07/16/2013

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 http://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 at http://wiki.lvl1.org

Equipment and Supplies Wanted

• (Muddy Tech) Computers P4 or higher and LCD Monitors
  • Posted 11/13/12
• (Tim) - 100 lb. Propane Tanks
  • posted 6/11/2013
• (Josh Wilcox)- Clothes dryer for giant cotton candy machine
  • posted 6/25/2013
• (Alexis) - Wii Remote
  • posted 6/25/2013
• (Justin) - Conductive copper tape for alien autopsy
  • posted 7/2/2013
• (Justin) - EL Wire w/ Inverter for alien autopsy
  • posted 7/23/2013
• (Divinity) Large scrap pieces of acrylic or plexiglass, similar
  • posted 7/16/2013
• (Devin M.) - Epson Stylus Color 600 (or any other Epson Stylus Color printer except 400/440)
  • posted 7/17/2013

Space Upgrades

• Makerbot Extruders completely upgraded!
• Moar Business Cards!
• Shirts are in! Did you order a shirt?

Space Downgrades

• Laser Cutter power output is way too low
  • Tyler is actively working on it!

Regular Meetups

• Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 7/22 8pm)
• LVL1 Open Meeting & Making every (Tuesday 8pm)
• Muddytech Computer training (upstairs Thurs 6pm) Looking for students
  • Muddytech SIG every 3rd Wednesday
• Game Dev Group (Sundays 12pm)
• MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 8/7 @ 7pm)
• KYOSS Monthly Meeting (2nd Wed of the Month 8/14 6:30pm)
• Friday Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (Friday ~7pm)
• Java Workshop (Last Wed of the Month) - 7/31 7pm
• SWF Space Work Fun (Last Saturday of the Month next 7/27 1pm)
• Guinness World Record (Last Saturday of the month next 7/27 2pm pending op meeting.)
• Inventors SIG (Alternating Mondays of Sound Builders)

Upcoming Workshops and Events

• Directors Meeting to immediately follow this meeting

• MuddyTech Open House
  • July 17th 5-7 pm

• Maker Faire Detroit - July 27th - 28th
  • Call for Makers is "closed"

• Inaugural Hardware Startup Meetup! - July 29th - 6:30pm
  • http://www.meetup.com/LouisvilleHardwareStartups/
  • Please RSVP! Meet other hardware entrepreneurs!

• Raspberry Pi Team Visit - August 9th
  • Show off your awesome Raspberry Pi stuff for swag!
  • Rob Bishop from Raspberry Pi Foundation here at LVL1, spread the word!

• Hackathon! - Suicidal Robots
  • August 10th.

• Bernheim Connect
  • August 24th.

• Fort Wayne Regional Maker Faire
  • September 14th-15th

• Derbycon
  • September 27th-29th
  • LVL1 hosting Afterparty September 27th!
  • Need volunteers for LVL1 booth!

• Mini Maker Faire Louisville
  • Sept 28th
  • Call for Makers is open! http://makerfairelou.org/
  • Need volunteers for LVL1 booth!
  • Spread the Word!

• Cincinnati Mini Maker Faire
  • October 19th

5 Minute Maintenance and Cleaning

• List on the main whiteboard

Project Roll Call

• Kenny looking for help breaking into a hard drive!

Post Meeting Notes

• Attendance: 30
• Meeting Start: 8:05
• Meeting Stop: 8:
• Tour Guide: Divinity
• Dinner: Ben made dinner with pasta, salad, garlic bread, and all sorts of goodies!

• Nathan A is gettin his secretary on tonight b/c he didn't prove his fail enough last meeting
• Brad welcomes all guests, members
• Remember, BE EXCELLENT TO EACH OTHER!!!
• Equipment & Supplies Wanted
  • All items are still being sought
  • Brad wants old brushless DC motors from an RC car/quadrotor.
• Space Upgrades :)
  • Nothing new discussed
• Space Downgrades :(
  • Tyler is shifty!
  • Laser mirrors shot the laser back on itself, damaging the laser tube!
• Regular Meetups
  • Brad made a funny, but I was the only one to laugh
  • Movie last week went a little off the course.
  • Bring a random movie for this Friday (IT BETTER BE FREAKIN SHARKNADO!)
  • Electrical work is still being done for Space. Work. Fun! meeting
  • Inventor's SIG: Louisville Public Library speaker may get lined up for patent searches.
  • Notes & video to be posted online from the previous speaker
• Upcoming Workshops
  • Flugtag Red Bull meetup tomorrow at 7:30 to build a giant pegasus to push off the dock!
  • LVL1 got a 20x20 tent at makerfaire detroit! BRING ALL THE THINGS
  • Raspberry Pi Foundation is coming to LVL1! Free Pi to the best hack!
  • Bernheim is looking for self powered electronics & lights projects.
  • Need people to help man the LVL1 booth at Derbycon. Talk to Brad
  • Need volunteers to man LVL1 booth at LOUISVILLE MINI MAKERFAIRE!!!!
• 5 minute cleaning
  • Knobs on oscilloscope still need dusted...
  • Please picth in!
• Project Roll Call
  • Josh wants to put together a care package for Altin including a tshirt and other TSA-bait (or you know... helpful hackerspace donations too!)
  • Josh needs a seamstress/seamster to help build a giant LVL1 Sign
  • Divinity: $1 per roll for wrapping paper
  • Divinity: recording comedy album via indiegogo campaign
  • Divinity: needs donations to help a friend
  • Sean: will be making a great Tesla coil that sings Pirates of the Caribbean! (oneTesla)
  • EVERYONE SHOULD USE OCCULUS TO SHOW HOW AWESOME THINGS ARE AT LVL1!!!
  • Kenny: Needs help breaking into a hard drive to recover images
  • Jason (new guy): brought in an Occulus Rift