[BLU/Officers] Installfests at Watertown HATCH

[John Abreau]

Donations are optional, and our expenses have historically been very
small. Mostly just domain renewals, server hardware replacements, and
the occasional camcorder or webcam.

I imagine that doing anoccasional  Installfest without collecting
donations shouldn't be a hardship for us. Jerry, what are your
thoughts on this matter?

As for dates: as I mentioned in an email earlier this evening, we've
confirmed an Installfest in Natick on Feb 10, and we were thinking of
holding 6 Installfests in 2018, alternating between driver-friendly
and MBTA-friendly locations, so that would ideally mean something like
Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, and Dec.

I'd like to try out both the MIT Flea and the Watertown Maker Space
options, one of them in the April timeframe and the other in the June
timeframe. I want to hear what everyone else thinks of this.

Bil Ricker was looking into the MIT Flea option, and last I heard, the
MIT Flea had not yet published their schedule.




On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 12:19 AM, David Kramer <david at thekramers.net> wrote:
> I finally got to the Watertown Hatch Maker Space to talk to the Director
> (Elizabeth Helfer) about holding Installfests there. She was really excited
> about the concept, and the place would be perfect for it.  She asked for
> some dates so she can coordinate with their calendar. Let's start talking
> about good dates for us and I'll forward them on to her.
>
> There is one sticking point.  The collection of donations MAY be a problem.
> She's looking into it.  Being a government-run thing, it needs to be
> accessible to the public for free.  I'm not sure if that's something we can
> compromise on.  Realistically we've made VERY little money at the past few
> Installfests, so maybe it's worth it to have a free place with parking in
> exchange for not getting the few dollars in donations.
>
> Thoughts? Dates?
>
>
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