youth activities for SCaLE

[der.hans]

Am 29. Jul, 2016 schwätzte Victor Odhner so:

moin moin Victor,

> Oops. Downtown Pasadena? You didn’t mention that part. You mentioned
> ASU which implies a local event. What am I missing?

I mentioned SCaLE. Since many of us attend every year, I presumed everyone
knows what it is. I should not have made that presumption. Sorry.

While my original post is about the Free Software conference in LA that
doesn't preclude PLUG from hosting activities here :).

> Jupiter should be back around by next March, and it will show through
> anything. But it won’t be rising till well into the evening, in early
> March, so the moon (first quarter) would be the only bright thing. Of
> course my 8-incher is pretty good at showing stars you can’t see with
> naked eye.

Hmm, maybe we should schedule another space night, then follow it up with
some space viewing activities, possibly on a different night.

Maybe Schuyler can teach us how to listen to the background radiation :).

> Offer stands for local astronomy sessions. And yes, there is a local
> group that does that.

Cool on both counts.

ciao,

der.hans

> ______________
>
> On Jul 29, 2016, at 01:30:17, der.hans <PLUGd at LuftHans.com> wrote:
>
> Am 29. Jul, 2016 schwätzte Victor Odhner so:
>
> moin moin,
>
>> Is this just a daytime thing? I acquired an 8” computerized telescope,
>
> In this case, mostly. What I'm talking about is daytime, but there's a
> game night activity on Saturday night. It's still in downtime Pasadena, so
> not too much dark sky, but we might be able to find a decent place to put
> up a telescope.
>
> As it turns out, I had already emailed a friend who participateѕ in Linux
> Astronomy. I will have to ask him about the possibilities.
>
>> giving stargazing parties for kids, but it has to be at least a little
>> dark for that to be any fun. (If anyone is interested in this, even
>> outside of SCaLE, I might be available for some random opportunities.)
>
> Astronomy is cool. I know ASU does a regular astronomy event. I don't if
> it is a bring your own device type of thing. I'm certain we have some
> astronomy groups here in town. Wonder if anyone's participating in Linux
> Astronomy or something like that.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>
>> ____________________
>>
>> On Jul 29, 2016, at 00:23:02, der.hans <PLUGd at LuftHans.com> wrote:
>>
>> moin moin,
>>
>> SCaLE is the first weekend in March next year.
>>
>> Once again it will have a Next Generation track on Saturday.
>>
>> In conversation with the SCaLE team I suggested a youth room with
>> activities for kids. As can happen, it was suggested that the suggester,
>> me, implement said suggestion :).
>>
>> My initial thought was games for kids and maybe a lock pick village if we
>> can find someone to run that. Others suggested soldering and other
>> activities I had conveniently left off my initial suggestion.
>>
>> Is anyone interested in helping out?
>>
>> I want to make sure I have a few volunteers before I say yes. I'm
>> perfectly happy to lead or help someone else.
>>
>> We could make it a Saturday only thing or also continue on Sunday.
>>
>> ciao,
>>
>> der.hans
>>
>
>

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