COMPLETED (Until next year) - Electronics/Microcontrollers/Computers Meetup?

[granz]

Yesterday, a friend at Church told me about a guy who is setting up a computer museum in the Pittsburgh area. I have contacted him and invited him to the meetup. I asked for a meeting with him to discuss our meetup, and other stuff. It will be cool if we can get an actual museum (they have been active for several years, but are just relocating to the 'Burgh for more space for their exhibits) to show at our meetup.

[granz]

Let's see if this works:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J3aC7cLa2dMpQW6rD56adv35exalzWrV/view?usp=drive_link

*Did a preview* Well, that was pretty easy, and it even worked. Never shared a file from Drive, so, I'm glad that worked.

Of course, nothing ever goes exactly as planned. I sent this link to the guy who is setting up the museum, and just got a notice from Drive that someone was trying to access it. Apparently, when I put something on Drive, and then get a link to share it, the document is locked up, and I need to make it publicly available. It is now a public document; sorry if anyone had troubles downloading the flier.

[Chris Savage]

Of course, nothing ever goes exactly as planned. I sent this link to the guy who is setting up the museum, and just got a notice from Drive that someone was trying to access it. Apparently, when I put something on Drive, and then get a link to share it, the document is locked up, and I need to make it publicly available. It is now a public document; sorry if anyone had troubles downloading the flier.

When I tried it from here (work), it wanted me to sign in to my Google account, which I didn't do. It does open up now though.

[granz]

...It does open up now though.

Good to hear, thanks for letting me know.

[granz]

Well, our motel reservation is made. We will be staying at the Comfort Suites in Edinboro.

[MicroNut]

Granz, the flyer looks great. Chris, I agree that reserving the backroom Perkins might be overkill I know Perkins has at least 2 tables that can seat 8 people in the general area. I'm glad everyone is getting rooms. BTW Edinboro does have a Perkins too. There is an excellent restaurant midway between Meadville and Edinboro on Rt 19 called The Venago Valley Inn. It is also about 15 minutes from the church. It is one of my favorite places. Good food and the prices aren't too high.

[granz]

Edinboro does have a Perkins too. There is an excellent restaurant midway between Meadville and Edinboro on Rt 19 called The Venago Valley Inn. It is also about 15 minutes from the church. It is one of my favorite places. Good food and the prices aren't too high.

Thanks for the input. We can decide when we get there.

Will we be able to unload some of our stuff at the Church on Friday evening/afternoon?

Also, how are the rooms/areas set for electricity, and WiFi?

[Chris Savage]

Also, how are the rooms/areas set for electricity, and WiFi?

If there's no Wi-Fi, I may have a backup plan for myself. But I'm not sure it would work for all. Most modern cell phones can be a personal hot-spot. I have unlimited data, so as long as I have access to a 4G / 5G cell tower, I can get by. It would be nice to have a dedicated Wi-Fi though.

[MicroNut]

Set up would have to be in the evening (after 5) since I work until 4:30. The 19th is open for set up. It does need to be cleaned up on the evening of Sept 20th for church and classes the next day. The church does have a guest wifi account we can use. I'll get the credentials for it. The room has a couple of power receptacles. If anyone can bring some extension cords and power strips it would make setup easier since the receptacles are spaced pretty far apart except in the coffee area.

[granz]

Set up would have to be in the evening (after 5) since I work until 4:30. The 19th is open for set up. It does need to be cleaned up on the evening of Sept 20th for church and classes the next day. The church does have a guest wifi account we can use. I'll get the credentials for it. The room has a couple of power receptacles. If anyone can bring some extension cords and power strips it would make setup easier since the receptacles are spaced pretty far apart except in the coffee area.

I was planning on bringing about 10 50', and 5 100' cords with multi-outlet power strips for each one. That should cover our power needs (hopefully.)

Talking about that, do you have space at your house, so that I can have stuff sent to you, like those electrical items, plus the paper plates, napkins, etc.? Would you mind holding on to that stuff for me?

[granz]

Brendan, the curator/founder of the museum is meeting with me in about an hour-and-a-half for dinner, and chat. We'll be talking about his museum, and about the meetup (plus other things that us hackers like to discuss.  )

I'll post an update after dinner.

[MicroNut]

Granz- Sure I can hold some stuff for you.

[granz]

Granz- Sure I can hold some stuff for you.

Thank you, I'll start shipping stuff to you. I'll have it addressed to "Savage Meetup" so you will know what it's for.

[granz]

In the thread about a new project (https://savagechats.com/index.php?topic=444,) I mentioned a contest involving a tiny breadboard dev kit doing a demo. The prize would be the dev kit, and a small collection of additional components.

Any thoughts on offering contests, like that. In accordance with the Church's prohibition against gambling, there would be no fee to enter the "contest" nor would it involve chance (other than the chance of someone knowing Morse code.  )

[Chris Savage]

Any thoughts on offering contests, like that. In accordance with the Church's prohibition against gambling, there would be no fee to enter the "contest" nor would it involve chance (other than the chance of someone knowing Morse code.  )

What about Wheel of Names?