01/23/2024

Welcome

Welcome to LVL1!

Parking

• Scan the QR code on the table by the door and enter your license plate numbers to keep from getting a ticket. This is for everyone who uses the space.
• This applies 24/7, and must be done each time you visit, every six hours.

Elections

• Elections are TONIGHT!
• If you have not voted, or would like to change your vote, please prepare an appropriate ballot for the annual meeting to follow:
  • President
    • Nominee: Kevin Flispart
  • Vice President
    • Nominee: Danielle Blank
  • Treasurer
    • Nominee: Jim Dallam
  • Secretary
    • Nominee: Tiffany Heynie
  • Director at Large (vote for up to 3)
    • Nominee: Charles Lehman
    • Nominee: Raj Shah
    • Nominee: Adam Thomas
  • Budget
    • Budget proposed by the Budget Committee
    • Last year's budget (this budget does not meet the requirements given in the bylaws and will be immediately invalided)
    • No budget
  • Bylaw amendments (each one individually Yea or Nay)
    • Designate member management tasks to the VP explicitly
    • Raise Individual Reimbursement Max to $150, and Monthly limit to lesser of $600 or Surplus
    • Clarify what insurance is required and preferred in the budget
    • Allow the Directors to Raise Dues at all Announced Meetings of the Membership

Shoutouts

People getting caught being awesome and doing things for the space.

• Everyone - being here!
• Tif - organizing Tuesday Night Noms!
• Out Going Board Members!
• Lock-a-doc For Vending Machine Stuff!

Announcements

• T-Shirts are on sale after the meeting!!!!
  • 8$ for a large! That's the only size we have?
  • See Tiffany
  • If you're another size, we have a sewing area!

• Nominations for Officers & Directors
  • If you are reading this, nominations are closed!
  • If you are a member, please vote by e-mail until 24 hours before the annual meeting, or in person at the annual meeting on Jan. 16!

The Tim VanSant Makership: LVL1's Makership Program

• This program is funded completely through donations and NOT through our membership dues.
• We currently have enough funds to offer a Makership. If you are not a member and want to do a makership:
  • Apply at https://lvl1.org/makership/ and apply via makership@lvl1.org
  • Application deadline is the last day of each month @ 11:59 PM.
  • Become a regular member of LVL1.
  • Get 3 months of membership and up to $100 of project cost reimbursements!
• If you are a member, you can set up a monthly donation to the makership fund! See the treasurer to set this up.
• Members: please talk up the Makership to potential new members.
• If your application is not approved, PLEASE revise and resubmit next month.
• Send any questions about how to submit a successful application to https://lvl1.org/makership/. We want to award a Makership!

Broken/Equipment Report

Please make sure that you review the instructions and manual and ask for the training prior to using the equipment.

• If something is broken or needs to be replaced, please send an email to broken@lvl1.org.
• Please supply as much information as possible; links to websites or items are GREATLY appreciated. Consumables can be time-consuming to find; broken is not a mind reader!

Member Responsibilities

• Please make sure guests sign the waiver and validate their parking.
• Member hosts are empowered to ask visitors who do not conduct themselves according to LVL1's policies and community standards to leave.
• Members are responsible for their guests and any other non-members they host. This includes hosting an event.
• Do not block access to storage or exits
• Turn things off and lock the space when you leave
• If your project doesn't fit on your shelf, please take it offsite. The boneyard is not your own personal storage shed.
• If you find things in the hallways that shouldn't be there (bedding, air fryers, etc...) please contact an officer or director so we can contact the landlord.
• READ the Members' List. This is how we alert you to important safety and policy things happening at the space.
• Questions? Please contact a board member or the Members' List.

Everybody's Responsibilities

• If something is broken or needs to be restocked, email broken@lvl1.org
• Always leave equipment at least as good as you found it.
• Do not leave equipment running unattended.
• Clean up your mess and keep the space usable for your fellow hackers!
• Do not take the furniture outside!
• Get a FREE Clorox Wipe! Clean all the surfaces!
• There is a list of 5 minute tasks on the whiteboard.
• Do NOT cause odors in the space
  • Be Excellent to our neighbors that share the building with us, and DO NOT work on projects that will disrupt parts of the building that aren't ours.
  • If you see anyone being unexcellent to fellow hackers or our neighbors, please courteously remind them!

First Time Visitor Info

Are there any 1st time Visitors?

• Prime Directive: Be Excellent to Each other
• Being unsafe is being unexcellent!
  • Please sign the waiver! We have dangerous tools that can cause serious injury if not used correctly and carefully. We're not responsible if you hurt yourself with them!
  • Minors must be supervised at all times.
  • Animals also must be supervised at all times.
• Means of communication - https://www.lvl1.org/connect/
  • Our website / calendar is https://lvl1.org
  • Meeting Minutes, equipment information, and projects on our wiki: https://wiki.lvl1.org
  • Sign up for our Google Group discussion list https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/lvl1
  • Google Hangout https://hangouts.google.com/group/KrvEvKVKapRzznlh2
  • Discord https://discord.gg/qXFrrNvxUY
  • Facebook, Twitter, Meetup
  • learn@lvl1.org - Want to learn something new, get some equipment training, or host a workshop? Want to help facilitate any of these things?
  • broken@lvl1.org - Something broken? Does something need to be restocked?
  • directors@lvl1.org - Need to contact those who are ostensibly "in charge"?
• Adam will be hosting a tour at the end of the meeting, near the front doors.

Regular Weekly Meetups

You too can organize a weekly/monthly meetup! Talk to a member or director and we can get you set up!

Monday

Tuesday

• LVL1 Open Meeting, 8:00pm - where you are right now!
• Directors Meeting, January 16, 9:00pm - In the classroom and open to the public following the regular weekly meeting, come see how the sausage is made, the 3rd Tuesday of each month. That's Tonight!

Wednesday

Thursday

• Derby City Py, January 25, 6:30pm - Meet and discuss all things Python the 4th Thursday of each month.

Friday

• Irregular Movie and Open Build Night, 8ish? - This is happening in the space. C'mon in and be safe. The best night to be in the space to meet folks and learn something.
  • Last Friday:
    • Class Action Park (2020)
    • Exit Wounds (2001)
  • This Friday:
    • Save us from the wrath of Adam.

Saturday

Sunday

Upcoming Events

You too can organize an event! See the Hosting Guide on our website: https://lvl1.org/hosting-guide/

WATCHA MAKING?

Making something cool?

Need help or materials for a project?

Have materials looking for a project?

Tell us about it!