[dorkbotpdx-blabber] MakerFaire in Portland?

[Gintz, Travis]

Wasn't there one in Austin? So there's been one in Austin and San
Fran... PDX is pretty big on makers... not just dorkbot, but there's
lots of crafters and stuff too...

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From: dorkbotpdx-blabber-bounces at dorkbot.org
[mailto:dorkbotpdx-blabber-bounces at dorkbot.org] On Behalf Of Brad Pierce
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 3:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] MakerFaire in Portland?


A few months back I spoke with some of the people at Make magazine while
getting the MakePDX thing organized and they were talking about putting
together a "Makerfaire in a Box" for helping get more
Makerfaire-like-events going around the country. Not that they would
have to sponsor or brand it, but they might be able to help with it.

I'd be interested in helping get something big like this organized for
Portland as well.

-Brad


On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:25 PM, dan p <gunterhausfrau at gmail.com> wrote:


	It would be nice to have something bigger and more diverse.
Small show and tell is great for a bar, but having lots of big space for
different stuff would be cool, but then getting organized has never been
a strong suit for me.


	 
	On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Gintz, Travis
<TGintz at leviton.com> wrote:
	

		Don't we kinda do that twice a month at a bar anyway ;)
		
		But Yeah, I think it'd be a blast to get an area set up
to a maker
		faire-esque sort of thing. Makezine started off small.
In fact I
		remember when Phillip Torrone had his website setup with
all the
		projects he did... Back in the early 2000's. He got
intrest up, and took
		it to the next level... There's intrest that's for sure.
		

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		[mailto:dorkbotpdx-blabber-bounces at dorkbot.org] On
Behalf Of Thomas
		Lockney
		Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 3:10 PM
		To: A discussion list for dorkbot-pdx (portland, or)
		Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] MakerFaire in
Portland?
		
		I actually bought the domain diypdx.org
<http://diypdx.org/>  at one point hoping to do
		something with it centered around the idea of something
like MakerFaire
		but more Portland-oriented. I figure with the number of
craft-types,
		DIYers, Dorkbots, Makers, Hackers, etc. in Portland, it
would be easy to
		make it successful. But as it turns out, I'm really good
at
		overcommiting myself, so...
		
		Still, I'd love to help push something in the right
direction.
		
		On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Jamie Hudson
<toolery at gmail.com> wrote:
		> Good idea, it would be a much shorter drive...
		> And it wouldn't have to be branded by O'Reilly...
		>
		> -----Original Message-----
		> From: dorkbotpdx-blabber-bounces at dorkbot.org
		> [mailto:dorkbotpdx-blabber-bounces at dorkbot.org] On
Behalf Of Wm Leler
		> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 2:30 PM
		> To: A discussion list for dorkbot-pdx (portland, or)
		> Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] MakerFaire in
Portland?
		>
		> When are we going to have a MakerFaire in Portland?
		>
		> --wm
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