05/10/2016
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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 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
- Shout out to Tyler et al. for the AC.
- Shout out to Kevin for hooking the printer up to the smart-board in the classroom.
- Shout out to Ali for the T-shirt Contest.
- Nathan got us some good press.
- Shout out to Daniel for internship engagement.
- Shout out to Terry and Paul for continued work in woodshop.
Equipment and Supplies Wanted
- Metal 55 Gallon Drum
- Woodshop Upgrade
- Contact: Paul G.
Space Upgrades
- New Member Shelving
- Gary is donating a digital Tachometer. It's in the "Measury things" drawer.
- HVAC is in progress
- Signage to indicate presence of security cameras.
- Ipad donated for live-streaming workshops or how-to videos.
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
- 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.
- Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 5/23 @ 8pm)
- Night of The Hat (every other fortnightly Mondays, next 5/16 @ 8 PM)
- MERF (Musicians' Emergency Relief Fund) Board Meeting; first Monday of the month, next 6/5 @ 6 PM)
- 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, next 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
* MacGyve Dollar Store Hackathon
FRIDAY May 13, 2016
Come and test your skills against the legendary MULLETTED One who saved the world once a week with stray objects.
Some food parts will be available for assembling and consumption if you feel lucky.
The Coca Cola will flow.
This is for real and not a test.
- Dollar Store Hack-a-thon - Friday 5/13 @ 7:00 PM
- LFPL How-To Festival - Saturday, 5/14 @ 10 AM - 3 PM
- Contact: Jared
- Flea Off Market - Sunday, 5/15 @ 10 AM - 10 PM
- 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
- Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2016-h-acme-ctf-challenge-tickets-23127428762
- 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
- O/D Meeting Next week: 5/17
Project Roll Call
- Charles made a board.
- Divinity wants bottle caps (20oz, pill container, etc.)
- Jared got a network sheild on an arduino
- T-shirt contest winner: Daniel. Look on the website to purchase in the near future.
- Blade servers may be an upcoming project?
- Charles and Ben have made another how-to solder kit.
- Cody and Jason have a 3D projection thing.
- Marwood is making a skateboard in the laser.
Gary Roll Call
- Gary took a piece of exhaust pipe and some pvc and made a telescope focus teaching tool.
Meeting Notes
- Attendance: ~20
- Meeting Start: ~8:00 PM
- Meeting Stop: ~8:35
- Tour Guide: Jared
- Notes Taken by: Jared