[Noisebridge-discuss] iFixit Meet-Up at Noisebridge

[Scott Head]

Excellent! I went ahead and added the event to the events page and sent out an announcement. You've got the right tenor, the hackertorium sounds like it'll work great. About how many people can you fit in there?

Thanks,

Scott
On Jan 4, 2013, at 8:39 AM, Tom Lowenthal wrote:

> Hi Scott,
> 
> I'm a big fan of iFixit, and this is definitely the sort of thing that
> we're into 'round here. Thanks for thinking of Noisebridge and coming
> to hold an event!
> 
> If I have it right, this is an informal meet-up to chat, get to know
> the community and so forth? For events like this, the main
> "hackertorium" area often works really well. It's a little to the
> right after you walk into the space, under the projector, with a bunch
> of tables pushed together to make a large work area. You're also
> likely to get more general interest and foot traffic here than
> anywhere else in the space.
> 
> Let me know if I've got the tenor of your event wrong; if you're
> planning on running a class with a specific curriculum, the Church
> classroom might be a better fit. Church sees a fair bit of different
> use, so you may wish to to show up a little early to re-arrange the
> tables and chairs if that's your plan.
> 
> You may get the best attendance from interested parties if you add
> this to the events listing on the wiki, and send out reminder emails
> close to the time. We also have a moderated announcement list
> <noisebridge-announce at lists.noisebridge.net>. It's substantially
> lower-traffic than the discussion list, and has many more attentive
> subscribers. You may want to post there too. If your message doesn't
> get moderated through within a few hours, feel free to ping me by
> email or IM to release it for you.
> 
> Let me know if you need anything else,
> -Tom
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> 
> On Thu Jan 3 2013 23:50:58 UTC, Scott Head <scott at ifixit.com> wrote:
>> Hey Noisebridge,
>> 
>> iFixit will be in town for Macworld/iWorld February 1st and we want to do a meet-up at Noisebridge.
>> 
>> For those of you unfamiliar with what we do, the iFixit community is building the free online repair manual for everything:
>> 
>> http://www.ifixit.com/Info/background
>> http://www.ifixit.com/Info/what
>> 
>> We are strong proponents of DIY repair, modding, hacking and that kind of stuff. Repair and reusing is way better than recycling so we are out to show the world how to fix their stuff and why they should care about repair.
>> 
>> http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto
>> 
>> We are hoping to have the meet-up on Friday February 1st at 18:30 to 21:00ish. We'll supply some food and beverages for all who come. We just want to hang and talk with people who share our same interest or want to learn about what we do. There would be no formal format, just a hangout time.
>> 
>> Would this be something the Noisebridge community would be interested in attending? I looked on the calendar and it looks like the evening of Friday, February 1st is open as of now. Let me know if we'd be conflicting with something else.
>> 
>> I imagine the group could be anywhere around 15 to 30 people depending on how many of you would want to come. What room would work best for this kind of thing?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Scott