<div dir="ltr">Hi Zach,<div><br></div><div>Having a hardware hacking class sounds like a great idea! If you're bringing hardware to hack on, that seems like reason enough to ask for a donation toward the cost of components, but I would suggest emphasizing that the class is free, as all Noisebridge classes should be.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Looking at this schedule for the week, I don't think Tuesday at 6:30 will really work. All three main spaces would be taken up with events a half hour later.</div><div><a href="https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Class-A-Thon">https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Class-A-Thon</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>I might suggest Monday, anytime in Turing, or Thursday at 6pm in Turing. It would be very short notice, but any time during this weekend would also be a good time. You should probably expect to hold your class for at least an hour - probably two hours, to be safe.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Tell me what you think! Hoping to have you on the schedule.</div><div>Jeffrey</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Zach <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:organic_unity@yahoo.com" target="_blank">organic_unity@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
<div>Hey folks,</div><div> I'm excited about the NB reboot and I want to contribute by teaching a class. Many people have asked me over the years to do this and I want to make it happen.</div><div><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal">
My idea so far is an open-ended hardware hacking / repair class teaching the basics of repairing things like:<br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal">- flat screen TVs/ monitors</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal">
- headphones/ headphone cables</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal">- ATX power supply/ general power supply repair<br>
</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal">- battery care (and reviving "dead" li-ion packs"</div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal">- basics of laptop repair<br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal">I'm thinking the class should be more of an intermediate level with soldering know-how required. It would be nice if people are familiar with the basic parts like resistors, capacitors, etc.<br>
</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal">I will also keep it open for suggestions so people can pick my brain as to things I've
repaired over my 10+ years doing this stuff.</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal">I will bring some monitors to hack <br>
</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal">
I think an ideal day and time would be Tuesday evening, 6:30pm. That slot looks open so far on the
wiki. <br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal">Are we allowed to ask for a small donation for our class? I was thinking $5 donation but no one turned away.<br>
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Best,</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal">Zach<br></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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