[General] Foundry Workshop at ISDC 2011 - Opportunity For Makers Local 256 to Participate

[Ethan Chew]

P.S. Please see the conference wikipage if you are interested in
volunteering:
https://256.makerslocal.org/wiki/index.php/ISDC_Conference_2011#Volunteers

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Ethan Chew <spacefelix at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Guys,
>
>       I have an interesting opportunity at ISDC 2011 for Makers Local 256
> to participate in a 2-day Foundry Workshop for project incubation; Thursday
> 5/19, 8:30am to Friday 5/20, 6pm at the Embassy Suites Huntsville Monte
> Santo Boardroom (2nd Floor).  The organizer, Mr. Gregory Allison (cc'd as
> ghallison at aol.com), who is interested in Makers Local 256, is asking if we
> may present the group to the workshop attendees and/or act as
> advisors/judges to the projects.
>      The workshop is targeted to an audience of people who are interested
> in working on projects.  It helps them turn good ideas into doable projects
> by bringing together the right people, skills and resources.  This would be
> an excellent audience for us to present to and interact with.  As it stands,
> he is asking for a presentation during the beginning of the workshop
> (8:30-9:00am on Thursday).  For advising/judging, that will be at the last
> hour of the workshop (5-6pm on Friday).  If you are acting in a presenter
> and judge/advisor function, you do not need to a badge for ISDC to be at the
> workshop.
>       Makers may participate as regular workshop participants as long as
> they register for ISDC and pay for Foundry registration; register here<https://www.nss.org/cgi-bin/register/tdregister?$Origin=ISDC11>,
> select Thursday and Friday for Section IV and purchase tickets for the
> Foundry in Section VI.  Makers Local 256 Members can sign up for the
> co-sponsor rate; identify yourself as a shop member in Section I.  Maker
> rate is $167, $25 Foundry rate plus $71 daily conference rate.  Regular rate
> is $195, $25 Foundry rate plus $85 daily conference rate.
>       For details, e-mail Gregory Allison at ghallison at aol.com.  Attached
> is documentation on the Foundry Workshop.  Foundry website:
> http://isdc.nss.org/2011/foundry.shtml
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