[Noisebridge-discuss] RaspberryPi Foundation US Hackspace Roadshow

Sat Aug 11 01:30:09 UTC 2012

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.aland 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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