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

[Steve Berl]

Cool. I'd like to help out also

Steve

On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, niki <niki.shelley at gmail.com> wrote:

> This sounds awesome :)
>
> I would be happy to help w/ organizing logistics, if needed!
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> N
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> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:29 PM, <hol at gaskill.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','hol at gaskill.com');>> wrote:
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>>  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).
>>
>> 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."
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Here's their website:
>> http://magnitude.io/
>>
>> What do y'all think?
>>
>> Hol
>>
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-steve
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