09/04/2012

Agenda

First time Visitor Info

• Waivers of Liability - Please sign if you have not already
• Our website / calendar is http://www.lvl1.org
• You can find all of our Meeting Minutes at http://wiki.lvl1.org
• Sign up for our Google Group discussion list at https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/lvl1

Equipment and Supplies Wanted

• (Tim M) Liquid Nitrogen Dewar transport/store
• (Tim M/Jon C/Joe P) Numerous Propane tanks ~20-40lb with inspection or newer than 10 years(pass fire marshal check)
• (Aaron) Boxes of network cable and RJ45 ends for stack of switches on table.
• (Josh) Heavy door for tabletop
• (Josh) Short heavy-duty metal angle brackets (8)\
• Looking for 2.4 GHz Yagi antenna (Matt)
• AC/DC PSU that can do over 20 amps at 12v (preferably like 30 amps) (Gerrit)
• Fire Extinguisher (water, which can be repressurized)
• Large Plexiglass sheet

Space Upgrades

• Mini-fridge for sodas and Tom's Vending machine moved
• Xbox now upstairs
• Larger projection screen
• Currently no media PC, use the PC on the workbench.

Regular Meetups

• Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 9/17 8pm).
• LVL1 Open Meeting & Making every (Tuesday 8pm)
• The Rocketeers (Wed 8pm)
• Muddytech Computer training (upstairs Thurs 6pm) Looking for students

Upcoming Workshops and Events

• LVL1 'Get Your Game On' LAN Party (Sept 8 8pm)
• Louisville Start-Up Weekend (Sept 14th 6pm - Sept. 16th)
  • http://louisville.startupweekend.org/
  • LVL1 Registration Discount code 'lvl1rocks' for 33% off
• STEAM! Innovation Festival & Country Faire @Conner Prairie (Sept15/16)
  • http://tinyurl.com/6msmcp3
• IdeaFestival (Sep. 19-22)
  • http://www.ideafestival.com/
  • Need Sketch-Up / STL folks to clean-up some building models for printing.
• DerbyCon (Sep. 28-30)
  • http://www.derbycon.com/
  • No more volunteers needed!
  • Afterparty HERE, Sep. 28, 8pm
• Make Food n̶o̶t̶ War 24 hour hackathon (Oct. 20-21)
• 3rd Annual Sumobot Competition (Oct. 27th 8pm)
• Gravity Car Race @ Iroquois Park by Triangle and Kosair (Oct. 27th)
  • http://gravitycar.uofltriangle.org/

Meeting Minutes

• Meeting called to order at 8:03pm, 45 hackers present

• Looking for 2.4 GHz Yagi antenna (Matt)
• AC/DC PSU that can do over 20 amps at 12v (preferably like 30 amps) (Gerrit)
• Fire Extinguisher (water, which can be repressurized)
• Large Plexiglass sheet

• Pat brought in two more cheap harbor freight multimeters
• Pat has a fridge that he's willing to donate, if you're willing to move it!
• Ben brought in a new chair

• Sound builders working on Midibox Synthesizer
• Next sound builders, 9/17!

• Chris needs help with IdeaFest! Volunteer if you're interested in helping run some Makerbots!

• Michael is selling candles and other scented objects, as a fund raiser
• Brian is an artist and ceramics professor at IUS. He's trying to do 3D scans of people. If you're interested in 3D scanning, or this sort of art project, contact him!
• Todd is making things out of tin cans!
• Thomas is interested in BitCoin, and wants to build a bitcoin miner!
• Divinity Rose is an artist in Louisville, transforming a part of the highlands into an archaeological dig. Vote for her at diggingthefuture.com and talk to her at divinityrose@gmail.com
• Cindy needs help folding triangles!
• LVL1 is now past 50 members!
• Chris went to a Louisville Leadership Summit, and showed off a 3D printer. He amazed some suits!
• Last day for speed student coops to apply for a LVL1 Makership!
• Ben is making sloppy joes!