[dorkbotpdx-announce] Urgent help needed

[Mr.T]

I would propose that option 1 (assembly party) is the better option. and 
with OSCON this week, saturday morning is probably the best option. I 
would be willing to pitch in on what ever day this week we decide to do it 
on. If we decide that some of us collect the parts and assemble the boards 
during the early part of the week and return them to don i would be 
willing to pitch in in that capacity too

-eric

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On Sat, 19 Jul 2008, Thomas Lockney wrote:

> So, as most of you are aware, Don has been putting on an excellent
> series of workshops around the Arduino platform most recently
> incorporating an Arduino-clone of his own design (the Dorkboard) and a
> programmer known as the Benito. The next workshop is scheduled for
> next Sunday, the 27th.
> 
> Unfortunately, I just found out today that Don was in a motorcycle
> accident. He has a broken clavicle and can't really use his left hand.
> The extra difficulty is that the Benito programmers needed for next
> weekends workshop still need to be assembled. Don has already placed
> the processors on each of the boards, but they still need the
> remaining components soldered.
> 
> Don is doing ok and apparently still feels good about being able to
> run the workshops next week, but we need to try and get these
> programmers ready in time. I proposed two possibilities that came to
> mind when I spoke to him earlier, considering, of course, that OSCON
> is taking place this week and many of us will be quite busy with
> activities related to that.
> 
> Option 1 is that we try to get together a good sized handful of those
> who feel they are capable of handling this soldering task (a few 805
> form SMT components need to be done along with the USB socket and
> headers, I believe) for an assembly "party" of sorts. The only good
> time I can see for doing this would probably be early in the day next
> Saturday -- but that's based on my own personal schedule. If enough
> people are available at some other time, that could work out.
> 
> Option 2 would be to have similar skilled folks each grab a handful of
> boards and assemble them on their own and bring them back to Don
> sometime later in the week.The problem here is that Don can't really
> debug them until he gets them back -- which is a problem if there are
> issues with the boards.
> 
> So, I'm leaning towards option 1, myself. But we have some logistical
> issues... we need a good place. Someplace with good light, table space
> and ventilation. Oh, and of course it has to be available at a time
> when enough of us are able to help out...
> 
> So, what can you do? If you have the skills to do SMT soldering and
> feel comfortable helping out, let me know what your availability is
> this week. If you have a good space or know of one that would be
> readily available (with little work involved in getting it set up,
> preferrably), please let me know ASAP.
> 
> Any other reasonable suggestions are welcome. If you have some other
> means of helping that I haven't thought of, please let me know.
> 
> ~thomas
> 
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