[Robotgroup] State of the union ... Maker Faire

[Eric 2.o]

Who is our contact at Maker Faire? Has anyone submitted a proposal 
either online or in hardcopy? If not, maybe we, as The Robot 
Group Inc, can hit them up for some bench space inside. I think 
its important to have at least a presence at Maker, perhaps a 
fraction of what we had last year. Maybe they don't have room for 
us inside because they think we need as much space as last time. 
I know I, for one, would rather not have to deal with the dust 
and heat outside.

BTW, I'll be submitting a proposal for a sort-of art car called 
Cargograss. Its a personal patch of St. Augustine grass growing 
through a grid platform mounted just above my car. Its the same 
length and width of the car and capable of supporting the weight 
of people in lawn chairs while parked or heavy boxes when moving. 
An automated hydroponic system is housed in the trunk. The micro 
climate and shade provided will also keep my car nice and cool as 
the air conditioner is on the fritz. Very practical and 
environmentally responsible too, reducing my footprint and all...

> From: Denise Scioli <morg80 at hotmail.com>
> Date: Sun, August 31, 2008 5:29 pm
> To: The Robot Group Mailing List <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
> 
> Clarification,
> 
> This point got lost in the discussion, but I have been in contact 
with Beatrice, our contact person from First Night. When I spoke to 
her more than a week ago, the packets were being made ready for the 
weekend and judging by the different people on the panels.  
Supposedly, they would make their decisions last weekend, and the 
letters would be going out sometime the following week. (which was 
just this past week).  We were told we had to wait to find out via 
either a letter of rejection, or by contact either by letter or 
phone of acceptance or a negotiated acceptance.  As of yesterday, 
we have not gotten a yay or nay letter. Beatrice said that the 
rejection letters would go out first. As soon as we know something, 
we will need, only if accepted, to step into overdrive.  We were 
sort of waiting to hear from them to decide which direction to go 
in for Maker Faire as well, but there is a hitch there as well.  
I believe, someone step in and tell me I am wrong if so, that we 
were !
>  not being given an indoor area for our "projects" for Maker 
Faire.  Most people are discouraged with that as we will be 
either freezing, sweating, become dust covered, etc, and none 
of those scenarios are good for the delicate electronics in 
some of our projects.  If anyone has ideas, discussion will 
be welcome, as we are running out of time.
> 
> So, hope this clarifies some of, at least, First Night and 
what we are waiting for.
> 
> Denise