The newly formed social committee sat down for a few minutes and talked about what would be good to try to do. While I don’t want to get lofty I do want to have some goals for the group and this place on the social scheme.
This is an absolute rough draft of ideas to be revised and worked on.
Please let me know if you would like to volunteer to help out with this effort.
November –
Maker Crawl: Denton
Volunteer Appreciation Dinner (Kris baby just wanted to mention)
New member T-shirt Contest Announced (should be 10-20)
December –
New member T-shirt contest over and voted on - print shirts
December 9th – Member maker sale
DMS Holiday Party: Pot Luck
January –
New Member Orientation
Pot Luck to coincide with new member orientation (chili cookoff contest /lucky foods)
February –
March –
New member orientation (possibly)
Pot Luck to coincide
April –
New Member Orientation
Pot luck to coincide
DMS Member Picnic on a Saturday 11-5p - main meat provided sides and drinks to be brought by members (this will be a ticketed event)
May –
Bay Area Maker Faire
Meet up with other Makerspaces in California
June –
Maker Crawl: Dallas
The Purge: Maker trade day (No money only free items)
July –
New Member Orientation
Pot luck to coincide
August
Maker Crawl: Invite Makerspaces to come to Dallas Makerspace – hosting event for others to attend with presentations/tours and possibly “how to make a makerspace” workshops (Nation of Makers, other Makerspaces)
September
Pot Luck
Ideally this would be my month for a smaller attempt at Detroit Soup Event (my baby). I know we didn’t discuss this but it’s an idea to put a pin in. This is basically micro funding makers via a dinner/presentation/voting.
Maker sale – items for sale by members for members
October
New Member Orientation
Pot luck to coincide (costume contest)
DMS Open House October 6th
November
Volunteer appreciation dinner
December
DMS Holiday Party
Find out: Beer tasting event, larger cosplay events, Nerd specific holidays, ect.