02/09/2016
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Contents
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
- Minors must be attended by Parent/Guardian!
Shout Outs
- Shout out to Jared for running Learn-a-thing
- Shout out to Terry for woodshop upgrades
- Shout out to someone for putting a ruler in the tool cabinet
Equipment and Supplies Wanted
- Jared - 3.5" floppy drives (needs 8+) for making music
- Danielle - Micro SD cards for a class (for keeps)
- The Space - PCI video card, minimum specs G-force 600 or Radon 7000 series, for Oculus Rift Workstation
- Contact Kevin
Space Upgrades
- Gunner and Kevin are still working to reapair the Lulzbot 3d printer
- The replacement extruder has been shipped and is at Kevin's girlfriend's house
- Laser Cutter
- Ben assembled the circuit board
- RFID reader is installed in the cutter, thanks Tyler!
Space Downgrades
- Large-format Printer/Plotter is broken.
- Laser Cutter
- Not plugged in. Need to install vent pipe.
- Makerbot Replicators
- On hold til laser is available.
- Lulzbot still broken
- Water was dripping from above.
- If it continues to happen, contact the landlord and broken.
- 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
- Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 2/15 @ 8pm)
- Night of The Hat (every other fortnightly Mondays, next 2/22 @ 8 PM)
- Learn to solder, work on Inter-hackerspace Battleship, Kittens, and open making
- TUESDAY
- Learn-a-Thing Workshops (Tuesday 6pm)
- Learn how to use a tool at LVL1 before the meeting (informal setting; great for first-timers!)
- LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
- Derby Py Meetup (4th Tuesday of the month, next 2/23 @ 6:30)
- Discussion of Python related topics.
- Meetup
- Learn-a-Thing Workshops (Tuesday 6pm)
- WEDNESDAY
- Mendnesday @ 7 PM
- Learn LVL1's equipment from the inside out by helping repair and maintain tools
- Contact Nathan
- Chess Night (Next meeting February 24th @7 PM)
- Play chess at the space, both competitive and recreational.
- Contact - Weiz
- MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month, 3/2 @ 7pm)
- Mendnesday @ 7 PM
- THURSDAY
- Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - (2/18)
- Bring a project, learn to sew!
- Drone Meetup - 4th Thursday - (02/25 @ 8 PM)
- Talk shop, fix your drone, and take flight!
- This month: Offsite @ Shelby Campus
- Meetup
- Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - (2/18)
- FRIDAY
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (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 often placed at 7:30 pm (~$7/person)
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (8pm)
Upcoming Workshops and Events
- ESP8266 module workshop - February 11 @ 7:00 PM
- Contact - Greg Miller
- Eventbrite
- Raspberry Pi Workshop - February 20th @ 1:00 (12:30 for beginners)
- Contact - Jared
- Make a Jukebox! Spots selling out fast!
- Eventbrite
- Robotics Education and Competition - February & April 2016
- 20,000 people from all over the world for youth robotics (vex) competition
- Need 800 - 1000 volunteers
- Do NOT have to know robotics and people as young as 10 can volunteer
- People with more knowledge can receive training and be judges or referees.
- Sign up / learn more at http://www.roboticseducation.org/volunteer
- Contact: Divinity
- February Makership Application Deadline - 2/29 @ 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
- Ideafest Bowling Green - 3/18
- Ben looking for help running 20 minute workshops to ~400 attendees.
- U of L Art Library is hosting a Wiki-edit-a-thon - 3/19 1-5 PM
- asking LVL1 for interested individuals with wiki-editing background to attend event.
- U of L is hosting a Hack-a-thon - 4/9
- asking LVL1 for mentors to offer advice to hackers at the -a-thon.
- [www.derbyhacks.io Website]
- Surface-mount TV-B-Gone workshops!
- By appointment, $25, 2 hour time commitment.
- Contact: Charles 'The Hat'
- 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
- Upcoming Events:
- skateboarding building workshop
- how to build a skateboard
- looking to have in march, week of the 7th, 2 sessions.
- power wheel racing race in july in detroit
- formal announcement to come
- skateboarding building workshop
Project Roll Call
- Jared sewed a patch on a bag.
- Cave troll made an indicator with relays to show Door open/closed status around the space.
- The Hat has brighter LEDs and UV LEDs.
- Kevin is making a hopper-fed pencil sharpener. Sounds dangerous.
- Gary is fixing the large-format printer/plotter.
Meeting Notes
- Attendance: ~30
- Meeting Start: ~8:05 PM
- Meeting Stop: ~8:45 PM
- Tour Guide: Jared
- Notes Taken by: Jared