[sudo-discuss] Possible event in sudo room - hosting a space hackathon???

[niki]

This sounds awesome :)

I would be happy to help w/ organizing logistics, if needed!

N

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:29 PM, <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:

>  Hi folks,
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> A gentleman whose company works with kids to learn and program small
> satellites has reached out asking if we would be interested in hosting a
> hackathon in early November, excerpted below:
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> "It's been awhile, so I thought I'd reach out and see if you were
> interested in an upcoming space hackathon sponsored by Intel (and probably
> 1 or 2 additional brands).
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> Current dates we are looking at are November 7-9, and I was curious if
> Sudo would be interested in hosting 1 of the 3 locations? We have budget
> for food, raffle prizes, t-shirts, and Intel Edison microcontrollers."
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> I tried to get a team from my old highschool in San Antonio to do this but
> unfortunately got in too late to get them signed up last year.  There is
> currently only hacker yoga scheduled for 5pm that Sunday - any objections
> to offering to host this event?  I think it could be a great opportunity,
> and it might just bring some of our local rocket scientists out of the
> woodwork.  If we do wind up hosting it, I'd be glad to handle all the
> associated work.  Of course I will have to get more details from him and
> communicate that sudo room does not officially endorse Intel or other
> companies by agreeing to host this, etc.
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> Here's their website:
> http://magnitude.io/
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> What do y'all think?
>
> Hol
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