05/17/2016
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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 boards 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 people who were at the How-To festival at the library!
- Ben, Danielle, Jared, Charles, et al.
- Shout out to Tim V. for updating vinyl cutter wiki
- Shout out to Ali, Ben, Charles, et al, for Flea-off Market
- Shout out to José for Macgyver-themed hack-a-thon.
- Shout out to Nathan for re-hanging WOPR.
Equipment and Supplies Wanted
- Metal 55 Gallon Drum
- Woodshop Upgrade
- Contact: Paul G.
- Bathroom Towel Rods or spare PVC, something to make a handle out of for a space upgrade.
- Contact Nathan
- Air Conditioning Window Unit
- Bunker Upgrade
- Contact James
Space Upgrades
- A plethora of decorations(?) from the hack-a-thon
- Space's offsite Canopy tent has been replaced.
Space Downgrades
- Space's old (white) offsite canopy tent has a broken leg.
- 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 5/23 @ 8pm)
- Night of The Hat (every other fortnightly Mondays, next 5/30 @ 8 PM)
- Learn to solder, work on Inter-hackerspace Battleship, Kittens, and open making.
- MERF (Musicians' Emergency Relief Fund) Board Meeting; first Monday of the month, next 6/5 @ 6 PM)
- Contact: Divinity
- 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)
- Derby Py Meetup (4th Tuesday of the month, next 5/24 @ 6:30)
- Discussion of Python related topics.
- Meetup
- New Member Orientation (1st Tuesday of the Month, next 6/7 @ 7:00)
- Learn-a-thing (Tuesday 6pm)
- WEDNESDAY
- Mendnesday (Last Wednesday of the month, next 5/25)
- Learn LVL1's equipment from the inside out by helping repair and maintain tools
- Contact Nathan
- MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month, next 6/8 @ 7pm)
- Mendnesday (Last Wednesday of the month, next 5/25)
- THURSDAY
- Power Racing Series Meetup - (fortnightly Thursdays, next 5/26 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 5/26 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
- Arduino 101 Workshop - 5/21 @ 12:00 Noon.
- Contact Nathan
- Capture the Flag Computer Security Day ( Workshop - 5/28 10:00 AM; Competition - 5/28 12:00 Noon)
- $20 per person, for food and flash drive with 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
- 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 Today: 5/17
Project Roll Call
- Charles and Ben have more bling.
- Jason is making some buttons for a traveling amusement park in china.
Gary Roll Call
- Gary's Telescope focus module now has a motor that spins around and moves.
Meeting Notes
- Attendance:
- Meeting Start: ~8:00 PM
- Meeting Stop: 8:37 PM
- Tour Guide: Cody
- Notes Taken by: Jared