[OLPC-NYC] [UKids] Is anyone going to Maker Faire in NYC this year?

[Adam Holt]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think we'll have some extra space at the Wikimedia NYC booth this
> weekend, if some of you would like to bring your OLPCs, maybe signage, and
> do outreach with us Wiki-folk.
>

That's really incredible news Richard.  Carolina Brum (McGill Univ
musical/artistic sensor hacker PhD) also wants to share tablespace with
us.  She can reply with more demo details to be sure!  EG if that's OK with
you; would we/she (
http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/carolina-brum-medeiros/19/51/385) also have
access to a bit of electricity?

Adam



> Thanks,
> Richard
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org> wrote:
>
>> Unexpectedly over a dozen people across the Northeast (Virginia/DC,
>> Toronto, Philly, Montreal, Boston) have now organized making the big trip
>> to http://makerfaire.com NYC Sept 20-21, giving us all a chance to
>> explain in person Cultures of Invention being unleashed this year in
>> Haiti/Ghana/etc.
>>
>> Thanks Steve & Nick for kicking us each+all to speak up on some exciting
>> international action not yet published on http://planet.laptop.org !
>>
>> Already in NYC?  Even better!  Details soon on when/where to meet up
>> Saturday/Sunday mornings/evenings in just over 2 weeks (and don't forget
>> your bikes ;)
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Steve Thomas <sthomas1 at gosargon.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Nick,
>>>
>>> Great look forward to meeting you and others there.  Also if we have
>>> some XO's we can create lanyards for them and use them as "walking
>>> billboards".
>>>
>>> Stephen
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Nick Doiron <ndoiron at mapmeld.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Steve!
>>>>
>>>> We're going to have a few people going from Unleash Kids / OLPC + Haiti
>>>> network. No plans for a booth, but maybe flyers would be a good idea.
>>>>
>>>> I work in NYC now (at MoMA), so I'm definitely going. We should all
>>>> meet up sometime during Maker Faire if not sooner.
>>>>
>>>> -- Nick Doiron
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 1:24 AM, Steve Thomas <sthomas1 at gosargon.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Will there be another stealth setup for UnleashKids this year?  If not
>>>>> is anyone going?
>>>>>
>>>>> Stephen
>>>>>
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