilation Video
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= Vote Results =
** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-glZvDqwTw
 
  
 
=5 Minute Maintenance and Cleaning=
 
=5 Minute Maintenance and Cleaning=
  
 
= Meeting Notes =  
 
= Meeting Notes =  
* Attendance: ~50
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* Attendance: ~55
* Meeting Start: 8:03 PM
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* Meeting Start: 8:02 PM
* Meeting Stop: 8:45 PM
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* Meeting Stop: 8:32 PM
* Dinner: Nothing
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* Dinner: Chili
 
* Tour Guide: Cody
 
* Tour Guide: Cody
 
* Notes Taken by: Nathan A.
 
* Notes Taken by: Nathan A.
  
 
* First Time Visitors
 
* First Time Visitors
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** Welcome all newcomers!
 
* Equipment & Supplies Wanted
 
* Equipment & Supplies Wanted
** Cody needs gimble
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** Tim needs burlap sacks
 
* Space Upgrades
 
* Space Upgrades
** Lulzbot TAZ went missing and now a new one has been provided by LULZBOT! WOOT THANK YOU!!!!!
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** Much applause to Cody and all for getting the boneyard organized
** Cody is organizing tools from the back and moving them up front
 
** Jared finished sorting resistors! That is until Tim put more resistors there...
 
** Katy ordered pizza for Jose
 
** Typer and crew has continued to hang more lights and bought more ballast
 
 
* Space Downgrades
 
* Space Downgrades
** People are not cleaning up after themselves EVERYWHERE!!!!! CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF PLEASE!!!!
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** Lulzbot down. Getting back up to speed
 
* Regular Meetups
 
* Regular Meetups
** Movie night: Looking for Lost Boys; if not Howard the Duck (the most horrific movie of all!)
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** Lucid computer training happening regularly again on Thursdays 6 PM to 7:30 PM
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** Josh is trying to build a team for Red Bull Soap Box Derby (EAE)
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* Upcoming Workshops & Events
 
** Nothing new added.
 
** Nothing new added.
* Upcoming Workshops & Events
 
** Members: Vote for the new Treasurer this coming week.
 
** Sumobot fighting happens at 8 pm
 
*** All other robots welcome!
 
*** HIVE13 being invited! KEEP THE CHAMPIONSHIP HERE!
 
** Danielle: 10AM Saturday at Girl Scouts Makerspace. Soldering the classic TVBGone kit and take it home! Welcome to all ages and genders.
 
** Boy Scout day camp for STEM activities throughout the the Christmas Break. For all Boy Scouts and siblings.
 
 
* Project Roll Call
 
* Project Roll Call
** A community member made a Maker Faire video!
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** Jared got a power inverter working for a car
** Maker Faire was a blast
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** Sean went to Alchemy Burn in Georgia and repped LVL1's spirit; got folks interested in their hackerspaces
** Derbycon: Lots of familiar and new faces. Taught people how to solder and showed off the Makerbot.
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** Jason demos his Resurfaced project: laser projection of games.
*** Thanks everyone who put time and effort together.
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*** Most popular option was Kinect grabbing the outline of people dancing and displaying it on the wall
** Joseph shows off the Dodiscohedron! Very big hit.
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*** Check the video online at Vimeo "Laser Games"
** Charles is building a transceiver for home automation unit.
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** Gary: Got Netflix working on Linux natively without wine
** Brian developed a circuit board robot for his class at KCD. Finally put it together after several years. Built a 3d printed marble caster wheel.
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* Daniel elected Treasurer tonight
*** Watch for Brian's robot take over
 
** Jose shows off his "autonomous-yet-bends-to-your-will" (aka remote control) sumobots
 
** Cody is working on a gimbal for quad copter
 
** Gary fixed up a MIDI keyboard from the boneyard
 
** Gary got his remote controlled robot working using a TV remote!
 
*** Nathan got rekt.
 
*** Built a gimbal control mechanism to steer the joystick remotely.
 
*** Built an omnidirectional reflector
 
** Tim made a voltage regulator and battery replacement for camera
 
** Michael D. brings up Hackers For Charity (hackersforcharity.org). Johnny needs help running a hackerspace. Michael is looking for help to help Johnny to establish a hackerspace. This is happening in Africa, Uganda. Need to get info to them at a minimum and then needs help shipping stuff.
 

Latest revision as of 20:32, 7 October 2014

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

Vote

  • Members, vote for treasurer!

Equipment and Supplies Wanted

  • (Cody) - Gimbal for quadcopter & handheld camera

Space Upgrades

Space Downgrades

  • 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 toilet paper and soap!

Regular Meetups

  • MONDAY
  • TUESDAY
    • LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
  • WEDNESDAY
    • MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 11/5 @ 7pm)
  • THURSDAY
    • Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 10/16/2014
      • Bring a project, learn to sew!
  • FRIDAY
    • Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (8pm)
      • Host: ???
      • Movie: ???
      • Group Pizza order placed at 7:30 pm ($7/person)
    • Louisville EAE (6pm)
  • SUNDAY
    • Game Dev Group (10/12)
      • All game dev projects welcome! Collaborate with other teams or start your own!
      • Now meeting irregularly. Check http://gamedevlou.org/ for meeting announcements!

Upcoming Workshops and Events

  • Learn2Laser Wednesdays - Every Wed. in October - 7pm - 10pm
    • Learn to use our new 80W laser cutter with Joseph, all are welcome!
  • October Makership Deadline - 10/31 at 11:59pm
  • SumoBot Tournament and Halloween Party - 11/1/14 (Sat after Halloween) More info to come. Save the date. Start building your bot.

Project Roll Call

Vote Results

5 Minute Maintenance and Cleaning

Meeting Notes

  • Attendance: ~55
  • Meeting Start: 8:02 PM
  • Meeting Stop: 8:32 PM
  • Dinner: Chili
  • Tour Guide: Cody
  • Notes Taken by: Nathan A.
  • First Time Visitors
    • Welcome all newcomers!
  • Equipment & Supplies Wanted
    • Tim needs burlap sacks
  • Space Upgrades
    • Much applause to Cody and all for getting the boneyard organized
  • Space Downgrades
    • Lulzbot down. Getting back up to speed
  • Regular Meetups
    • Lucid computer training happening regularly again on Thursdays 6 PM to 7:30 PM
    • Josh is trying to build a team for Red Bull Soap Box Derby (EAE)
  • Upcoming Workshops & Events
    • Nothing new added.
  • Project Roll Call
    • Jared got a power inverter working for a car
    • Sean went to Alchemy Burn in Georgia and repped LVL1's spirit; got folks interested in their hackerspaces
    • Jason demos his Resurfaced project: laser projection of games.
      • Most popular option was Kinect grabbing the outline of people dancing and displaying it on the wall
      • Check the video online at Vimeo "Laser Games"
    • Gary: Got Netflix working on Linux natively without wine
  • Daniel elected Treasurer tonight