01/28/2014

First time Visitor Info

• Prime Directive: Be Excellent to Each Other
• PARK ONLY IN THE ORI LOT OR ON THE STREET
  • If you park in our neighbors private lot, they will block you in for fun.
• 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
  • https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/lvl1
• You can find all of our Meeting Minutes on our wiki
• 5 Minute Maintenance and Cleaning

Equipment and Supplies Wanted

• (Muddy Tech) - Computers P4 or higher and LCD Monitors
  • Posted 11/13/12
• (Tim) - 1/4" copper fittings
  • 5 x 100 lb. Propane Tanks
  • 1/4" copper tubing at least 2' long.
  • posted 6/11/2013
• (Josh) - Red Bull Cans
  • Posted 10/22
• (Josh) - Golf Cart or forklift motor Controller (Any condition)
  • Posted 11/12
• (Divinity) - Pipes, gauges, spikes -items to be used for steampunk props for photoshoot for graphic novel - pre-made steampunk items for borrow also ok and appreciated + Lots of candles

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 toilet paper and soap!

Regular Meetups

• MONDAY
  • Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 2/3 8pm)
  • Rope Work and Vertical Caving (1st Monday of the Month next 2/3 @ 6pm)
  • Caving Special topics Meetup (3rd Monday of the Month next 2/17 @ 6pm)
• TUESDAY
  • LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
• WEDNESDAY
  • MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 2/5 @ 7pm)
  • KYOSS Monthly Meeting (2nd Wed of the Month 2/12@ 6:30pm) http://kyoss.org/
  • Muddytech SIG (3rd Wed of the Month 2/19)
  • JSLou Meetup (3rd Wed of the Month 2/19) http://jslou.org/
  • Java Workshop (4th Wed of the Month 2/26 @ 7pm)
• THURSDAY
  • Muddytech Computer training (6pm upstairs)
    • Looking for students
  • Sewing Workshop (3rd Thurs. of the Month @ 7pm, 2/20)
    • Bring in an unfinished project, start something new, learn and sew it up!
  • Drone Meetup (4th Thurs. of the Month @ 8pm, 2/27)
    • QUACC tickle your interest in Multirotors, UAVs, RC, or any other type of drone? Show up on the 4th Thursday!
• FRIDAY
  • Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (~7pm)
• SUNDAY
  • Game Dev Group (12pm)

Upcoming Workshops and Events

• Patrick's Ongoing Welding Workshops
• January Makership Deadline - 1/31 at 11:59pm
  • More info about the Makership program at http://www.lvl1.org/makerships
• Sumobot Open Office Hours - 2/4 and 2/18 6-8 pm
  • Brian has graciously agreed to host 2 sumobot meetings to support GE's internal sumobot competition for engineers week. Anyone interested in discussing sumobots and helping a group of sumo newbies is welcome.
• How to vectorize images and do cool things with them - Feb 7th at 6pm
  • This will be a quick workshop on taking arbitrary images, turning them into vectors, and then using them on machines like the vinyl cutter and laser cutter.
• GE / LVL1 Appliance Hackathon 2/8 10am - 2/9
  • Free Raspberry Pi and schwag, Prizes of $500, $250, $100
  • Email Myles Caley at GE: myles.caley@gmail.com to register and sign NDA
  • Registration deadline 1/31
• WEP Cracking workshop - Feb 15th, 3pm
  • Get a USB Wireless Adapter, Kali Linux DVD, and learn how to crack WEP!
  • Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wep-what-is-it-good-for-absolutely-nothing-cracking-wep-101-tickets-10324814799
• Engineer's Week @ Kentucky Science Center - Feb 20-22 (Mostly Sat the 22nd)
  • Looking for folks to bring projects, contraptions, feats of engineering, etc. to show off.
  • Contact Joseph - jclagg@gmail.com
• Chicken Husbandry - Feb 22nd, 6pm - 8pm
  • Details to hatch soon.

Meeting Notes

• Attendance: ~45
• Meeting Start: 8:03
• Meeting Stop: 8:35
• Dinner: Ben made spaghetti!
• Tour Guide: Raj
• Notes Taken by: Nathan A.

• Equipment & Supplies Wanted
  • Nothing added.
• Space Upgrades
  • Bill donated more knives. Thank you!
• Space Downgrades
  • Makerbots: left extruder on both is down. Repair in progress.
  • Breaking things happen all the time. PLEASE INFORM US!
• Regular Meetups
  • Sound builders working on dodecahedron speakers. Subwoofer system is being put together.
  • Maker Ed. is continuing to work on JCPS School of Innovation proposal. Help make school better!
  • Brad is still trying to shirt
  • Drone Meetup is happening on Feb 27th, not Feb 21st!
  • Irregular movie night is irregular. May or may not happen this week. People will probably be around though!
• Upcoming Workshops & Events
  • Past weekend, the Global Game Jam occurred. Building is cleared of cadavers. Three games were made over 48 hours!
  • If you're interested in welding, contact Patrick J.
  • GE Hackathon will have prizes involved! Get registered!
    • You can do hardware hacks to it (e.g. beer tap, but no alcohol allowed)
  • Bring all your cool projects and help LVL1 show up the other vendors at Engineer's Week.
    • Someone needs to figure out how to keep the "interrupt the pendulum" tradition and continue terrorizing the LSC!
  • We need more folks to run workshops! If you know ANYTHING please teach that ANYTHING!
• Project Roll Call
  • Jason has a visual puppet for the LSC Engineer's week. Will demo the control software for folks (Touch Designer).
  • Gary has finished the Raspberry Pi station located at the workbench! Any one can use this station to do Pi development!
  • Gerrit: Please vote on FAP to upgrade (+1 or -1) to decrease costs and increase functionality. New hardware includes computers, servers, and routers. Will include video editing software.
  • Kyle H and Daniel P. are using dollar tree foam to make 2 fighter jets. Bode costs $2.50 and electronics cost $30.
• Closing
  • Please everyone contribute 5 minutes to clean the space before leaving!