[Sketching17] Sketching in Hardware, Detroit, July 28-August 2 UPDATE #6

[Mike Kuniavsky]

CONTENTS
-    New Slack link
-    Projects to show at Science Fair on Friday
-    Please check the schedule
-    All previous updates are online
-    There’s a new hotel rate
-    Restaurant options for Sunday
-    Thursday night at Punch Bowl Social
-    Sparkfun + pizza = awesome
-    Please pay!

Hi, folks, we’re almost at Sketching in Hardware and we’re very excited. 
We have t-shirts ordered, daycare organized, restaurants booked, the 
schedule full of amazing projects, and Janie is re-negotiating Sketching 
Express bus line after our bus provider pulled out at the last minute (but 
we'll make it work). Here are some last-minute important things we’d like 
you to read/do.

NEW SLACK LINK
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Join our Slack! The last link expired so I generated a new one. Let me 
know if you have any trouble joining it. We’ll probably post small changes 
to Slack before they get rolled up in an update like this, plus it’s a 
great platform for discussion.

https://join.slack.com/t/sketching17/shared_invite/MjEzMTkwNTQ2OTY0LTE1MDAwNTYzMjgtYTczOTkxNDUyZg

PLEASE SHOW PROJECTS DURING SCIENCE FAIR ON FRIDAY!
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One of the most fun parts of Sketching every year is “Science Fair”, where 
folks show projects that they’ve been working on so others can play with 
them, touch them, ask questions and have more in-depth discussions than 
the presentation format generally permits. This year, we’re having Science 
Fair Friday night at TechTown. We’ll have tables there, a projector, 
dinner, drinks and several hours to chat and show.

We're very excited to show as much stuff--regardless of whether it's 
finished or not--as we can. If you think you might show something, please 
fill out the following form.

https://goo.gl/forms/p9DZ9acAzhiXNbrJ3

PLEASE CHECK THE SCHEDULE
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The schedule SHOULD be complete and relatively stable, but please check it 
for the following things:
  - That you’re on it
  - That the title of your talk is correct

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aikJFNLXDPGGFi3_qvaxOOi8PI1yB1z6Q-UexkegNYA/edit?usp=sharing

If you have any questions, comments, time change requests, etc. please 
don’t hesitate to contact me and I’ll do what I can. Thank you.

UPDATES ONLINE
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If you missed an earlier update (and this year there are a lot, and thank 
you for your patience), I put them all on Google Docs, including this one:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-DjuPwuyo-LTDliZU1GY1ZlWTA?usp=sharing

NEW HOTEL RATE
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Our special rate at the Marriott Renaissance Center ended, and I know that 
not everyone was able to take advantage of it. We’re negotiating, but 
they’re pretty firm about not extending it, so I think the odds of us 
getting that rate again are slim. However, Leah found that you can get a 
better than stock rack rate for the same hotel through hotels.com. 
Currently it’s at $257.

https://www.hotels.com/ho106338/detroit-marriott-at-the-renaissance-center-detroit-united-states-of-america/

There’s also a Marriott Courtyard at the Millender Center, which is 
essentially across the street from the Renaissance Center, and they may 
have lower rates.

http://gmrencen.com/stays/

Finally, we know several folks have gotten places through AirBNB.

If you’re having trouble finding a place to stay, let us know and we’ll 
see how we can help.

RESTAURANT OPTIONS FOR SUNDAY
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We have all the meals covered from Friday morning to Sunday lunch, but 
we’re leaving Sunday evening up to you. Leah put together a list of 
restaurants you may be interested in.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QSbce9g6u3dvBZsl4D-UpDZiCByqkSOS3Wciz1G_bpw/edit?usp=sharing

  THURSDAY NIGHT AT PUNCH BOWL SOCIAL
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If you arrive on Thursday and would like to meet up with other people 
coming to Sketching we’ve reserved Punch Bowl Social, a small bowling 
alley in Detroit, from 6PM-9PM. We’ll provide (some) food, (a few) drinks, 
and all the bowling. Please come and join us.

http://www.punchbowlsocial.com/location/detroit

SPARKFUN + PIZZA = AWESOME
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Sparkfun Electronics has generously offered to pay for pizza during the 
charrette, which will be made by the Henry Ford Museum and delivered to us 
as we work in the museum (hopefully in a vintage pizza delivery truck, but 
I suspect it’ll just be a cart ;-).

THANK YOU!

PLEASE PAY!
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If you haven’t yet paid us, please pay. If you have any questions, let us 
know. Thanks to the generosity of the Knight Foundation’s grant, we’re 
able to accommodate virtually everyone.

Thank you and see you very soon!


-- 
Mike Kuniavsky
mikek at sketching-in-hardware.com