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Midwest Prop Expo 2013?

prof_brainoprof_braino Posts: 4,313
edited 2013-06-06 02:33 in General Discussion
I am just a poor braino, and cannot afford air fare or gas money to exotic destinations like Ohio.

Anyone have ideas for a Central prop expo in Chicago or Milwaukee this year?

If you leave me to organize it, we risk a disproportionate focus on forth and or robots.

There are several HACKERSPACES we can contact (PS1, WS88, Sector67), as well as Chibots.org.

There is also a business incubator 1871 downtown that might be willing to talk. www.1871.com

Any ideas?

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  • wmosscropwmosscrop Posts: 409
    edited 2013-06-05 10:33
    prof_braino wrote: »
    I am just a poor braino, and cannot afford air fare or gas money to exotic destinations like Ohio.

    Anyone have ideas for a Central prop expo in Chicago or Milwaukee this year?

    Just my 2 cents worth...

    Chicago or Milwaukee are a little too far for me. (I'm in Tulsa).

    Might I humbly suggest Kansas City? I have no idea if KC would be more propellerhead-friendly, but I'd actually be able to attend, rather than just dream about attending. :)

    Walter
  • icepuckicepuck Posts: 466
    edited 2013-06-05 10:47
    Why not split the defferance?
    [url]Https://area515.org[/url]
    -dan
  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,392
    edited 2013-06-05 17:30
    Parallax will lend support for this event, wherever it ends up being. Hardware, lunch, or whatever you guys would like to have we can provide.
  • prof_brainoprof_braino Posts: 4,313
    edited 2013-06-05 20:12
    Rabid as I am, I can still only drive about an hour. Today I spent $76 on 16 gallons of gas, it looks I'll probably have to walk.

    Maybe we could organize mini-events are our local spaces, and arrange a common Google hangeout on a big screen TV in each space?

    I think hangout can have something like eight participants. I can talk to three spaces here; icepuck can you run it by area515?

    Walter, you can represent from Kansas City, or from Tulsa if there is no hackerspace nearby.

    I don't know which spaces will be interested, but I'll start the conversation tomorrow.
  • DmashekDmashek Posts: 49
    edited 2013-06-05 23:00
    I thought the location we met at for UPEC last year worked out quite well.
  • SRLMSRLM Posts: 5,045
    edited 2013-06-06 02:33
    Maybe we could have the Propeller version of the 2600 meetings? :)

    http://www.2600.com/meetings/guidelines.html

    "If enough people are interested, meetings are the first Friday from 5pm to 8pm. Otherwise, there's no meeting. It's really up to whoever decides to show up. To start a new meeting, just email us" - (paraphrase)
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