[MakeLV] What's in the box?

[Josiah Ritchie]

6:30pm makes sense to me.

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Matthew Tuerk <matuerk at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
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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<http://www.hive13.org/>.
>> 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/
>>
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