Vision2011

LVL1 Vision and Long Term Planning

Mon Sept 12th 7pm BBC St Matthew's Attendees: Brad Lyster, Brian Wagner, Chris Cprek, Joe Pugh, Tim Miller, John Hicks, Mark Endicott, Jeff Johnson, Tim Hardin, and Cindy Harnett

We had a good discussion about where the maker movement would be in 5 years. Brad thinks is is a good thing to read "Homesteading the Noosphere." http://catb.org/~esr/writings/homesteading/homesteading/

LVL1 Mission

LVL1's mission is to provide a shared space for collaborative technical and artistic experimentation in the Louisville area. We are a non-profit organization following the hackerspace model currently flourishing in cities all over the world. Our goal is to create an open workspace where engineers, artists and educators can meet and collaborate. LVL1 is where we begin making amazing things. Are we living up to our mission? Yes - but we need more community outreach in terms of workshops Do we need to change our mission statement? Not discussed, but feeling is no.

Our Space

Size? Need more to combat entropy. Chris suggested making the loft more inhabitable. It sounds like we could get that space for free and if we could air condition/heat it, it could be used for workshops etc.

Jeff suggested to take a look at Bob Segrede's industrial space (20,000sft)

Utilization? Our current space has maybe a 30-35 person limit and if we want to grow beyond, we need more space. Our space looks better if it is cleaned up a put away.

Cleanliness? Cleaning groups do not work. Perhaps area hosts will. Chris is going to look at getting ORI's Cleaning service to get our bathrooms and kitchen.

Storage? We need more shelves.

Meetings? Too long. We are going to cut out the occulus pics and old business. See how that goes.

Our Leadership

Officers?

Board of Directors?

Responsibilities?

Committees?

Membership

Grow?

Becoming a member?

Equipment Needs

Mill? Metal Lathe?

Welder? Plasma Torch?

Community Outreach

Makership?

Workshops?

MakerFaire?