08/16/2016

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.

Equipment and Supplies Wanted

• David O-G looking to use chain tool.
• Cody looking for bicycle or wheelchair wheels.
• (Working) Air Conditioning Window Unit
  • Bunker Upgrade
  • Contact James
• Mike Revel looking for : Acrylic sheet, at least 5"x5"x2"

Space Upgrades

• 4 new pieces of equipment:
  • Oscilloscope
  • Signal generator
  • Hot air re-work station
  • Hot-plate with magnetic stirrer
• Taz ought to be working by end of meeting.
• Front-Door indicator works better now.

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 @ 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 8/29 @ 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 9/14 @ 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

• Officer's and Director's Meeting - Today, 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 - September 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 - September 17th @ 12:00 Noon - 4:00 PM.
  • Sign up (coming soon) on lvl1.org
  • Contact Nathan
• Solder your own arduino workshop - October 1st @ 1:00 ish - 4:00 ish PM
  • Contact Charles
• Louisville Metro Information Security Conference - Tuesday September 20th
  • Contact Barbie
• 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 a stupid relay clock.
• Ben and Charles have an LED Scrolling-text thing.
• Craig is making a tempermental candy dish.
  • rpi will wait for user to ask for the candy to allow them to safely take a piece.
• Nathan's Holy-Smokes Hackathon piece is complete: solar powered smoke-detector detector.
• Kevin is making a glowing compass ring.
• Cody is making more LED glowing rock pieces.

Meeting Notes

• Attendance: ~30
• Meeting Start: ~8:00 PM
• Meeting Stop: 8:40 PM
• Tour Guide: Cody
• Notes Taken by: Jared