So what days, times and locations work best for everyone?
Friday evenings or Saturday/Sunday anytime works best for me. I am south of the metro but I can meet somewhere in the cities (south metro preferred).
My vote is for a brewery as a meeting place for two reasons.
1. Really good beer
2. Large open rooms with open seating (no need for reservations or splitting up between tables/booths).
Most breweries have food trucks outside (most of which have excellent food). My suggestions are:
Fulton Brewery is pretty centrally located and has a good size tap room.
Summit Brewing is a little further south but has a big tap room and picnic bench seating which makes it great for large groups.
Tin Whiskers Brewing seems like appropriate place to meet (owned by a bunch of electrical engineers) and has great beer (my personal favorite), plus Black Sheep coal fired pizza is next door. The only downside is the tap room is a little on the small side.
Would be interested in a semi local get together as well. I went to the Reprapfest in Indiana last month; and been interested in working up some local options as well.
Me too. I am a reseller but have also been trying to look up folks interested in doing this. I wouldn’t use it to pitch anyone, but would like to attend, so I’ll leave it to your discretion. I’m East of St. Cloud, too far to ask to meet in the North Metro. But you pick the place, I’ll be there (anytime over the weekend works for me - it’s 70 miles for me to get to Bloomington).
I’ve been fooled by pubs who say that they have a “quiet place to meet.” Let’s make sure we can talk, not shout.
You would be more than welcome to attend if you want to make the drive. For me I just want to see a casual get together for people to relax and talk shop.
Good point though, “Quiet” is a relative term :P.I will say most of the breweries I’ve been to have been quieter than bars or brew pubs. We could see if a local haskerspace (such as Twin Cities Maker) would be willing to let us use their space?
I live in Monticello and work in the South Metro, so I can make most any location. Would like to find a few people to setup a 3d print expo where we can get together show what we are working on and support those just getting into 3d printing. Weeknights are better in the summer as weekends end up being out of town for Basketball games or for Racing my car.
I was talking to someone tonight that had built multiple printers similar to the prusa i3. I can’t remember what the type of printer was called. Any response would be appreciated.
