Maker Faire 2009 HHA

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Here are the shifts available to help out at the Huge Hardware Hacking Area for the Maker Faire.

Please edit this page to fill your name into a time slot that is not already taken. (All time slots are 4 hours.) After you fill in your name, please email me.


After adding your name to your time slot, please email me (maltman23 AT hotmail DOT com) as soon as you can with the following information:

1)  The name (first and last) you want to give to the Maker Faire people when you arrive for your free "credentials" (as they're calling the passes for volunteers).
2)  The 4-hour shift you want.


If all time-slots are full, please email me.


Saturday, 30-May:

time slot volunteer
8:00am to 9:30am Mitch
9:30am to 1:30pm Gregg Horton, Rolf (all-day)
10:30am to 2:30pm Roy Gwinn
11:30am to 3:30pm Tracy Jacobs
12:30pm to 4:30pm Steve Camuti
1:30pm to 5:30pm David Allen (But I don't care too much, could do whenever. If someone needs the slot, let me know.)
2:30pm to 6:30pm David Kelso
3:30pm to 7:30pm Tom Kong
4:30pm to 8:30pm Erin I dont need a free pass though


Sunday, 30-May:

time slot volunteer
8:00am to 9:30am Mitch
9:30am to 1:30pm Rolf (all-day), Erin (if no one else wants this spot)
10:30am to 2:30pm Steve Camuti is available to take this shift, but will relinquish it to anyone wanting it instead. Ok Steve :-) - Matt Lindgren & Eli Saddler
11:30am to 3:30pm bobby cossum
12:30pm to 4:30pm Ronald Miloh Alexander
1:30pm to 5:30pm Michael Toren
2:30pm to 6:30pm


The Hardware Hacking Area is lots of fun! No soldering experience necessary. I'll show you everything you need to know.

We'll be teaching zillions of people to make cool things, and we'll be demonstrating Brain Machines to everyone (which attracts a huge, enthusiastic, curious crowd to the area!).

The Faire is open to the public between 10am and 8pm on Saturday, and between 10am and 6pm on Sunday. We'll be hopping the whole time, with 40 solder stations happening at once!


The San Francisco Maker Faire is in the San Mateo County Fair Grounds. Please consider getting to the Faire by means other than by car. Last year there was an all-day traffic jam on 101, which made it take hours (yes, plural) to get past the Faire exit. From the Caltrain Hilsdale Station it is only about a few hundred yards walk north to the San Mateo County Fair Grounds. Here is a map: Hilsdale Station

Once at the Fair Grounds, look for the registration tent. Give your name to the friendly person there, and say you're helping with Mitch's Hardware Hacking Area in the Maker Shed, and they will give you the credentials. Keep in mind that registration may take awhile if there is a line.

Please show up at the Hardware Hacking Area a few minutes before your shift starts.

The Hardware Hacking Area should be easy to find once you get into the building that is being called the Maker Shed, which is a very, very large building. The Hardware Hacking Area will be one large corner of it.

If you have any problems at all, or any questions, please give me a call on my cell phone: 415-377-5993

Mitch.