We have been in discussion with the organises pretty much constantly
since the last event, and we'd really like to support the next event
too- we had a brilliant time this year with BBCWeatherbot.com (site
still up- the BBC site controllers ain't seen it yet obviously!) and
it was good for staff involved.
However there's context:
1/. it clashes this year with the Big Bang science fair in Manchester,
whch we also want to support.
2/. there was a similar event we clashed with last time held in
Glasgow, and we really want to try and share the love around a bit
rather than be focussed on a single thing year in year out.
3/. it was cheap for us to do in terms of money (just the car hire,
accomodation and a few extra bits of kit) but actually very expensive
in terms of time- I recon we spent about 20 person-days in prep, and
for the weekend we had seven staff who between them probably snatched
6 hours sleep (ah the fun of 4am debugs!).
4/. as has ben said, it is very near to the move. I can't overstate
what a huge deal the move is- it's already devouring a large chunk of
everyone's time, and in February next year just don't expect to hear a
peep out of anyone from the RD south lab. The aim is to be back 'in
harness' by the 15th of March, immediately after Maker Faire!
In light of this, I'm sending all the kit we have built up to support
these things to Manchester. That is NOT everything we sent to
Newcastle of course, because that included a fair amount of demo kit
from projects in the South Lab. We'll try and set up some way to
support two events in March out of the kit sent up to manchester and
people based up there, but I can't make any promises now.
However, here's a thought- this year we could perhaps attend the Maker
Faire not as BBC RD, but as BBC Backstage instead, and in that
capacity it would be perfectly accpetable in principle to have the
demos built and stands manned (sorry can't find a gender non specific
equivalent term) by members of the Backstage community. I can already
see a few headaches (insurance, risk assesment etc.) but I'm sure, if
we can come up with a decent plan we could work these through.
Anyone fancy it?
ant
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk wrote:
Not sure, maybe. Its not in the middle of the move.
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BBC RD North Lab,
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Manchester, M60 1SJ
-Original Message-
From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk
[mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Tim Dobson
Sent: 17 November 2009 09:02
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: [backstage] [Fwd: Maker Faire Newcastle 2010]
Will the Beeb be making an appearance again at Maker Faire asa you guys did
last year? (see RD TV ep1) As it's in the middle of The Move(tm), is that
likely to make it difficult/unlikely this year?
Original Message
Subject: [uk-hackspaces] [Fwd: Maker Faire Newcastle 2010]
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:26:46 +
From: Adrian McEwen adr...@mcqn.net
Reply-To: uk-hackspa...@googlegroups.com
To: uk-hackspa...@googlegroups.com
The first UK Maker Faire was a great weekend earlier in the year (I wrote a
bit about it on my blog [1]), and they've just announced the dates for the
next one. There's also a link in the announcement email to the sign-up page
for any new makers who want to submit a proposal to show things off.
Hopefully see you all in Newcastle in March :-)
Adrian.
[1] http://www.mcqn.net/mcfilter/archives/computers/maker_faire_uk.html
Original Message
Subject: Maker Faire Newcastle 2010
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:26:25 -
From: MakerFaire makerfa...@oreilly.co.uk
To: makerfa...@oreilly.co.uk
*Maker Faire Newcastle 2010*
* *
Dear Makers
We’re delighted to confirm we’ve secured sponsorship to run another Faire to
coincide with Newcastle Science Fest next March. The dates have been
confirmed for the weekend of 13^th and 14^th March which will coincide with
the opening weekend of the ten day Science Festival.
We’ve learned a lot from running our inaugural Faire in March and we’ll be
making improvements for both the exhibitors and the attendees. The principal
change is to incorporate the Makers indoors within the Centre for Life
(roughly where the Robo- Challenge was located). We’ll still have the Marquee
in the Square but that will be used for larger exhibits and for Makers that
may require more space or have demands beyond the conventional space
requirements.
We’d ask you to confirm your interest in attending next year’s Faire and
submit a brief proposal of the project you’d like to bring to the Faire.
This should be submitted by replying to this email no later than Friday 11^th
December. We’ll then be considering all proposals from past exhibitors and
potential new Makers and confirm to
