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Re: [LUG] Bristol Mini Maker Faire

 

DCLUG rotates between Exeter and Plymouth across years? I did not know
this. Which location is it at the momment? Do many Plymouth / Cornwall
people go to the Exeter meeting?

Best

Andy


On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 09:12:06AM +0100, M. J. Everitt wrote:
>    On 24/08/16 09:07, Katie Dumont wrote:
>    >
>    > It's not something that anyone in particular organises, it's done by
>    people who want one in their area and put lots of work into organising.
>    You ask for permission to use the official mini maker faire name, but they
>    don't organise it.
>    >
>    > Bristol hasn't managed to get one running every year, however I think
>    getting @bristol involved the last 2 years has really helped. It's all
>    organised by a few hackspace members (and @bristol).
>    > So would depend on if there was a group of people in one area who wanted
>    it enough to put the work in and there was an appropriate venue who would
>    be interested in helping.
>    >
>    >
>    > On 23 Aug 2016 23:33, "Trevorexwick.com" <Trevor@xxxxxxxxxx
>    <mailto:Trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>    >
>    >     We certainly do need to work on this. I guess in partnership with
>    the Fab Lab. I would like to see it happen
>    >
>    >     Trevor
>    >     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>    >     Trevor@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>
>    >
>    >     > On 23 Aug 2016, at 23:40, Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx
>    <mailto:zleap@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>    >     >
> 
>      If anyone goes to this can then perhaps suggest that we need something
>      like this down here in Devon, Say Torbay, Exeter or Plymouth please.
> 
>      Paul
> 
>      >     >> On 23/08/16 22:32, Katie Dumont wrote:
>      >     >> It's a bit of a trek for most, but thought there might be some
>      >     >> interest here for the Bristol Mini Maker Faire.
>      >     >>
>      >     >> We are going up, however we were members of Bristol Hacksapce
>      >     >> before moving back down so will also be having a catchup with
>      >     >> everyone and then continuing on to visit the inlaws.
>      >     >>
>      >     >> Previous years have been great fun.
>      >     >>
>      >     >> https://bristolmakerfaire.com/
>      >     >>
>      >     >> Katie
> 
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>    You could do it on a similar basis to the LUG and have it rotate venues
>    over successive years between Exeter and Plymouth, for instance, and I
>    would suggest getting schools, colleges and the universities on board to
>    help provide venues, a few staff, etc. to get the thing rolling.
> 
>    Just me 2cents...



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