06/16/2015

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
• Minors must be attended by Parent/Guardian!

Equipment and Supplies Wanted

• Space - Outdoor seating & tables
• 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 wood working tools

Space Upgrades

• Some green pipe is down. - Sean, Jared.
• Miter jig for table saw. - Terry.
  • There is more to take down.
• Cleaned solder bench, laser cutter table, 3D printer workbench - Katy
• Business cards have been received. Thanks JJ @ MemeTech!

Space Downgrades

• Table saw was left with safety guard disconnected.
• Woodshop was left a mess. Please clean up when you're done!
• 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 6/22 8pm)
  • Mend It Monday (the other fortnightly Mondays, next 6/29 @ 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 7/6 @ 7pm)
• THURSDAY
  • Hacker House Meeting - Every other Thursday @ 7 PM, next 6/18
    • Help build a tiny house (on wheels) & figure out grant/donation opportunities
    • Contact Nathan
  • Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 6/18
    • Bring a project, learn to sew!
  • Drone Meetup - 4th Thursday - 6/25 @ 8 PM
    • Talk shop, fix your drone, and take flight!
• 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)
• SUNDAY
  • Game Dev Group
    • All game dev projects welcome! Collaborate with other teams or start your own!
    • Check http://gamedevlou.org/ for meeting announcements!

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
  • June Events
    • Open Meeting & Making - 6/21
• Skills USA Contest/Convention - 6/22 thru 6/26
  • Looking for volunteers to judge high school business ideas Shark Tank style
  • Contact Ben H.
• June Makership Application Deadline - 6/30 @ 11:59 PM
  • Apply for a 3 month membership and $100 stipend toward your project
  • See more information at http://www.lvl1.org/makership/
• LVL1's 5th Birthday Party - 7/11, 6:00 PM
  • Contact Jose to join the Party POOPERs (Planning Or Organizing People for Eccentric Receptions)
• Louisville Youth Science Summit - 7/25
  • Kentucky Science Center: hands-on programming; speed mentoring.
  • Contact Jared
• Maker Faire Detroit - 7/25 & 7/26, 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM each day
  • A Detroit Maker Faire is not complete without LVL1's (in)famous presence!
  • Show off your wares and earn hacker street cred
• Cincinnati Mini Maker Faire - 8/29 & 8/30
  • Application deadline is June 12
• Louisville Mini Maker Faire - 9/19, 11 AM to 6 PM
• DerbyCon - 9/23 thru 9/27
  • Hacker & computer security conference
  • Contact Tim
• DEFCON is August 6-9 in Las Vegas.
  • Contact Charles to arrange LVL1 presence.
• Surface-mount TV-B-Gone workshops!
  • By appointment, with Charles, $25, 2 hour time commitment.
• 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

• National Maker Faire Recap
• Someone is working to make a datacenter in LVL1 using the donated servers and racks
  • Could include computing services for the club
• Jared made a lamp that now turns on with a relay.
• Joe is working on his super cooler: radio built into a cooler with power supply and battery supply
• Gary has nothing tonight :(
• James plugs Quickie and got a 3D doodler pen!

Meeting Notes

• Attendance: ~35
• Meeting Start: 8:00 PM
• Meeting Stop: 8:38 PM
• Dinner: Burrito with chili and cheese
• Tour Guide: Raj
• Notes Taken by: Nathan