[ELECTRON] update from the social night - ideas for next open day

[Bob]

The CCA are going to be doing workshops in the big gallery or two weeks in 
june. Don't know the dates yet, might be something to keep in mind about 
when we do our thing might even tie in. When I find out will post up the 
date. B

Simon Yuill wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We had a smallish but productive social night. Amongst other things,
> Graham brought along some mighty tasty home-made sushi and Roy came to
> talk about the Fablabs. A new face, Andy, who is doing Phd research on
> the use of Fablab systems in fabric design also came along.
> 
> We had a chat about things to do for the next Open Day.
> 
> As Dan has already said in his email, we have decided to re-arrange it
> for Saturday 13th June to give people more time to prepare and get the
> word out. Thanks to Dan for helping out in putting this on.
> 
> I have booked the CCA's cinema space for the day (we have it form 4pm
> til the end of the night), and am thinking it would be good to have some
> film screenings as part of it - more on that later.
> 
> 
> In terms of stuff to do on the day ...
> 
> Fablabs - Roy and possibly a few others will give a presentation about
> fablabs, what they are, how they work, how they benefit communities and
> independent designers/makers. This will be with a view to raising
> awareness about the idea of setting up such a lab in Glasgow. This could
> also include stuff like small-scale PCB manufacturing facilities as well.
> 
> Cardboard - or 3D paper engineering to give it it's proper name. Graham
> turned up with some elegant polyhedral cardboard cut-out designs and Jim
> is a very excellent cardboard model maker (see:
> http://www.clockworkrobot.com), so one idea is to have a cardboard
> modeling make-and-do area where people can build kits and take away
> patterns for themselves etc - might also link in with films ...
> 
> Citizen's media - as some of you may be aware there have been some
> impressive examples of what is known as 'citizen's media' coming out of
> Glasgow in the past couple of months, such as the use of the internet by
> parents involved in the campaigns to save local schools and other stuff
> which has made it into the mainstream press. One idea is to have a
> workshop/discussion with people who were involved in some of these and
> looking in a concrete practical fashion at how media technologies can
> empower communities. We also get approached from time-to-time by groups
> such as Glasgow Media Access Centre (GMAC), the Govanhill Baths
> Campaign, and environmental groups who are also interested in this kind
> of thing, so the event could be a way of bringing these together.
> 
> Food - an Electron Club Open Day would not be complete without some
> excellent home-made bakeries to stuff our faces with. Andrew's
> suggestion of edible circuits seems well in line with what we're about,
> and there is the possibility that Graham will bless us with some fresh
> sushi prepared on the spot. Nonto, from Digital Desperados, also had
> some fruit-powered electronics in her film so maybe we should circuits
> you can eat, and food that can power circuits? As long as the two don't
> get confused ...
> 
> 
> Sunshine - it will be Summer, so why not make the most of it? Time to
> dust off those solar bots from the Winter hibernation and get them out
> on the street. Maybe also an idea to take over the steps onto Scott
> Street and have some stuff going on there, a banner or such, that could
> attract passers-by?
> 
> 
> Films - I've got some short alternative technology films we can show -
> such as 'How to Turn a Bicycle into a Record Player', as well as Craig
> Baldwins' classic sci-fi cut-up 'Spectres of the Spectrum', but am
> currently also trying to source some Eastern European Sc-Fi films from
> the 50's and 60's such as 'Ikaria XB 1' (see:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyraLxGHgzo).
> 
> But why not make our own film? Jim has a stereo-optic camera which some
> of you will have seen at the previous Open Day and at the Makerfair and
> a bunch of 3D glasses we can use for a screening. There are quite a few
> people in the Electron Club with film-making experience, others who can
> make music, 3D paper engineers who can help with scale-model sets,
> people who can make small robotics and weird electronics stuff, and some
> genuine vintage electronics that look like they're straight out of Flash
> Gordon, so why not make our own 3D film and show it in the cinema?
> 
> 
> So that's a few of the ideas that are in the air at the moment, I think
> we could have a really good Open Day with quite a few new things we
> haven't done before and, dare I say it, it could be a lot of fun ...
> 
> 
> We also had a chat about the broadband fund. Current totals are:
> 
> Money towards setup and first year of use: £281.56
> 
> That's a pretty good start. Thanks to everyone who has chipped in so far!
> 
> We need a further £157.38 to cover the full amount of setup and first
> year's broadband(the total for that is £438.97), so anyone who feels the
> urge to chip in a fiver here or a tenner there would be much appreciated.
> 
> Francis from CCA has been away so we are still waiting on news about
> their possible input, but we are really not that far from making enough
> for our first year of usage.
> 
> For the 2 year total, £706.87, we currently have £431.56 (that's the
> £281.56 plus an additional £150 currently promised towards second year
> costs), so for that larger amount we still need to raise £275.31.
> 
> In terms of what we might raise form the Open Day, suggestions so far
> for fundraising activities are: a general donations box, charging or
> asking donations for the baking, Electron Club badges and tshirts
> (possible customised on the day), and Jim has offered to put any profits
> from sales of his electronic kits at the Open Day towards the fund.
> 
> Pat from SOLDER also suggested approaching the British Science Association.
> 
> I haven't had a chance to follow up Nina's suggestion of Council
> funding, but at present we are not constituted or formalised in any way,
> which I think we need to be for that.
> 
> If anyone has any other suggestions just send them in.
> 
> 
> All in all, looks like things are making good progress and we'll be
> having a cracking Open Day. There's still plenty room for ideas and
> contributions of all kinds.
> 
> 
> best wishes
> Si
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