Skill sharing and hanging out
Bicycling
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bicycling
Focus: Keeping our bikes in working order
Leads: Koda, Mattress
Slack channel: #bicycling
Comms
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comms
Focus: HAM radios, network routers, antennas, gateways, firewalls, and things that put us all in touch digitally
Lead: Linenoise
Slack channel: #comms
Cooking
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cooking
Focus: Nutrition, diet, allergies, and feeding large groups of people
Leads: Alina, Galvin, Mattress
Slack channel: #cooking
Costumes
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costumes
Focus: Apparel and costume design, fabrication, sewing, screen printing
Lead: Julia
Slack channel: #costumes
Crocheting
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crocheting
Focus: Crocheting, knitting, and other ways to make yarn and thread to crafty things
Leads: Julia, Krash, Shoshana
Slack channel: #crocheting
Crypto
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crypto
Focus: Tor, OTR, PGP, anonymity, and how to stay safe online
Lead: Linenoise
Slack channel: #crypto
Diplomacy
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diplomacy
Focus: Trauma and crisis support, conduct agreement, emotional communication, and development of soft skills
Leads: Ashley, David the Good, Devon, Linenoise, Mattress
Slack channel: #diplomacy
DJs
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djs
Focus: DJing, CDJs, Turntables, Traktor, Ableton, and how to produce and perform tracks and mixes
Lead: Linenoise
Slack channel: #djs
Electronics
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electronics
Focus: Low-voltage stuff: electronic hardware, board layout, circuit design, soldering, debugging
Leads: Andrea Waite, Brian Ernst, Koda, Linenoise, Mike Dodds
Slack channel: #electronics
Finance
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finance
Focus: Personal finance, budgeting, investments, and tools to help us all meet our financial goals
Leads: Mike Dodds
Slack channel: #finance
Fire
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fire
Focus: Burnable art, fuel systems, safety, and fire performance
Leads: Mattress, Mike Dodds
Slack channel: #fire
First Aid
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first-aid
Focus: Helping people stay in good health in rough environments
Leads: 3G, Mattress
Slack channel: #first_aid
Jewelry
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jewelry
Focus: Wire-wrapping, casting, fitting, and 3d printing of things you can wear
Leads: Alexandra, Mattress, Shoshana
Slack channel: #jewelry
Legal
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legal
Focus: Know your rights.
Leads: Linenoise, Paul
Slack channel: #legal
Lighting
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lighting
Focus: Addressable LEDs, microcontrollers, lasers, DMX controllers, and how to integrate them into builds
Leads: Linenoise, Trevor
Slack channel: #lighting
Mechanics
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mechanics
Focus: Both on small engines (e.g. generators) and large (e.g. automobiles) Leads: Linenoise, Mattress
Slack channel: #mechanics
Metalworking
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metalworking
Focus: Design, safety, welding, and laser-cutting metal
Leads: Bradbury, Galvin, Mattress
Slack channel: #metalworking
Mutant Vehicles
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mutant-vehicles
Focus: How to design, license, transport, and maintain art cars, busses, and other ways to get around towns.
Leads: Mattress, Paul, Zobeewa
Slack channel: #mutant_vehicles
Painting
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painting
Focus: Oil, watercolor, and any other ways to make our work stand out in color Leads: Mattress
Slack channel: #mattress
Photography
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photography
Focus: Pics or it didn't happen
Leads: Linenoise
Slack channel: #photography
Power Grid
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power-grid
Focus: Power production: solar power, wind power, and generators
Leads: Daniel, Linenoise, Mattress
Slack channel: #power_grid
Production
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production
Focus: Events, fundraisers, campaigns, venue management, publicity, scheduling, and public relations, grant applications, accounting, and logistics
Leads: Brice, Mattress, Trevor
Slack channel: #production
Software
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software
Focus: The code behind the scenes: algorithms, design patterns, implementation, testing, and how to get it online, secure, and scalable
Leads: Chiral, Linenoise, Trevor
Slack channel: #software
Sound
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sound
Focus: Speakers, enclosure design and fabrication, filters, cutovers, calibration, and PA processors
Lead: Linenoise
Slack channel: #sound
Street Art
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street-art
Focus: The appreciation of wheatpasting, public art modification, rogue installations, and the likes
Leads: Linenoise, Mattress
Slack channel: #street_art
Theater
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theater
Focus: Dance, acrobatics, acro-yoga, theater, improv
Leads: Chiral, David the Good, Julia, Mattress
Slack channel: #theater
VJs
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vjs
Focus: Producing and performing video mateiral
Lead: Linenoise
Slack channel: #vjs
Woodworking
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woodworking
Focus: How to use a wood shop
Leads: Koda, Linenoise, Mattress
Slack channel: #woodworking
Writing
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writing
Focus: Poetry, prose, scripts, copyediting, and any other form of the written word
Leads: Alina, Linenoise, Mattress, Shoshana
Slack channel: #writing