We are still looking for volunteers to be able to commit to helping with the learn-to-solder event. So far it’s me and Jessica, which might make for a pretty long day. And I’d kind of like to see some of the faire myself.
You do not need to be a soldering wizard (though it would be great to have you experts helping), the soldering is as basic as it gets. Even someone willing to sit at a station and make sure people/kids don’t grab a hot iron would be helpful.
We don’t know how busy it will be, but the folks at ATX say it is tremendously popular with kids and they always have long lines. Jessica can back this up. I’m going to have 5 soldering irons, but don’t intend to have any more plugged in than we have instructors, so if there is a lot of interest, more people would be better.
If you were one of the people planning to be a floating volunteer, please consider committing to an hour or two to this table. If it turns out that we don’t have a lot of demand, we can always release you to go do the “pitch in where needed” thing.
At the meeting Jim had mentioned that they were co-ordinating volunteers, but the organizers expressed trepidation about whether random people would be qualified to teach it, and asked me to solicit you folks.
Please email me or reply to the list with any times you can be available and I’ll try to co-ordinate a schedule.