2008 Jamboree Oct 16-17

[Jeff Hamilton]

When and where will the 2008 Jamboree be held this year.

[Bill Palumbo]

Jeff,
The 2008 Jamboree will be held Oct 16 & 17th immediately preceding the Maker Faire in Austin,TX. at the Travis County Fairgrounds.

[Neville Stewart]

Austin Texas I believe :-)

[Ron Moorehead]

Any more information on the Jamboree, I am thinking about getting airfare before it goes up much higher. Last year you had classes before the Jamboree any thought about that this year? Do you have a hotel or location yet in Austin?

Thanks..

[Bill Palumbo]

Ron,
We're still waiting for some more info from the folks who are running the Maker Faire, as we need to find out exactly what facilities will be available on site for us.
Our thinking to date is that we'd LIKE to run a "Basic training" session on Wednesday, Oct 15th. Then on Thursday the 16th we'd have sessions on the Shopbot operating system, as well as a more "advanced tips/tricks" session from the folks at Vectric.
Friday 16th AM would be the traditional "Women's class" in the room where we have our machines set up, running concurrently with the "Show and Tell" sessions in a separate classroom.
Again NONE of this is carved in stone yet, but it's what we'd LIKE to schedule.
And of course the Maker Faire itself will be on the Saturday and Sunday after our event.
The location will certainly be the Travis County Fairgrounds again ( one of the few places large enough to accommodate all that will be going on at the Maker Faire)and they DO have camping facilities on site. In fact we'll probably have our "mobile world headquarters" set up in an RV again as last year so we can host the cookouts, etc.
Here's a link to last years event in Austin ( "Botstock") so anyone interested can see what will be in store:http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/mes...tml?1193961488
As soon as we can get confirmation on ANY of the above locations, and sessions we will be posting it here on the Forum...

[Scott Cox]

Bill,

Can you please post info on the RV accommodations when available? I would like to bring a travel trailer this year.

Thanks.

[Bill Young]

Hi Scott,

There are electric and water hookups in the RV parking lot, but no sewage hookups or dump station that we could find.

Bill

[Bill Palumbo]

Scott,
There was also a great "shower trailer" which had about 6 shower stalls parked right in the trailer area. And since there was only ONE trailer "camping"there last year ( with Martha Barbour in it) there wasn't much of a line to use it...

[Scott Cox]

Thanks Bills. :-)

Do we need to make reservations and with whom do we make those?

[Bill Palumbo]

Scott,
You are waaaaaayyyyyy ahead of us at the moment. Generally speaking there WILL be a reservation process as there is usually a nominal charge for the Jamboree each year ($25 for the last few years). One of the major reasons for the fee is that we have to do a bit more in the way of preparations than for a standard Camp, including some real "sit down" meals, handouts, etc. And when people have to pay any amount they usually don't pull a "no show" on us...But if you'll ask anyone who had been to a prior Jamboree I'm sure they'll tell you that they go home with a lot more than they paid for...
We'll probably have a link set up on the web page, OR just give everyone the name of a contact person at Shopbot to call for the reservation process.
Are you going to bring the whole tribe in your camper?