[KwartzLab] Hacky Halloween was a success

[James Bastow]

Also big thanks to our members Gus, Alex, Jon, Chris, Natalie, and Andrew,
who showed to help with pumpkin carving and soldering.

jb

On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 2:27 PM, doug moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:

> Congratulations to everybody who contributed to Hacky Halloween
> (members and non-members).  It went really well.  We had a nice mix of
> kids and adults, and both areas stayed busy from mid morning up to
> closing at 5pm.  The pumpkin carving went well: we gave away 88 of 100
> pumpkins.  The candle kit soldering was extremely popular, and proved
> that 7 year old girls can totally do electronics.  We had lots of
> positive feedback, with some people telling us that it was an amazing
> experience, or that we should definitely do it again next year.
>
> This event was made possible by all of our volunteers, and by people
> stepping up and self-organizing wherever they saw a need.  Thanks to
> everybody who made this happen, including:
>
> * The original concept team, who came up with a great idea.
> * Eric, for using his +10 charisma to pitch the idea to KW Awesome and
> win us the grant.
> * Ben, who negotiated the space at THE MUSEUM, convincing them to
> waive admission for our event, and who set up the front page ad banner
> on the web site.
> * The pumpkin moving team.
> * Jeff, who led the pumpkin carving instructor team, built the carving
> blades, supplied the templates, and led the practice carving session
> for the instructors.
> * Stephe was on the carving team, procured some of the tools and
> supplies, and was one of the co-ordinators.
> * Agnes made bags of pumpkin seeds for people to take home, and wore
> the best costume.
> * Cedric set up a photo studio with professional lighting, and created
> a photo gallery while the event was running.
> * And James, who led the soldering instructor team, designed the kick
> card, ordered the components, programmed the chips, created the
> poster, and appeared on TV to plug the event.
>
> Also thanks to Cate of KW Awesome, who encouraged us to do this, and
> to THE MUSEUM, who provided the space, waived admission for
> participants, pimped our event at the reception desk, and at the end,
> offered to give away our excess pumpkins to family, and took care of
> waste disposal.
>
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