[Robotgroup] Maker Faire

[David Nunez]

MF is going to be a TON of fun and amazing (and will probably end up  
killing me in under-compensated work ;) )

25,000 people from all around texas, etc converging at the Expo  
Center...

There will be events for makers to talk amongst themselves (so that  
you have time to do that networking thing).

I will say this, though:

I DO NOT THINK EITHER DORKBOT OR MAKER FAIRE COULD EVER REPLACE  
ROBOFEST.

They are all different events, with different content, at different  
scales, for different audiences, and we need all of them.

I'd like to plant the seeds right now... How does this sound?

Dorkbot - about 5-6 of them throughout 2007 (every other month  
starting in Feb or March)
Robot Group's Haunted Mansion October 2007
SW Maker Faire 1 - October 2007
Robofest 8 - June 2008

I could get behind and throw lots of time and energy at all of those.

david

On Dec 4, 2006, at 6:08 AM, Don Colbath wrote:

> Finally getting around to reading mails from September.  One thing I
> like about maker faire is that it looks like it's open like DorkBot.
> While there are reasons, like insurance, to at least screen stuff that
> comes in I like the concept.  At our Robofests of past it was  
> mostly our
> own stuff and that of major participants but the paying guests didn't
> bring in their Mindstorms or BOEBots or whatever the equivalent was  
> back
> then. I think this will be a great collaborating and recruiting  
> forum as
> we'll get to meet folks from Austin and other places we didn't know
> about and who didn't know about us.
>
> Don
>
> Vern Graner wrote:
>
>> Fo those who dont know what a maker's faire is like:
>>
>> http://www.botmag.com/articles/maker_faire_2006_photoessay.shtml
>>
>> WOW!
>>
>> :)
>>
>> Vern
>>
>>
>>
>
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