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* Thank you Patrick for organizing the boneyard purge | * Thank you Patrick for organizing the boneyard purge | ||
* Thank you Kevin for continuing the clean & organize the boneyard and space in general | * Thank you Kevin for continuing the clean & organize the boneyard and space in general | ||
+ | ** Thank you Liz, Nathan, Ian, and others for helping Kevin clean | ||
= Equipment and Supplies Wanted = | = Equipment and Supplies Wanted = |
Revision as of 17:15, 10 November 2015
Contents
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
- You can find all of our Meeting Minutes on our wiki: wiki.lvl1.org
- Culture of Cleanliness
- Minors must be attended by Parent/Guardian!
Shout Outs
- Thank you Patrick for organizing the boneyard purge
- Thank you Kevin for continuing the clean & organize the boneyard and space in general
- Thank you Liz, Nathan, Ian, and others for helping Kevin clean
Equipment and Supplies Wanted
- Bryan (Cave Troll) - Whole working BMX bike, 20" wheels
- Nathan - ~20 Amazon Dash Buttons (any kind) for LVL1 project
Space Upgrades
- All trash cans emptied, cleaned, some labeled
Space Downgrades
- Makerbot Replicators
- Testing electronics this week - has been delayed due to Laser-Chiller-Gate
- 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 11/23 @ 8pm)
- TUESDAY
- Learn-a-Thing Workshops (Tuesday 6pm)
- Learn how to use a tool at LVL1 before the meeting (informal setting; great for first-timers!)
- LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
- Learn-a-Thing Workshops (Tuesday 6pm)
- WEDNESDAY
- Mednesday @ 7 PM
- Learn LVL1's equipment from the inside out by helping repair and maintain tools
- This week's focus: Machine Maintenance & Calendar
- MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 12/2 @ 7pm)
- Mednesday @ 7 PM
- THURSDAY
- Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 11/19
- Bring a project, learn to sew!
- Drone Meetup - 4th Thursday - (CANCELLED) @ 8 PM
- Talk shop, fix your drone, and take flight!
- Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 11/19
- FRIDAY
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (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 at 7:30 pm (~$7/person)
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (8pm)
- SUNDAY
- Game Dev Group
- All game dev projects welcome! Collaborate with other teams or start your own!
- Check http://gamedevlou.org/ for meeting announcements!
- Game Dev Group
Upcoming Workshops and Events
- Officer's & Director's Meeting - 11/17 @ 9PM
- Watch the LVL1 sausage get made in this less-than-thrilling meeting
- Holy Smokes Hackathon - 11/17 thru 11/24
- Over 31,000 abandoned buildings catch fire every year and Louisville is not immune
- Spend a whole week developing a smart smoke detector prototype that can alert Metro Govt when an abandoned building is on fire
- Cash prizes up for grabs
- Contact Nathan or Daniel
- LVL1 Thanksgiving Dinner - 11/26
- Get away from your relatives or make some new ones at LVL1 during this event.
- Enjoy Turkey and a slew of side dishes. Please contribute dishes if you can.
- November Makership Application Deadline - 11/30 @ 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
- Surface-mount TV-B-Gone workshops!
- By appointment, with Charles, $25, 2 hour time commitment.
- Robotics Education and Competition - February & April 2016
- 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
- NEW 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
- Arduino 101 Workshop Recap
Meeting Notes
- Attendance:
- Meeting Start: 8:02pm
- Meeting Stop:
- Dinner:
- Tour Guide: Raj
- Notes Taken by: Nathan