05/13/2014
Contents
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
- You can find all of our Meeting Minutes on our wiki: wiki.lvl1.org
- Culture of Cleanliness
Equipment and Supplies Wanted
- (Josh) - Red Bull Cans.
- Posted 10/22/2013
- Two Mylar weather balloons or giant white spheres
- Bernheim Connect talking tree.
- Posted 3/11/2014
- (Justin) - Looking for a plug-n-play game system for handheld conversion.
- Posted 2/25/2014
- (Patrick) - Unpainted, non-galvanized scrap metal for welding workshops.
- Posted 2/25/2014
- (Brad) - Broken mini fridge
- Posted 5/06/2014
- (Josh) Mill-type coffee grinders & metal filters for colored smoke bombs
- Posted 5/06/2014
Space Upgrades
Space Downgrades
- Laser Cutter is having trouble
- Hopefully, new laser tube is on the way.
- Only 10 mA max power (Should be 15 mA)
- Measuring Tool is missing
- Missing numerous hand tools! Please check your tool bags for any LVL1 equipment and return.
- 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!
- Return tools to their resting places!
- If you don't know where a tool belongs, put it in the plastic bin on top of the red tool cabinet.
Space Moving Update
- Big thanks to all who help with demolition over the past few days
- New space will be open from 6 PM to 10 PM each week night this week unless otherwise noted (Thanks Tyler!)
- HOW YOU CAN HELP:
- Moving trash pile to dumpster (waiting for current dumpster to be emptied)
- Remove nails from salvageable wood pieces
- Tear down stage
- Members: PLEASE MOVE YOUR STUFF OR IT WILL BE LEFT AT THE OLD BUILDING!!!! If you have problems with moving your stuff, please contact the directors.
- Items not removed or brought to Director's attention by June 1st are considered forfeit.
Regular Meetups
- MONDAY
- Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 5/26 8pm)
- TUESDAY
- LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
- WEDNESDAY
- MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 6/4 @ 7pm)
- KYOSS Monthly Meeting (2nd Wed of the Month 5/14 @ 6:30pm) http://kyoss.org/
- Muddytech SIG (3rd Wed of the Month 5/21)
- JSLou Meetup (3rd Wed of the Month 5/21) http://jslou.org/
- Java Workshop (4th Wed of the Month 5/28 @ 7pm)
- THURSDAY
- Muddytech Computer training (6pm upstairs)
- Looking for students
- Sewing Workshop (3rd Thurs. of the Month @ 7pm, 5/15)
- Bring in an unfinished project, start something new, learn and sew it up!
- Drone Meetup (4th Thurs. of the Month @ 8pm, 5/22)
- QUACC tickle your interest in Multirotors, UAVs, RC, or any other type of drone? Show up on the 4th Thursday!
- Muddytech Computer training (6pm upstairs)
- FRIDAY
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (8pm)
- Host: ???
- Movie: ???
- Group Pizza order placed at 7:30 pm ($7/person)
- Louisville EAE (7pm)
- Compete in Engineering, Arts, & Extreme Sports events & contests!
- Host: Joshua M Wilcox
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/LouEAE/
- http://www.meetup.com/LouEAE/
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (8pm)
- SUNDAY
- Game Dev Group
- All game dev projects welcome! Collaborate with other teams or start your own!
- Next meeting: 5/25
- Now meeting irregularly. Check http://gamedevlou.org/ for meeting announcements!
- Game Dev Group
Upcoming Workshops and Events
- Patrick's Ongoing Welding Workshops
- Sketchup Workshop 5/27 - 6pm
- Pay-what-you-want, sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lvl1-sketchup-workshop-527-tickets-11565762507
- May Makership Deadline - 5/31 at 11:59pm
- More info about the Makership program at http://www.lvl1.org/makership
- Maker Faire Detroit - July 26 - 27
- Call for Makers: http://www.makerfairedetroit.com/call-for-makers/
- Tell them you're with LVL1!
- Danielle is LVL1 Coordinator this year
Project Roll Call
5 Minute Maintenance and Cleaning
Meeting Notes
- Attendance: ~50
- Meeting Start: 8:02 pm
- Meeting Stop: 8:40 pm
- Dinner: Ben made one pot of turkey and chicken. Scratch biscuits. Stuffed bell peppers.
- Tour Guide: Brad
- Notes Taken by: Nathan A.
Meeting Summary:
- First Time Visitors
- Equipment & Supplies Wanted
- Remove Justin's item wanted
- Brad needs the insulating container part of it
- Space Upgrades
- Two new blades on the table saw and chop saw
- Space Downgrades
- New laser tube ordered, on the way hopefully
- Ruler has been replaced
- Space Moving Update
- Check public mailing list for daily updates
- Check whiteboard at the new space for things to do
- Members: get your stuff out before June 1st
- Regular Meetups
- MuddyTech will not be hosting events until after the space move.
- Fifth Element, Termors 2, Congo, and tons of other movies
- Upcoming Workshops
- This Friday @ 7 PM: Speaker on DVD about smoke compositions (pyrotechnics)
- Give Local Louisville happened last week... BAD SECRETARY BAD!
- Project Roll Call
- Josh is working on colored smoke compositions
- Jason is making a contraption that moves and spins a bourbon bottle and a display to show things moving
- Amelia talks about FirstBuild; launching the website early to LVL1 to beta test (www.firstbuild.com)
- Full release on Thursday
- Randy is starting a potential meeting group for Star Citizen (Saturday May 24)
- Looking for a member host to open the space
- Caleb is going on a summer hackerspace tour! Collecting data on 30 hackerspaces to figure out how they work.
- Gary is moving technology BACKWARDS. Working on TSR80. Extracting data from cassette tapes recorded in 1978!!!!
- Need a volunteer for cooking next week for Ben.