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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 - FIVE MINUTE TASKS -
- Check the boards for post its -
- Includes clean tables, surfaces.
- Minors must be attended by Parent/Guardian!
- We have a smile.amazon.com account
- Shop at smile.amazon.com: pick us as your nonprofit; some proceeds come our way.
Shout Outs
- Junior Achievers are here during the day and took on Space Clean up duty Monday morning, cleaning up messes at the laser cutter computer, tables, workstations **and swept the space/cleaned out the fridge/took out the trash. Call out to whoever left their scraps from laser cut wood projects all over the desk/keyboard **and in the woodshop with wood glue.
Equipment and Supplies Wanted
- (Working) Air Conditioning Window Unit
- Bunker Upgrade
- Contact James
- Jr Achievers are working here Monday - Thursday (when not on field trips) over the summer to create a working prototype of a system for blind kids to play baseball as part of the Mayor's summer **works program. We need the following and appreciate any donations to cut down on costs - 7 arduinos, elastic fabric to make two bracelets from, 4 item#1201 **from adafruit (vibrators - go ahead and get your jokes out.), Arduino Shields xbee, piezo buzzer speakers
- Divinity divinityrose@gmail.com - need to know before Friday.
Space Upgrades
- Large laser cutter is operational again
Space Downgrades
- 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, next 6/20 @ 8 PM)
- Learn to solder, work on Inter-hackerspace Battleship, Kittens, and open making.
- Now weekly until Detroit Makerfaire!
- Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 6/20 @ 8pm)
- Night of The Hat (Mondays, next 6/20 @ 8 PM)
- TUESDAY
- Learn-a-thing (Tuesday @ 6pm)
- Learn how to use many tools at LVL1 before the meeting (informal setting; great for first-timers!)
- LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday @ 8pm)
- Derby Py Meetup (4th Tuesday of the month, next 6/28 @ 6:30)
- Discussion of Python related topics.
- Meetup
- New Member Orientation (1st Tuesday of the Month, next 7/5 @ 7:00)
- Learn-a-thing (Tuesday @ 6pm)
- WEDNESDAY
- Mendnesday (Last Wednesday of the month, next 6/29)
- Learn LVL1's equipment from the inside out by helping repair and maintain tools
- Contact Nathan
- MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month, next 7/6 @ 7pm)
- Mendnesday (Last Wednesday of the month, next 6/29)
- THURSDAY
- Power Racing Series Meetup - (Thursday @ 7:30pm)
- Make our Power-wheels racer to enter in Detroit Makerfaire!
- Contact Danielle
- Drone Meetup - (4th Thursday, 6/23 @ 8 PM)
- Talk shop, fix your drone, and take flight!
- Meetup
- Power Racing Series Meetup - (Thursday @ 7:30pm)
- 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)
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (Friday @ 8pm)
Upcoming Workshops and Events
- Built-your-own-arduino-clone Workshop - Saturday, 6/18 @ 1:00 PM
- $45, arduino-like device included
- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solder-your-own-arduino-workshop-tickets-25950449493
- Contact Charles 'The Hat'
- SkillsUSA Entrepreneur Judging - Wednesday & Thursday 6/22;6/23 @ 9-5ish
- Looking for volunteers to evaluate students' entrepreneurial ideas.
- Contact Ben Hibben
- Arduino 101 workshop - Saturday 6/25 @ 1?
- Learn how to program everyone's favorite microcontroller!
- Contact: Nathan
- June Makership Application Deadline - Thursday, 6/30 @ 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
- MakerFaire Detroit, July 30-31
- Surface-mount TV-B-Gone workshops!
- By appointment, $25, 2 hour time commitment.
- Contact: Charles 'The Hat'
- 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
Officer's and Director's Meeting
- Next Week, Tuesday 6/21 after weekly meeting.
Project Roll Call
Meeting Notes
- Attendance:
- Meeting Start: 8:00 PM
- Meeting Stop:
- Tour Guide: Raj
- Notes Taken by: Jared