[MakeLV] What's in the box?

[Matthew Tuerk]

No luck on Hive13. Too much turkey, it turns out.

When would "What's in the Box?" start? 6:30? 6 p.m.?

If we can nail down a time, I'd like to start gearing up promotion.

Matthew Tuerk
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On Nov 27, 2010, at 10:44 PM, Tyler Worman wrote:

> The 17th sounds good for me. Has anyone else expressed interest in  
> changing the date for this?
>
> I've updated the website to show the event on the current events  
> page (tentative). I've also added a short blurb about "What's in the  
> box". I'd be interested in other feedback on format. Right now  
> Josiah's idea (5-10 minutes each) seemed best to me. Would a format  
> like below make sense? or would you move question/comments and  
> answers to a different part?
>
> 3 Cycles of:
> 5 minutes present
> 5 minutes questions
>
> 10 minute break
>
> 3 more cycles.
>
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Matthew Tuerk <mtuerk at allentownedc.com 
> > wrote:
> Thanks to all for last week. Having your energy in the building  
> really gives me confidence that we can make this happen.
>
> I am glad to see you discussing format for What's in the Box?, but  
> let's also consider a date. January 17th is Martin Luther King Day.  
> Seems like a good, general date to shoot for. Two questions: would a  
> holiday prevent people from attending? What would need to happen in  
> the space to get it ready for an event 8 weeks from now?
>
> Other things: Molly Slevin is working on a floor plan for the space  
> to include in the NSF grant application. I have encouraged her to  
> post an image to the wiki when she finishes.
>
> We have asked our counsel to look into liability. Encouraging news:  
> he doesn't see any major issues.
>
> I am in Cincinnati for the holiday and hoping to visit Hive 13. I  
> will let you know if I see anything helpful. Have a good holiday, all!
>
> Matthew Tuerk
>
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> On Nov 17, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Josiah Ritchie wrote:
>
>> Thanks to AEDC and the Davinci Center for doing all the work to  
>> putting together last night's event. I had a great time  hearing  
>> about the potential of the space and the need for a group of  
>> hackers to organize and fill the space. How often do hacker's get  
>> asked to come in and use a space? I'm looking forward to hearing  
>> what it'll take to solve the liability problem, but I'm also  
>> excited that there are things that can be done before that.
>>
>> My favorite part of the night was at the end, when I got to ask a  
>> couple guys "What's in the box?". It sure beat looking at your  
>> websites. It is much easier to ask questions in person. :-) I heard  
>> some cool projects mentioned by several of you in your  
>> introductions also that I hope to learn more about.
>>
>> I think it would be great to get another meeting together focused  
>> around the show & tell model we were talking about. It would also  
>> help get to know each other and build the community for the larger  
>> purpose of getting the hackerspace functional.
>>
>> Apparently, we have a place we can host it. Sounds like all we  
>> really need is people to share stuff, an audience and some heat.  
>> The stuff to share and the audience are clearly already available.  
>> I bet AEDC can deal with the heat issue for us.
>>
>> As far as format, should it be more formal with a series of 5-10  
>> minute talks people sign up for or should it be bring whatever and  
>> set it up at a table and we'll wander around chatting with each  
>> other?
>>
>> JSR/
>>
>> PS:
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