[Noisebridge-discuss] RaspberryPi Foundation US Hackspace Roadshow

Rob Bishop rob.bishop at raspberrypi.org
Mon Aug 13 09:01:45 UTC 2012 

Hi Maestro,

That sounds brilliant. Could we pencil in holding an event on Saturday
29th September?

If you want to start publicising this to your members that would be
great. As soon as the final details are sorted for the trip we are
going to heavily publicise it to the wider RaspberryPi community so it
would be really helpful if you could set up a sign-up page (eventbrite
or whatever you use) so that we can make sure we don't get
oversubscribed.

Hopefully it should be a pretty awesome event. I'm keen for you to
invite any groups/colleges/classes you think might be interested as
well. We're all about education so would love to run some workshops
and classes if you think that would be well received.

Let me know what you think,

Best,
Rob

On 11 August 2012 02:30, maestro <maestro415 at gmail.com> wrote:
> rob,
> you are welcome at the space WHENEVER you can come and it's open 24/7 if you
> want to play...
>
> we run linux sys.admin, mysql, linux 101, linux discussion/triage and many
> others...
>
> we are also connected with and involved with ALL bay area and further LUG
> groups as you may already know...
>
> we will accomodate you WHATEVER day/evening works best for you and if other
> functions are happening no worries, we have multiple areas, projectors et.al
> and people will most likely "cross-pollinate" which happens a lot...
>
> thanks for putting up the announcement and let us know what day/evening you
> feel like coming...
>
> there are some colleges that have linux classes and groups as well and we
> can invite them...
>
> looking forward to it...
>
> \maestro/
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Rob Bishop <rob.bishop at raspberrypi.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I hope this is the right mailing list to send this to. Please contact
>> me at rob.bishop at raspberrypi.org if the following would interest your
>> members.
>>
>> The RaspberryPi Foundation is looking to tour popular US hackspaces in
>> September 2012 with the aim of giving talks and workshops about the
>> RaspberryPi to both members and RaspberryPi users in the local community.
>>
>> In case you haven't heard of us, the Raspberry Pi Foundation is a
>> charitable
>> organisation founded with the aim of promoting the study of computer
>> science
>> and related topics, especially at school level. The Foundation is
>> responsible for the design and sales of the popular RaspberryPi
>> single-board
>> computer. You can find out more about the Foundation and the RaspberryPi
>> here.
>>
>> We would be very interested in staging an event at your hackspace
>> consisting
>> of the following;
>>
>> Talk:
>> RaspberryPi: Past, Present & Future - An introduction to the RaspberryPi,
>> including an overview of its history and development, details on the
>> technical specification and an outline of future developments with many
>> cool
>> tech demos along the way. Followed by a Q&A session.
>>
>> Tech Demos:
>> A chance to demonstrate various OS's, new revisions of the Pi and the
>> latest
>> add-on expansion hardware.
>>
>> Workshop:
>> A Taste of RaspberryPi - A chance to play with the RaspberryPi hands-on.
>>
>> Show & Tell / Prizes:
>> An opportunity to display RaspberryPi projects from the community with
>> prizes for notable projects.
>>
>> The tour will be blogged/vlogged on the RaspberryPi website and will
>> hopefully attract RaspberryPi enthusiasts and hackers/makers from across
>> the
>> areas we will be visiting, providing your hackspace with lots of worldwide
>> publicity.
>>
>> Please let us know if you would be interested in being involved as we'd
>> love
>> to come to your hackspace to talk to you and your members.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Rob Bishop
>> RaspberryPi Foundation
>>
>> On 9 August 2012 21:44, Rob Bishop <rob.bishop at raspberrypi.org> wrote:
>> > Hi Eric,
>> >
>> > September 19th works great for us. I'm very flexible on how long the
>> > session
>> > can last. How long would a normal evening session go on for? Maybe
>> > enough
>> > time for a short talk, Q&A then brief hands-on workshop?
>> >
>> > Rob
>> >
>> > On 8 Aug 2012, at 23:02, Eric Skiff <me at ericskiff.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Awesome, would the evening of the 19th work for you? How long do you
>> > expect
>> > the event to go?
>> >
>> > -E
>> >
>> > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Rob Bishop <rob.bishop at raspberrypi.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Eric,
>> >>
>> >> We've currently scheduled the Hackspace tour to take place during
>> >> 16th-30th September. Which dates would be best for you within that
>> >> period?
>> >> Ideally we want to get the best possible attendance for the event so
>> >> would
>> >> appreciate your advice on which days work best with your members.
>> >>
>> >> We're hoping that each Hackspace will handle the publicity/organisation
>> >> for their own event with the RaspberryPi Foundation using our website
>> >> to
>> >> encourage other interested people from the community to come and join
>> >> in
>> >> along with your members. Hopefully this way we can generate lots of
>> >> good
>> >> press for you guys and potentially draw in some new members for you.
>> >>
>> >> Once we've confirmed a date (tricky at this point as I need to fit in
>> >> visiting both East and West Coast during that time) it would be great
>> >> if you
>> >> could set up an Eventbrite page and start the publicity ball rolling.
>> >> We'll
>> >> then post the dates and locations of the tour on the RaspberryPi
>> >> website and
>> >> try to drum up interest from the community. It might be useful to
>> >> ensure we
>> >> have some kind of signup to ensure we don't get overrun!
>> >>
>> >> As for OpenGL ES, I've worked on the library/driver used on the Pi so
>> >> can
>> >> try to help you out, but your best bet for a quick response is probably
>> >> through the forums! :-)
>> >>
>> >> Best,
>> >> Rob
>> >>
>> >> On 8 Aug 2012, at 20:10, Eric Skiff <me at ericskiff.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Rob! Wonderful to hear from you. I think I'm the resident Pi
>> >> enthusiast
>> >> at the space, but I know a lot of Resistors are excited about it. I've
>> >> got a
>> >> Pi and I'm working on a project as we speak (I'd actually love some
>> >> advice
>> >> on finding the right people to ask about some issues I'm having getting
>> >> Stellarium to build with custom flags for OpenGL ES)
>> >>
>> >> I think an event in september sounds fantastic, and I'd love to help.
>> >> Hopefully I'll have a sweet little project of my own to demo by then as
>> >> well
>> >> :) I'll need check with the rest of the members, but I doubt anyone
>> >> will
>> >> object to us running an event on an open weeknight (a weds would be
>> >> great)
>> >> or on a weekend.
>> >>
>> >> What's the next step for coordinating the meetup at our space? We
>> >> usually
>> >> use Eventbrite to handle signups, but are happy to use another system
>> >> if
>> >> you're coordinating.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >> -Eric
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Rob Bishop
>> >> <rob.bishop at raspberrypi.org>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> The RaspberryPi Foundation is looking to tour popular US hackspaces in
>> >>> September 2012 with the aim of giving talks and workshops about the
>> >>> RaspberryPi to both members and RaspberryPi users in the local
>> >>> community.
>> >>>
>> >>> In case you haven't heard of us, the Raspberry Pi Foundation is a
>> >>> charitable organisation founded with the aim of promoting the study of
>> >>> computer science and related topics, especially at school level. The
>> >>> Foundation is responsible for the design and sales of the popular
>> >>> RaspberryPi single-board computer. You can find out more about the
>> >>> Foundation and the RaspberryPi here.
>> >>>
>> >>> We would be very interested in staging an event at your hackspace
>> >>> consisting of the following;
>> >>>
>> >>> Talk:
>> >>>
>> >>> RaspberryPi: Past, Present & Future - An introduction to the
>> >>> RaspberryPi,
>> >>> including an overview of its history and development, details on the
>> >>> technical specification and an outline of future developments with
>> >>> many cool
>> >>> tech demos along the way. Followed by a Q&A session.
>> >>>
>> >>> Tech Demos:
>> >>>
>> >>> A chance to demonstrate various OS's, new revisions of the Pi and the
>> >>> latest add-on expansion hardware.
>> >>>
>> >>> Workshop:
>> >>>
>> >>> A Taste of RaspberryPi - A chance to play with the RaspberryPi
>> >>> hands-on.
>> >>>
>> >>> Show & Tell / Prizes:
>> >>>
>> >>> An opportunity to display RaspberryPi projects from the community with
>> >>> prizes for notable projects.
>> >>>
>> >>> The tour will be blogged/vlogged on the RaspberryPi website and will
>> >>> hopefully attract RaspberryPi enthusiasts and hackers/makers from
>> >>> across the
>> >>> areas we will be visiting, providing your hackspace with lots of
>> >>> worldwide
>> >>> publicity.
>> >>>
>> >>> Please let us know if you would be interested in being involved as
>> >>> we'd
>> >>> love to come to your hackspace to talk to you and your members.
>> >>>
>> >>> Best Regards,
>> >>>
>> >>> Rob Bishop
>> >>> RaspberryPi Foundation
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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