[Imc-makerspace] Hi There!

[Stewart Dickson]

Hi, Brady,

I assume that you and Serge from the RF Lab were hanging out with Mitch
Altman during his Allen Hall residency?   As I told Serge -- In the old
days, RF meant HAM radio -- the original DIY electronics.   I have
attempted to reach out to the UIUC HAM radio club also, but haven't had
much success.  It seems difficult to get  students to leave campus, so I
suppose that means that we need to bring the MakerSpace to you?

Thanks for giving the shout-out.  I plan to still be here in the Fall.
Looking forward to hearing from you again.  Have a great Summer!

Cheers,

-Stewart, http://us.imdb.com/Name?Stewart+Dickson
Host, TechKnowLedge Thursday mornings from 8-9 on WRFU-LP FM 104.5
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On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Brady Salz <brady.salz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My name's Brady Salz, and I'm the Workshops Director for the next year for
> IEEE student body at UIUC. I've been subscribing to your mailing list for
> quire some time, and I've dropped by the Makerspace once or twice, and it's
> been a great time. I'm emailing you guys today with a request to have some
> more involvement between the students and the community next year, starting
> in the fall.
>
> I'm a strong believer in the hacker/maker mentality, and I've found many
> people who also share these interests as well. Unfortunately, the ECE
> curriculum here doesn't really present itself in a way to capitalize on
> that desire often. Through my workshops, many, many people are finally
> given the chance to learn  one of the most basic skills in electronics:
> soldering! While that is only the beginning, I feel it is an accurate
> representation of the large gap in skills taught here.
>
> While this whole philosophy of workshops is nothing new here, I still feel
> that it remains remarkably isolated from the community. Like I said, I
> believe in Making, and that is truly a community art. What I'm trying to
> say, in a very roundabout way, is that I sincerely hope that we could
> collaborate quite a bit over the course of the next year! I'm not quite
> sure why I'm sending this email so early, since I'll be away all summer
> (interning with IBM, woohoo), but I really just wanted to get the idea out.
>
> Thanks
> Brady
>
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