06/28/2016
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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 cleaned the space on Monday.
Equipment and Supplies Wanted
- Ben looking for people to help teach in his series of workshops: "How to Adult". If you know how to adult (eg. Separating your laundry into colors, lights, and darks.), get with Ben to teach a workshop on it!
- (Working) Air Conditioning Window Unit
- Bunker Upgrade
- Contact James
- Jr Achievers/Divinity looking for 4 arduinos, 4 lillypad arduinos, 8 adafruit vibrators #1201, lipo battery packs, Arylic sheets, Strip leds (blue, rgb), bubble machine, box fan (working or not), power wheels base or scooter base, raspberry pi.
- Contact: Divinity divinityrose@gmail.com
Space Upgrades
- Large laser cutter is operational again. Yay!
Space Downgrades
- Xerox printer is low on toner.
- 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 7/4 @ 8 PM)
- Learn to solder, work on Inter-hackerspace Battleship, Kittens, and open making.
- Now weekly until Detroit Makerfaire!
- Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 7/4 @ 8pm)
- Night of The Hat (Mondays, next 7/4 @ 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 7/26 @ 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, 7/28 @ 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
- 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
- "Get a Benjamin/Start a Fire" Challenge - 7/9
- Show up at the space, try to start a fire with a very specific set of artifacts. The best fire wins $100.
- TALKlou offering a STEAM panel discussion OFFSITE - Thursday 7/14 @ 5 PM
- it's Free, but you've got to sign up, at their eventbrite:
- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/talk-delivering-a-modern-education-of-science-technology-engineering-art-math-tickets-26011384752
- The "Oh Crap, is that next weekend!?" Hackathon - Friday-Sunday, 7/22-24
- Work on a project you will be bringing to Makerfaire Detroit
- Contact: Charles, The Hat
- The "Oh Crap, was that last weekend!?" LVL1 birthday party - Saturday 7/23
- In the middle of the Makerfaire hackathon, celebrate LVL1's belated birthday!
- MakerFaire Detroit, Saturday-Sunday, 7/30-7/31
- Sign up with Danielle to get your name on *the list* to work at lvl1's booth!
- 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
Project Roll Call
- Mr.BlinkyBling got more boards today
- Jared and Steph are still working on their Laser Lissajous project
- Cindy is looking for help drilling holes in the right place/way in a hobby box.
- Someone [who?] is looking for help making a DIY gimble.
- Someone [who?] is looking for help cutting costs on a hunting blind noise canceling device.
Gary Roll Call
- Gary has made the base for the Power-Wheels Roomba
Meeting Notes
- Attendance: 39
- Meeting Start: 8:02 PM
- Meeting Stop: 8:47 PM
- Tour Guide: Raj
- Notes Taken by: Jared