[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: Invitation: Intro Event for Taipei Hackerspace

Andy Isaacson adi at hexapodia.org
Wed Jan 23 18:28:55 UTC 2013


Would anyone like to coordinate this event with Taipei Hackerspace?  We
don't have to stick to the agenda they lay out at the end, but it's a
good starting point for discussion.

-andy

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:14:18PM +0800, Tom Haynes wrote:
> Hello Mitch and NoiseBridge crew,
> 
> During my time in San Francisco, I was inspired by NoiseBridges's community
> and ideology. I moved to Taipei recently and found Greg who has been
> working to set up a hackerspace. We have rounded up support and funding
> from the community, Google, Maker Faire Taiwan and Make: Magazine and are
> preparing an introductory event at the Google Headquarters in Taiwan. We
> have set aside 5-10 minute time slots at the beginning of the event to have
> several people speak about what hacker spaces are, what drives these
> spaces, the community behind them and what they mean to different people.
> Also during the event we will have an open video conference using Google
> Hangouts and the On-Air feature. We are would love it if NoiseBridge could
> join as a group during the entire event to interact with the people that
> show up locally. After the opening talks we will be holding demos and mini
> teaching sessions where we will teach different beginner skills and provide
> materials for people to practice with. Each one of the mini-sessions will
> have it's own Hangout where anyone can join and teach, learn or assist.
> 
> PumpingStationOne from Chicago will be joining in. We are still contacting
> NYCResistor, Tokyo Hackerspace and other.
> 
> Event Date is Feb 2nd from 10am to 4pm Taiwan time (Feb 1st 6pm to midnight
> Pacific time). Talks will be held from 10:30 to noon (6:30 to 8:00pm).
> Mini-sessions will be noon to 4:00pm (8:00pm to midnight).
> 
> Do you think you would be interested in joining in?
> 
> Below is a summary of what we are asking:
> * Mitch Altman, will you provide a short (10-15min) keynote speech about
> your philosophy on hackerspaces as we will be modeling Taipei Hackerspace
> after Noisebridge.
> * Speaking volunteers from NoiseBridge for 5-10 minute intros to any
> subject and NoiseBridge specifics
> * A Video tour of NoiseBridge (5 minutes)
> * Join the open Hangout as a single group from the NoiseBridge space so
> members can talk to interested people here
> Volunteers to aid the people practicing in the mini-session



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