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Re: [LUG] Bristol Mini Maker Faire

 

On 24/08/16 09:29, Andy Wills wrote:
> 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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Oh there was always bound to be some funny guy ... I meant like the LUG
meetings rotate locations between months .. not that either the Maker
Faire would be  held monthly nor that the LUG was annual ...

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