07/26/2016

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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 an Amazon Smile account
    • Shop at smile.amazon.com: pick us as your nonprofit; some proceeds come our way.

Shout Outs

Equipment and Supplies Wanted

  • (Working) Air Conditioning Window Unit
    • Bunker Upgrade
    • Contact James
  • Jr Achievers/Divinity looking for a commercial bubble machine and two 12 volt rechargeable batteries, very small.
    • Contact: Divinity divinityrose@gmail.com
  • Either Hard Hat or Bicycle Helmet
  • Acrylic sheet, at least 5x5x2in
    • Contact: Mike Revel


Space Upgrades

  • Door Locking Indication System upgraded.
    • If either side of the rear door is open, the "rear" indicator displays "open"
    • This leaves an indicator available, but not hooked up yet, for the front door.

Space Downgrades

  • compressed air hose near front door leaks.
  • 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 8/8 @ 8 PM)
      • Learn to solder, work on Inter-hackerspace Battleship, Kittens, and open making.
      • Now weekly until Detroit Makerfaire!
    • Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 8/1 @ 8pm)
  • 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 8/23 @ 6:30)
      • Discussion of Python related topics.
      • Meetup
  • WEDNESDAY
    • MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month, next 8/10 @ 7 pm)
  • THURSDAY
    • Power Racing Series Meetup - (Thursdays @ 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
  • 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)

Upcoming Workshops and Events

  • MakerFaire Detroit, Saturday-Sunday, 7/30-7/31
  • July Makership Application Deadline - Thursday, 7/31 @ 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
  • DEFCON - 8/4-8/7th
    • information security conference in Las Vegas.
  • #Adulting workshop series - Coming soon; TBA.
    • Contact Ben
  • Derby Con - 9/23-25th
    • lvl1 will be teaching how-to solder at this conference.
    • Contact: Charles.
  • Learn how to solder ongoing workshops
    • By appointment, Various time commitments; costs.
    • 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

Meeting Notes

  • Attendance:
  • Meeting Start: ~8:00 PM
  • Meeting Stop:
  • Tour Guide: Raj
  • Notes Taken by: Jared