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Markdown
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343 lines
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Markdown
Executable File
## 2017.11.21 "Inaugural" Meeting
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In attendance:
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- Ken Kenworthy, KnowledgeRealm, (instigator)
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- Marvin Gay, Coomunity Outreach Coordinator, [Safer, Stronger
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DC](https://www.facebook.com/SaferStrongerDC) Community Partnerships,
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out of the [Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human
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Services](https://dmhhs.dc.gov/)
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- Michael Dodson, Program Assistant, [Safer, Stronger
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DC](https://www.facebook.com/SaferStrongerDC) Community Partnerships,
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out of the [Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human
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Services](https://dmhhs.dc.gov/)
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- Dorothy Jones-Davis, Executive Director, [Nation of
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Makers](http://nationofmakers.org/)
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- Enrique Cobas (ex-exchequer, [HacDC](http://hacdc.org/))
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- Julia Longtin (once and future queen / madame president,
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[HacDC](http://hacdc.org/))
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- Kevin Cole ([Ubuntourist](User:Ubuntourist "wikilink")) (fugitive
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at-large, [HacDC](http://hacdc.org/))
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- Betty Amos (designer, educator, animator [Betty Amos
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Designs](http://bettyamosdesigns.com/))
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- Nicolas Sabharwal (lewlking)
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## DC government initiative
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From June 2017, the ["Innovation Space and Marketplace Report:
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Developing a Makerspace in the
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District"](https://dmped.dc.gov/page/innovation-space-and-marketplace-report-developing-makerspace-district)
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from the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic
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Development
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???There's a 77-page PDF at the bottom of the page. Lots of good
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information here on needs and possibilities.
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## Neighborhood Artisan Centers (NACs)
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- [concept
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paper](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UxZ_VBHbBEJ9fVJN7rdwqIjmKjv-HTKhiVUrSnDJta4/edit)
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by Ken
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### Background/Reference
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- **Makers: The New Industrial Revolution**
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- Wikipedia:
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\[<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makers:_The_New_Industrial_Revolution>:
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Makers: The New Industrial Revolution\] by Chris Anderson
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- Video: [Makers: The New Industrial
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Revolution](https://vimeo.com/60496236) by Chris Anderson. (Highly
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recommended.)
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- Book: [Makers: The New Industrial
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Revolution](https://www.amazon.com/Makers-Industrial-Revolution-Chris-Anderson/dp/0307720969)
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by Chris Anderson. (Highly recommended.)
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- [The Skills
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Revolution](http://www.manpowergroup.co.uk/the-word-on-work/skills-revolution/)
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by The ManpowerGroup.
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- **Good Sources To Keep Pace with Technology**
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- [The Singularity Hub](https://singularityhub.com/), "Singularity Hub
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chronicles technological progress ..."
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- [3DPrint.com](https://3dprint.com/) "3DPrint.com is a news
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organization dedicated to bringing you up to date on all the latest
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news from the 3D printing industry."
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- [Road to VR](https://www.roadtovr.com/) "Founded in 2011, Road to VR
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is the world???s leading independent news publication dedicated to
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the consumer virtual reality industry."
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- [Science X](https://sciencex.com/) "a network of high-quality
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websites that provides the most complete and comprehensive daily
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coverage of science, technology, and medical news."
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- **Examples of Project Based/Self Organized Learning, Virtual and
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On-site Mentors**
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- Video: [Anacostia HS Aquaponics
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Project](https://youtu.be/UgGpn_6Ryss), Teens and young adults
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participating in Aquaponics project at Anacostia High School
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- Video: [Web Conferencing with Virtual
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Mentors](https://youtu.be/gEV2-b_w7hg) Older teens at Anacostia HS
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interacted via web conferencing with Dr. Subhrankar Mukherjee
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(Subra), India chapter Club of Rome, from Mumbai, and David Li,
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founder of first Makerspace in China, from Shanghai
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- Video: [Videoconferencing with Virtual
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Mentor](https://youtu.be/jxKilY6Wvmo) Older teens at Anacostia HS
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interacted via web conferencing with Tyrese Gould, daughter of Mark
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Gould, Chief of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation in New
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Jersey
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- **Potential Funding Sources and Grants**
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- [Funding
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Alert](http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTcwOTExLjc3OTUzODYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE3MDkxMS43Nzk1Mzg2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MTA4OTEyJmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFydmluLmdheTJAZGMuZ292JnVzZXJpZD1tYXJ2aW4uZ2F5MkBkYy5nb3YmdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZtdmlkPSZleHRyYT0mJiY=&&&103&&&https://opgs.dc.gov/publications?type=732)
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Mayor???s Office of Partnerships and Grant Services
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- [NSF Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC)
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Solicitation](https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18520/nsf18520.htm)
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- [NSF Campus Cyberinfrastructure
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(CC\*)](https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18508/nsf18508.htm)
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**Add your notes and thoughts below**
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Try to make an effort to keep the page sane and readable by using
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[Mediawiki's formatting](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting)
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correctly.
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## DC/MD/VA spaces
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Following up with some of the other local maker/hacker/bio/food spaces
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in the area (*Dorothy*):
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- **Washington, DC**
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- [FabLab DC](http://www.fablabdc.org/) (FabLab)
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- [Hac DC](http://www.hacdc.org/) (Hackerspace)
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- [Local Motors](http://localmotors.com/national-harbor/) (Commercial
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Makerspace)
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- [Mess Hall](http://messhalldc.com/) (Food Makerspace)
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- [Taste Lab](http://tastelab.co/) (Food Makerspace)
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- [Union Kitchen](http://unionkitchendc.com/) (Food Makerspace)
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- [MLK Library "Fab Lab"](https://www.dclibrary.org/labs/fablab)
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(Makerspace)
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- [Maker Hub at Georgetown
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University](https://www.library.georgetown.edu/makerhub) (University
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Makerspace)
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- [Catholic University
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FabLab](https://architecture.catholic.edu/student-experience/technology/fabrication-labs/index.html)
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(University Makerspace; FabLab)
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- [District Makers
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Collective](http://www.districtmakerscollective.org/) (a
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work-in-progress from the refugees of the now-shuttered Tech Shop in
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Crystal City)
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- **Northern Virginia**
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- [NoVA Labs](http://nova-labs.org/) (Reston, VA; Community
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Makerspace)
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- [Building Momentum](http://buildingmomentum.us/) (Alexandria, VA;
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Community problem-solving space)
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- [Makersmiths](https://makersmiths.org/) (Leesburg, VA; Community
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makerspace)
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- **Maryland**
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- [Baltimore Underground Science Space
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(BUGGS)](http://www.bugssonline.org/) (Baltimore, MD; Biospace)
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- [Catylator](http://catylator.com/) (Silver Spring, MD; Makerspace)
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- [Digital Harbor Foundation](http://www.digitalharbor.org/)
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(Baltimore, MD; Youth Makerspace (Rec To Tech)
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- [The Foundery](http://foundery.com/) (Baltimore, MD; Focus on
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economic empowerment - working with City of Baltimore)
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- [Greenbelt MakerSpace](http://make125.org/) (Greenbelt, MD -
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Community Makerspace; co-op model)
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- [KiD Museum](http://kid-museum.org/) (Bethesda, MD; Children's
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makerspace)
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- [Open Works](http://www.openworksbmore.com/) (Baltimore, MD; Focus
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on entrepreneurship)
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- [Pyramid Atlantic Art
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Center](http://www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/) (Hyattsville, MD;
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Art makerspace)
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- [Station North Tool
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Library](http://www.stationnorthtoollibrary.org/) (Baltimore, MD)
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- [Unallocated Space](https://www.unallocatedspace.org/) (Severn, MD)
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- [John and Stella Graves Makerspace at the University of
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Maryland](https://www.lib.umd.edu/tlc/makerspace) (College Park, MD;
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University Makerspace)
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- [Rhizome DC](http://www.rhizomedc.org/) (Takoma Park, MD)
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## Miscellaneous links
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Some of the places, people and events mentioned yesterday, in no
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particular order (**[Ubuntourist](User:Ubuntourist "wikilink")**)
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- **HacDC Space Blimp videos** - very cool!
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- [Space Blimp VI launch, flight and
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re-entry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhjD4Q3JfMM)
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- [Space Blimp III video with
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narration](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh8xYoCoLSU)
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- **Other HacDC activities**
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- Make for the Planet Hackathon, Earth Optimism Summit, Smithsonian
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Institute and Conservation X Labs
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- [Huffington Post
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article](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/make-for-the-planet-challenge-transforming-conservation_us_59137564e4b04e66b8c3ad94)
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- [Tweet +
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Photo](https://twitter.com/conservationx/status/855850944063524865)
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- **Free Geek** - community-built refurbished computers, E-cycling,
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education centers
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- [Free Geek provides jobs and free classes to the
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community](https://opensource.com/life/13/1/free-geek) - an article
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by [Ubuntourist](User:Ubuntourist "wikilink")
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- [Free Geek Arkansas](http://www.freegeekarkansas.org/) - Formerly
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instigated and run by Julia
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- [Governance nitty-gritty for Free Geek,
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Portland](http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php)
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- **Fab Lab**
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- Wikipedia: [Neil
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Gershenfeld](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gershenfeld),
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Director, MIT Center for Bits and Atoms; Creator of the Fab Lab
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"blueprint"
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- Book: [Fab: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop-From Personal
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Computers to Personal
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Fabrication](https://books.google.com/books?id=rHdkDiUMpaUC) by Neil
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Gershenfeld. (Highly recommended.)
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- **Potential partners locally**
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- [John Capozzi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-capozzi-3154561/),
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Program Manager at The Office of the Chief Technology Officer,
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Government of the District of Columbia. He was part of the Broadband
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Bridge Coalition, and other progressive tech efforts.
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- [Mike Lee](https://www.linkedin.com/in/curiouslee/), Senior Advisor,
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Digital Strategy at AARP Digital Strategy & Membership; Founder, One
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Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Learning Club DC
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- [Leshell Hatley](http://www.leshellhatley.com/), Founder and
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Director, [Uplift, Inc.](http://upliftdc.org/) in SE DC. A fantastic
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program. ([LinkedIn
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profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/leshellhatley/))
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- Phil Shapiro, tweeter/ promoter / dreamer / writer
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[Makezine](https://makezine.com/author/pshapiro/),
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[OpenSource.com](https://opensource.com/users/pshapiro),
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[Twitter](https://twitter.com/philshapiro),
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[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/phshapiro/) (He can be very
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good at "getting the word out")
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- [Greg Bloom](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregbloom/) - serial
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digital justice crusader / organizer (no longer in the area but
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still "connected" to DC)
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- [Gerald Cooper](https://twitter.com/itwizkids) - Founder, [IT
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Computer Wizkids](https://www.itcomputerwizkids.com/)
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- [Damon Jones](https://www.linkedin.com/in/steamteacher/), Founder /
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Director, [STEAM America](http://www.steam-america.org/)
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- [Alex Dehgan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-dehgan-aa81335/), CEO
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and co-Founder, [Conservation X Labs](http://conservationxlabs.com/)
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& Chanler Innovator, Duke University. He invited HacDC to
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participate in the Smithsonian Institute's Earth Optimism Summit
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**Make for the Planet** hackathon.
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- (If you talk to any of the above, drop my name.)
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- [Code for DC Brigade](https://codefordc.org/) of Code for America
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- The [Open Technology Institute
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(OTI)](https://www.newamerica.org/oti/), a division of the [New
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America Foundation](https://www.newamerica.org/), a progressive
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think tank in DC. New America Foundation has some fantastic lectures
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and panels on science, technology, and policy. OTI folks helped the
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DC Broadband Bridge group set up a neighborhood mesh network, that
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the DC government *was* hoping to model when Bryan Sivak ran OCTO.
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(Alas, the community got cut out of those conversations after Bryan
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left.)
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- [Digital Stewardship progam](http://digitalstewards.org/about) from
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the Open Technology Institute
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- [Cities of Learning, DC](https://www.lrng.org/dc) part of [Cities of
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LRNG](https://www.lrng.org/cities) (pronounced "learning"),
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mentioned by Ken
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- \[???http://www.sustainabledc.org/ Sustainable DC 2.0\] - several
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education, energy, and urban agriculture goals
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- [Youth Entrepreneur Institute
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(YEI)](http://www.youthentrepreneurinstitute.org/about-us/) -
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Tacharna Crump, Executive Director
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- [Workshop DC](http://www.workshopdc.org/?page_id=7) - also Tacharna
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Crump
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- **Non-HacDC Past Events** (a bit biased: I only know about them cuz I
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volunteered for and/or hosted them)
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- [DISCovering TECHnology Fair I (Disco Tech
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I)](https://web.archive.org/web/20160914185155/http://www.breadforthecity.org/2011/10/discovering-technology-fair-saturday/) -
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Bread for the City, November 5, 2011
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[Photos](https://www.flickr.com/photos/33621330@N07/albums/72157627954349203)
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[Washington Post
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article](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/training-to-bridge-the-digital-divide/2011/11/10/gIQAx2YMIN_story.html)
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- [DISCovering TECHnology II (Disco Tech
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II)](https://www.facebook.com/events/692870980840136/) - Thurgood
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Marshall Academy, Anacostia, February 25, 2012
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- Photos: [Software Freedom Day at Takoma Park Folk
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Festival](https://www.flickr.com/groups/ubuntu-us-dc/) - Several
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years (plus some additional gatherings of the Ubuntu DC Local
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Community, a.k.a. the DC "LoCo")
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- Photos: [Scratch Day 2013, OLPC Learning Club
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DC](https://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157633511463081) -
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Mike's a photo junkie and tech junkie. LOTS of good photos. See the
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rest of his streams.
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- [OLPC Learning Club
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(audio)](https://archive.org/details/MikeLeeOLPCLearningClubAugustMeetingatNortelNetworks)
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and [OLPC Learning Club
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(slides)](https://www.slideshare.net/fotogeek/1ccmedia-lab-aug-2008-presentation) -
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Nortel Networks, August 2008
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- **Further afield** (but in cyberspace, distance is irrelevant)
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- [Detroit Digital Justice Coalition's Disco Tech
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Fair](http://detroitdjc.org/documentation-from-the-last-discotech-get-ready-for-the-next-april-15/) -
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The model for the DC Disco Techs, promoted at the [Allied Media
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Conference](https://www.alliedmedia.org/). HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: The
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[Disco Tech 'Zine](http://detroitdjc.org/discotech-zine-out-now/)
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featuring articles from both Detroit and DC folks on how to run a
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Disco Tech (Detroit, MI)
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- [Qeyno Group / Academy](https://www.qeyno.com/), co-founded and
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headmastered by [Kalimah Atreyu
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Priforce](https://www.linkedin.com/in/priforce/) (Oackland, CA)
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- [**ELiTE** Education (**E**merging **L**eaders **i**n **T**echnology
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and **E**ngineering)](http://www.elite-education.org/) - Executive
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Director, [Chelsey
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Roebuck](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelseyroebuck) (New York City,
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NY)
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- [OPEN International](http://openinternational.org/about-open/),
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Founder: [Khady
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Lusby](https://www.linkedin.com/in/khady-lusby-9921ab21/) (Nioro,
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Mali but Khady lives in Arlington)
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- [Barre Open Source Institute
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(BOSI)](http://45.33.3.156:8080/bosivt.org), Founder, director and
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ringmaster: [Paul
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Flint](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-flint-98ab5b/) (Barre, VT)
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- [NextFab](https://nextfab.com/) (N. Philadelphia, PA, S.
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Philadelphia, PA and Wilmington, DE)
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- [Idea Foundry](https://ideafoundry.com/) (Columbus, OH)
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## 2017.12.13 Virtual Reality Demo Meeting
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In attendance:
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- Ken Kenworthy, KnowledgeRealm, (instigator)
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- Marvin Gay, Coomunity Outreach Coordinator, [Safer, Stronger
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DC](https://www.facebook.com/SaferStrongerDC) Community Partnerships,
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[Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human
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Services](https://dmhhs.dc.gov/)
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- Cameron Shields, [Safer, Stronger
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DC](https://www.facebook.com/SaferStrongerDC) Community Partnerships,
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[Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human
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Services](https://dmhhs.dc.gov/)
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- Dorothy Jones-Davis, Executive Director, [Nation of
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Makers](http://nationofmakers.org/)
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- Julia Longtin (once and future queen / madame president,
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[HacDC](http://hacdc.org/))
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- Kevin Cole ([Ubuntourist](User:Ubuntourist "wikilink")) (fugitive
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at-large, [HacDC](http://hacdc.org/)) |