9/13/11

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  1. Please Sign in on the meeting attendance roster.
  2. Waivers of Liability - Please sign if you have not already
  3. n00bs! Check out the LVL1 Quickstart info sheet next to the liability waivers. Feel free to ask questions.
  4. Old Business
    1. Equipment Wanted
      1. 10-12 gauge wire for high wattage motors
      2. Front window for Fume Hood (30" by 48")
  5. New Business
    1. Space Upgrades
      1. Cleaned out the recycling pile (Thanks Jon for the recyclers)
      2. Fume hood in progress (Thanks Travis!)
  6. Upcoming Workshops & Events
    1. KYOSS Meeting (9/14 6:30pm)
      1. Debian Package Management
    2. Timjusttim's 0x3c Party (9/24 7pm)
    3. Vogt Awards application deadline (9/30)
      1. Up to $250K investment available to local inventors for commercialization
      2. http://www.vogtawards.com/Homepage/home.htm
    4. Derbycon (9/30-10/2) tickets on sale now
      1. http://www.derbycon.com/
    5. Louisville Public Library Technology Boot Camp (Sat 10/8)
      1. http://www.lfpl.org/bootcamp.html
      2. 6 minute talks and/or demonstration tables
      3. Contact Corissa Phillips techconnects@lfpl.org
    6. Daycon in Dayton, Oh (10/10-10/12)
    7. Sumobot competition and Halloween party (10/29) need prizes
    8. hackerSPACE in Lexington (11/11-11/12)
      1. CubeSat class satellites workshop from the inventors of CubeSats
      2. $150 general / $75 student
      3. http://www.kentuckyspace.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=330&Itemid=179
  7. Project Rollcall

Minutes

  1. Call to order at 810pm by MikroK with 26 two legged warm blooded beings present.
  2. KYOSS meeting tomorrow night (9/14). Guest speaker is a member of the Debian development team. Pizza at 630 pm.
  3. New Member John Coder sponsored by John Hicks and Travis Geis. Welcome John!!!
  4. Fare the well to Travis who leaves for Stanford college this weekend.
  5. Project Roll call
    1. Bryan talked about his new 'gear clock' and he is working getting it to keep accurate time.
    2. Becki talked about an artist who uses layers of laser cut for wall coverings
    3. Chris talked about his brain wave reading hardware/software. Beware of exploding watermelons.
    4. Timjusttim talked about the new program to have 'owners' or 'hosts' for various areas and/or equipment around the space.
    5. Grace discussed her ability to spill bottles of amber fluids.
    6. Pat has a used 3 year old washing machine for surplus.
  6. Adjourn at 830 pm. Hack on.