08/09/2016

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 boards for post its -
  • Includes clean tables, surfaces.
• Minors must be attended by Parent/Guardian!
• We have an Amazon Smile account
  • Shop at smile.amazon.com: pick us as your nonprofit; some proceeds come our way.

Shout Outs

• Shout out again for makerfaire detroit.
• Shout out to kevin for setting up our new sewing machine.
• Shout out to Tim Vansaint for continuing to work on space pieces CNC, 3d printer, etc.

Equipment and Supplies Wanted

• (Working) Air Conditioning Window Unit
  • Bunker Upgrade
  • Contact James
• Mike Revel looking for : Acrylic sheet, at least 5"x5"x2"

Space Upgrades

• Classroom door now closes, instead of hitting the jam
• We have a new sewing machine.

Space Downgrades

• Main room projector bulb is reaching end of life. Jose will email broken.
• The Pointe's Bathrooms flooded today. There is no more water coming out. We called Kaela.
• 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
  • Night of The Hat (Mondays @ 8 PM)
    • Learn to solder, work on Inter-hackerspace "Naval Strategy Game", Kittens, and open making.
    • Now weekly until Makerfaire Louisville!
  • Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 8/15 @ 8pm)
• TUESDAY
  • Learn-a-thing (Tuesdays @ 6pm)
    • Learn how to use many tools at LVL1 before the meeting (informal setting; great for first-timers!)
  • LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesdays @ 8pm)
  • Derby Py Meetup (4th Tuesday of the month, next 8/23 @ 6:30)
    • Discussion of Python related topics.
    • Meetup
• WEDNESDAY
  • MakerEd Educators MeetUp (2nd Wed of the Month, next 8/10 @ 7 pm)
• THURSDAY
  • Drone Meetup - (4th Thursday, 8/25 @ 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 may be placed around 7:30 pm (~$7/person)

Upcoming Workshops and Events

• Louisville mini Maker Faire LVL1 booth planning meeting - Thursday August 11th @ 7:30
  • If you would like to be a part of LVL1's booth at LmMF, and can make this meeting come on by!
• Officer's and Director's Meeting - Tuesday August 16th.
• Shopbot Training workshop - Tuesday August 16th @ 1:30 - 3:30 PM, and Wednesday August 24th @ 6:30 - 9:00 PM
  • Bring a donation of some material (see the google groups: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/lvl1/WW8XZ2YQXFE )
  • Sign up on eventbrite. (also on google groups.)
• Sewing Workshop - Thursday, August 18th @ 7:00 PM
  • $20
  • Signup @ lvl1.org
  • Contact Pascalle
• August Makership Application Deadline - Thursday, 8/31 @ 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
• Louisville mini Makerfaire (LmMF) - September 10th @ 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM.
  • Or sign up as an independent maker now! https://makerfairelou.org/
  • Contact Danielle or Jared to arrange being a part of LVL1's booth.
• Derby Con - 9/23-25th
  • lvl1 will be teaching how-to solder at this conference.
  • Contact: Charles.
• Learn how to solder ongoing workshops
  • By appointment, Various time commitments; costs.
  • Contact: Charles 'The Hat'
• #Adulting workshop series - Coming soon; TBA.
  • Contact Ben
• Arduino 101 Workshop - Coming soon this month (August); TBA.
  • Contact Nathan
• 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

• Jared made another scanner-lamp.
• Charles and Ben have designed another blinky badge.
• DEF-CON recap. It went well.
• Jason is making a special mount to hold two cameras with 2 180 degree fish-eye lenses for filming things for VR.
• Kevin is making a ring that will glow brighter towards magnetic north.

Gary Roll Call

• Gary took pictures of a spool in a music box, then played the song digitally based on the photos.

Meeting Notes

• Attendance: 30
• Meeting Start: ~8:01 PM
• Meeting Stop: 8:46 PM
• Tour Guide: Raj
• Notes Taken by: Jared