[ale] Fwd: [freeside] It's Official: Atlanta Maker Faire (Not Mini!)

JD jdp at algoloma.com
Wed Apr 30 11:59:10 EDT 2014


So .... anyone interested in doing an "all linux for everything" presentation?
Having never been to a maker event, I don't think I'm the best person to head
this up, but I can certainly support others. ;)


On 04/30/2014 09:06 AM, Charles Shapiro wrote:
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> From: *Randy Farmer* <randy.farmer at gmail.com <mailto:randy.farmer at gmail.com>>
> Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:27 AM
> Subject: [freeside] It's Official: Atlanta Maker Faire (Not Mini!)
> To: Freeside Atlanta <freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com
> <mailto:freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com>>
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> Full announcement at http://makerfaireatl.com/official
> 
> You may have deduced from the fact that because we had over 10,000 attendees
> last year or the fact that we’re now a two day event or the fact that we’ve
> moved to Downtown Decatur that the Atlanta Mini Maker Faire is now Maker Faire
> Atlanta, but if not, *LISTEN UP*!
> 
> Atlanta is joining the ranks of Rome, Detroit, Shenzhen, Kansas City, Paris,
> Oslo, and a few others as one of the world’s ten “Featured Faires.” To
> distinguish them from “Flagship Faires,” which happen in the Bay Area and New
> York, Featured Faires are large scale (10,000+ attendees and 200+ makers) Faires
> that are organized by the location that hosts them. Most Featured Faires are
> organized by museums and science centers, but Atlanta has the distinction of
> being the first Faire that has grown from a “Mini” to a Featured Faire through
> purely volunteer work. *We are homegrown, we are community-grounded, we are the
> only Featured Faire in the Southeast US, and one of only three in the WORLD that
> is free to attend!*
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