04/05/2016

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
  • https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/lvl1
• 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 - You can shop at smile.amazon.com and pick us as your nonprofit and some proceeds come our way.

Shout Outs

• Shout out to Aaron for CNC workshop

Equipment and Supplies Wanted

• Great Day Live Project tomorrow ( 4/6)
  • Divinity
• Metal 55 Gallon Drum
  • Woodshop Upgrade
  • Paul G.
• Someone [who?] is looking for information about and access to different kinds of plastics.

Space Upgrades

• Sewing Area
• Cleaning Closet is clean
• Wood Shop
• Metal Shop

Space Downgrades

• The Hat's giant slide-rule space decoration is missing!
• 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 4/11 @ 8pm)
  • Night of The Hat (every other fortnightly Mondays, next 4/18 @ 8 PM)
    • Learn to solder, work on Inter-hackerspace Battleship, Kittens, and open making.
• 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 5/3 @ 7:00)
  • Derby Py Meetup (4th Tuesday of the month, next 4/26 @ 6:30)
    • Discussion of Python related topics.
    • Meetup
• WEDNESDAY
  • Mendnesday (Last Wednesday of the month, next 4/27)
    • Learn LVL1's equipment from the inside out by helping repair and maintain tools
    • Contact Nathan
  • MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month, 5/6 @ 7pm)
• THURSDAY
  • Power Racing Series Meetup - (Thursday 7:30pm - CANCELLED 4/7!)
    • Make our Power-wheels racer to enter in Detroit Makerfaire!
    • Contact Danielle
  • Drone Meetup - (4th Thursday, 4/28 @ 8 PM)
    • Talk shop, fix your drone, and take flight!
    • Meetup
• 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)

Upcoming Workshops and Events

• U of L hosting Hack-a-thon - 4/9
  • asking LVL1 for mentors to offer advice to hackers at the -a-thon.
  • [www.derbyhacks.io Website]
    • Contact: James Gissendaner
• Robotics Education and Competition - 4/14
  • 20,000 people from all over the world for youth robotics (vex) competition
  • Need 800 - 1000 volunteers
  • Do NOT have to know robotics and people as young as 10 can volunteer
  • People with more knowledge can receive training and be judges or referees.
  • Sign up / learn more at http://www.roboticseducation.org/volunteer
    • Contact: Divinity
• Grow your own Produce Workshop - 4/16 @ 10:30am
  • Make your own hanging planter for small-scale agriculture.
  • https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earthtainer-plant-build-tickets-22364831814
    • Contact: Daniel
• April Makership Application Deadline - 4/30 @ 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
• LFPL How-To Festival - 5/14
  • Share in a short workshop how to do something.
  • Let me know TODAY if you would like a spot!
    • Contact: Jared
• Capture the Flag Computer Security Workshop/Contest - 5/28 @ 10; 2 (respectively)
  • $20 per person, for food and flash drive with kali linux.
  • No knowledge needed for workshop, bring a laptop.
  • Contact: Matt Lichtenberger
• 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

Project Roll Call

• Pete assembled a solder-it-yourself oscilloscope kit.
• Alex (Marwood) is making a skateboard
• Jared is making a bootable USB
• Project Clean Up - "This place is a dump" - Task list - can anyone give me 10 minutes tonight?
  • DIvinity

Gary Roll Call

• Gary made a ladder storage solution for his garage/workshop with a pulley and some rope.

Security Camera Log-In

• Contact Bill

Meeting Notes

• Attendance: ~ 25
• Meeting Start: ~8:00 PM
• Meeting Stop: ~8:50 PM
• Tour Guide: Raj
• Notes Taken by: Jared