[LCA2019 Chat] Register now for the Open Hardware MiniConf and build a self-driving model car

[Irving]

Hi Jon,

Thank you for your explanation. I got someone contacting me for pairing 
up already so I'll put some notes in my registration.

Cheers,

Irving

On 9/1/19 12:14 pm, Jonathan Oxer wrote:
> Hi Irving,
>
> The assembly session is to put together the physical platform that 
> will be used for the self-driving software, to provide a 
> well-supported environment for people who may not be comfortable with 
> doing hardware assembly on their own. The platform itself is based on 
> the Donkey Car project which is very well documented at 
> www.donkeycar.com <http://www.donkeycar.com> and other places, so if 
> you feel comfortable sourcing the necessary parts and putting together 
> a car yourself you can certainly do that.
>
> Everyone is welcome to attend the OHMC from lunchtime onwards (space 
> permitting) even if you haven't done the morning assembly session or 
> built your own Donkey Car. If you're interested in the presentations 
> and just want to see those without doing the morning session, feel 
> free to come along.
>
> It's tricky for us to coordinate pairing people up for the morning 
> session, but if you know of someone who wants to do it with you as a 
> team you can arrange it directly with them and let us know. If 
> everyone did that we'd run out of space in the room, but a few people 
> working in pairs should be fine.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jon
>
> On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 at 10:50, Irving <irving at irving-st.id.au 
> <mailto:irving at irving-st.id.au>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     Do we need to do the assembly session to be able to participate in
>     the self driving part?
>
>     I am interested in experimenting with self driving and machine
>     learning but I am already doing embedded stuff for a living, so I
>     don't want to take the spot for someone else who wants to learn
>     soldering and hardware hacking.
>
>     Or maybe if someone else is only interested in the hardware part
>     we can team up?
>
>     Cheers,
>     Irving
>
>     On 9/1/19 12:02 am, Jonathan Oxer wrote:
>>     STOP ! Please read this notice before wildly clicking the link !
>>
>>     For Wednesday, 9th January 2019 registration is ONLY open for
>>     women and anyone typically under-represented at LCA. Last year,
>>     we had a number of fully subsidised diversity tickets: we will do
>>     the same this year. However, we want to do even more to address
>>     gender imbalance. There is always a rush of registrations for the
>>     OHMC and places sell out quickly. So this year we are asking that
>>     our valued, keen, but highly over-represented male attendees
>>     patiently wait until Thursday, 10th January 2019 before registering.
>>
>>     Of course, this is a very difficult thing to define, and you may
>>     be wondering if this applies to you. All we’re asking is that if
>>     you fall into the stereotypical “white straight middle-aged male”
>>     category, please just wait one extra day and give other people a
>>     chance to participate without being crowded out.
>>
>>     We’ll send another email on Thursday evening to open up
>>     registrations for everyone.
>>
>>     Because the lead organisers of the OHMC are exactly those
>>     stereotypical straight white middle-aged males, we’re very aware
>>     that we don’t necessarily know the best way to do this. We just
>>     want to make this event as inclusive and friendly as possible.
>>     The one day grace time is an experiment.  If you have any
>>     feedback for us about what we could do better, please let us know.
>>
>>     Thank you ! Now on with the general info:
>>
>>     The Open Hardware MiniConf is a 1-day event at LCA, which
>>     provides a fun introduction to electronics and hardware hacking.
>>     It starts with an assembly session, where you will have the
>>     opportunity to learn how to solder while building your own
>>     self-driving model car with a machine learning vision system.
>>
>>     Places for the assembly session are strictly limited, so
>>     registration is required. Even if you ticked the “Open Hardware
>>     MiniConf” box on the LCA registration form, you still need to
>>     register for the miniconf separately if you wish to participate
>>     in the assembly session.
>>
>>     The cost of the assembly session is AUS$130, which includes all
>>     the parts required for you to build your own self-driving model
>>     car. Some subsidised places are also available for those who
>>     couldn’t otherwise afford to attend. The actual value of the
>>     parts provided is closer to AUS$260, but thanks to a generous
>>     grant from Linux Australia the cost has been kept low in order to
>>     allow more people to participate.
>>
>>     See http://www.openhardwareconf.org/wiki/OHMC2019 for more
>>     information, and to register for the assembly session go to:
>>
>>     https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aT3gPhfeMZfaexNkXZ15Glb-NFEIFLBWOEC4vpSy8O0
>>
>>     Thanks!
>>
>>     Jon, Andy and the OHMC2019 team
>>
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