[dorkbotadelaide-blabber] 2009 Electrofringe : The Year in Dorkbot

[Robert Hart at Air-Stream]

Hi Pia,

I'm one the four organisers of dorkbot adelaide and would love to attend 
(specially as I have family up there) unfortunately I can't at present 
with a young family and partner studying, so it a little difficult atm.

But it does sound like a great idea. We where only discussing ideas to 
raise interest and awareness at last nights meeting...

Anyway, I'm sure we would be pleased to promote your event, so keep us 
informed, maybe we could setup a two-way video stream, if nobody else 
here can attend.

Regards

Robert

Pia van Gelder wrote:
> Hi,
> My name is Pia van Gelder. I am the Dorkbot-Syd Overlord. I am 
> currently working on our group application for Electrofringe 2009 (due 
> at the end of March). I was wondering if someone from Dorkbot-Adelaide 
> would be interested in partaking in one of the events I am going to 
> propose. It's called "The year in Dorkbot". It's pretty simple. Just 
> an opportunity to talk to the Electrofringe crowd about what Dorkbot 
> is and what has been going on in the past year. Last year  we talked 
> about a handful of presentations that had taken place in the previous 
> year. It was good for the artists/musicians/scientists(
> etc) to get plugged and it gave the audience a good perspective of the 
> variety of different projects that are presented at the event. I have 
> done this talk two times in a row. Both have been quite successful. 
> Each time we have claimed new members.
>
> I was hoping that this year we could do something similar but with a 
> new spin. If we could pool together one member from each group: 
> Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney... then we could talk about a 
> couple of different projects that had been shown in the last year and 
> then we could have a bit of a discussion about what we see as the 
> future of Dorkbot in Australia and DIY/Electronic Art/Open Source 
> communities in Australia. Maybe talk a bit about the background of 
> each unit, what spaces we use etc. Could be really interesting. Here 
> is the description of last year's presentation:
>
> Event Title: THE YEAR IN DORKBOT
> Event Type: Artist Presentation
> Event Description:
> A review of the year in Dorkbot-Syd and a discussion about what 
> Dorkbot is, a regular
> meeting for 'people doing strange things with electricity. Hosted by 
> Dorkbot coordinators and
> regular participants a variety of established artists and engineers. 
> Find out how Dorkbot came
> to be and a little about the wider community as well as a guided tour 
> through the various
> presentations and works created throughout the year by Dorkbot-Syd 
> participants.
>
> Also up for any other suggestions! Would just be great to meet!
>
> Regards,
>
> Pia

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