The Maker's Maker JOEL LEONARD RETURNS w/ a HOLD MY BEER SESSION

    Posted on Thursday, Jan 9th, 2020

    SATURDAY, JANUARY 11TH 2020, 5:00p-8:00p

    Joel Leonard arrives to the Arch Reactor around 5pm continuing his current 2020 MAKER HAPPEN TOURS

    He's been visiting makerspaces and hosting a fun HOLD MY BEER BRAINSTORMING SESSION to develop plans for future community projects and events.  Called Hold My Beer because the intent is to have fun and unusal activities for 2020.  He will be sharing some ideas to get started and then looking to our community members to prioritize possible projects and then hoping to flesh out  a plan of action! 

    So if you have great ideas to share or want help sparking ideas or just want to attend a fun time with THE CHAMPION OF MAKERS come visit us this SATURDAY!   

    PANCAKEBOT WILL BE UP AND RUNNING 3D PRINTS OF BEER SHAPED PANCAKES DURING THE SESSION

    HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!!!  
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    2020 Election Nominations

    Posted on Tuesday, Jan 7th, 2020

    This year the nominations for the 2020 elections will be occurring online.  The nominations can entered and viewed once logged into the website under the Members tab -> 2020 Election Nominations or by visiting:

     
    When entering a nomination the email address is optional but can be entered if known.  To decline a nomination please email the board at arch-reactor-board@googlegroups.com.  Nominations will be stricken through when/if they are declined.
     
    To view nominations you can either click the specific position or click the Candidates tab to view all.
     
    Please email the board if you have any questions or issues 
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    Hacktivus is Coming!

    Posted on Sunday, Dec 15th, 2019
    What is Hacktivus?  Hacktivus is a holiday that I made up this morning and is now the official open source secular winter-time gift exchanging celebration of Arch Reactor, as well as any other Hackerspace or Makerspace that wishes to copy it.  It's allegedly the perfect holiday where trying to get a group of techies, tinkerers, and free thinkers to show up at a specific time and place for any kind of holiday party is more difficult than herding cats.

    Celebrating Hacktivus with the traditional Hacktivus Gift Exchange:

    - To sign up to participate in the Hacktivus Gift Exchange, fill out the Google Form from January 1st-10th. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnxQRVstK0m7wYyZiIs6HWSBKht5xRIMyVj5mjpBCU_7t0TA/viewform
    - Everyone that signs up will eventually get an email with the name of another random member that also signed up for the gift exchange.  Keep it a secret though, that's part of the fun!  Oh, and I promise not to just pair everyone up with my name!
    - Make, hack, re-gift, or purchase a gift for the member who's name you were given.  Try to keep the spending limit at around $20.
    - Wrap the gift to the best of your gift-wrapping capabilities and label it with the member's name that you were given.
    - Deliver the wrapped gift at Arch Reactor and place it by the customarily decorated Hacktivus Robot.  It will vigilantly protect your gift until the gift's intended recipient can come by and pick it up.
    - Once you've delivered your gift, please respond to the email you received so the organizers can notify the gift's recipient that their gift is waiting for them.
    - Now wait anxiously for the notification email informing you when a Hacktivus gift has been delivered for you!
     
     

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    10th Anniversary Survery

    Posted on Monday, Nov 11th, 2019

    Thank you to everyone who helped make our 10th Anniversary--Don't Try This at Home event a success!

    We are interested in your feedback about how the event went.

    An e-mail was sent out, but if you did not get on the list, here is the link to let us know what you thought about the event.

     

    https://forms.gle/5yRsHfvGKViDC9rr5

     

    Thanks for participating!

    -Morgan Miransky

    Director of Public Relations
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    10th Anniversary Party--Don't Try This at Home!!

    Posted on Thursday, Sep 19th, 2019

    Hello Arch Reactor Friend,

    Our 10th Anniversary is coming up! We are having a big party to celebrate our birthday. You're invited! Click https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arch-reactor-10th-anniversary-party-dont-try-this-at-home-tickets-71224545533 to get free tickets!

    We will have molten aluminum casting, blacksmithing, high-voltage wood burning, 3d printing, laser cutting, and many other demonstrations!

    There will be custom Arch Reactor food like laser engraved cookies and liquid nitrogen ice cream!

    Beverages available for adults and children!

     

     
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