04/07/2015
Contents
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
- Minors must be attended by Parent/Guardian!
Equipment and Supplies Wanted
- Tim - 5 gallon water barrels
- Space - Big rolling toolbox for Tekton Tools
- Space/Daniel - iPad 2 or newer for e-waivers
- Chris - Needs help making prop laser gun model & 3D printing
- Bob - Help with Fusion 360
Space Upgrades
- Lulzbot TAZ heating element replaced; confirmed working
- New electronics workstations
- Sit & solder
- ESD safe(r)
- Deep top shelf for electronics equipment
- Wood shop brick half wall concrete mostly removed
- Trip less while wood working
- Taped off electric panel floor space; DO NOT PUT STUFF IN FRONT OF THE PANEL
Space Downgrades
- Johnny 5 replacement board in. Replacement in progress
- One air compressor hose connector not working
- Outside chairs and tables reclaimed by original owners after being abandoned for 16 months...
- 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
- Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 4/13 8pm)
- Mend It Monday (the other fortnightly Mondays, next 4/6 @ 7 PM)
- Help LVL1 repair broken equipment & learn the equipment from the inside out
- Contact Nathan for more details
- TUESDAY
- LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
- WEDNESDAY
- MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 4/1 @ 7pm)
- THURSDAY
- Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 4/16
- Bring a project, learn to sew!
- Drone Meetup - 4th Thursday - 4/23 @ 8 PM
- Talk shop, fix your drone, and take flight!
- Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 4/16
- FRIDAY
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (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 placed at 7:30 pm (~$7/person)
- Louisville EAE (6pm)
- Compete in Engineering, Arts, & Extreme Sports events & contests!
- Contact Josh for more info!
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/LouEAE/
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (8pm)
- SUNDAY
- Game Dev Group (4/12)
- All game dev projects welcome! Collaborate with other teams or start your own!
- Check http://gamedevlou.org/ for meeting announcements!
- Game Dev Group (4/12)
Upcoming Workshops and Events
- MakerPlace Kids Group (MakerPlace @ Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana)
- http://www.gskentuckiana.org/Pathways/The-MakerPlace.aspx
- For boys & girls ages ~3rd grade to 8th grade with adult supervision
- April Events
- Let's Make A Thing - 4/4
- Open Meeting & Making - 4/19
- March Makership Application Deadline - 3/31 @ 11:59 PM
- Apply for a 3 month membership and $100 stipend toward your project
- See more information at http://www.lvl1.org/makership/
- Hack the Home - 4/10 thru 4/11
- Sign up by tomorrow: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/hack-the-home-hackathon-tickets-15135860767
- idivinestory.com - 4/11
- Open for art & technology submissions for display. Prizes to be had!
- VEX Robotics Championships - 4/16 thru 4/18
- Watch 800 teams compete in various robotics compeitions
- At the fairgrounds in Louisville
- Ludum Dare 32 - 4/17 @ 7 PM thru 4/19 @ 7 PM
- Build a game in 48 - 72 hours!
- http://www.meetup.com/GameDevLou/events/219496836/
- NEW 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
- Red Bull is hosting a paper airplane contest tomorrow 4pm - 7pm. Win a trip to Austria if you do well!
- GARY DOES NOT HAVE PROJECTS! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
- Jared is trying to interface telephone microphone to amplifier. Need help not blowing up capacitors
- Cindy's friend in Purdue needs to chat with LVL1 folks about the space architecture & layout
- Brad & Patrick are working on fixing the injection molder
- Sean has a metric crapton of slightly used,good quality UPS batteries (30 Ah)
- James sells his card game to the new folks in the room!
Meeting Notes
- Attendance: ~50
- Meeting Start: 8:01 PM
- Meeting Stop: 8:41 PM
- Dinner: None
- Tour Guide: Raj
- Notes Taken by: Nathan