[sudo-discuss] help determine future direction of sudo kids

hi everyone, you are once again invited to come do things with the awesome sudo kids tuesday from 6ish to 8:30ish. want to do a group activity? teach really brilliant kids something awesome? build a thing with them? help them build a thing? we've done calligraphy, clay, mate-brewing, piano, radio, and more. kids have expressed an interest in 3d printing and making videos. if you want to do either of those things with us (whether tomorrow or sometime in the future), or have an idea for another thing you'd like to do, be in touch! additionally, ray and i have started working on concrete goals and desired outcomes for the sudo kids program. we are doing this because a hackerspace without kids is like a diy electronics project without a blinky light - extremely sad. kids are natural hackers and if our role is to provide the physical and community infrastructure to encourage people to keep building and making and learning and exploring things forever, then kids are naturally part of that equation :) additionally, having activities for kids is a proven strategy to expanding our community. yes, we are operating from the principle that if you hook a kid on a thing, that you will eventually have an opportunity to speak with their parent. the good news is that we are not selling stuff but selling the idea of making stuff and being in a community of makers. finally, if you've never done stuff with kids before, you may find the experience to be really different than what you'd expect (i know i have). i continue to be extremely impressed and more or less constantly verklempt at the insight and intelligence of the children we work with. so, if you want to help coordinate activities and be a part of the cool sudo kids organizing/future direction/expanding the program crew, (or are just interested in learning more about what "helping coordinate sudo kids" involves - it's not a lot), be in touch via email or just come on a tuesday night. - marina