[Imc-makerspace] Mitch Altman Visit in Feb/March?

[Chris Ritzo]

Serge,
Following on your work with K-12 outreach, MakerspaceU has put together one
teen/kid focused event at the Urbana Free Library on 3/7 for their teen
tech week
http://tufl.info/teen/pdf/teen_tech_wk_events_poster_letter.pdf)

Joel Spencer is my contact there and Urbana Free Library has sent flyers to
the Urbana schools.

I'd definitely be up for coming to an event at ECE on behalf of
MakerspaceU! I'm sure others would too.

Thanks for reaching out!
Chris



On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Stewart Dickson
<MathArt at emsh.calarts.edu>wrote:

> **
> Hello, Serge,
>
> Did you say "RF"??!!    RF is like the birth of all geekiness -- guys with
> HAM towers next to their houses.   And the RF über-geeks built their own
> transceivers -- like my grandfather did in 1911.
> Do you happen to have any contacts with the local Champaign-area or
> University HAM radio clubs?   I have sent them periodic e-mails, but so far
> no response.  It would be cool if they
> could make it to the Mini Maker Faire Saturday, April 14th.
>
> Speaking of RF, the Mesh Wifi Reading Group is on hiatus until the summer,
> but maybe you'd like
> to join in when it starts back up.
>
> Thanks for getting in touch!
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Stewart, Host "TechKnowLedge", Thursdays from 8 to 9 am on WRFU-LP FM
> 104.5 Urbana
>
> http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/10/vedic_math_machines_and_3d_zoetrope.html
>
> http://boingboing.net/2011/06/17/jeff-bezos-co-to-bui.html
> http://longnow.org/clock/prototype1
> http://emsh.calarts.edu/~mathart/Clock_Cam.html
> http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/author.html?author=Stewart+Dickson
>
>
> On 2/17/12 10:15 PM, Serge Minin wrote:
>
>   Hi Stewart, Mitch, and everyone else,
>
> I have been ears for a long time, but I would now like to chime in.
>
> Firs, I would like to ask whether Mitch might be inclined to do something
> at the ECE department.  I am an instructor for the RF lab here, and I it
> seems that that our lab space can be used for some student workshops, if
> desired.  Also, some student societies might be excited to have Mitch as a
> guest speaker.  After all, he is pretty well known here.  If a rep from
> MakerspaceU comes along, it would be even better.  There is a lot of
> synergy that is possible.
>
> Also, I am involved somewhat in k-12 outreach.  Perhaps I could help set
> up something with school kids?  The libraries might be good in terms of
> space.
>
> I was wondering if the week of March 5th is still somewhat open for
> Mitch.  Incidentally, the Engineering Open House is on the 9th, if that is
> of any interest.
>
> Anyhow, if any of this sounds agreeable, I would love to put in some
> effort to work out the logistics.
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Serge
>
> P.S.  Stewart, I only know you as the very informative eVoice on the list,
> but I would really enjoy meeting you in person.
>
>    ...
>
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