Hi Casey --<div><br></div><div>I've never been to your facility myself,</div><div>but it reads like a fabulous opportunity</div><div>for anyone the least bit serious about</div><div>Linux projects. I built a large number of</div>
<div>small systems years ago, based on the</div><div>Motorola 68000 family of parts, as well</div><div>as Intel 8052AH-BASIC chips - floating</div><div>point. But Linux was not available then,</div><div>and Unix was too expensive for the </div>
<div>hobbyist. The opportunities today are</div><div>little short of breathtaking in comparision.</div><div><br></div><div>My father passed on a few years ago,</div><div>and if there is the need and-or demand </div><div>
I might be able to supply to some parts</div><div>to the group. Things like resistors and </div><div>transistors that one would use in interfaces.</div><div>We can talk about that some day. I'd be</div><div>happy to see the stuff get some use.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Anyway, I haven't even heard of a </div><div>setup as plush as what you offer since</div><div>the days when I worked. For those </div><div>gung-ho, it's really essentially a research</div><div>
kind of environment, with all</div><div>of the expertise around, and facilities</div><div>available. Hopefully many people will</div><div>avail themselves of this splendid opportunity.</div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Casey DuBois <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:casey@grlug.org" target="_blank">casey@grlug.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>Last week's GRLUG/GRMakers social had over 25 people and was a TON of fun THANK YOU to all that attended and if you haven't been to a meeting YOU NEED TO COME!!!</div><div><br></div><div>This week's meeting is Wednesday January 9th @ <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>The Warehouse, 112 Baldwin St., Jenison and </b></span><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Here's the agenda:</b></div>
<div><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">6-8PM GRMobile Dev meeting (<a href="http://www.meetup.com/Grand-Rapids-Mobile-Development-Group/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/Grand-Rapids-Mobile-Development-Group/</a>)</div>
<div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">8PM till WHENEVER!!!!! GRLUG/<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">GRMakers</span> meeting </div>
<div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">GRMakers</span> email list/google Group @ <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/grmakers" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">grmakers</span></a></div>
<div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I am asking for everyone's participation as we NEED to get the 2-V2 Photobooths finished before Startup weekend. We're working on laser cutting a couple new side panels and I'll have the Pipe and we've got the fabric so all we have to do is put it together :-).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">We should have most of the parts in for our RepRap printer and Dean has his new printer up and running and we're hoping he can bring it to show off. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The GRLUG/GRMakers social is for ALL of us and you are all encouraged to bring any projects you are working on and want to show off or that you need help with, members have </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">used The Warehouse to do a simple oil change or weld something.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Here's a short list of gear that is available:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Large heated warehouse that you can pull a car into </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Welders</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Torch</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Vehicle Ramps</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ForkLift</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Table Saw</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Wood Planer</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Compressor</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Air tools</span></p></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hand tools</span></div><div><br></div><div>Grand Rapids Startup Weekend is January 18th <a href="http://grandrapids.startupweekend.org/" target="_blank">http://grandrapids.startupweekend.org/</a> and I'm encouraging EVERYONE to register and attend! Please bring your ideas and can all work together to bring them to life (We came up with a great idea last night that we will present so having more people there means we can get it voted IN).</div>
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<span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div></font></span>Casey DuBois<br><a href="tel:616-808-6942" value="+16168086942" target="_blank">616-808-6942</a><br><a href="mailto:casey@grlug.org" target="_blank">casey@grlug.org</a>
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