Open day 2012

Date: Saturday, 26 May Time: 11am - 6pm

We are just starting to organise the 2012 open day. If you've been looking for a way to contribute to Nottinghack, now is a good time to get involved.

See last year's open day 2011 for inspiration.

If you want to get involved but you can't be bothered to edit this wiki then please drop an email to the mailing list discussion here.

Projects that will be on show

These are the projects we will advertise (TBC) . If can prepare or demo any projects on the open day, please let us know or add them here:

Project	Possible promotional materials	Demonstrator/Organiser*	Confirmed**	Other notes
Mini-matrix	n/a	Daniel	Not yet
Vending machine	n/a	Daniel	Not yet
Stock for Vending machine		Chunky	Not yet	To include: Badge kit, bat detector, POV, Drawdio, joule theif, TV-B-Gone, Xino, Minimus
Quadrocopter	[1]	Lwk	Not yet
Reprap Prusa	[2]	Lwk	Not yet
Arduino demos		Lwk	Not yet
LED Matrix		Lwk	Not yet
Pedal powered projects		Chunky	Not yet
Michael's MAME Machine		Msemtd	Not yet
Crafty stuff (details TBC)		Kate	Not yet
Colouring-in, for kids of all ages		Kate	Not yet
POV Clock		Tim & Dan	Not yet
Quadcopter/drone		Tim & Dan	Not yet	Won't be assembled on the day, showing work in progress.
Props: Medic costume		Andrew	Not yet
Props: Steampunk and vintage cameras		Gmjhowe	Not yet
Atari punk console	[3] [4]	Gmjhowe	Not yet
?

Party preparations

These are things will be ready for the party:

Party	Promotional photos	Organiser*	Confirmed**	Other notes
Music set		Chunky	Not yet	Funk?
Music set		Kate	Yes	Nerdcore/random things
Punch		Kate	Not yet	So very alcoholic
Beer		Chunky	Not yet
			Not yet

* People who will prepare for the day (or demo this project on the day).

** Confirmation that the project will be ready and working on the day. Please confirm, eg: "definitely will be ready", "maybe ready", etc.

Volunteer roles

Before the day

Last-minute preparations

These people have offered to come on the Wednesday before the open day to help with any last minute preparations, such as cleaning, organising, etc.:

Person	Confirmed	Notes
Andrew	Not yet
?	?	?

Promotions

Flyers and posters have been printed and are available in the Blue Room [5]. These are the places where we are distributing promotional materials:

Destination	Emailed	Flyers delivered	Poster put up	Notes
Maplin		Todo (Joe D)		"maplin won't put up a poster anywhere other than the staff room, I've asked previously"
Antenna	Done (Joe D, 20/5/2012)	Done (Joe D, 20/5/2012)		The open day was mentioned in their newsletter (sent out on 21/5/2012).
Knit Nottingham		Done (Kate, 20/5/2012)
The Bead Shop		Done (Kate, 20/5/2012)
Husqvanna		Todo (Joe D)
http://www.confetti.uk.com		Done (Joe D, 20/5/2012)
anchor surplus
sumac centre
the Moot		Done (David H, 17/5/2012)
around Roden House
hobbycraft
Hopkinson
Cityfarm
Ecoworks
1 Thoresby St
Lee Rosy's
Broadway

Other suitable places could be: libraries, galleries, museums, craft shops, bike shops, and camera shops.

On the day

Greeters/tour guides

Greeters who will welcome newcomers on the day, offer tours, and share membership information. Be warned: people who did this last year say that it was a big job, so they had little time remaining to show off their projects during the day.

Person	Confirmed	Notes
Kate	Greeter/Tour Guide
?	?	?

Other notes

Chunky has other projects to bring (to confirm by email)