[Imc-makerspace] UCMMF meeting tonight!

[Monica Marie Carr]

Hello All,

We will be having our final UCMMF planning meeting tonight, 9/16, at 7p. If
you have amendments or additions, bring it to the meeting!

Can't make it to the meeting? Sign up to
volunteer<http://ucmakerfaire.com/volunteers/>the day of the faire!

Best,
Monica

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1) Sponsorship

- Weiskamp

    - We have shirts for volunteers! They are awesome!

        - Designs were created by Laura

- need to make sure that we meet requirements in sponsor agreement
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- Add sponsor posts to website
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- Marketing sponsor
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- monetary sponsor
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- Laura
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- Food Co-op (done w/ Meet the Makers)
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2) Makers

- CALL FOR MAKERS IS CLOSED! We have 19 makers:)

- Food Co-op signed up, already approved
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- Send confirmation emails - need responses?
- Create a list of what the Makers can expect the day of the

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    event (i.e. that it is a family friendly event and probably

    should consider kid friendly things) (Emily)
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- Makerspace Urbana

- Everyone needs to fill out a form even if they are a part of

Makerspace

- Have James fill out form for soldering
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3) Marketing
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- Smile Politely
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      - Article to come out early this week
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- Made fest logo & link is on ucmakerfaire.com
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- Chambanamoms
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  - Made an article for Call for Makers, will write another this week
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- Logo added to ucmakerfaire.com
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- Daily Illini

  - Find contact for Buzz to get in for Thursday 9/19 (Monica)(DONE

- Too expensive)

- Maker Faire stickers (Jeff)

- Make  our own stickers

- Food Co-op

 - Will Provide 35 lunches for the makers

- UC Pride fest

- DONE AND AWESOME

- FLYER FLYER FLYER EVERYWHERE

 - Need to print more (Emily) (DONE)

- Laura rocked this last week

4) Volunteers

- Recruit volunteers (Ongoing)

- Write LLC  (Jeff)

- define final needs

- Schedule bathroom breaks & someone for the Green Room (Emily) (On
Volunteer Schedule)

5) Other items

- Food

 - Contacted The Empanada House truck and Cracked; waiting to
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(Monica)(DONE - no response)
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hear back

 - We ordered 35 lunches for the makers from Co-Op (Emily)

(Asked for increase to 40 -DONE)

- Need to buy snack food for volunteers/extra (Emily)

- Make signs for the makers from Dixon (Emily)


6) Venue preperation.

- table count

- chair count

- venue layout - ask Danielle for a floorplan (Jeff) (DONE)

- people counter

- power cords/strips: need to buy

- outlet locations

- hardware to hang the banner (need to find ladder and straps) (Jeff)

- Print out signs for directions to bathroom/makerspace


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-- 
Monica Carr
Doctoral Student
Department of Anthropology
University of Illinois
mmcarr2 at illinois.edu
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