Hi,<br>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(<div id=":2o6" class="ArwC7c ckChnd">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.<br>
<br>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:<br>
<br>Event Title: THE YEAR IN DORKBOT<br>Event Type: Artist Presentation<br>Event Description:<br>A review of the year in Dorkbot-Syd and a discussion about what Dorkbot is, a regular<br>meeting for 'people doing strange things with electricity. Hosted by Dorkbot coordinators and<br>
regular participants a variety of established artists and engineers. Find out how Dorkbot came<br>to be and a little about the wider community as well as a guided tour through the various<br>presentations and works created throughout the year by Dorkbot-Syd participants.<br>
<br>Also up for any other suggestions! Would just be great to meet!<br><br>Regards,<br><font color="#888888"><br>Pia<br></font></div>