Oktoberfest! / Social night / Open night Wednesday 30 Sep 7:30pm

Hi everyone

Your favourite makerspace is hosting an evening of Bier und Sausage und Pretzels on 30th September and we’d love to see you there!

It’s still going to be open evening so this event is open to members and interested non-members alike.

This is part of a general plan for Wednesday evenings to become social evening. Wednesday’s are no longer just for open evenings :smiley:

Canopy, our neighboring microbrewery is usually open, and Wednesdays are a great day for everyone to meet and discuss their making ideas with others - maybe you will find someone to collaborate with or someone who can help you learn a new skill.

See you there!

Love South London Makerspace

A Canopy/Makerspace joint event?
We could get the rotary attachment out and custom laser engrave some steins.

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can we get some blanks reasonably cheaply?

That one as pictured is £17.64 for a pack of 6, plus £7 delivery.

http://www.thamesvalleycatering.co.uk/catering_equipment/Barware+%26+Dining/Glassware/Beer+Glasses/Utopia+G12010520+Icon+Pint+Tankard+(Box+of+6)/4178281862?gclid=CjwKEAjw-IOwBRD1wrTC27fSjFISJABUDZ17_sRRxNS24BmnJv3hzmuWOB8RXhc7upPrrUlB31fe-BoCC-Hw_wcB

Must be able to get them cheaper than that. We already have some plain straight sided pint glasses, but they’re not very Oktoberfesty

even so, at 3 quid a pop, it’s not that bad value.

I like the idea. Was just thinking about getting some steins, hadn’t thought about engraving! The issue is in getting them delivered by 30 Sept. Was trying to find something suitable on Amazon prime but didn’t find anything good for engraving. Do Thames Valley catering delivery quickly?

Can’t figure it out from their website. Might give them a call.
How many do we want? (And who’s taking the delivery!?)

What do you reckon? 15-20? If they got delivered to my workplace I could bring them to the space.

Three packs of six then :smiley:

Go ahead and make the order - SLMS can reimburse you. If we sell them at a fiver each, that will allow for 7-8 to go unsold and still cover the cost.

What about these?

http://m.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/art/10092216/

Definitely cheaper, but the tall, thin shape is more oktoberfesty
(for real authenticity they should be 1L but that’s much harder to come by at a decent price)

Title says 30th October … discussion implies we’re talking about 30th September.

Calendar says only the latter is a Wednesday.

Title edited to Sep

oops! thanks for catching that!

It’s very unlikely that I’ll be able to come along to one of these for a while (will need to wait until the baby sleeps through the night) but I want/need to get one of those steins. :smile:

Well if we can we will save you one or we can make some more :slight_smile: do you want the makerspace logo on it?

Some things we might think about for Wednesday:

  • furniture shifting for best use as social space. Also the recurrent theme of keeping people away from the drop at the edge of phase 1 floor. Look at the space as a guest might.
  • cleaning the floor? It’s filthy after the recent wet weather. We ran out of time on Sunday. A quick mop-over might work wonders.
  • ‘curating the window display’ -it’s a great space, underutilised. There’s loads of crazy junk in the space, and someone could have a bit of fun with this. Rory cleaned up the frame and windows on Sunday.
  • check we have BBQ coal and tools.
  • maybe oiling rest of ply cladding?
  • working out what catering supplies we need.
  • making sure washroom is clean and safe
  • finding a good use for the blackboard: last time it was very effective! Basically write/draw something that encourages visitors to interact with it.
  • what activities we might have on? Laser engraving of glasses? 3D printing. Projector set up? I think members’ projects are an important feature. anyone got anything they’re happy to show and tell? Or is it more of a social night?
  • add anything else you can think of…

Also ask mechanics to make sure our parking spaces are clear

There were 2 cars directly outside on Thursday they said wernt theres.
One marked for sale and a new style mini.
The one marked for sale was there the week before as well.
They hadnt moved before i left that evening.

Gordon

I have a feeling they’re connected with the mechanics.