[Noisebridge-discuss] RaspberryPi Foundation US Hackspace Roadshow

Sat Aug 11 00:57:29 UTC 2012

Yes, please.

On 08/10/2012 02:03 AM, Rob Bishop 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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