09/16/2014

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/?fromgroups#!forum/lvl1
• You can find all of our Meeting Minutes on our wiki: wiki.lvl1.org
• Culture of Cleanliness

Equipment and Supplies Wanted

• (Jared) POTS Phones
• (Wilcox) 7 inch Harmonic Balancer x4 for EAE trebuchet
• (Justin) Broken (vintage?) radio for Raspberry Pi
• (Adam) Trailer 4' x 8', super cheap

Space Upgrades

• 3D printing / laser cutting supplies shelf replaced
  • Safer: not top heavy, more sturdy
  • Added two spool holders, labels
  • Laser cutter scraps underneath
• Milling machine & Sander repaired (Thanks Daniel!)
• Plastic barrier to shop
• Techsoup registration

Space Downgrades

• Mess! Storage in the wrong place! Non-member storage!
• 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 9/29 8pm)
• TUESDAY
  • LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
• WEDNESDAY
  • MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 10/1 @ 7pm)
• THURSDAY
  • Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 9/18/2014
    • Bring a project, learn to sew!
• FRIDAY
  • Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (8pm)
    • Host: ???
    • Movie: ???
    • Group Pizza order placed at 7:30 pm ($7/person)
  • Louisville EAE (6pm)
    • Compete in Engineering, Arts, & Extreme Sports events & contests!
    • Host: Joshua M Wilcox
    • https://www.facebook.com/groups/LouEAE/

• SUNDAY
  • Game Dev Group
    • All game dev projects welcome! Collaborate with other teams or start your own!
    • Now meeting irregularly. Check http://gamedevlou.org/ for meeting announcements!

Upcoming Workshops and Events

• Start Up Weekend Louisville - 9/19 thru 9/21
  • Need help from LVL1 to man some tools
  • http://louisville.startupweekend.org
• DerbyCon - September 24 - 28
  • https://www.derbycon.com/
  • The event is sold out
  • Tickets have been emailed to those helping with the LVL1 table
  • Still looking for member projects to show off
• Louisville Mini Maker Faire - September 27, 10AM - 10PM
  • Applications for Exhibits: http://makerfairelou.org/makers/2014-maker-application/
• September Makership Deadline - 9/30 at 11:59pm
  • More info about the Makership program at http://www.lvl1.org/makership
• SumoBot Tournament and Halloween Party - 11/1/14 (Sat after Halloween) More info to come. Save the date. Start building your bot.
  • Lots of Sumobot Information - Sumobots

Meeting Notes

• Attendance: ~50
• Meeting Start: 8:00 PM
• Meeting Stop: 8:30 PM
• Dinner: Charles made spaghetti and steamed veggies
• Tour Guide: Daniel
• Notes Taken by: Nathan A.

• First Time Visitor Info
  • Welcome all new folks!
  • We do not seriously suggest you include punting marmosets among your activities while being a jerk outside LVL1
  • No marmosets were harmed during the presentation of the meeting
• Equipment & Supplies Wanted
  • Jared no longer needs phones
  • Josh needs four balancers
  • Justin does not need the radio
  • Nothing new added
• Space Upgrades
  • Jared needs help organizing the resistors
  • Pipe clamps fixed by Ben
• Space Downgrades
  • Nothing new added.
• Regular Meetups
  • Movie night: last movie was Sneakers; this week: HOWARD THE DUCK (unless someone brings something, anything better)
• Upcoming Workshops & Events
  • Nothing new added.
• Project Roll Call
  • Justin is putting a raspberry pi inside a vintage radio
  • Ben has completed bike speakers 3.0
  • Joseph is continuing work on dodiscohedron speaker
  • Jason and Ben have the laser game working
  • Gary got a junk motor from LVL1 working and got a screw driver to attach to a vacuum forming machine