[EMS Discuss] Wanted: Cool projects for our membership drive

[Rick Osgood]

Thanks Darrell.  Don't worry about pitching in for the electronics as I
think we have that covered.  Save that money though because we might be
able to use it elsewhere for the event. :)

Rick

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 2:21 PM, <EMAIL HIDDEN> wrote:

>
> I would also be happy to pitch in to help cover this and other expenses
> associated with the membership drive.
>
> I will be at the drive and willing to do whatever needs doing.
>
> -Darrell
>
> > Hey Rick,
> >
> > If you want to go to the 25 for $60, not much of a price break per
> > unit, but I'll split the costs with you and we'll have a stock of them
> > for the future.
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Rick Osgood <EMAIL HIDDEN>
> wrote:
> >> Mark, I'm not sure how many people actually showed up but we were
> guessing
> >> around 100 or so after the event.  You can get an idea for how busy it
> was
> >> thanks to this time lapse that Kevin made.
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V_BHA_JEpA
> >>
> >> I like the Make magazine skill badge idea.  Those kits are really simple
> >> (possibly too simple) but I like the idea that someone who has never
> >> soldered before can finish that project in just a couple minutes.  We
> might
> >> get more people involved if they know that they don't have to make a
> large
> >> time commitment.  We can order in groups of 4 for $10 or even 10 for
> $25.  I
> >> will go ahead and buy 10 of these since I did say at the board meeting
> that
> >> I would take care of it.  If you want to pitch in some money on top of
> that
> >> so we can have more, that would be awesome.  If we have extras we can
> always
> >> save them for events for later.  We can see about getting EMS to
> reimburse
> >> us if there are enough funds left in the account.  Let me know if you
> want
> >> to do this today and I will make one order so we don't have to pay
> shipping
> >> twice.
> >>
> >> Definitely bring your printer.  That's a great idea.  If other members
> can
> >> bring theirs too, that would make for an even better spectacle.  They
> don't
> >> even have to be fully completed.  Works in progress shows people that
> we are
> >> actually doing things and not just showing off things we did in the
> past.
> >>
> >> Rick
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Mark Danburg-Wyld <
> EMAIL HIDDEN>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Also, I submitted the event to both the Eugene Weekly and the
> >>> Register-Guard for their calendars for next week. We don't have any
> >>> posters or fliers, by chance, do we?
> >>>
> >>> I agree the makershed kit isn't very pretty, but it is pretty cheap.
> >>> If Rick is already working on something else, that's good.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Mr. Clif <EMAIL HIDDEN> wrote:
> >>> > Mark Danburg-Wyld wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Thoughts and a question:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> 1. How many people came through the grand opening? To get a sense of
> >>> >> scale....
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>> > Not sure but about 50 - 75? Other estimates?
> >>> >
> >>> >> 2.
> >>> >>
> http://www.makershed.com/Learn_to_Solder_Skill_Badge_Kit_p/mkls01.htm
> >>> >> - we'd need to order very soon (like, tomorrow) to get them in time,
> >>> >> but it could be a good station to have set up.
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>> > Yes some kits would be nice not sure badges are the most attractive.
> >>> > We did talk about restocking at the last board meeting. I think Rick
> >>> > took
> >>> > that on.
> >>> >
> >>> > Rick?? any progress on this? :-)
> >>> >
> >>> >> 3. Thingiverse shop - have one or more printers set to go, guide
> >>> >> people to download/print something
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>> > For sure lets pre-download a bunch of quick to print items.
> >>> >
> >>> >> 4. We should have a constantly staffed table for signing up new
> people,
> >>> >> etc.
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>> > We will have a sign up kiosk that we'll all keep an eye on.
> >>> >
> >>> >> I'll bring my printrbot to show off and/or run a thingiverse shop,
> and
> >>> >> I'll pre-print a fair number of give-away items between now and then
> >>> >> as well... I'd also be happy to front an order of soldering kits if
> we
> >>> >> have someone willing to staff that activity as needed.
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>> > We agreed that someone should staff the soldering station for sure.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Thanks,
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>> > Thanks for your help Mark! :-)
> >>> >
> >>> >     Clif
> >>> >
> >>> >> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Mr. Clif<EMAIL HIDDEN>
>  wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Hi Gang,
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> As you're probably aware, we are having a membership drive on
> Saturday
> >>> >>> Nov
> >>> >>> 3rd. It will be similar to our grand opening which was a lot of
> fun.
> >>> >>> :-)
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> We are hoping you all can bring your favorite projects to show
> off! Be
> >>> >>> prepared for major brainstorming discussions with new friends. :-)
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Please reply if you have ideas on what you'd like to bring or do.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>>      Thanks,
> >>> >>>      Clif
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