[General] Fwd: [freeside] [Dragon*Con 2012][Science Track] Anyone want to give a talk or two?

Satyam Nayak nayaksatyam at gmail.com
Tue Jul 3 15:09:05 CDT 2012 

Yeah, driving in and out will be super painful, especially that weekend
when there are 1001 things going on in Atlanta downtown.

I'll have a spot for you if Jeff, Candleknight and Ethan drop out of
contention. You are allowed to use a bat'leth.

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Joshua Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com> wrote:

> Does anyone need a roommate for their hotel room?  So far my plans for
> dragon con is to drive in and out of atlanta every day and stay with one of
> my friends that live in Marietta.
> It's MUCH easier and fun to have a hotel room you can just go to and drop
> off stuff and change and rest than just a car you have parked in the garage.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Ethan Chew <spacefelix at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Cool!  Count me in. :D
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 12:41 PM, John Kelly <candleknight at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I'll be at Dragon*Con this year as well. I'd love to participate in a
>>> panel discussion. I think it might work really well if we did one together
>>> about our Makerspace and the maker movement. Or giant spider robots. You
>>> know, whatever.
>>>
>>> -John
>>>
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>>>>    1. Fwd: [freeside] [Dragon*Con 2012][Science Track] Anyone want
>>>>       to give a talk or two? (Matt)
>>>>    2. Re: Fwd: [freeside] [Dragon*Con 2012][Science Track] Anyone
>>>>       want to give a talk or two? (Joshua Pritt)
>>>>    3. Re: Fwd: [freeside] [Dragon*Con 2012][Science Track] Anyone
>>>>       want to give a talk or two? (Satyam Nayak)
>>>>    4. Re: Fwd: [freeside] [Dragon*Con 2012][Science Track] Anyone
>>>>       want to give a talk or two? (Ethan Chew)
>>>>    5. LearningQUEST and the Makers Local (Laurie Kellogg)
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>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:11:34 -0500
>>>> From: Matt <brimstone at the.narro.ws>
>>>> To: General discussion about makerslocal
>>>>         <general at lists.makerslocal.org>
>>>> Subject: [General] Fwd: [freeside] [Dragon*Con 2012][Science Track]
>>>>
>>>>         Anyone want to give a talk or two?
>>>> Message-ID: <4FEB8516.6050001 at the.narro.ws>
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>>>>
>>>> I know some of our folk go to this shindig.
>>>>
>>>> #matt
>>>>
>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>> Subject: [freeside] [Dragon*Con 2012][Science Track] Anyone want to
>>>> give a talk or two?
>>>> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:01:32 -0500
>>>> From: Jon Nyx <jonnyx at gmail.com>
>>>> Reply-To: freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com
>>>> Organization: Organization? Surely you jest!
>>>> To: Freeside Atlanta <freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com>
>>>>
>>>> Howdy,
>>>>
>>>> I'm running Dragon*Con's science track again this year. Anyone got any
>>>> interesting ideas for talks/panels/workshops? If so, send a reply to my
>>>> convention address ( science at dragoncon.org ) and we'll go from there.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> PS - As always, there's an open invitation for Freeside to
>>>> participate in
>>>> PhreakNIC as well ( http://phreaknic.info ).
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com
>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/freesideatlanta
>>>>
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>>>> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:22:59 -0500
>>>> From: Joshua Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com>
>>>> To: General discussion about makerslocal
>>>>         <general at lists.makerslocal.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [General] Fwd: [freeside] [Dragon*Con 2012][Science
>>>>
>>>>         Track] Anyone want to give a talk or two?
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>>>> I will be at dragoncon but I'm not sure what to talk about. The only
>>>> thing
>>>> I could really talk about for hours would be electric cars and renewable
>>>> energy. How about that?
>>>> On Jun 27, 2012 5:17 PM, "Matt" <brimstone at the.narro.ws> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > I know some of our folk go to this shindig.
>>>> >
>>>> > #matt
>>>> >
>>>> > -------- Original Message --------
>>>> > Subject: [freeside] [Dragon*Con 2012][Science Track] Anyone want to
>>>> > give a talk or two?
>>>> > Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:01:32 -0500
>>>> > From: Jon Nyx <jonnyx at gmail.com>
>>>> > Reply-To: freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com
>>>> > Organization: Organization? Surely you jest!
>>>> > To: Freeside Atlanta <freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com>
>>>> >
>>>> > Howdy,
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm running Dragon*Con's science track again this year. Anyone got any
>>>> > interesting ideas for talks/panels/workshops? If so, send a reply to
>>>> my
>>>> > convention address ( science at dragoncon.org ) and we'll go from there.
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks!
>>>> >
>>>> > PS - As always, there's an open invitation for Freeside to
>>>> > participate in
>>>> > PhreakNIC as well ( http://phreaknic.info ).
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com
>>>> > http://groups.google.com/group/freesideatlanta
>>>> >
>>>> > wanna leave? send email to
>>>> freesideatlanta+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com
>>>> >
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>>>> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:24:29 -0500
>>>> From: Satyam Nayak <nayaksatyam at gmail.com>
>>>> To: General discussion about makerslocal
>>>>         <general at lists.makerslocal.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [General] Fwd: [freeside] [Dragon*Con 2012][Science
>>>>
>>>>         Track] Anyone want to give a talk or two?
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>>>>
>>>> I'd love to give a talk! Anyone got any topics that don't deal with
>>>> bombs
>>>> and/or snakes?
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Joshua Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > I will be at dragoncon but I'm not sure what to talk about. The only
>>>> thing
>>>> > I could really talk about for hours would be electric cars and
>>>> renewable
>>>> > energy. How about that?
>>>> > On Jun 27, 2012 5:17 PM, "Matt" <brimstone at the.narro.ws> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> I know some of our folk go to this shindig.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> #matt
>>>> >>
>>>> >> -------- Original Message --------
>>>> >> Subject: [freeside] [Dragon*Con 2012][Science Track] Anyone want to
>>>> >> give a talk or two?
>>>> >> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:01:32 -0500
>>>> >> From: Jon Nyx <jonnyx at gmail.com>
>>>> >> Reply-To: freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com
>>>> >> Organization: Organization? Surely you jest!
>>>> >> To: Freeside Atlanta <freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Howdy,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I'm running Dragon*Con's science track again this year. Anyone got
>>>> any
>>>> >> interesting ideas for talks/panels/workshops? If so, send a reply to
>>>> my
>>>> >> convention address ( science at dragoncon.org ) and we'll go from
>>>> there.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Thanks!
>>>> >>
>>>> >> PS - As always, there's an open invitation for Freeside to
>>>> >> participate in
>>>> >> PhreakNIC as well ( http://phreaknic.info ).
>>>> >>
>>>> >> --
>>>> >> freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com
>>>> >> http://groups.google.com/group/freesideatlanta
>>>> >>
>>>> >> wanna leave? send email to
>>>> freesideatlanta+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com
>>>> >>
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>>>> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:27:03 -0700
>>>> From: Ethan Chew <spacefelix at gmail.com>
>>>> To: General discussion about makerslocal
>>>>         <general at lists.makerslocal.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [General] Fwd: [freeside] [Dragon*Con 2012][Science
>>>>
>>>>         Track] Anyone want to give a talk or two?
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>>>>
>>>> Call me your first audience member.  I will be at D*C as well.
>>>>
>>>>              - Ethan/spacefelix
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Joshua Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > I will be at dragoncon but I'm not sure what to talk about. The only
>>>> thing
>>>> > I could really talk about for hours would be electric cars and
>>>> renewable
>>>> > energy. How about that?
>>>> > On Jun 27, 2012 5:17 PM, "Matt" <brimstone at the.narro.ws> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> I know some of our folk go to this shindig.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> #matt
>>>> >>
>>>> >> -------- Original Message --------
>>>> >> Subject: [freeside] [Dragon*Con 2012][Science Track] Anyone want to
>>>> >> give a talk or two?
>>>> >> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:01:32 -0500
>>>> >> From: Jon Nyx <jonnyx at gmail.com>
>>>> >> Reply-To: freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com
>>>> >> Organization: Organization? Surely you jest!
>>>> >> To: Freeside Atlanta <freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Howdy,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I'm running Dragon*Con's science track again this year. Anyone got
>>>> any
>>>> >> interesting ideas for talks/panels/workshops? If so, send a reply to
>>>> my
>>>> >> convention address ( science at dragoncon.org ) and we'll go from
>>>> there.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Thanks!
>>>> >>
>>>> >> PS - As always, there's an open invitation for Freeside to
>>>> >> participate in
>>>> >> PhreakNIC as well ( http://phreaknic.info ).
>>>> >>
>>>> >> --
>>>> >> freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com
>>>> >> http://groups.google.com/group/freesideatlanta
>>>> >>
>>>> >> wanna leave? send email to
>>>> freesideatlanta+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com
>>>> >>
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>>>> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:39:53 -0500
>>>> From: Laurie Kellogg <kello036 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: General discussion about makerslocal
>>>>         <general at lists.makerslocal.org>
>>>> Subject: [General] LearningQUEST and the Makers Local
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>>>> Proposal deadline = August 14, 2012.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry to blast this, but thought you guys would be perfect for teaching
>>>> something for LearningQUEST.  LQ is a local organization that provides
>>>> free
>>>> or nearly free courses to their members and the public in a myriad of
>>>> subjects.  They would like to beef up their science and engineering
>>>> offerings to attract more people, so naturally I thought of ya'll.  They
>>>> are beginning to approve and put together their Winter/Spring catalog
>>>> and
>>>> are looking for people willing to teach (strictly volunteer).  They are
>>>> currently taking proposals and I have attached two blank proposal forms
>>>> as
>>>> well as the guidelines; (1) course and (2) Lunch and Learn.
>>>>
>>>> The two categories for teaching are courses (choose the number of days,
>>>> day
>>>> of the week and time) or Lunch and Learn (held 11:45-1 at the main
>>>> library,
>>>> choose the number of days and day of the week).
>>>>
>>>> The topic can be just about anything.  You can choose to have
>>>> prerequisites, require or recommend materials or texts and indicate a
>>>> minimum and maximum of students.  If the topic is something that is
>>>> hands-on, you can also request to hold the class at another location.
>>>>
>>>> To give you an example, I taught a course entitled Ecology of the Body,
>>>> a
>>>> course covering very basic ecological and ecosystem principles, the
>>>> body as
>>>> a series of ecosystems, the microorganisms inhabiting each ecosystem and
>>>> the interaction between the ecosystem (e.g. stomach) and the community
>>>> present.  We met over 4 course periods in April of 2012.  The course had
>>>> approximately 25 students, primarily retired folks who were incredibly
>>>> engaged.  I will probably teach it again next year.
>>>>
>>>> If you are interested, please contact Cheryl Patterson at
>>>> drpatter at hiwaay.net.  You can either send a proposal or talk to her
>>>> about
>>>> topics you are thinking about and she can help you craft it to fit with
>>>> the
>>>> audience.  Or shoot me an email to get more info.
>>>>
>>>> I hope someone from Makers is interested!
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