[Bio] Fwd: Maker Faire Ed Day: will you be there for the kids?

[Rikke Rasmussen]

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Date: May 9, 2011 9:07 PM
Subject: Fwd: Maker Faire Ed Day: will you be there for the kids?
To: "Rikke Rasmussen" <rikke.c.rasmussen at gmail.com>



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From: MiCHlubinka <hlubinka at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, May 3, 2011 at 6:07 PM
Subject: Maker Faire Ed Day: will you be there for the kids?
To: Michelle Iva Cook Hlubinka <binka at oreilly.com>


Hello Makers,

(I sent an email about this a few weeks ago, but I suspect that my message
was spam-blocked, so I'm trying to send a more generic version to you again
straight from my email.)

We're putting together the program for this year's Maker Faire Education
Day, a chance for school groups to get a sneak preview of Maker Faire on
Friday, May 20th, 2011. From your project proposal I see that you were
interested in being a part of the day, to exhibit your Maker Faire project.

*This email is to confirm your participation and share our first sketch of
the event.
*
Education Day is our opportunity to get some time interacting with hundreds
of kids and inspire them to become Makers in disciplines they may never have
imagined. Meeting you and learning about your Maker Faire project may pick
up those students who have been trampled in the education machine and give
them hope for what they could do--if not with their careers then with their
*lives*. We really appreciate that Makers enthusiastically volunteer to work
with the field trips every Maker Faire. It means that you share the Maker
Faire crew's desire to help realize the future of making and Makers by
giving a little extra time for the kids. Many of these kids can't come on
the weekend with their families. We're lucky to have you and teachers who
care about their kids making this event a reality.

We now have some more details about the event: The kids will be visiting on
the Friday before Maker Faire, from 11am-2pm. That means that participating
Makers should be set up and ready to interact with the students no later
than 10:45am. We will have adult volunteers leading groups around to your
exhibits, which will be in the safer areas of Maker Faire.

Expo Hall will be off-limits to kids on Friday for safety reasons. We will
be working with the production team to identify if your exhibit will be
placed in Expo Hall during the weekend event and to determine if it is
feasible for your exhibit to be in a different temporary location on Friday.
There is a possibility that in some cases it may not work for Makers to
participate if your weekend location is in Expo Hall.

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*Could you please confirm whether or not you can make it on*
*Friday, May 20th, by checking a box on our two-question form?*
*https://sites.google.com/site/makerfaireeducationday/ *
*Or send a quick reply to me asap saying yes, no, or maybe?*
*********************************************************************

Lastly, I'm delighted to tell you that Alicia Soliz--who provided wonderful
energy and support to the Ed Day program last year--will be returning, now
as the manager of the event, in place of Coral Clark who now works at NASA
Ames. You can ask Alicia questions about the event too. Her email address
is: lunalaugh at gmail.com


Thanks again for all you do for Maker Faire and inspiring the next
generation of Makers!

:) mi

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Michelle "Binka" Hlubinka
Education Director: Make & Maker Faire
binka at oreilly.com
clubs: http://youngmakers.org
general: http://makerfaire.com/education
510-848-4262 home office
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