My wife joined me for the Dayton DIY 2008. And hard as it may be to believe, she found it fairly interesting, and said that if I wanted to host an event that she would be willing to help. I don't actually know how many DIYers there are in Chicagoland, but I know there are a ton of us in the midwest. It may also be a good chance to bring some people out of the north (you know I'm talking to you, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan!) to meet the rest of us.
I've been thinking about locations for a while. I wouldn't have it in downtown Chicago, but rather probably in the northwest suburbs. Schaumburg is ideally located and has a lot of very nice hotels and meeting space. I was also thinking of asking my alma mater, Elmhurst College (also ideally located), if they would let me use their recital hall to host. There are lots of possibilities, really. I'm not too worried about that.
My main concern is WHEN. I don't really know when would be a good month to host an event. Iowa happens in October, Shawn's event was in April, Dayton was July... any other good ideas? I know we can set our watch to Iowa, but I don't know about InDIYana or Dayton for next year.
Oh also, one more thing: Wolf (from the PE board) and I have been talking about a "small speaker shootout." Entries would have to be smaller than 6x6x9 (~3 liters max). I'd like to have this as part of the event... even if it's not a contest per se, but just for fun.
So what do you all think? Any comments, suggestions for a date? Who might be interested in attending?
I've been thinking about locations for a while. I wouldn't have it in downtown Chicago, but rather probably in the northwest suburbs. Schaumburg is ideally located and has a lot of very nice hotels and meeting space. I was also thinking of asking my alma mater, Elmhurst College (also ideally located), if they would let me use their recital hall to host. There are lots of possibilities, really. I'm not too worried about that.
My main concern is WHEN. I don't really know when would be a good month to host an event. Iowa happens in October, Shawn's event was in April, Dayton was July... any other good ideas? I know we can set our watch to Iowa, but I don't know about InDIYana or Dayton for next year.
Oh also, one more thing: Wolf (from the PE board) and I have been talking about a "small speaker shootout." Entries would have to be smaller than 6x6x9 (~3 liters max). I'd like to have this as part of the event... even if it's not a contest per se, but just for fun.
So what do you all think? Any comments, suggestions for a date? Who might be interested in attending?
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