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Well put Eric. In five years how many makerbots will be collecting dust in a storeroom?  And your spot-on about developing the human skills that are what really make these spaces work.

Erich Rose

Erich Rose Design
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On Aug 22, 2013, at 7:46 PM, Eric Siegel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> its not a good question (though it is the question that the funder asked a few weeks back, about which we had the earlier discussion).  A better question is which aspects of making are working well and which ones need to be explored further in informal settings.  As I wrote earlier, when a funder asked me about this, I suggested that she seriously consider proposals that upgraded the staff skills for conducting maker projects, and be less supportive of proposals that were about new equipment.  
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>> I don't have any comments at the moment, but I am following the trend
>> myself, and would be interested in what you say at the conference.
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>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Eli Kuslansky <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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>>> I am doing a Pecha Kucha presentation at this coming ASTC 2013 annual
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>>> different ways science centers are implementing these programs.
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