05/03/2016
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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 - FIVE MINUTE TASKS -
- Check the board for post its -
- Includes clean tables, surfaces.
- Minors must be attended by Parent/Guardian!
- We have a smile.amazon.com account - Shop at smile.amazon.com; pick us as your nonprofit, and some proceeds come our way.
Shout Outs
- S/O to Tyler and Nathan for the HVAC install
Equipment and Supplies Wanted
- Metal 55 Gallon Drum
- Woodshop Upgrade
- Contact: Paul G.
Space Upgrades
- New Work-benches
- HVAC is being installed this week!
- Outlet on pole has been rewired! hopefully it is safe!
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 drill bitses and soap!
Regular Meetups
- MONDAY
- Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 5/9 @ 8pm)
- Night of The Hat (every other fortnightly Mondays, next 5/16 @ 8 PM)
- Learn to solder, work on Inter-hackerspace Battleship, Kittens, and open making.
- TUESDAY
- Learn-a-thing (Tuesday 6pm)
- Learn how to use many tools at LVL1 before the meeting (informal setting; great for first-timers!)
- LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
- New Member Orientation (1st Tuesday of the Month, next 6/7 @ 7:00)
- Derby Py Meetup (4th Tuesday of the month, next 5/24 @ 6:30)
- Discussion of Python related topics.
- Meetup
- Learn-a-thing (Tuesday 6pm)
- WEDNESDAY
- MakerEd Educators MeetUp (2st Wed of the Month, 5/11 @ 7pm)
- Mendnesday (Last Wednesday of the month, next 5/29)
- Learn LVL1's equipment from the inside out by helping repair and maintain tools
- Contact Nathan
- THURSDAY
- Power Racing Series Meetup - (fortnightly Thursdays, next 5/12 7:30pm)
- Make our Power-wheels racer to enter in Detroit Makerfaire!
- Contact Danielle
- Drone Meetup - (4th Thursday, 5/26 @ 8 PM)
- Talk shop, fix your drone, and take flight!
- Meetup
- Power Racing Series Meetup - (fortnightly Thursdays, next 5/12 7:30pm)
- 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 often placed around 7:30 pm (~$7/person)
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (Friday @ 8pm)
Upcoming Workshops and Events
- Earthtainer Plant Build Workshop - Tomorrow, 5/4 @ 6:00 PM
- Dollar Store Hack-a-thon - Friday 5/13 @ 7:00 PM
- Make something out of stuff purchased only at dollar store
- LFPL How-To Festival - Saturday, 5/14
- Contact: Jared
- Flea Off Market - Friday, 5/15
- offer a project, or show up yourself!
- Contact Ali
- Capture the Flag Computer Security Day ( Workshop - 5/28 10:00 AM; Competition - 5/28 2:00 PM)
- $20 per person, for food and flash drive with kali linux.
- No knowledge needed for workshop, bring a laptop.
- Contact: Matt Lichtenberger
- May Makership Application Deadline - 5/31 @ 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
- 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
Project Roll Call
- Jared is putting a light in his sun visor
- Charles made circuit boards that were generated in python
- Gary Roll-Call:
- Gary Printed a Radius-size poster on the large-format printer
- Gary made a telescope focus module that focuses in and out.
- Gary made a telescope level module also
Help the Space get A/C!
- Certain items in the space need to be moved so the HVAC people can do their thing.
Meeting Notes
- Attendance: ~30
- Meeting Start: ~8:00 PM
- Meeting Stop: ~9:45
- Tour Guide: Raj
- Notes Taken by: Jared