Maker Faire web-sites

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Alex,

I think the Greater Baltimore Hamboree and Computerfest may not be too 
far from that now.  As most hamfests, they are seeing declining 
attendance.  They are almost all vendors and very few displays and 
demonstration now.  Our AMRAD display was well received and we got many 
people to stop and just see what we were up to.  They have lots of room 
for such an event and they have the infrastructure of club members to 
organize the facilities etc. An insight to the 2008 event is at

http://www.gbhc.org/FAQ.htm

As you may be aware, the Gaithersburg fairgrounds has gone private, has 
raised rates and effectively killed the best Washington area hamfest. 
Baltimore is a much better choice.

Clearly, just tailgating is going down and probably won't grow that much 
by itself.  What is needed is to draw in tech displays, demonstrations 
and vendors. Some sort of regional robot competition should work here.

I think AMRAD has some people with the vision and foresight but 
certainly needs the practical part of organizing the overall event.  The 
Baltimore club has that.  If AMRAD were to put together a concept and 
plan and get some heavy hitters to show interest I think we would get a 
receptive audience by the Baltimore club.

Thoughts?

Frank K0BRA

Alex Fraser wrote:
> A Maker fair on Saturday and hamfest on Sunday, any club doing that 
> would grow and prosper.
> 
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> andre kesteloot wrote:
>> Well, they are starting to spread: they held one in Texas also. (Austin, 
>> I believe)
>> Let's hope they try the east Coast sometimes...
>> André
>> ********************
>> Joseph Bento wrote:
>>> And to think I used to live just a few blocks from the San Mateo 
>>> fairgrounds!  I'm a vintage subscriber to Make, and would LOVE to see 
>>> the Maker Faire someday.  
>>> 73,Joe, N6DGYPleasant Grove, UT
>>>
>>> On May 8, 2008, at 3:04 PM, andre kesteloot wrote:
>>>> Gang,
>>>> Last week-end, I attended the */Maker Faire/* near San Francisco, and 
>>>> collected a few websites of possible interest:
>>>> 73
>>>> André N4ICK
>>>> *****************************
>>>>
>>>> http://www.surpluscenter.com/
>>>>
>>>> http://home.comcast.net/~botronics/robots.html
>>>>  
>>>> http://www.adafruit.com/
>>>>
>>>> http://www.meccano.us/differential_analyzers/robinson_da/index.html
>>>>
>>>> http://www.r2pv1.com/
>>>>
>>>> http://streettech.com/robotbook/mousey.html
>>>>
>>>> http://www.instructables.com/id/Mousebot-Revisited/
>>>>
>>>> http://www.scienceworkshops.org/site/watsonville/
>>>>
>>>> http://www.solarheatengines.com/
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