Hi all,<div><br></div><div>On April 16, there will be a Mini-MakerFaire at the IMC. It is technically being hosted in part by Makerspace Urbana. This means a couple things for the makerspace (both in the physical and group senses of the term):</div>
<div><br></div><div>1) We are responsible for some sort of workshop in the space itself.</div><div><br></div><div>Mostly this is just an excuse to get people downstairs to see what the place is all about. Discussion so far has been about simple soldering projects like a blinkly light pin or similar -- basic hands-on that is fun for kids and adults, but is cheap and doesn't keep people in the place too long (since space it tight down there).</div>
<div><br></div><div>2) We should make the room "presentable". </div><div><br></div><div>I don't mean fancy and clean white-room engineering stations or anything, just some amount of organization, probably with a bit of show-off stuff like bare wires and blinking lights -- basically we want people to know how nerdy we are :) This also means a bit of rearranging to maximize the usefulness of the space. In fact - a weekend afternoon devoted to cleaning up/organizing the space would be a great activity.</div>
<div><br></div><div>3) We should be present in large numbers -- visibly.</div><div><br></div><div>I think it would be good to have us wandering around with shirts/hats/pins/other MU paraphernalia so people know we exist. Also, perhaps we could turn Derek's intro document in to a flyer or pamphlet featured prominently at the entrance and in the space itself? I know for sure we should make a real push to get the <a href="http://makerspaceurbana.org" target="_blank">makerspaceurbana.org</a> website to have articles that are newer than 6 months old.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I hope we can figure out a plan of attack and get this worked out in the next couple days, so we can totally take advantage of the MakerFaire to help the group too!</div><div><br></div>
<div>Regards,</div><div>Erich</div>