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1 Makevention 2014

Makevention 2014

Communication

We have two mailing lists setup, a committee list for those who wish to help put this event together and an announcement list for those who want to be notified of official details of the event. Please feel free to join in!

Advertising

Sponsor Prospectus
Exhibitor Flyer
Exhibitor Application
Public Web Site
Makevention logo
Visit Bloomington is going to advertise in markets outside of Bloomington such as in Nuvo magazine in Indy, and similar magazines in Cincinnati and Louisville.

Letters of Support

Library
City
BTP
Wonderlab

Current Activities

Venue
Date

Venue

Convention Center - cost $2,150
- Also use the parking lot across the B-Line and the parking lot across College
- Also use the B-Line
- Not available the weekend before classes start
Street in front of Wonderlab
- Cost - could be free? The city has offered to close a street off for us
- Electricity?

Dates

August 23rd
- Convention Center isn't totally available (they've already booked the air walled rooms)
- Same weekend as the resale trail
- Could do something on 4th street in front of Wonderlab
August 30th
- Convention Center is totally open and they have us pencilled in at this time
- Same weekend as an ISU/IU home game
- Might be cool to do something with the Terre Haute Hackerspace and Rose Hulmann (I have contacts at both)

Organizing Team

Jenett Tillotson, Bloominglabs, exhibitors and general chair, jtillots ]at[ cogbots ]dot[ com
Therese Miller, IU/PTI, sponsorships, millertm ]at[ iu ]dot[ com
Steve Backs, Monroe County Public Library, stiva ]at[ gmail ]dot[ com
Michael Hoerger, Monroe County Public Library , advertising and graphic design, michaelismichael ]at[ gmail ]dot[ com
Marc Cheetah, sponsors and general stuff, marc.j.cheetah ]at[ gmail ]dot[ com
Nathan Heald, Bloominglabs, registration and schwag, dosman ]at[ packetsniffers ]dot[ com
Barbara Hallock, volunteer coordinator, bahalloc ]at[ iu ]dot[ edu
Austin Toombs, Bloominglabs booth coordinator, austintoombs ]at[ googlemail ]dot[ com

Possible Exhibitors

Center for Sustainable Living
- Bike Project
- Discardia
LVL1, Hive13, Club Cyberia, Makerspace: Goshen
Wonderlab
Indiana Filmmakers Network
Bloomington Print Collective
Bloomington and IU Amateur Radio Clubs
Nicole Jacquard/IU's fab lab
Local FIRST robotics teams
Trained Eye Arts
Robot Drawing Collective
My Sister's Closet
EGBG's - a Bloomington glass blowing shop
Knitting club
Mother Hubbard's Cupboard

Possible Events

Power Wheels Race
Circuit Bending
Frankenstein stuffed animals
Thursday night music event at the Bluebird
Open houses at local makers space in Bloomington on Friday night
- Bloominglabs
- Trained Eye Arts
- Bloomington Print Collective
- Ecovillage
Saturday night Par-Tay at Bloominglabs
Partnering with Hoosier to Hoosier event that is just a mile south down the B-Line

Schools

MCCSC
Hoosier Hills
Project School
Pinnacle School

Entertainment

Shammers - nerdcore group based out of Bloomington
Long-shot, but Robert DeLong would be awesome.

Contacts

Mike McAfee, Executive Director, Visit Bloomington, mike ]at[ visitbloomington ]dot[ com
Laura Newton, Assistant Directory, Visit Bloomington, laura ]at[ visitbloomington ]dot[ com
Talisha Coppock, Executive Director, Convention Center, tcoppock ]at[ bloomingtonconvention ]dot[ com
Zoe Monts, Sales and Event Assistant, Convention Center, zoe ]at[ bloomingtonconvention ]dot[ com
Lauren Dexter, Event Coordinator, Convention Center, lauren ]at[ bloomingtonconvention ]dot[ com

Insurance

Cost?

Budget

Venue
Insurance
Printing
- Flyers and posters to put up around Bloomington
- Yard signs
- Banners for the event
- Handouts/Program for the event
Advertising
- HT ads when it gets closer to the event
- Ads in the Ryder
- Ads in the IDS
- Billboards around Bloomington
T-shirts for volunteers
50 Makevention shirts to sell during event plus pre-sales orders and volunteer shirts / ordered 8-8
Other Schwag?

Registration handout / badges & schwag

200 lanyards with badge clips / ordered 8-8
Wood gear laser-cut badges for $10, 100 to be made
500 paper badges

Other events around the same time

Hoosier to Hoosier community sale - August 23 from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM at The Warehouse in Bloomington
Fort Wayne Regional Maker Faire
Nashville Mini Maker Faire
Louisville Mini Maker Faire
DerbyCon

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 ** Same weekend as an ISU/IU home game
 ** Might be cool to do something with the Terre Haute Hackerspace and Rose Hulmann (I have contacts at both)
-== Name Ideas ==
-* Makevention <- this is our winner!
 == Organizing Team ==
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 * Austin Toombs, Bloominglabs booth coordinator, austintoombs ]at[ googlemail ]dot[ com
-== Exhibitors ==
+== Possible Exhibitors ==
 * Center for Sustainable Living
 ** Bike Project
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 == Schools ==
-* MCCSC - sent exhibitor flyer 5/17/2013
+* MCCSC
 * Hoosier Hills
 * Project School
+* Pinnacle School
 == Entertainment ==
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 * Crane's STEM group
 * PTI
-* Local beer and wine making companies
+* Cook
-** Upland (Nathan & Jenett) - Tim Spears - 812-336-2337
+* Ivy Tech
-*** Upland can't be involved with anything when there are kids there. :(
-* Cook (Therese & Jenett)
-** Steve has an engineering friend he is working with
-* Ivy Tech (Nathan & Jenett)
 ** Entrepeneurship Institute - Steve Bryant
-* Bender (Nathan & Jenett) - Paul Bender - 812-339-9730 x210
+* Bender Lumber
-** Marc will help
+** Paul Bender - 812-339-9730 x210
 * Boston Scientific in Spencer
 * Cummins
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 * Herald Times (maybe in-kind advertising)
 * MCPL (in-kind graphic design)
-* Stansifers (Jenett)
+* Stansifers
-* Kleindorfers (Jenett)
+* Kleindorfers
 * Neff Engineering, a local 80/20 distributor
-* Lowes, Menards, Radio Shack (Nathan)
+* Lowes, Menards, Radio Shack
 * Bloomington Technology Partnership
-** Ron Walker (Steve)
+** Ron Walker
-** Katy Birge - Steve has talked to her
+** Katy Birge
-* SproutBox (Steve)
+* SproutBox
-* Mark Krenz/SUSO (Nathan)
+* Mark Krenz/SUSO
-* Layne Hydro (Steve)
+* Layne Hydro
 ** Vic's company
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 == Insurance ==
-* $300 plus $35 to add the Convention Center as an insured.
+* Cost?
-* Through M.J. Scheutz (Bloominglabs' insurance broker) and Cincinnati Insurance Company
-* Policy will be written August 1st (or sooner if the CC requires it)
 == Budget ==
-* $2200 for renting the Convention Center
+* Venue
-* $335 for insurance
+* Insurance
 * Printing
 ** Flyers and posters to put up around Bloomington
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 ** HT ads when it gets closer to the event
 ** Ads in the Ryder
-*** Ryder has offered to do an article - contacted them 5/20/2013
+** Ads in the IDS
-** Ads in the IDS???
 ** [http://www.outdoorbillboard.com/billboards-for-rent/indiana/bloomington Billboards around Bloomington]
 * T-shirts for volunteers
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 == Other events around the same time ==
-* [http://www.indiana.edu/~sustain/programs/hoosier-to-hoosier/index.php Hoosier to Hoosier community sale] - August 24 from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM at The Warehouse in Bloomington
+* [http://www.indiana.edu/~sustain/programs/hoosier-to-hoosier/index.php Hoosier to Hoosier community sale] - August 23 from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM at The Warehouse in Bloomington
-* [http://makerfairefortwayne.com/ Fort Wayne Regional Maker Faire] - September 14 & 15 (Fort Wayne IN)
+* [http://makerfairefortwayne.com/ Fort Wayne Regional Maker Faire]
-* [http://www.makerfairenashville.com/ Nashville Mini Maker Faire] - September 21st (Nashville TN)
+* [http://www.makerfairenashville.com/ Nashville Mini Maker Faire]
-* [http://makerfairelou.org/ Louisville Mini Maker Faire] - September 28th (Louisville KY) - same weekend as DerbyCon
+* [http://makerfairelou.org/ Louisville Mini Maker Faire]
+* DerbyCon
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