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

[Mike Kuniavsky]

Hi! One week to go, and I wanted to send a final mini-update: we're go on 
all fronts, we're really looking forward to seeing all of you, and if you 
haven't checked out the previous update, please do so, it's pretty 
important.

We're especially looking to have more people bring technology to show on 
Friday night at Science Fair at TechTown. We have 8 people who filled out 
the form (thank you!), and I know more people are bringing things than 
that. Please consider spending a half-hour around dinner time showing 
something you're working on.

Thank you and see you all next week!

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

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 12:28:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mike Kuniavsky <mikek at sketching-in-hardware.com>
To: sketching17 at lists.tired.com
Subject: Sketching in Hardware, Detroit, July 28-August 2 UPDATE #6

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