Sorry I haven’t been as communicative as I should be on this event. Job and life are getting in the way. Grrrrr
Basically, show up at the Hamilton county fairgrounds by 10:30am on Saturday (for the morning shift);
7801 Anthony Wayne Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45216. Say you are working th event and you should get in for free. I think you get a wristband. They are a bit informal, if you have any questions/problems feel free to call/txt my cell phone (513)312-4003. Leave a message if I don’t pickup.
The Faire contact people are:
Kristen’s Cell: 513-417-2999, Arynn’s Cell: 513-390-8420
If you could wear a Hive13 shirt that would be great, feel free to pick one up at the Hive. The box is by the main door. Free shirt if you volunteer at the Faire.
If you don’t want to wear the cool Hive gear, see if you have something geeky/nerdy. 
The current signups look good. If Dave would like to come Sat afternoon I may leave a bit early if things are covered.
10:30-2:00 | 2:00-5:30 | 10:30-2:00 | 2:00-5:30 |
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Name | Sat morning | Sat afternoon | Sun morning | Sun afternoon |
Brad Walsh | X |
| X | X |
Dave Velzy |
| X |
| X |
John McCarthy | X | | | X |
Mike Horwath | | X | X | |
Jeremy Yap | x | | x | |
Usman | | X | | |
We have a table with power so we will setup two Learn to Solder stations with all the supplies. (I’m swinging by the Hive earlier to pickup all the stuff - I can grab a shirt for you if needed. Need to remember to get the spools of solder.
If you haven’t done the event before it is pretty simple. The biggest thing is to not hurt anyone (including you). Danger points are the hot iron (duh) and clipping off the long leads after the soldering is complete. (The ends go flying pretty far, so we have everyone wear safety glasses). Even covering it up with your hand they sometimes shoot off into space. We have some irons with clipped power cords to let kids hold in case they don’t seem to grasp the “this end is hot” concept. (Plastic handle good, metal end bad). For little kids, or people that are visibly scared, you pretty much do the soldering and let them hold the far (cool) end of the iron. We used to do a waiver, I need to dig into that and get some printed.
The soldering is simple through hole stuff. After a few tries you get in the groove. I’d estimate about 10% failure rate if you do everything right. Sometimes it is the battery holder and sometimes the LED get’s toasted. You just put the dud off to the side and do another one. Make it like “You didn’t do anything wrong, we get to do another one!”.
If things get slow we sometimes try and salvage parts from the duds but you are usually busy talking to people if you aren’t soldering. Feel free to take breaks and walk around the Faire. I think some folks are going to showcase some stuff, which is great. I wouldn’t bring anything you aren’t comfortable people touching and possibly breaking.
I will be there most of the Faire but may leave in the afternoon if we have a nice setup going. This weekend is the P&G dividend day at King’s Island.
I think we should get a basic instruction sheet together for new folks. Maybe we can get some good pics at this event.
We aren’t getting paid for this event so we put out our “donations accepted” bucket by the station. Our suggestion, if people ask, is $1 or $2. I’ve had people give up to $5. The cost per board is around $0.50 but at least 50% don’t give anything. No shaming if someone doesn’t give, we really just do it for outreach. If the bucket gets semi-full then we empty most of it into a more secure box. Leave a few bucks in there to help motivate people. 
Any questions please let me know. We should be inside so it will be awesome.
Thanks,
Brad