[Lab] wow, makerfaire 2016!

Mon Oct 17 12:56:35 EDT 2016

I really enjoyed seeing everything as well and Andrew’s comments resonate
with me. I really enjoyed that you still had many stands with people in the
true spirit of the maker movement; using what’s at hand to create art,
designs and more. I found it curious when talking to people to see how
little awareness there was of the different groups and the amount of
knowledge that could be shared between each other. So many interesting
projects where my question to some of there roadblocks,/concerns would
easily be answered by talking to the other local makers. That’s one thing
that keeps on popping up I find.

Great job on all involved making this happen! Keep it up.

Cheers,
Henri

P.s. Jason, high five next time in person. you were nowhere to be found
when i took off.

On October 17, 2016 at 12:48:47 PM, Andrew Plumb (andrew at plumb.org) wrote:

+1!

Zinnia had a great time yesterday at all the kid-oriented crafting
activities, and I could see her brain light up with ideas seeing everyone’s
projects.

As we wandered around, Anouk was pleased to see that we still have that
enthusiastic/non-commercialized feel that the bigger MakerFaire events have
lost over the years.

Post-Mortem Thoughts:

- Now that we have a few different hackerspace/makerspace facilities
available in the area, we *really* need to plan on hosting an evening
gathering or three leading up to and during (like the NYC Resistor
gatherings that used to happen at MFNYC).  As the ‘Faire gets bigger,
there’s less time to “talk shop” with the visiting makers; need to make
sure the local community doesn’t get too insular/self-referential.

- Arrange for workbench access (soldering, laser cutter, CNC, etc.) for
last-minute prep/fixing activities.  I had already scheduled the time off
work for miscellaneous stuff and “just in case” Fun Stuff was happening, so
I was able to step in to get Anouk operational (with backup plans ready
thanks to Darcy) in time for her Friday afternoon CBC Radio interview.
That was for one person doing something I’ve already been following
closely; it’s only going to get worse...

- Next year is the big Canada 150 year/2017 set of events.  Gonna have to
step up our game for that!

Andrew.

On Oct 17, 2016, at 7:41 AM, Britta Evans-Fenton <brittawater at gmail.com>
wrote:

I second that! What an amazing weekend! Thanks!!

On Oct 16, 2016, at 9:31 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at inventorartist.com> wrote:

Thanks to all the organizers and others involved!

What a great event!

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