[GEKnews] 43 RSVP'ed for Gasifier Workshop Weekend

[geknews at lists.spaceship.com]

Below is the list of everyone we have RSVP'ed for the gasifier
workshop this weekend.  If you are on the list and will not be joining
us, please tell us so we can make your space available to someone
else.  If you know of someone we've missed and they're expecting to
join us, please tell so we can make a space for them.  However, no new
RSVP's- we've overfull already.  We'll do it again in the spring.

As you can see from the list, the weekend has grown a bit larger than
originally expected.  We now have 43 people attending.  Over half of
these are flying in from out of town.  The weekend will not be carbon
negative.  Nonetheless, we expect it will be highly rewarding.  We're
excited to have all of you here and reveal the not so secret "secrets"
that make all of this work . . .

We've put together 4 parallel projects or tracks for the weekend.  It
is difficult for 43 people to stand around the same thing at the same
time, so we're going to have 4 separate things going on simultaneously
all weekend, between which you can wander, ponder and participate.
Here's the projects, with the person(s) who will lead them:

1. GEK Assembly and 10kw Genset Configuration: Jim Mason and Alec  Plauche
2. GEK Instrumentation Method with a Datalogged Test Run: Bear
Kaufmann and Michael Shiloh
3. GEK Manufacturing and Fabrication: Abram Yocum, Nick Binbeutel and Johnny
4. GEK Variations, Add-ons and Customizations: Jay Hasty

The Intro lecture is Friday night, October 23, 7:30-9:30PM.  The
project days are Saturday and Sunday, October 24-25, 11am - 7pm.  Wear
work clothes and expect dirt under your fingernails.

The Shipyard / ALL Power Labs is located at 1010 Murray Street in
Berkeley, CA.  This is near the intersection of Ashby and San Pablo,
next to Urban Ore.  The closest BART station is the Ashby stop.  It is
a 1.5 mile walk from the BART station, or you can take a taxi.


And finally, here's the current list of attendees.

Jimmie Martin         Reno, NV
Mike Cox                Morgan Hill, CA
Len Morris               Indiana
Phil Stoll                  Indiana
Larry Sayler            Auburn, CA
David Dill                Orinda, CA
Scott Garrision        Oakland
Chasterus               Oakland
Jim Laine                New Jersey
Brian  MIller            Pennsylvania
Deanna Miller         Pennsylvania
Yoav Palatnik          New York
Phil Heymann         Oakland
Randy Ury              Maine
Matt Alexander       Oakland
Wayne Wickizer      Utah
Antonio Oliveira      Aston University, UK
Jay + 1                    Placerville, CA
Thaddeus Koster    Washington state
John Roop              Santa Cruz
Rolf                         Berkeley
Heidi                       Berkeley
Ken Packer            UK
Dan Christensen    Arizona
Richard Bunger      Arizona
Wade Graves         Canada
Steve Adler            Rhode Island
Dale Posner           SF
Larry, with Dale      SF
Nick Campbell        Iowa
Kristan Cavett        Iowa
Vern Hammer        Minnesota
Jason Poteet         Stockton
Kenny Bent           Pahrump, NV
Ephram                 Ethiopia
Scott Yates +1       San Rafael
Dan Zurcher          Fresno


The original announcement and info for the workshop is here:
http://gekgasifier.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182

See some of you soon.


Jim




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Jim Mason
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