Makers alliance and Kent State University.

[Stofiel Aerospace]

Good morning,

I am Kent State student involved with the Blackstone launchpad organization on campus. We are a satellite launch company that is being mentored by them. Julie Messing is been charged with starting a maker style space on campus and we like to get together with your group to learn from your experiences. I have included Julie on this message. Thank you for your time and I look forward to speaking with you.

Brian Stofiel
330-208-6995

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> On Oct 20, 2015, at 15:49, Sam Harmon <samuel...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Meeting Agenda:
> -Charging for use of the inkjet plotter?
> -Space rearrangement discussion
> -anything else?
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> Open Hours:
> Work on your projects or find something interesting to work on.
> I’ll be working on a front panel for something and then probably more CNC machine work (cutting little cubic pockets in wood and then measuring them to figure out the accuracy)
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> Sam
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[Jim Owens]

When you say satellite launch, do you mean launching space probes? Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From:"Stofiel Aerospace" <stofiela...@gmail.com> Date:Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:45 AM Subject:[makersalliance] Makers alliance and Kent State University.

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[Stofiel Aerospace]

Yes I do.... CubeSats to be specific, we have flown two proof of concept flights to 100,000 feet already..

Brian

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[Joe ODonnell]

Hi Brian,

 A few thoughts come to mind about new Maker Spaces:

-What type of Maker Space do you have in mind/what are your goals?

-What type of resources do you have to support reaching these goals, meaning all of people, real estate, money, equipment and materials?

-Do you have a certain Maker niche in mind, do you need one, does that niche fit well within the regional maker related resources available?

-Will you focus, for example, on one or more of education, beginners, advanced, social, professional, electronics, mechatronics, computer security, biotech, space, etc, etc?. 

-Do the answers to the above questions add up to an organization that is self sustaining in all of people, culture, real estate, money, equipment and materials?

One factor about Maker Spaces, is that there are so many potential choices available, that it's relatively easy to get into a situation of having a diffuse focus

and allocation of resources. That's not bad, and many to most spaces seek that, but those that don't will have to put purposeful work into going in the given direction.

If your goal is just to create and grow a typical general Maker Space, the Columbus Maker Space is a great example, because they have grown to be the largest one in the world.

They seemed to have achieved that with a combination of factors:

-A first focus on wood working, which is often perceived as more approachable than electronics, 3d printing, etc.

-A series of graduated classes in woodworking, starting at the pure beginner level and going all the way to advanced.

-Clear and easy to follow rules on equipment training, material use, general behavior, dues and access.

-Someone is paid to be present to enforce the above rules.

-Expansion from a core popular area, such as woodworking, into a diverse set of other areas over time, such as jewelry making, metal work, etc.

-Near full time work on all of fund raising, real estate and material acquisition and improvement, and marketing.

-Commitment to making this work by at least several energetic people over a period of years.

On the other hand, there are clubs that are more high tech and potentially entrepreneur oriented. Our club is a lot smaller than the Columbus

club, but probably could be said to have more of an electronics focus, and we are hosted by the Shaker Launch House entrepreneurship and co-working supporting organization.

There are now several Maker like spaces and events in this region. We meet on Tuesday nights. Case Western University also has a Maker like space.

The Lean Dog software company in Cleveland has a popular Maker night. The Cleveland Science Museum is also involved in the Maker movement.

 Given your space business, you may be interested in starting a high tech tending as opposed to more general Maker club. In that case you could work on developing

resources in the area of rapid mechatronic hardware prototyping and aerospace. I like these videos a lot for showing how to do fast,varied flying machine prototyping

and experiments: https://www.youtube.com/user/flitetest This group takes an aerospace approach that is very similar to modern electronics prototyping:

-Use simple and fast to work with materials.

-Make cheap devices that can be broken and remade/redesigned quickly many times for experimentation.

-Be connected with a national movement on the internet and commercial material providers.

-Experiment in some niche that others haven't done much with yet, and publish the results, thus expanding knowledge for everyone.

-Reuse proven device blocks, software and processes in a lego modular fashion again and again for new designs. (and research what those currently are and practice using them)

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