07/28/2015
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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!
Shout Outs
- Thanks to everyone who attended Maker Faire Detroit and worked the booth!
Equipment and Supplies Wanted
- The Space - Batch scanner
- Charles - Looking for above ground portable pool (15 ft diameter and hold water, 1-2 ft tall)
- How to make circuit boards with the CNC router
- Terry - Hardwood boards: cherry, walnut, maple, oak, etc.
- Historic/Antique/Hand wood working tools
- Herman - Laptop computer, i5 or better processor, 8 GB RAM
- Cody - Suction power vacuum for money tube
- Josh - Outdoor projector
- Space - Bushing for 5/8" to 1.25" grinder
Space Upgrades
- Joiner loan/donation
- Added HDMI switch
- i3Detroit imitation money sucker
Space Downgrades
- Table Saw
- Please don't move parts
- Mill parts are missing
- 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 8/3 @ 8pm)
- Mend It Monday (the other fortnightly Mondays, next 8/10 @ 7 PM)
- Help LVL1 repair broken equipment & learn the equipment from the inside out
- TUESDAY
- Learn-a-Thing Workshops (Tuesday 6pm)
- Learn how to use a tool at LVL1 before the meeting (informal setting; great for first-timers!)
- This Week: Sketchup
- LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
- Learn-a-Thing Workshops (Tuesday 6pm)
- WEDNESDAY
- MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 8/5 @ 7pm)
- THURSDAY
- Tiny House Meeting - Random Thursdays @ 7 PM, next 8/6
- Help build a tiny house and teach the community home improvement skills
- Tiny House Meetings suspended until later notice.
- Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 8/20
- Bring a project, learn to sew!
- Drone Meetup - 4th Thursday - 8/27 @ 8 PM
- Talk shop, fix your drone, and take flight!
- Tiny House Meeting - Random Thursdays @ 7 PM, next 8/6
- 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 often placed at 7:30 pm (~$7/person)
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (8pm)
- SUNDAY
- Game Dev Group
- All game dev projects welcome! Collaborate with other teams or start your own!
- Check http://gamedevlou.org/ for meeting announcements!
- Game Dev Group
Upcoming Workshops and Events
- Officers and Directors Meeting - 7/28 after Tuesday night meeting
- All are welcome to see & contribute to the LVL1 sausage
- July Makership Application Deadline - 7/31 @ 11:59 PM
- Apply for a 3 month membership and $100 stipend toward your project
- See more information at http://www.lvl1.org/makership/
- DEFCON - 8/6-8/9 @ Las Vegas.
- Contact Charles to arrange LVL1 presence.
- Tech Fest Louisville 8/21-22, http://www.techfestlou.com at Henry Clay- Speakers, Meals, Entertainment, Networking
- Opportunity for LVL1 folks to show off cool stuff or drones in tech gallery, to show off or discount code for tickets, contact divinityrose@gmail.com
- Cincinnati Mini Maker Faire - 8/29 & 8/30
- Louisville Mini Maker Faire - 9/19, 11 AM to 6 PM
- Call for Makers is OPEN!
- http://makerfairelou.org
- DerbyCon - 9/23 thru 9/27
- Hacker & computer security conference
- Inventor Con 2015 - 10/6
- Hosted by Central Kentucky Inventors Council in Lexington
- Surface-mount TV-B-Gone workshops!
- By appointment, with Charles, $25, 2 hour time commitment.
- Stupid Sh!t No One Needs and Terrible Ideas Hackathon - 10/10 thru 10/11
- Show corporate how it's done by building useless things for fun!
- 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
- Maker Faire Detroit Recap
- Met with a lot of Makerspace presidents; working on pranks and exhibits for next year
- Thank you Charles and all for making the awesome pendant
- divinity - 48 Hour Film Festival production featuring members Cherith, help from Tyler, produced by Divinity Rose Trailer: https://vimeo.com/134679151 Screening 8/2 6:30, 8/3 7:15 Village 8 Theater
Meeting Notes
- Attendance: ~45
- Meeting Start: 8:05 PM
- Meeting Stop: 8:50 PM
- Dinner: Liz, Weeze, and Jared made dinner
- Tour Guide: Raj
- Notes Taken by: Nathan