[Sketching19] Sketching in Hardware 2019: room booking reminder

[Mike Kuniavsky]

Hi, just a reminder that our room block, and the decent room rate that 
goes along with it, closes on August 20. Please book your rooms! Also, 
FWIW, if you respond to guilt: we pay for all nonbooked rooms, and it 
makes us nervous to see rooms not booked until the last minute. The link 
to the deal is in the update at the bottom of this email.

ALSO I am so proud to welcome a BUNCH of very generous sponsors that are 
helping us this year. THANK YOU to all of the following:

Lemnos Labs
Particle
Supplyframe
Beagleboard
ThingM

Also, thanks to the leg- and phone-work of Jeff Sturges, we have a bunch 
of totally amazing small group excursions lined up for Saturday (you like 
the history of music in Detroit? Crazy found art sculpture? We have you 
covered.) Thank you, Jeff!

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

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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:32:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mike Kuniavsky <mikek at sketching-in-hardware.com>
To: sketching19 at lists.tired.com
Subject: Sketching in Hardware 2019 (July) Update

Hi! There's not much to update in July so I'm resending the June update both 
for new people who are joining the event and to remind everyone that the hotel 
room block is filling up and that we'd like you to fill out the participant 
questionnarie.

Also, if you're still making travel plans we have an incentive for you to stay 
until Tuesday: we've booked a tour of Third Man Pressing, the first new vinyl 
record pressing plant in the US in something like half a century, founded by 
Jack White of the White Stripes. It's very yellow inside and our tour is on 
Tuesday morning, October 1:

https://thirdmanpressing.com/

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

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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 15:54:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mike Kuniavsky <mikek at sketching-in-hardware.com>
To: sketching19 at lists.tired.com
Subject: Sketching in Hardware 2019 June Update

Hi! You're getting this because you've confirmed that you're coming to 
Sketching in Hardware in the David Whitney Building in Detroit, September 
27-30. Welcome!

We will send a series of these updates until the event, and each one has 
important information in it. Please take a few minutes to read them.

CONTENTS
  - Participant questionnaire! It's important!
  - Hotel reservations are OPEN
  - Welcome packet!

PARTICIPANT QUESTIONNAIRE
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
To help us plan the logistics of the event such as childcare and food we need 
to know some things from you. We have a short survey we’d like you to fill out.

https://forms.gle/nJb2QwH3zfbxCZHMA

HOTEL RESERVATIONS
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Once again we've been able to negotiate a good rate at the Aloft hotel, also in 
the David Whitney building. If you're planning to attend Sketching and RSVPed 
already, you can now reserve your room through the following URL:

https://www.marriott.com/events/start.mi?id=1549661729522&key=GRP

A WELCOME PACKET
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
We're trying to consolidate all of the key information in a welcome packet. As 
we share information on this list, we'll update the packet. If you have 
thoughts about what should be in it, please let me know!

Here's the link:

https://tinyurl.com/sketching19-welcome


THANK YOU and see you in September!

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