6/14/11

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  1. Please Sign in on the meeting attendance roster.
  2. Waivers of Liability - Please sign if you have not already
  3. n00bs! Check out the LVL1 Quickstart info sheet next to the liability waivers. Feel free to ask questions.
  4. Old Business
    1. Equipment Wanted
      1. Air chamber for vacuum pump
      2. 6' air chamber for White Star
      3. Bicycle tools
      4. Bicycle rack
      5. Gas pipe for stealth stove
    2. Open to Volunteers / Projects
      1. Bernheim CONNECT (Just register your project http://www.bernheim.org/event_im/Connect_particForm11.pdf )
      2. Derbycon Hardware Village / Mini-Hackerspace (Brad)
  5. New Business
    1. Space Upgrades
      1. Accident free day sign (Thanks Brad!!)
    2. Clean-up / Organize loose things in anticipation for LVL1 Open Haus July 2nd.
    3. KYOSS recap
    4. DD-WRT workshop recap
    5. LVL1 SummerCamp part 2 recap
    6. LVL1 Laser Cutter update
  6. Upcoming Workshops & Events
    1. LVL1 Summer Camp (6/18, and 6/25)
    2. LVL1 Anniversary (Saturday 7/2)
      1. Bring stuff you've worked on this past year
      2. Food? Drinks?
    3. Makerfaire Detroit (7/30-7/31)
    4. Bernheim CONNECT (8/27) http://www.bernheim.org/connect.html
    5. Derbycon (9/30-10/2) tickets on sale now
    6. Daycon in Dayton, Oh (10/10-10/12)
    7. Sumobot competition and Halloween party (10/29) need prizes
  7. New members
  8. Project Rollcall

MINUTES

1. Call to order at 8:05 p.m. by microcolonel

2. New biz - none

3. Old biz - none

4. Space upgrades

  a. Still looking for vacuum chamber.
  b. Still looking for flex gas pipe to connect the stove.
  c. New "accident free days" sign by the first aid kit. 
  d. Please pick and slick up the place before the first anniversary party.
  e. KYOSS meeting had 18 people last week.
  f. DDWRT workshop had about 6 attendees. 
  

5. Events

  a. Need volunteers for food for July 2 aniversary party. TH challenged all comer to a margarita and a salsa (food not dance) contest.
  b. LVL1 will attend MakerFaire in Detroit. Be prepared to build devices with weaponized glitter.

6. Project Roll call

  a. Joe and Nick are trying to make fused glass circuit boards.
  b. Jeff discussed his interaction with GLI (Chamber of Commerce). A few board members will meet with them to discuss opportunities for funding. They have $30,000 matching grants available for small companies. If you have a small biz, talk to Jeff about the details.
  c. Joe and Tim were probing the pony and mapping it for the flame thrower. The plan to engineer the back end... er reverse engineer the pony. Video to follow.... can't wait. 
  d. Chris would not talk about his transgenic mouse project.
  e. Tim M has debugged the RFID door device. Still need to add code to handle the pin number reader. Chris is nearly ready to install on the door. First plan is to have rfid as an alternet system; we will still have access via physical keys.
  f. Jeff has updated the store balances. Negative balance means you still owe the store. Positive balance means you have a credit.