Show and Share and Open Hack Night

Hey everyone, I am a new member from Knoxville Tennessee, and I used to be a deputy metalworking czar for Knox Makers, similar to a vice chair for you guys.

I also was very involved with the organization in general and I want to pour the same passion I had for Knox makers into DMS now that I am a little more settled into the area.

I have a few ideas I would like to bring up the first being a proposal for an open hack night and/or show and share night.

What we would do during our show, and share nights is, we would have people bring in their projects that they have worked on, successes and failures, and talk about it, what they have discovered, their process and etc.

It was a great opportunity to mingle and meet other people and get help on their projects. We also took the opportunity to open our doors to the public and offer help with their projects from those willing to give help.

I guess first of all would anyone be interested in a open show and share event during the week and would anyone come to it? If so, we can start with that before opening the shop to the public per se, and I am more than happy to lead the way on this but also wanted to get a general feel for what other people might think about it. If you have any questions or need any clarification, I am happy to help!

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I love this idea! Feel free to send me a PM and I’d be happy to help you get started. The event will need to be set up on our calendar and I can give you access to our Meetup and social media if you’d like to promote this to the public.

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If you need a particular day of the week, I would suggest Thursday evenings. We have traditionally had tours and other show and tell type activities on Thursday evenings and there has been some interest in starting this up again.

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Great! Before the end of the week I will get with you about this and try and come up with a plan. Anyone who might stumble across this and who would like I am totally game!

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