Our first meeting ever. Meeting 1, Session 1: More details below

RMIT - Building 80 (Swanston Academic Building)

https://www.rmit.edu.au/maps/melbourne-city-campus/building-80

445 Swanston Street Melbourne, between A’Beckett & Franklin Street (Franklin Street blocked due to underground rail construction)

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/b/c/5/7/600_456348215.jpeg

• PARKING: No on-site parking.

• TRAIN: Melbourne Central station, opposite State Library, then very short walk from there heading north towards Carlton.

• TRAM: Major Swanston Street tram routes run right at the building, both directions. Stop 7.

Internal B80 meeting details including times, etc.

Legend: Building.Level.Room - Times - Day - Date as DD/MM/YYYY. [Room limit]

Meeting 1: 080.05.011 - 5:30pm to 9pm - Thursday - 01/12/2016. [30]

Meeting 2: 080.07.008 - 5:30pm to 9pm - Thursday - 08/12/2016. [30]

General meeting format;

5:30pm: Room open and arrive.

Break. Networking. Very limited show & tell.

6pm > 6:45pmish: Welcome. Session 1

Break. Networking. Simple hands on. Limited show & tell. Food & drinks???

7:30pm > 8:30pmish: Session 2 - Main presentation.

8:45pmish: Wrap up.

9pm: Close, leave, go home. See you next time.

Further meeting details;

Meeting 1, Session 1: Get more involved. Where next, etc, etc. General show & tell.

Meeting 1, Session 2: Main presentation. Topic (TBD) To be determined.

Meeting 2, Session 1: Hands on. General show & tell. Workshops???

Meeting 2, Session 2: Main presentation. Topic TBD

Note: All subject to change without notice, if required.

-- Show & tell: Share your story, bring your projects (in person or digitally), bring your bits, bring your thoughts, bring your questions, bring your ideas, bring your enthusiasm, bring your community spirit.

See more here...

https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Beginners-Arduino-Projects/messages/boards/forum/22930291 (https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Beginners-Arduino-Projects/messages/boards/forum/22930305) {Post your picture and/or details of all or any of your Hardware, bits, gadgets, kit, tools and toys. (Include links to where we can buy if still possible)}

https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Beginners-Arduino-Projects/messages/boards/forum/22930305 {Post details of any Hardware, bits, gadgets, kit, tools and toys you would like to see at meetings. (Include links to where we can buy) Even related software!}

-- Main presentation: We’ll run the first few meetings with topics that we think will appeal. Suggestions for future meetings will be welcome.

Post your ideas here...

https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Beginners-Arduino-Projects/messages/boards/forum/22930398 {Tell us what you want to see/hear at our meetings. Please also tell us if you are able to present and/or bring something of interest to/for meetings. Hint: It's best to warn us beforehand if your item outshines what we have planned :)}

Or please contact us via: https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Beginners-Arduino-Projects/members/14429473/

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Additional group and meeting notes;

-- Email: Please update your email address per below, as in future announcements may NOT be made via Meetup.com.

-- Cost?: Our first meeting (1) will be free, however future ‘basic?’ meetings may have a small impost (Around $5) to attend to cover our current and ongoing costs. Feedback welcome. Sponsors welcome. More later.

-- Name change: We will very shortly change our name, more here: https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Beginners-Arduino-Projects/messages/boards/thread/50286672

-- Can I bring my children?

Absolutely - some of our team have a current Working with Children Check, and believe it’s never too early to learn this exciting field, including coding. However as our meeting is in the big city smoke and will run late at night, please remember that all responsibility still lies with you, being the responsible parent/guardian.

Furthermore no responsibility will be taken if your child wants to skip school and heads straight to NASA the next day :)

Note: At this point in time, we won’t be doing any soldering, and all electrical voltages will be very safe at around 3 volt to 9 volt level. (Unless you lick a 9v battery!) These sessions, more so for our second meeting, will be about learning electronics and coding. Even though some hate resistor colour codes, some basic knowledge will help: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Resistor+Colour+codes and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_color_code

-- What to bring?

Besides yourself, your enthusiasm, and ideas, it would also help for, more so for our second meeting, to bring your own laptop (not tablet) with an USB (Type A^^) port, and any Internet connection such as WiFi (like your own WiFi hotspot), and please pre-download IDE software from here (https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software), as we will bring certain and limited items to work with that will need this.

More items however can be found near our meeting at https://www.jaycar.com.au/ in A’Beckett Street. Important: This is NOT a supplier and/or sponsor recommendation, and is just a FYI.

Note: As working with these items can be very varied and dynamic, further downloads are very certain on meeting nights depending on objectives, etc, etc, hence bring your own Internet connection. More later.

^^ http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/0E543C70602423C486256DB8006208DE

-- Sponsors & donors;

Currently...

• David Turk ( https://davemarkturk.wordpress.com/ ): Our Meetup would like to acknowledge Dave for having many years of event and other experience and sheer bloody mindedness to drive these events, against many barriers. Please thank him when you can.

• RMIT ( https://www.rmit.edu.au/ ): Our Meetup would like to acknowledge RMIT for hosting our meetings. Please thank them when you can.

• Clickify ( https://clickify.com/ ): Our Meetup would like to acknowledge Clickify for providing general meeting support. Please thank them when you can.

Beyond: We are looking for additional sponsors & donors. Please contact us via: https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Beginners-Arduino-Projects/members/14429473/

Other useful resources we run;

Useful Websites: https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Beginners-Arduino-Projects/messages/boards/forum/22940711/

In the media: https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Beginners-Arduino-Projects/messages/boards/forum/22941221/

Thanks kindly.