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User:Elleobot

2021-01-27T04:06:45Z

Elleobot:

Hello!

Email me at my name at Alphabet's mail.

NoisebridgeChinaTrip7

2017-08-02T00:39:21Z

Elleobot: /* People interested in going on the Hacker Trip to China #7, 2017: */

= NOISEBRIDGE HACKER TRIP TO CHINA #7 -- Start Date: 8-October-2017, in Hong Kong -- End Date: 28-October-2017, in Shanghai=

[[File:HTTC2014WelcomeHackers.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #4 Welcome to China!, Beijing]]

[[File:KungFuHacking_Nov_2013.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #3 Kung Fu Hacking: Hackers In Residence Kickoff event at Tsinghua University, Beijing]]

[[File:petrochemical_university.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #2 Visit to Petrochemical Univeristy, Beijing]]

[[File:Beijing_Oct_2009.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #1 Jingshan Park, Beijing]]

[[File:Shenzhen_Oct_2016.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #5 Visit to Seeed Studio's factory, Shenzhen]]

[[File:Zhenzhou_Oct_2016.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #5 Presentations at Zhengzhou High School #2, Zhengzhou]]

== Previous Hacker Trips To China ==
::''This will be the 7th Noisebridge Hacker Trip To China.'' 
::'''''(The dates are set, the start and end cities are set, but the itinerary is an outline and open to change.)'''''
::''In previous years' Hacker Trip To China, we've visited cities that currently have a hackerspace, visited my manufacturer, Seeed Studio, and other manufacturers. We also visited Tsinghua University, considered the most prestigious university in China, and other schools -- all of which have now starting hackerspaces. China continues to explode with hackerspaces! We also went to the International Exhibition of Inventions Kunshan (IEIK 2014), near Shanghai. And everywhere we went, we were shown around by local geeks, to see what they thought was interesting where they live. Also, wherever we went, those of us interested gave talks, presentations, workshops, and demos. In 2016 we gave presentations at NY University - Shanghai, DFRobot (an open hardware company in Shanghai), Shanghai Maker Carnival, Zhengzhou High School Number 2, "Second Generation and Start-ups" conference in Hangzhou.'' 

::''You can see info on the [[ChinaTrip|Hacker Trip To China 2009]],'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip2|Hacker Trip To China 2011]]'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip3|Hacker Trip To China 2013]]'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip4|Hacker Trip To China 2014]]'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip5|Hacker Trip To China 2015]]'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip6|Hacker Trip To China 2016]],'' 

::-- [[User:Maltman23|Mitch]].

== This year's Hacker Trip To China ==
'''When:''' 8-October-2017 in Hong Kong through 28-October-2017 in Shanghai.

'''Flight, transportation, and hotel Info''': We were each be on our own to book our own air fare to meet in our starting city, Hong Kong, on 8-October, and fly home from out ending city, Shanghai, on 28-October. Of course, you can decide to come and go as you please. 

I'll organized the itinerary and the hotels and other transport. I'll pay in advance for some of this, and you can pay me back when we're in China. 

'''Where:''' In each of the cities we will go to, we'll visit some of their local hackerspace(s), and will be shown around by local geeks to see what interested them where they live. We'll also have plenty of time to do "normal" (and spectacular) tourist things too! 

'''Here's some possible places we might visit, leaving plenty of room for the serendipity that makes our Hacker Trip To China truly unique and memorable:''' 
* We will start our trip by meeting in '''Hong Kong''' and visit [http://www.dimsumlabs.com/ Dim Sum Labs] hackerspace. Hong Kong is a fantastic city, so, we'll also see lots of other cool stuff in Hong Kong. 
* Then we'll go across the border to mainland China again, to '''Shenzhen''' to visit [http://www.chaihuo.org/ Chaihuo Makerspace], [http://www.szdiy.org/ SZDIY] hackerspace, [http://litchee.cn/en/ Litchee Lab], and a few other hackerspaces, some of which are real, and hundreds of which are brand new (this year) over-the-top bizarre government-started places where they want to create "the next Apple" (we won't visit them all!). We'll visit [http://www.chaihuo.org/xfactory/ x.factory] while we are in town, an interesting mix of hackerspace and incubator, where we will be welcomed for a Bring-A-Hack event, where anyone of us (for those who want to), along with the general public, can show off their projects. We will also visit [http://www.seeedstudio.com Seeed Studio] - the open source hardware company - to meet the cool folks there and to see their manufacturing facilities. We may meet with the founders of [http://dangerousprototypes.com/ Dangerous Prototypes] - another open source hardware company. We'll also visit other manufacturers, to see where all the things we use in our daily lives come from (such as springs, cables, PCBs, packaging, etc., etc.). We can also visit Dorabot, a Chinese robotics company comprised of people in the Shenzhen hackerspace scene. Of course, we'll also visit the famous (and totally awesome!) [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/shenzhen/print Huaqiangbei electronics market] in Shenzhen (where, we may again be shown around by a professional buyer from Deal Extreme (dx.com). And if uhgall@gmail.com happens to be in town, we might visit [http://www.constellation.ws/ Constellation] or even stay in their factory dorm. 
* We will then make our way to '''Beijing''' where we may visit [http://www.bjmakerspace.com/ Beijing Makerspace], and other hackerspaces. We'll also visit Tsinghua University, where they built the world's largest hackerspace last year (called the "iCenter"), and where I've been hacker in residence. Beijing has lots and lots of way amazing stuff to visit and be a part of!
* Our last city will be '''Shanghai'''. In Shanghai we will visit [http://www.etonnet.com/ my manufacturer (Etonnet)] that I have used for [http://www.tvbgone.com TV-B-Gone] remote controls and [http://www.neurodreamer.com NeuroDreamer] sleep masks, where we will all get to see how products are made, from start to finish, learning how manufacturing works. We will also visit [http://xinchejian.com/ XinCheJian] hackerspace in Shanghai. We can also visit companies started by hardware hacker geeks, such as [http://www.dfrobot.com/ DFRobot]. We can visit Phicomm, a medium-sized OEM manufacturer. We can also visit the [http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/4064240200/in/set-72157622640069902/ Shanghai electronics mall] (a smaller version of the famous electronics mall we will later visit in Shenzhen).

For most of us, our trip will end at the end of three weeks, as many people on our trip will fly home from our last city, Shanghai, on 28-October-2017.

''Of course, everyone is free to arrive and leave whenever you like for the Hacker Trip To China. 
I will tentatively be flying home from Shanghai 28-October. ''

'''Cost:''' For the Hacker Trip To China 2016, I paid $1,997 total (for 4 weeks), including air fare from SF, food, lodging, transportation, and everything -- including some electronics stuff and some clothing that I bought. 
''As in past years, part of this year's trip may be paid for by Tsinghua University and other places that invite us to give presentations.''

'''#hashtag:''' [https://twitter.com/hashtag/httc2017 #httc2017]      (Hacker Trip To China 2017)

 
 

== Possible itinerary outline for Hacker Trip to China 7 ==

'''The start and end dates are set, the start and end cities are set, but the rest of the itinerary is open to serendipity:'''
''7-October-2017 -- '''Leave home''' for '''Hong Kong''' (arrive in Hong Kong on 8-October)''
''8-October-2017 -- We all meet in '''Hong Kong''' -- hotel: to be determined
'''8-October to 11-October -- Hong Kong'''
'''11-October to 16-October -- Shenzhen'''
13-October: tour of factories
15-October, 4pm-6pm: Chaihuo x.factory Bring-A-Hack
'''16-October to 19-October -- Xi'an'''
'''19-October to 24-October -- Beijing'''
'''24-October to 28-October -- Shanghai''' ''
''28-October-2017 -- '''fly home''' (arrive NA or EU on same day)''

 
 
 
 
 

== Photos from Hacker Trip To China 2016==
<gallery>
File:HTTC2016Shanghai.jpg
File:HTTC2016Zhenzhou.jpg
File:HTTC2016Shenzhen.jpg
File:HTTC2016Beijing.jpg
File:HTTC2016Hangzhou.jpg
File:HTTC2016Beijing2.jpg
</gallery>

Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157672475058474/ Shanghai, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157674645655612/ Zhengzhou, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157676024748146/ Shenzhen, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157676142107066/ Beijing, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157676144570756/ Hangzhou, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157672603805234/ Beijing Set 2, Oct-2016] 

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/collections/72157674928976010/ Mitch's photos all in one place]

 
 
 
 

== Photos from Hacker Trip to China 2015==
<gallery>
File:HTTC2015HongKongNeon.jpg
File:HTTC2015ShenzhenFactory.jpg
File:HTTC2015ShanghaiTempleMall.jpg
File:HTTC2015BeijingDoor.jpg
File:HTTC2015HangzhouTemple.jpg
File:HTTC2015BeijingShop.jpg
File:HTTC2015SuzhouUmbrellas.jpg
</gallery>

Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157659076735178 Hong Kong, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157660026965949 Shenzhen, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157660038275888 Shanghai, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157658114137264 Beijing, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157660424228042 YiWu & Hangzhou, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157660650175925 Beijing Set 2, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157658310336814 Shanghai & Suzhou, Oct-2015] 

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/collections/72157660374807166/ Mitch's photos all in one place]

 
[https://picasaweb.google.com/dtharn/ChinaInOctober2015?feat=directlink Dave's photos]

 
Blake's photos:
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/sets/72157662429341996 Hong Kong!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157660150285384 Shenzen!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157661790873029 Shanghai!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157660153522904 Beijing!]
 

Torrey's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/gp/torrey/Q840rT Hong Kong] 
Torrey's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/gp/torrey/yLo903 Shenzhen] 
Torrey's photos from [https://flic.kr/s/aHskqNiQeX Beijing] 
Torrey's photos from [https://flic.kr/s/aHskrE55NX Shanghai] 

 
 
 
 

== Photos from Hacker Trip to China 2014==
<gallery>
File:HTTC2014WelcomeHackers.jpg
File:HTTC20143Nod_b.jpg
File:HTTC2014AiWeiWei.jpg
File:HTTC2014BeijingLGBTcentre.jpg
File:HTTC2014Brooms.jpg
File:HTTC2014CableFactory.jpg
File:HTTC2014ChaiHuo.jpg
File:HTTC2014GiantSewing.jpg
File:HTTC2014Huaqianbei.jpg
File:HTTC2014IEIK2014.jpg
File:HTTC2014SeeedStudio.jpg
File:HTTC2014Shanghai.jpg
File:HTTC2014Tianjin.jpg
File:HTTC2014Tienanmen.jpg
File:HTTC2014TrainConvenienceStore.jpg
File:HTTC2014TsinghuaMakersDay.jpg
File:HTTC20143Nod.jpg
File:HTTC2014XinCheJian.jpg
</gallery>

Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157646894397704/ Beijing, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157648975298719/ Shanghai, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157648981933060/ Shenzhen, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649396351315/ Kunshan, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649148594118/ Shanghai (2), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649146775640/ Beijing (2), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649146987360/ Tianjin, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157647372474753/ Beijing (3), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649287546450/ Singapore, Dec-2014] 

== You will Need a Chinese Visa!! ==
To go to China, you needed to get a visa!

Everyone should get a multiple-entry Tourist L visa (if you only get a single-entry visa, you'll be fine, but you won't have as many options, such as going in and out of Shenzhen to Hong Kong).

* And to get a visa, you need to have a passport that is valid ''at least'' 12 months after you planned to fly away from China (so, e.g., if you are leaving China on 28-October-2017, then your passport needs to be valid through 27-October-2017). Your passport must also have at least ''one entirely blank page''.

* You also need:
** a printout of a filled-out [http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/visas/fd/W020130830801798289342.pdf Visa Application Form V. 2013 of the People's Republic of China] (after we have everything we need I'll email you my filled out form as an example to follow).
** a copy of the information pages of your passport.
** a copy of your most Chinese visa (if you have been to China before).
** one 2"x2" recent color photo (not a printout).
** a screenshot or printout of hotel reservation confirmation (I'll email this to you when I have this).
** a copy of your airline tickets (both to and from China).

* For US citizens, the visa cost $140 (much cheaper for other nationalities). Starting this year, US citizens can get a multiple-entry visa, good for 10 years. We should all apply for a Tourist L visa.

You can pay the fee by Visa, MasterCard, Money Order, Cashier's Check or Company Check. ''Cash or Personal checks are not acceptable.''

To get a visa, you can go to your local Chinese consulate. No appointment is required. You go in one day, and it will be ready for pick up 4 business days later. My experience is that it takes about an hour the first day, and takes only a few minutes to pick up the visa a few days later. (2 to 3 business-day and 1 business day/same-day express service is available for $20 or $30.) 
''NOTE: The Chinese consulates are all closed for holidays on: 27-30 January, 29-30 May, 30-May, 9-June, 4-July, 4-September, 2-October, 9-October and other dates: 
[http://www.chinaconsulatesf.org/eng/lszj/t1424287.htm 2017 Chinese Consulate Holiday Schedule]''
 
(Citizens of US and Europe ''do not'' need a separate visa for Hong Kong.)
 

= Previous Noisebridge China Trips =
''If you're curious about the previous Noisebridge China Trips, they have their own wiki pages:'' 
[[ChinaTrip|Hacker Trip To China 2009]] 
          That first Noisebridge China Trip was inspired by Bunny Huang's [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/shenzhen/print "geek tour"].
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip2|Hacker Trip To China 2011]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip3|Hacker Trip to China 2013]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip4|Hacker Trip to China 2014]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip5|Hacker Trip to China 2015]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip6|Hacker Trip to China 2016]]

--[[user: maltman23 | Mitch]].

= People interested in going on the Hacker Trip to China #7, 2017: =


'''Below is a list of people interested in going on this year's Hacker Trip To China.'''
 


'''You do not need to be a member of Noisebridge to go on this trip!'''
 

'''Please email me if you have any questions, or if you would like to meet up with us on the trip:''' 
''mitch *AT* CornfieldElectronics *DOT* com''

The trip is limited to 20 people total (including Mitch) 
-- the first 19 people (after Mitch) who are either there already, or who bought tickets to meet in our Trip's starting city (Hong Kong) on or before 8-October-2017 are the people who are in this Trip        (which probably means flying away from home on or before 7-October) 


Note: Many people have gotten good deals on their plane fares (including me) with the help of my friend Vlad at:        [http://www.flystein.com/ Flystein] Feel free to email me, and I'll send your email to Vlad, who will be happy to help you with your flights.
 

{| style="color:green; background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
!
! Name
! Purchased flight?
! Flight info
|-
|1
|[[user: maltman23 | Mitch Altman]] (Noisebridge, San Francisco, USA)
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong on 6-Oct at 17:10 -- flight CX254 (from LHR)
|-
|2
|Robert Fitzsimons (TOG, Ireland)
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong on 8-Oct at 15:25 -- flight EK382 (from DXB) Depart: Shanghai at 00:05 on Oct 29th (EK8303)
|-
|3
|Noah O'Donoghue
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong on 8-Oct
|-
|4
|[[user: elleobot | Elle]]
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: I'll fly to Asia before that, and would meet you in HK on or before the 8th of October. I may be interested in sharing a room with someone in HK on the 7th. Please let me know if you are also interested.
|-
|5
|Jonas S Karlsson
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: (live in HK)
|-
|6
|Jan Marloth (fablab munich, Germany)
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong on 8-Oct at 7:20am -- flight SK963 (from ARN) Depart: Beijing at 14:50 on Oct 24th (SK996)
|-
|7
|Sasja (hackerspace.gent)
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong 8-Oct at 8:55am, Depart: 28-Oct from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport at 20:55
|-
|8
|Ed Buckley
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong 6-Oct at 1:45pm -- flight NH809 (from NRT)
|-
|9
|Rafael Câmera Santos (Fazedores.com, Brazil)
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong 8-Oct
|-
|10
|[[user: feklee | Felix E. Klee]]
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong on 5-Oct at 20:25 -- flight SU5474 (from VVO), after traveling by train from Berlin
|-
|11
|Svein Berge
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: UO 1647 from Tokyo, scheduled arrival Oct 8, 23:00.
|-
|12
|Anthony Liekens (Open Garage, Belgium)
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: KL 4013 to arrive in Shenzhen on Oct 11, 18:00 Depart: From Shenzhen on Oct 18, 10:00 HK & SZ only
|-
|13
|Kaushik Reddy
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong on 8 Oct Depart: Hong Kong on 15 Oct HK & SZ only
|-
|14
|Jeroen Van Beirendonck (Open Garage, Belgium)
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong on 7th Oct Depart: Hong Kong on 15 Oct HK & SZ only
|-
|15
|Daan Gerits (Open Garage, Belgium)
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: KL 4013 to arrive in Shenzhen on Oct 11, 18:00 HK & SZ only
|-
|16
|Krzysztof Stasiak
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: HK 6th Oct - flight AK138 from Kuala Lumpur
|-
|17
|[[user: keymistress | Gloria Chiang]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Beijing on (date TBD)
|-
|18
|[[user:juul|Marc Juul]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Beijing on (date TBD)
|-
|19
|[[user: mrericboyd | Eric Boyd]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: will arrive in Hong Kong and join for entire trip
|-
|20
|freeman murray
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Oct 8, Hong Kong
|-
|21
|[[user: sumukh | Sumukh Shetty]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: 8th October HK, join for the entire trip
|-
|22
|''Quijano Flores -- '''PLEASE EMAIL ME'''''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Oct 8, Hong Kong
|-
|23
|Ruth Grace Wong
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''your arrival date and city here''
|-
|24
|Olivier de Saint-Hubert
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|25
|[[user: scitechindian | SYED JUNAID AHMED]] (Makers Hive, AndhraPradesh, INDIA)
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|26
|Mark Hellar
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive:HK 6:45pm 10-8 United 869
|-
|27
|[[user: Rahulrajan| Rahul S Rajan]] (Kerala Startup Mission, India)''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|28
|Sasha Iatsenia
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|29
|Gene Brock
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Hong Kong, Sept
|-
|30
|[[user: robbintt | Trent]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''your arrival date and city here''
|-
|31
|Arseniy Klempner
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Oct 8, Hong Kong
|-
|32
|Thomas Disley
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: shenzhen & shanghai, arrival TBD
|-
|33
|''Hari C M -- '''PLEASE EMAIL ME'''''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''your arrival date and city here''
|-
|34
|[[user: Cedric | Cedric Honnet]] ([http://wiki.datapaulette.org Datapaulette hackerspace] - Paris, Fr.)
|align="center"|no
|(TBD) Arrive: HK - would have to leave after the SZ part
|-
|35
|Adam Munich - SF_Noisebridge, Oakland_Sudoroom [http://adammunich.com]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''To be determined''
|-
|36
|''your name here''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''your arrival date and city here''
|}

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User:Elleobot

2017-06-13T18:34:31Z

Elleobot:

Hello!

See elleoltman.com for some of my work.

Email me at my name at Alphabet's mail.

User:Elleobot

2017-06-13T18:33:03Z

Elleobot: Elle's/Elleobot's Page

Hello!

NoisebridgeChinaTrip7

2017-06-13T18:32:11Z

Elleobot: /* People interested in going on the Hacker Trip to China #7, 2017: */

= NOISEBRIDGE HACKER TRIP TO CHINA #7 -- Start Date: 8-October-2017, in Hong Kong -- End Date: 28-October-2017, in Shanghai=

[[File:HTTC2014WelcomeHackers.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #4 Welcome to China!, Beijing]]

[[File:KungFuHacking_Nov_2013.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #3 Kung Fu Hacking: Hackers In Residence Kickoff event at Tsinghua University, Beijing]]

[[File:petrochemical_university.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #2 Visit to Petrochemical Univeristy, Beijing]]

[[File:Beijing_Oct_2009.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #1 Jingshan Park, Beijing]]

[[File:Shenzhen_Oct_2016.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #5 Visit to Seeed Studio's factory, Shenzhen]]

[[File:Zhenzhou_Oct_2016.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #5 Presentations at Zhengzhou High School #2, Zhengzhou]]

== Previous Hacker Trips To China ==
::''This will be the 7th Noisebridge Hacker Trip To China.'' 
::'''''(The dates are set, the start and end cities are set, but the itinerary is an outline and open to change.)'''''
::''In previous years' Hacker Trip To China, we've visited cities that currently have a hackerspace, visited my manufacturer, Seeed Studio, and other manufacturers. We also visited Tsinghua University, considered the most prestigious university in China, and other schools -- all of which have now starting hackerspaces. China continues to explode with hackerspaces! We also went to the International Exhibition of Inventions Kunshan (IEIK 2014), near Shanghai. And everywhere we went, we were shown around by local geeks, to see what they thought was interesting where they live. Also, wherever we went, those of us interested gave talks, presentations, workshops, and demos. In 2016 we gave presentations at NY University - Shanghai, DFRobot (an open hardware company in Shanghai), Shanghai Maker Carnival, Zhengzhou High School Number 2, "Second Generation and Start-ups" conference in Hangzhou.'' 

::''You can see info on the [[ChinaTrip|Hacker Trip To China 2009]],'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip2|Hacker Trip To China 2011]]'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip3|Hacker Trip To China 2013]]'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip4|Hacker Trip To China 2014]]'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip5|Hacker Trip To China 2015]]'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip6|Hacker Trip To China 2016]],'' 

::-- [[User:Maltman23|Mitch]].

== This year's Hacker Trip To China ==
'''When:''' 8-October-2017 in Hong Kong through 28-October-2017 in Shanghai.

'''Flight, transportation, and hotel Info''': We were each be on our own to book our own air fare to meet in our starting city, Hong Kong, on 8-October, and fly home from out ending city, Shanghai, on 28-October. Of course, you can decide to come and go as you please. 

I'll organized the itinerary and the hotels and other transport. I'll pay in advance for some of this, and you can pay me back when we're in China. 

'''Where:''' In each of the cities we will go to, we'll visit some of their local hackerspace(s), and will be shown around by local geeks to see what interested them where they live. We'll also have plenty of time to do "normal" (and spectacular) tourist things too! 

'''Here's some possible places we might visit, leaving plenty of room for the serendipity that makes our Hacker Trip To China truly unique and memorable:''' 
* We will start our trip by meeting in '''Hong Kong''' and visit [http://www.dimsumlabs.com/ Dim Sum Labs] hackerspace. Hong Kong is a fantastic city, so, we'll also see lots of other cool stuff in Hong Kong. 
* Then we'll go across the border to mainland China again, to '''Shenzhen''' to visit [http://www.chaihuo.org/ Chaihuo Makerspace], [http://www.szdiy.org/ SZDIY] hackerspace, [http://litchee.cn/en/ Litchee Lab], and a few other hackerspaces, some of which are real, and hundreds of which are brand new (this year) over-the-top bizarre government-started places where they want to create "the next Apple" (we won't visit them all!). We'll visit this year's [http://www.makerfaireshenzhen.com/english Maker Faire Shenzhen] while we are in town (13-15 October), where we will be way welcomed, and we'll be given a booth where we can all show off our projects and give workshops (if you like). We will also visit [http://www.seeedstudio.com Seeed Studio] - the open source hardware company - to meet the cool folks there and to see their manufacturing facilities. We may meet with the founders of [http://dangerousprototypes.com/ Dangerous Prototypes] - another open source hardware company. We'll also visit other manufacturers, to see where all the things we use in our daily lives come from (such as springs, cables, PCBs, packaging, etc., etc.). We can also visit Dorabot, a Chinese robotics company comprised of people in the Shenzhen hackerspace scene. Of course, we'll also visit the famous (and totally awesome!) [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/shenzhen/print Huaqiangbei electronics market] in Shenzhen (where, we may again be shown around by a professional buyer from Deal Extreme (dx.com). And if uhgall@gmail.com happens to be in town, we might visit [http://www.constellation.ws/ Constellation] or even stay in their factory dorm. 
* We will then make our way to '''Beijing''' where we may visit [http://www.bjmakerspace.com/ Beijing Makerspace], and other hackerspaces. We'll also visit Tsinghua University, where they built the world's largest hackerspace last year (called the "iCenter"), and where I've been hacker in residence. Beijing has lots and lots of way amazing stuff to visit and be a part of!
* Our last city will be '''Shanghai'''. In Shanghai we will visit [http://www.etonnet.com/ my manufacturer (Etonnet)] that I have used for [http://www.tvbgone.com TV-B-Gone] remote controls and [http://www.neurodreamer.com NeuroDreamer] sleep masks, where we will all get to see how products are made, from start to finish, learning how manufacturing works. We will also visit [http://xinchejian.com/ XinCheJian] hackerspace in Shanghai. We can also visit companies started by hardware hacker geeks, such as [http://www.dfrobot.com/ DFRobot]. We can visit Phicomm, a medium-sized OEM manufacturer. We can also visit the [http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/4064240200/in/set-72157622640069902/ Shanghai electronics mall] (a smaller version of the famous electronics mall we will later visit in Shenzhen).

For most of us, our trip will end at the end of three weeks, as many people on our trip will fly home from our last city, Shanghai, on 28-October-2017.

''Of course, everyone is free to arrive and leave whenever you like for the Hacker Trip To China. 
I will tentatively be flying home from Shanghai 28-October. ''

'''Cost:''' For the Hacker Trip To China 2016, I paid $1,997 total (for 4 weeks), including air fare from SF, food, lodging, transportation, and everything -- including some electronics stuff and some clothing that I bought. 
''As in past years, part of this year's trip may be paid for by Tsinghua University and other places that invite us to give presentations.''

'''#hashtag:''' [https://twitter.com/hashtag/httc2017 #httc2017]      (Hacker Trip To China 2017)

 
 

== Possible itinerary outline for Hacker Trip to China 7 ==

'''The start and end dates are set, the start and end cities are set, but the rest of the itinerary is open to serendipity:'''
''7-October-2017 -- '''Leave home''' for '''Hong Kong''' (arrive in Hong Kong on 8-October)''
''8-October-2017 -- We all meet in '''Hong Kong''' -- hotel: to be determined
'''8-October to 12-October -- Hong Kong'''
'''12-October to 18-October -- Shenzhen'''
13-15 October: Shenzhen Maker Faire
16-October: Chaihuo Bring-A-Hack
'''18-October to 23-October -- Beijing'''
'''23-October to 28-October -- Shanghai''' ''
''28-November-2017 -- '''fly home''' (arrive NA or EU on same day)''

 
 
 
 
 

== Photos from Hacker Trip To China 2016==
<gallery>
File:HTTC2016Shanghai.jpg
File:HTTC2016Zhenzhou.jpg
File:HTTC2016Shenzhen.jpg
File:HTTC2016Beijing.jpg
File:HTTC2016Hangzhou.jpg
File:HTTC2016Beijing2.jpg
</gallery>

Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157672475058474/ Shanghai, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157674645655612/ Zhengzhou, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157676024748146/ Shenzhen, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157676142107066/ Beijing, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157676144570756/ Hangzhou, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157672603805234/ Beijing Set 2, Oct-2016] 

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/collections/72157674928976010/ Mitch's photos all in one place]

 
 
 
 

== Photos from Hacker Trip to China 2015==
<gallery>
File:HTTC2015HongKongNeon.jpg
File:HTTC2015ShenzhenFactory.jpg
File:HTTC2015ShanghaiTempleMall.jpg
File:HTTC2015BeijingDoor.jpg
File:HTTC2015HangzhouTemple.jpg
File:HTTC2015BeijingShop.jpg
File:HTTC2015SuzhouUmbrellas.jpg
</gallery>

Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157659076735178 Hong Kong, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157660026965949 Shenzhen, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157660038275888 Shanghai, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157658114137264 Beijing, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157660424228042 YiWu & Hangzhou, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157660650175925 Beijing Set 2, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157658310336814 Shanghai & Suzhou, Oct-2015] 

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/collections/72157660374807166/ Mitch's photos all in one place]

 
[https://picasaweb.google.com/dtharn/ChinaInOctober2015?feat=directlink Dave's photos]

 
Blake's photos:
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/sets/72157662429341996 Hong Kong!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157660150285384 Shenzen!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157661790873029 Shanghai!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157660153522904 Beijing!]
 

Torrey's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/gp/torrey/Q840rT Hong Kong] 
Torrey's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/gp/torrey/yLo903 Shenzhen] 
Torrey's photos from [https://flic.kr/s/aHskqNiQeX Beijing] 
Torrey's photos from [https://flic.kr/s/aHskrE55NX Shanghai] 

 
 
 
 

== Photos from Hacker Trip to China 2014==
<gallery>
File:HTTC2014WelcomeHackers.jpg
File:HTTC20143Nod_b.jpg
File:HTTC2014AiWeiWei.jpg
File:HTTC2014BeijingLGBTcentre.jpg
File:HTTC2014Brooms.jpg
File:HTTC2014CableFactory.jpg
File:HTTC2014ChaiHuo.jpg
File:HTTC2014GiantSewing.jpg
File:HTTC2014Huaqianbei.jpg
File:HTTC2014IEIK2014.jpg
File:HTTC2014SeeedStudio.jpg
File:HTTC2014Shanghai.jpg
File:HTTC2014Tianjin.jpg
File:HTTC2014Tienanmen.jpg
File:HTTC2014TrainConvenienceStore.jpg
File:HTTC2014TsinghuaMakersDay.jpg
File:HTTC20143Nod.jpg
File:HTTC2014XinCheJian.jpg
</gallery>

Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157646894397704/ Beijing, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157648975298719/ Shanghai, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157648981933060/ Shenzhen, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649396351315/ Kunshan, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649148594118/ Shanghai (2), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649146775640/ Beijing (2), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649146987360/ Tianjin, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157647372474753/ Beijing (3), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649287546450/ Singapore, Dec-2014] 

== You will Need a Chinese Visa!! ==
To go to China, you needed to get a visa!

Everyone should get a multiple-entry Tourist L visa (if you only get a single-entry visa, you'll be fine, but you won't have as many options, such as going in and out of Shenzhen to Hong Kong).

* And to get a visa, you need to have a passport that is valid ''at least'' 12 months after you planned to fly away from China (so, e.g., if you are leaving China on 28-October-2017, then your passport needs to be valid through 27-October-2017). Your passport must also have at least ''one entirely blank page''.

* You also need:
** a printout of a filled-out [http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/visas/fd/W020130830801798289342.pdf Visa Application Form V. 2013 of the People's Republic of China] (after we have everything we need I'll email you my filled out form as an example to follow).
** a copy of the information pages of your passport.
** a copy of your most Chinese visa (if you have been to China before).
** one 2"x2" recent color photo (not a printout).
** a screenshot or printout of hotel reservation confirmation (I'll email this to you when I have this).
** a copy of your airline tickets (both to and from China).

* For US citizens, the visa cost $140 (much cheaper for other nationalities). Starting this year, US citizens can get a multiple-entry visa, good for 10 years. We should all apply for a Tourist L visa.

You can pay the fee by Visa, MasterCard, Money Order, Cashier's Check or Company Check. ''Cash or Personal checks are not acceptable.''

To get a visa, you can go to your local Chinese consulate. No appointment is required. You go in one day, and it will be ready for pick up 4 business days later. My experience is that it takes about an hour the first day, and takes only a few minutes to pick up the visa a few days later. (2 to 3 business-day and 1 business day/same-day express service is available for $20 or $30.) 
''NOTE: The Chinese consulates are all closed for holidays on: 27-30 January, 29-30 May, 30-May, 9-June, 4-July, 4-September, 2-October, 9-October and other dates: 
[http://www.chinaconsulatesf.org/eng/lszj/t1424287.htm 2017 Chinese Consulate Holiday Schedule]''
 
(Citizens of US and Europe ''do not'' need a separate visa for Hong Kong.)
 

= Previous Noisebridge China Trips =
''If you're curious about the previous Noisebridge China Trips, they have their own wiki pages:'' 
[[ChinaTrip|Hacker Trip To China 2009]] 
          That first Noisebridge China Trip was inspired by Bunny Huang's [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/shenzhen/print "geek tour"].
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip2|Hacker Trip To China 2011]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip3|Hacker Trip to China 2013]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip4|Hacker Trip to China 2014]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip5|Hacker Trip to China 2015]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip6|Hacker Trip to China 2016]]

--[[user: maltman23 | Mitch]].

= People interested in going on the Hacker Trip to China #7, 2017: =


'''Below is a list of people interested in going on this year's Hacker Trip To China.'''
 


'''You do not need to be a member of Noisebridge to go on this trip!'''
 

'''Please email me if you have any questions, or if you would like to meet up with us on the trip:''' 
''mitch *AT* CornfieldElectronics *DOT* com''

The trip is limited to 20 people total (including Mitch) 
-- the first 19 people (after Mitch) who are either there already, or who bought tickets to meet in our Trip's starting city (Hong Kong) on or before 8-October-2017 are the people who are in this Trip        (which probably means flying away from home on or before 7-October) 


Note: Many people have gotten good deals on their plane fares (including me) with the help of my friend Vlad at:        [http://www.flystein.com/ Flystein] Feel free to email me, and I'll send your email to Vlad, who will be happy to help you with your flights.
 

{| style="color:green; background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
!
! Name
! Purchased flight?
! Flight info
|-
|1
|[[user: maltman23 | Mitch Altman]] (Noisebridge, San Francisco, USA)
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong on 6-Oct at 17:10 -- flight CX254 (from LHR)
|-
|2
|Robert Fitzsimons (TOG, Ireland)
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong on 8-Oct at 15:25 -- EK382 (from DXB); Depart: Shanghai at 00:05 on Oct 29th (Emirates 8303)
|-
|3
|Noah O'Donoghue
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong on 8-Oct
|-
|4
|[[user: keymistress | Gloria Chiang]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: 'Beijing on (date TBD)
|-
|5
|[[user:juul|Marc Juul]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Beijing on (date TBD)
|-
|6
|Anthony Liekens (Open Garage, Belgium)
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''Wants to tag along in Shenzhen''
|-
|7
|Rafael Câmera Santos (Fazedores.com, Brazil)
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Shenzhen or Hong Kong on (date TBD)
|-
|8
|Jan Marloth (fablab munich, Germany)
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Shanghai? on (date TBD)
|-
|9
|[[user: feklee | Felix E. Klee]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Consider traveling by ground from Berlin
|-
|10
|[[user: mrericboyd | Eric Boyd]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: will arrive in Hong Kong and join for entire trip
|-
|11
|freeman murray
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''oct 8, Hong Kong''
|-
|12
|[[user: sumukh | Sumukh Shetty]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: '''8th October HK, join for the entire trip''
|-
|13
|Jonas S Karlsson
|align="center"|will be in hk
|Arrive: ''hk''
|-
|14
|''Quijano Flores -- NEED EMAIL ADDRESS''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''oct 8, Hong Kong''
|-
|15
|Ruth Grace Wong
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''your arrival date and city here''
|-
|16
|''Olivier de Saint-Hubert -- NEED EMAIL ADDRESS''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|17
|[[user: scitechindian | SYED JUNAID AHMED]] (Makers Hive, AndhraPradesh, INDIA)
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|18
|Mark Hellar
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: 'oct 8, Hong Kong''
|-
|19
|Svein Berge
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|20
|[[user: Rahulrajan| Rahul S Rajan]] (Kerala Startup Mission, India)''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|21
|Sasha Iatsenia
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|22
|''Gene Brock''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''Hong Kong, Sept''
|-
|23
|[[user: robbintt | Trent]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''your arrival date and city here''
|-
|24
|[[user: elleobot | Elle]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: ''I'll fly to Asia before that, and would meet you in HK on or before the 8th of October''
|"I have a Chinese visa already."
|-
|25
|''your name here''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''your arrival date and city here''
|-
|26
|''your name here''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''your arrival date and city here''
|-
|}

[[Category:Travel]]
[[Category:Projects]]

NoisebridgeChinaTrip7

2017-06-13T18:30:16Z

Elleobot: /* People interested in going on the Hacker Trip to China #7, 2017: */

= NOISEBRIDGE HACKER TRIP TO CHINA #7 -- Start Date: 8-October-2017, in Hong Kong -- End Date: 28-October-2017, in Shanghai=

[[File:HTTC2014WelcomeHackers.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #4 Welcome to China!, Beijing]]

[[File:KungFuHacking_Nov_2013.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #3 Kung Fu Hacking: Hackers In Residence Kickoff event at Tsinghua University, Beijing]]

[[File:petrochemical_university.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #2 Visit to Petrochemical Univeristy, Beijing]]

[[File:Beijing_Oct_2009.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #1 Jingshan Park, Beijing]]

[[File:Shenzhen_Oct_2016.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #5 Visit to Seeed Studio's factory, Shenzhen]]

[[File:Zhenzhou_Oct_2016.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #5 Presentations at Zhengzhou High School #2, Zhengzhou]]

== Previous Hacker Trips To China ==
::''This will be the 7th Noisebridge Hacker Trip To China.'' 
::'''''(The dates are set, the start and end cities are set, but the itinerary is an outline and open to change.)'''''
::''In previous years' Hacker Trip To China, we've visited cities that currently have a hackerspace, visited my manufacturer, Seeed Studio, and other manufacturers. We also visited Tsinghua University, considered the most prestigious university in China, and other schools -- all of which have now starting hackerspaces. China continues to explode with hackerspaces! We also went to the International Exhibition of Inventions Kunshan (IEIK 2014), near Shanghai. And everywhere we went, we were shown around by local geeks, to see what they thought was interesting where they live. Also, wherever we went, those of us interested gave talks, presentations, workshops, and demos. In 2016 we gave presentations at NY University - Shanghai, DFRobot (an open hardware company in Shanghai), Shanghai Maker Carnival, Zhengzhou High School Number 2, "Second Generation and Start-ups" conference in Hangzhou.'' 

::''You can see info on the [[ChinaTrip|Hacker Trip To China 2009]],'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip2|Hacker Trip To China 2011]]'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip3|Hacker Trip To China 2013]]'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip4|Hacker Trip To China 2014]]'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip5|Hacker Trip To China 2015]]'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip6|Hacker Trip To China 2016]],'' 

::-- [[User:Maltman23|Mitch]].

== This year's Hacker Trip To China ==
'''When:''' 8-October-2017 in Hong Kong through 28-October-2017 in Shanghai.

'''Flight, transportation, and hotel Info''': We were each be on our own to book our own air fare to meet in our starting city, Hong Kong, on 8-October, and fly home from out ending city, Shanghai, on 28-October. Of course, you can decide to come and go as you please. 

I'll organized the itinerary and the hotels and other transport. I'll pay in advance for some of this, and you can pay me back when we're in China. 

'''Where:''' In each of the cities we will go to, we'll visit some of their local hackerspace(s), and will be shown around by local geeks to see what interested them where they live. We'll also have plenty of time to do "normal" (and spectacular) tourist things too! 

'''Here's some possible places we might visit, leaving plenty of room for the serendipity that makes our Hacker Trip To China truly unique and memorable:''' 
* We will start our trip by meeting in '''Hong Kong''' and visit [http://www.dimsumlabs.com/ Dim Sum Labs] hackerspace. Hong Kong is a fantastic city, so, we'll also see lots of other cool stuff in Hong Kong. 
* Then we'll go across the border to mainland China again, to '''Shenzhen''' to visit [http://www.chaihuo.org/ Chaihuo Makerspace], [http://www.szdiy.org/ SZDIY] hackerspace, [http://litchee.cn/en/ Litchee Lab], and a few other hackerspaces, some of which are real, and hundreds of which are brand new (this year) over-the-top bizarre government-started places where they want to create "the next Apple" (we won't visit them all!). We'll visit this year's [http://www.makerfaireshenzhen.com/english Maker Faire Shenzhen] while we are in town (13-15 October), where we will be way welcomed, and we'll be given a booth where we can all show off our projects and give workshops (if you like). We will also visit [http://www.seeedstudio.com Seeed Studio] - the open source hardware company - to meet the cool folks there and to see their manufacturing facilities. We may meet with the founders of [http://dangerousprototypes.com/ Dangerous Prototypes] - another open source hardware company. We'll also visit other manufacturers, to see where all the things we use in our daily lives come from (such as springs, cables, PCBs, packaging, etc., etc.). We can also visit Dorabot, a Chinese robotics company comprised of people in the Shenzhen hackerspace scene. Of course, we'll also visit the famous (and totally awesome!) [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/shenzhen/print Huaqiangbei electronics market] in Shenzhen (where, we may again be shown around by a professional buyer from Deal Extreme (dx.com). And if uhgall@gmail.com happens to be in town, we might visit [http://www.constellation.ws/ Constellation] or even stay in their factory dorm. 
* We will then make our way to '''Beijing''' where we may visit [http://www.bjmakerspace.com/ Beijing Makerspace], and other hackerspaces. We'll also visit Tsinghua University, where they built the world's largest hackerspace last year (called the "iCenter"), and where I've been hacker in residence. Beijing has lots and lots of way amazing stuff to visit and be a part of!
* Our last city will be '''Shanghai'''. In Shanghai we will visit [http://www.etonnet.com/ my manufacturer (Etonnet)] that I have used for [http://www.tvbgone.com TV-B-Gone] remote controls and [http://www.neurodreamer.com NeuroDreamer] sleep masks, where we will all get to see how products are made, from start to finish, learning how manufacturing works. We will also visit [http://xinchejian.com/ XinCheJian] hackerspace in Shanghai. We can also visit companies started by hardware hacker geeks, such as [http://www.dfrobot.com/ DFRobot]. We can visit Phicomm, a medium-sized OEM manufacturer. We can also visit the [http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/4064240200/in/set-72157622640069902/ Shanghai electronics mall] (a smaller version of the famous electronics mall we will later visit in Shenzhen).

For most of us, our trip will end at the end of three weeks, as many people on our trip will fly home from our last city, Shanghai, on 28-October-2017.

''Of course, everyone is free to arrive and leave whenever you like for the Hacker Trip To China. 
I will tentatively be flying home from Shanghai 28-October. ''

'''Cost:''' For the Hacker Trip To China 2016, I paid $1,997 total (for 4 weeks), including air fare from SF, food, lodging, transportation, and everything -- including some electronics stuff and some clothing that I bought. 
''As in past years, part of this year's trip may be paid for by Tsinghua University and other places that invite us to give presentations.''

'''#hashtag:''' [https://twitter.com/hashtag/httc2017 #httc2017]      (Hacker Trip To China 2017)

 
 

== Possible itinerary outline for Hacker Trip to China 7 ==

'''The start and end dates are set, the start and end cities are set, but the rest of the itinerary is open to serendipity:'''
''7-October-2017 -- '''Leave home''' for '''Hong Kong''' (arrive in Hong Kong on 8-October)''
''8-October-2017 -- We all meet in '''Hong Kong''' -- hotel: to be determined
'''8-October to 12-October -- Hong Kong'''
'''12-October to 18-October -- Shenzhen'''
13-15 October: Shenzhen Maker Faire
16-October: Chaihuo Bring-A-Hack
'''18-October to 23-October -- Beijing'''
'''23-October to 28-October -- Shanghai''' ''
''28-November-2017 -- '''fly home''' (arrive NA or EU on same day)''

 
 
 
 
 

== Photos from Hacker Trip To China 2016==
<gallery>
File:HTTC2016Shanghai.jpg
File:HTTC2016Zhenzhou.jpg
File:HTTC2016Shenzhen.jpg
File:HTTC2016Beijing.jpg
File:HTTC2016Hangzhou.jpg
File:HTTC2016Beijing2.jpg
</gallery>

Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157672475058474/ Shanghai, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157674645655612/ Zhengzhou, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157676024748146/ Shenzhen, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157676142107066/ Beijing, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157676144570756/ Hangzhou, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157672603805234/ Beijing Set 2, Oct-2016] 

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/collections/72157674928976010/ Mitch's photos all in one place]

 
 
 
 

== Photos from Hacker Trip to China 2015==
<gallery>
File:HTTC2015HongKongNeon.jpg
File:HTTC2015ShenzhenFactory.jpg
File:HTTC2015ShanghaiTempleMall.jpg
File:HTTC2015BeijingDoor.jpg
File:HTTC2015HangzhouTemple.jpg
File:HTTC2015BeijingShop.jpg
File:HTTC2015SuzhouUmbrellas.jpg
</gallery>

Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157659076735178 Hong Kong, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157660026965949 Shenzhen, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157660038275888 Shanghai, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157658114137264 Beijing, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157660424228042 YiWu & Hangzhou, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157660650175925 Beijing Set 2, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157658310336814 Shanghai & Suzhou, Oct-2015] 

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/collections/72157660374807166/ Mitch's photos all in one place]

 
[https://picasaweb.google.com/dtharn/ChinaInOctober2015?feat=directlink Dave's photos]

 
Blake's photos:
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/sets/72157662429341996 Hong Kong!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157660150285384 Shenzen!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157661790873029 Shanghai!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157660153522904 Beijing!]
 

Torrey's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/gp/torrey/Q840rT Hong Kong] 
Torrey's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/gp/torrey/yLo903 Shenzhen] 
Torrey's photos from [https://flic.kr/s/aHskqNiQeX Beijing] 
Torrey's photos from [https://flic.kr/s/aHskrE55NX Shanghai] 

 
 
 
 

== Photos from Hacker Trip to China 2014==
<gallery>
File:HTTC2014WelcomeHackers.jpg
File:HTTC20143Nod_b.jpg
File:HTTC2014AiWeiWei.jpg
File:HTTC2014BeijingLGBTcentre.jpg
File:HTTC2014Brooms.jpg
File:HTTC2014CableFactory.jpg
File:HTTC2014ChaiHuo.jpg
File:HTTC2014GiantSewing.jpg
File:HTTC2014Huaqianbei.jpg
File:HTTC2014IEIK2014.jpg
File:HTTC2014SeeedStudio.jpg
File:HTTC2014Shanghai.jpg
File:HTTC2014Tianjin.jpg
File:HTTC2014Tienanmen.jpg
File:HTTC2014TrainConvenienceStore.jpg
File:HTTC2014TsinghuaMakersDay.jpg
File:HTTC20143Nod.jpg
File:HTTC2014XinCheJian.jpg
</gallery>

Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157646894397704/ Beijing, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157648975298719/ Shanghai, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157648981933060/ Shenzhen, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649396351315/ Kunshan, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649148594118/ Shanghai (2), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649146775640/ Beijing (2), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649146987360/ Tianjin, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157647372474753/ Beijing (3), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649287546450/ Singapore, Dec-2014] 

== You will Need a Chinese Visa!! ==
To go to China, you needed to get a visa!

Everyone should get a multiple-entry Tourist L visa (if you only get a single-entry visa, you'll be fine, but you won't have as many options, such as going in and out of Shenzhen to Hong Kong).

* And to get a visa, you need to have a passport that is valid ''at least'' 12 months after you planned to fly away from China (so, e.g., if you are leaving China on 28-October-2017, then your passport needs to be valid through 27-October-2017). Your passport must also have at least ''one entirely blank page''.

* You also need:
** a printout of a filled-out [http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/visas/fd/W020130830801798289342.pdf Visa Application Form V. 2013 of the People's Republic of China] (after we have everything we need I'll email you my filled out form as an example to follow).
** a copy of the information pages of your passport.
** a copy of your most Chinese visa (if you have been to China before).
** one 2"x2" recent color photo (not a printout).
** a screenshot or printout of hotel reservation confirmation (I'll email this to you when I have this).
** a copy of your airline tickets (both to and from China).

* For US citizens, the visa cost $140 (much cheaper for other nationalities). Starting this year, US citizens can get a multiple-entry visa, good for 10 years. We should all apply for a Tourist L visa.

You can pay the fee by Visa, MasterCard, Money Order, Cashier's Check or Company Check. ''Cash or Personal checks are not acceptable.''

To get a visa, you can go to your local Chinese consulate. No appointment is required. You go in one day, and it will be ready for pick up 4 business days later. My experience is that it takes about an hour the first day, and takes only a few minutes to pick up the visa a few days later. (2 to 3 business-day and 1 business day/same-day express service is available for $20 or $30.) 
''NOTE: The Chinese consulates are all closed for holidays on: 27-30 January, 29-30 May, 30-May, 9-June, 4-July, 4-September, 2-October, 9-October and other dates: 
[http://www.chinaconsulatesf.org/eng/lszj/t1424287.htm 2017 Chinese Consulate Holiday Schedule]''
 
(Citizens of US and Europe ''do not'' need a separate visa for Hong Kong.)
 

= Previous Noisebridge China Trips =
''If you're curious about the previous Noisebridge China Trips, they have their own wiki pages:'' 
[[ChinaTrip|Hacker Trip To China 2009]] 
          That first Noisebridge China Trip was inspired by Bunny Huang's [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/shenzhen/print "geek tour"].
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip2|Hacker Trip To China 2011]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip3|Hacker Trip to China 2013]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip4|Hacker Trip to China 2014]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip5|Hacker Trip to China 2015]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip6|Hacker Trip to China 2016]]

--[[user: maltman23 | Mitch]].

= People interested in going on the Hacker Trip to China #7, 2017: =


'''Below is a list of people interested in going on this year's Hacker Trip To China.'''
 


'''You do not need to be a member of Noisebridge to go on this trip!'''
 

'''Please email me if you have any questions, or if you would like to meet up with us on the trip:''' 
''mitch *AT* CornfieldElectronics *DOT* com''

The trip is limited to 20 people total (including Mitch) 
-- the first 19 people (after Mitch) who are either there already, or who bought tickets to meet in our Trip's starting city (Hong Kong) on or before 8-October-2017 are the people who are in this Trip        (which probably means flying away from home on or before 7-October) 


Note: Many people have gotten good deals on their plane fares (including me) with the help of my friend Vlad at:        [http://www.flystein.com/ Flystein] Feel free to email me, and I'll send your email to Vlad, who will be happy to help you with your flights.
 

{| style="color:green; background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
!
! Name
! Purchased flight?
! Flight info
|-
|1
|[[user: maltman23 | Mitch Altman]] (Noisebridge, San Francisco, USA)
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong on 6-Oct at 17:10 -- flight CX254 (from LHR)
|-
|2
|Robert Fitzsimons (TOG, Ireland)
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong on 8-Oct at 15:25 -- EK382 (from DXB); Depart: Shanghai at 00:05 on Oct 29th (Emirates 8303)
|-
|3
|Noah O'Donoghue
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong on 8-Oct
|-
|4
|[[user: keymistress | Gloria Chiang]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: 'Beijing on (date TBD)
|-
|5
|[[user:juul|Marc Juul]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Beijing on (date TBD)
|-
|6
|Anthony Liekens (Open Garage, Belgium)
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''Wants to tag along in Shenzhen''
|-
|7
|Rafael Câmera Santos (Fazedores.com, Brazil)
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Shenzhen or Hong Kong on (date TBD)
|-
|8
|Jan Marloth (fablab munich, Germany)
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Shanghai? on (date TBD)
|-
|9
|[[user: feklee | Felix E. Klee]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Consider traveling by ground from Berlin
|-
|10
|[[user: mrericboyd | Eric Boyd]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: will arrive in Hong Kong and join for entire trip
|-
|11
|freeman murray
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''oct 8, Hong Kong''
|-
|12
|[[user: sumukh | Sumukh Shetty]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: '''8th October HK, join for the entire trip''
|-
|13
|Jonas S Karlsson
|align="center"|will be in hk
|Arrive: ''hk''
|-
|14
|''Quijano Flores -- NEED EMAIL ADDRESS''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''oct 8, Hong Kong''
|-
|15
|Ruth Grace Wong
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''your arrival date and city here''
|-
|16
|''Olivier de Saint-Hubert -- NEED EMAIL ADDRESS''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|17
|[[user: scitechindian | SYED JUNAID AHMED]] (Makers Hive, AndhraPradesh, INDIA)
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|18
|Mark Hellar
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: 'oct 8, Hong Kong''
|-
|19
|Svein Berge
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|20
|[[user: Rahulrajan| Rahul S Rajan]] (Kerala Startup Mission, India)''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|21
|Sasha Iatsenia
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|22
|''Gene Brock''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''Hong Kong, Sept''
|-
|23
|[[user: robbintt | Trent]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''your arrival date and city here''
|-
|24
|''Elle''
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: ''I'll fly to Asia before that, and would meet you in HK on or before the 8th of October''
|"I have a Chinese visa already."
|-
|25
|''your name here''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''your arrival date and city here''
|-
|26
|''your name here''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''your arrival date and city here''
|-
|}

[[Category:Travel]]
[[Category:Projects]]

NoisebridgeChinaTrip7

2017-06-13T18:17:00Z

Elleobot: /* People interested in going on the Hacker Trip to China #7, 2017: */

= NOISEBRIDGE HACKER TRIP TO CHINA #7 -- Start Date: 8-October-2017, in Hong Kong -- End Date: 28-October-2017, in Shanghai=

[[File:HTTC2014WelcomeHackers.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #4 Welcome to China!, Beijing]]

[[File:KungFuHacking_Nov_2013.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #3 Kung Fu Hacking: Hackers In Residence Kickoff event at Tsinghua University, Beijing]]

[[File:petrochemical_university.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #2 Visit to Petrochemical Univeristy, Beijing]]

[[File:Beijing_Oct_2009.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #1 Jingshan Park, Beijing]]

[[File:Shenzhen_Oct_2016.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #5 Visit to Seeed Studio's factory, Shenzhen]]

[[File:Zhenzhou_Oct_2016.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #5 Presentations at Zhengzhou High School #2, Zhengzhou]]

== Previous Hacker Trips To China ==
::''This will be the 7th Noisebridge Hacker Trip To China.'' 
::'''''(The dates are set, the start and end cities are set, but the itinerary is an outline and open to change.)'''''
::''In previous years' Hacker Trip To China, we've visited cities that currently have a hackerspace, visited my manufacturer, Seeed Studio, and other manufacturers. We also visited Tsinghua University, considered the most prestigious university in China, and other schools -- all of which have now starting hackerspaces. China continues to explode with hackerspaces! We also went to the International Exhibition of Inventions Kunshan (IEIK 2014), near Shanghai. And everywhere we went, we were shown around by local geeks, to see what they thought was interesting where they live. Also, wherever we went, those of us interested gave talks, presentations, workshops, and demos. In 2016 we gave presentations at NY University - Shanghai, DFRobot (an open hardware company in Shanghai), Shanghai Maker Carnival, Zhengzhou High School Number 2, "Second Generation and Start-ups" conference in Hangzhou.'' 

::''You can see info on the [[ChinaTrip|Hacker Trip To China 2009]],'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip2|Hacker Trip To China 2011]]'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip3|Hacker Trip To China 2013]]'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip4|Hacker Trip To China 2014]]'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip5|Hacker Trip To China 2015]]'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip6|Hacker Trip To China 2016]],'' 

::-- [[User:Maltman23|Mitch]].

== This year's Hacker Trip To China ==
'''When:''' 8-October-2017 in Hong Kong through 28-October-2017 in Shanghai.

'''Flight, transportation, and hotel Info''': We were each be on our own to book our own air fare to meet in our starting city, Hong Kong, on 8-October, and fly home from out ending city, Shanghai, on 28-October. Of course, you can decide to come and go as you please. 

I'll organized the itinerary and the hotels and other transport. I'll pay in advance for some of this, and you can pay me back when we're in China. 

'''Where:''' In each of the cities we will go to, we'll visit some of their local hackerspace(s), and will be shown around by local geeks to see what interested them where they live. We'll also have plenty of time to do "normal" (and spectacular) tourist things too! 

'''Here's some possible places we might visit, leaving plenty of room for the serendipity that makes our Hacker Trip To China truly unique and memorable:''' 
* We will start our trip by meeting in '''Hong Kong''' and visit [http://www.dimsumlabs.com/ Dim Sum Labs] hackerspace. Hong Kong is a fantastic city, so, we'll also see lots of other cool stuff in Hong Kong. 
* Then we'll go across the border to mainland China again, to '''Shenzhen''' to visit [http://www.chaihuo.org/ Chaihuo Makerspace], [http://www.szdiy.org/ SZDIY] hackerspace, [http://litchee.cn/en/ Litchee Lab], and a few other hackerspaces, some of which are real, and hundreds of which are brand new (this year) over-the-top bizarre government-started places where they want to create "the next Apple" (we won't visit them all!). We'll visit this year's [http://www.makerfaireshenzhen.com/english Maker Faire Shenzhen] while we are in town (13-15 October), where we will be way welcomed, and we'll be given a booth where we can all show off our projects and give workshops (if you like). We will also visit [http://www.seeedstudio.com Seeed Studio] - the open source hardware company - to meet the cool folks there and to see their manufacturing facilities. We may meet with the founders of [http://dangerousprototypes.com/ Dangerous Prototypes] - another open source hardware company. We'll also visit other manufacturers, to see where all the things we use in our daily lives come from (such as springs, cables, PCBs, packaging, etc., etc.). We can also visit Dorabot, a Chinese robotics company comprised of people in the Shenzhen hackerspace scene. Of course, we'll also visit the famous (and totally awesome!) [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/shenzhen/print Huaqiangbei electronics market] in Shenzhen (where, we may again be shown around by a professional buyer from Deal Extreme (dx.com). And if uhgall@gmail.com happens to be in town, we might visit [http://www.constellation.ws/ Constellation] or even stay in their factory dorm. 
* We will then make our way to '''Beijing''' where we may visit [http://www.bjmakerspace.com/ Beijing Makerspace], and other hackerspaces. We'll also visit Tsinghua University, where they built the world's largest hackerspace last year (called the "iCenter"), and where I've been hacker in residence. Beijing has lots and lots of way amazing stuff to visit and be a part of!
* Our last city will be '''Shanghai'''. In Shanghai we will visit [http://www.etonnet.com/ my manufacturer (Etonnet)] that I have used for [http://www.tvbgone.com TV-B-Gone] remote controls and [http://www.neurodreamer.com NeuroDreamer] sleep masks, where we will all get to see how products are made, from start to finish, learning how manufacturing works. We will also visit [http://xinchejian.com/ XinCheJian] hackerspace in Shanghai. We can also visit companies started by hardware hacker geeks, such as [http://www.dfrobot.com/ DFRobot]. We can visit Phicomm, a medium-sized OEM manufacturer. We can also visit the [http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/4064240200/in/set-72157622640069902/ Shanghai electronics mall] (a smaller version of the famous electronics mall we will later visit in Shenzhen).

For most of us, our trip will end at the end of three weeks, as many people on our trip will fly home from our last city, Shanghai, on 28-October-2017.

''Of course, everyone is free to arrive and leave whenever you like for the Hacker Trip To China. 
I will tentatively be flying home from Shanghai 28-October. ''

'''Cost:''' For the Hacker Trip To China 2016, I paid $1,997 total (for 4 weeks), including air fare from SF, food, lodging, transportation, and everything -- including some electronics stuff and some clothing that I bought. 
''As in past years, part of this year's trip may be paid for by Tsinghua University and other places that invite us to give presentations.''

'''#hashtag:''' [https://twitter.com/hashtag/httc2017 #httc2017]      (Hacker Trip To China 2017)

 
 

== Possible itinerary outline for Hacker Trip to China 7 ==

'''The start and end dates are set, the start and end cities are set, but the rest of the itinerary is open to serendipity:'''
''7-October-2017 -- '''Leave home''' for '''Hong Kong''' (arrive in Hong Kong on 8-October)''
''8-October-2017 -- We all meet in '''Hong Kong''' -- hotel: to be determined
'''8-October to 12-October -- Hong Kong'''
'''12-October to 18-October -- Shenzhen'''
13-15 October: Shenzhen Maker Faire
16-October: Chaihuo Bring-A-Hack
'''18-October to 23-October -- Beijing'''
'''23-October to 28-October -- Shanghai''' ''
''28-November-2017 -- '''fly home''' (arrive NA or EU on same day)''

 
 
 
 
 

== Photos from Hacker Trip To China 2016==
<gallery>
File:HTTC2016Shanghai.jpg
File:HTTC2016Zhenzhou.jpg
File:HTTC2016Shenzhen.jpg
File:HTTC2016Beijing.jpg
File:HTTC2016Hangzhou.jpg
File:HTTC2016Beijing2.jpg
</gallery>

Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157672475058474/ Shanghai, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157674645655612/ Zhengzhou, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157676024748146/ Shenzhen, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157676142107066/ Beijing, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157676144570756/ Hangzhou, Oct-2016] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157672603805234/ Beijing Set 2, Oct-2016] 

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/collections/72157674928976010/ Mitch's photos all in one place]

 
 
 
 

== Photos from Hacker Trip to China 2015==
<gallery>
File:HTTC2015HongKongNeon.jpg
File:HTTC2015ShenzhenFactory.jpg
File:HTTC2015ShanghaiTempleMall.jpg
File:HTTC2015BeijingDoor.jpg
File:HTTC2015HangzhouTemple.jpg
File:HTTC2015BeijingShop.jpg
File:HTTC2015SuzhouUmbrellas.jpg
</gallery>

Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157659076735178 Hong Kong, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157660026965949 Shenzhen, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157660038275888 Shanghai, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157658114137264 Beijing, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157660424228042 YiWu & Hangzhou, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157660650175925 Beijing Set 2, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157658310336814 Shanghai & Suzhou, Oct-2015] 

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/collections/72157660374807166/ Mitch's photos all in one place]

 
[https://picasaweb.google.com/dtharn/ChinaInOctober2015?feat=directlink Dave's photos]

 
Blake's photos:
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/sets/72157662429341996 Hong Kong!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157660150285384 Shenzen!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157661790873029 Shanghai!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157660153522904 Beijing!]
 

Torrey's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/gp/torrey/Q840rT Hong Kong] 
Torrey's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/gp/torrey/yLo903 Shenzhen] 
Torrey's photos from [https://flic.kr/s/aHskqNiQeX Beijing] 
Torrey's photos from [https://flic.kr/s/aHskrE55NX Shanghai] 

 
 
 
 

== Photos from Hacker Trip to China 2014==
<gallery>
File:HTTC2014WelcomeHackers.jpg
File:HTTC20143Nod_b.jpg
File:HTTC2014AiWeiWei.jpg
File:HTTC2014BeijingLGBTcentre.jpg
File:HTTC2014Brooms.jpg
File:HTTC2014CableFactory.jpg
File:HTTC2014ChaiHuo.jpg
File:HTTC2014GiantSewing.jpg
File:HTTC2014Huaqianbei.jpg
File:HTTC2014IEIK2014.jpg
File:HTTC2014SeeedStudio.jpg
File:HTTC2014Shanghai.jpg
File:HTTC2014Tianjin.jpg
File:HTTC2014Tienanmen.jpg
File:HTTC2014TrainConvenienceStore.jpg
File:HTTC2014TsinghuaMakersDay.jpg
File:HTTC20143Nod.jpg
File:HTTC2014XinCheJian.jpg
</gallery>

Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157646894397704/ Beijing, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157648975298719/ Shanghai, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157648981933060/ Shenzhen, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649396351315/ Kunshan, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649148594118/ Shanghai (2), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649146775640/ Beijing (2), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649146987360/ Tianjin, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157647372474753/ Beijing (3), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649287546450/ Singapore, Dec-2014] 

== You will Need a Chinese Visa!! ==
To go to China, you needed to get a visa!

Everyone should get a multiple-entry Tourist L visa (if you only get a single-entry visa, you'll be fine, but you won't have as many options, such as going in and out of Shenzhen to Hong Kong).

* And to get a visa, you need to have a passport that is valid ''at least'' 12 months after you planned to fly away from China (so, e.g., if you are leaving China on 28-October-2017, then your passport needs to be valid through 27-October-2017). Your passport must also have at least ''one entirely blank page''.

* You also need:
** a printout of a filled-out [http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/visas/fd/W020130830801798289342.pdf Visa Application Form V. 2013 of the People's Republic of China] (after we have everything we need I'll email you my filled out form as an example to follow).
** a copy of the information pages of your passport.
** a copy of your most Chinese visa (if you have been to China before).
** one 2"x2" recent color photo (not a printout).
** a screenshot or printout of hotel reservation confirmation (I'll email this to you when I have this).
** a copy of your airline tickets (both to and from China).

* For US citizens, the visa cost $140 (much cheaper for other nationalities). Starting this year, US citizens can get a multiple-entry visa, good for 10 years. We should all apply for a Tourist L visa.

You can pay the fee by Visa, MasterCard, Money Order, Cashier's Check or Company Check. ''Cash or Personal checks are not acceptable.''

To get a visa, you can go to your local Chinese consulate. No appointment is required. You go in one day, and it will be ready for pick up 4 business days later. My experience is that it takes about an hour the first day, and takes only a few minutes to pick up the visa a few days later. (2 to 3 business-day and 1 business day/same-day express service is available for $20 or $30.) 
''NOTE: The Chinese consulates are all closed for holidays on: 27-30 January, 29-30 May, 30-May, 9-June, 4-July, 4-September, 2-October, 9-October and other dates: 
[http://www.chinaconsulatesf.org/eng/lszj/t1424287.htm 2017 Chinese Consulate Holiday Schedule]''
 
(Citizens of US and Europe ''do not'' need a separate visa for Hong Kong.)
 

= Previous Noisebridge China Trips =
''If you're curious about the previous Noisebridge China Trips, they have their own wiki pages:'' 
[[ChinaTrip|Hacker Trip To China 2009]] 
          That first Noisebridge China Trip was inspired by Bunny Huang's [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/shenzhen/print "geek tour"].
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip2|Hacker Trip To China 2011]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip3|Hacker Trip to China 2013]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip4|Hacker Trip to China 2014]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip5|Hacker Trip to China 2015]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip6|Hacker Trip to China 2016]]

--[[user: maltman23 | Mitch]].

= People interested in going on the Hacker Trip to China #7, 2017: =


'''Below is a list of people interested in going on this year's Hacker Trip To China.'''
 


'''You do not need to be a member of Noisebridge to go on this trip!'''
 

'''Please email me if you have any questions, or if you would like to meet up with us on the trip:''' 
''mitch *AT* CornfieldElectronics *DOT* com''

The trip is limited to 20 people total (including Mitch) 
-- the first 19 people (after Mitch) who are either there already, or who bought tickets to meet in our Trip's starting city (Hong Kong) on or before 8-October-2017 are the people who are in this Trip        (which probably means flying away from home on or before 7-October) 


Note: Many people have gotten good deals on their plane fares (including me) with the help of my friend Vlad at:        [http://www.flystein.com/ Flystein] Feel free to email me, and I'll send your email to Vlad, who will be happy to help you with your flights.
 

{| style="color:green; background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
!
! Name
! Purchased flight?
! Flight info
|-
|1
|[[user: maltman23 | Mitch Altman]] (Noisebridge, San Francisco, USA)
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong on 6-Oct at 17:10 -- flight CX254 (from LHR)
|-
|2
|Robert Fitzsimons (TOG, Ireland)
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong on 8-Oct at 15:25 -- EK382 (from DXB); Depart: Shanghai at 00:05 on Oct 29th (Emirates 8303)
|-
|3
|Noah O'Donoghue
|align="center"|YES
|Arrive: Hong Kong on 8-Oct
|-
|4
|[[user: keymistress | Gloria Chiang]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: 'Beijing on (date TBD)
|-
|5
|[[user:juul|Marc Juul]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Beijing on (date TBD)
|-
|6
|Anthony Liekens (Open Garage, Belgium)
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''Wants to tag along in Shenzhen''
|-
|7
|Rafael Câmera Santos (Fazedores.com, Brazil)
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Shenzhen or Hong Kong on (date TBD)
|-
|8
|Jan Marloth (fablab munich, Germany)
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Shanghai? on (date TBD)
|-
|9
|[[user: feklee | Felix E. Klee]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: Consider traveling by ground from Berlin
|-
|10
|[[user: mrericboyd | Eric Boyd]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: will arrive in Hong Kong and join for entire trip
|-
|11
|freeman murray
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''oct 8, Hong Kong''
|-
|12
|[[user: sumukh | Sumukh Shetty]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: '''8th October HK, join for the entire trip''
|-
|13
|Jonas S Karlsson
|align="center"|will be in hk
|Arrive: ''hk''
|-
|14
|''Quijano Flores -- NEED EMAIL ADDRESS''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''oct 8, Hong Kong''
|-
|15
|Ruth Grace Wong
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''your arrival date and city here''
|-
|16
|''Olivier de Saint-Hubert -- NEED EMAIL ADDRESS''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|17
|[[user: scitechindian | SYED JUNAID AHMED]] (Makers Hive, AndhraPradesh, INDIA)
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|18
|Mark Hellar
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: 'oct 8, Hong Kong''
|-
|19
|Svein Berge
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|20
|[[user: Rahulrajan| Rahul S Rajan]] (Kerala Startup Mission, India)''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|21
|Sasha Iatsenia
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''TBD''
|-
|22
|''Gene Brock''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''Hong Kong, Sept''
|-
|23
|[[user: robbintt | Trent]]
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''your arrival date and city here''
|-
|24
|''Elle''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''I'll probably fly to Asia before that, and would meet you in HK on or before the 8th of October''
|-
|25
|''your name here''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''your arrival date and city here''
|-
|26
|''your name here''
|align="center"|no
|Arrive: ''your arrival date and city here''
|-
|}

[[Category:Travel]]
[[Category:Projects]]

Noisebridge Mini-Reboot 2017

2017-02-08T22:15:24Z

Elleobot: /* People volunteering to help with delivering and/or donating funds for food? */

[[File:Mini-Reboot-2017-Poster-for-print-Large.jpg|480px|thumb|right]]

Noisebridge Mini-Reboot will be 2017-02-18 to 19. The space will be closed on these days except for work related to cleaning, repairs, and upgrades to the space. All are welcome to come help improve the space; please do. If you cannot make it to the space, we'll also need coordinated donations of food; lunch and dinner for the people working in the space.

This is the To-Do-List for Mini-Reboot 2017, please add too it if you find something that you think could be done during the weekend.

===Preparation===

* Purchase
** '''cleaning supplies'''
*** Contractor (rip stop) garbage bags, microfiber clothes, paper towels, glass cleaner, "green" all purpos cleaner, new mop head for mop, "goof off"
*** check shop vac filters, purchase new ones if needed
** wall mount mop and broom hangers
** Electrical supplies
*** 220V outlet, faceplate, and box
*** Conduit
*** #6 red and black THHN wire, if we don't have enough left over.
** drywall supplies
*** drywall sanding screens
*** 90 minute setting time drywall compound
** Painting
*** 5 gallons of good primer is always useful
* Other Prep
** check current inventory of electrical fittings
** check for drywall compound (90 minute compound if possible)
** locate drywall vacuum sanding attachment

===Mini-Reboot Projects===

* Cyber Infrastructure
** NB Wiki Front Page/Calendar (lizzie)
** Add basic UPS support for Earl (Henner)
** New wiring for front door camera (Charlie)
** Conduit to door system ([[user:Jarrod|Jarrod]])
** Create Main Projects Page - A Place where you can find all the projects we have at Noisebridge.

* General
** '''pick up trash from tables, shelves, and floor'''
** '''Sweep all areas'''
** Identify location of dump staging area
** Install CO sensors, one for each closed room: trashroom/elevator, turing, woodshop, sparkleforge, digital archivists, 2x bathrooms, hackatorium, and one in the back
** get dolly wheels repaired and re-inflated
*** this could possibly be done at a nearby tire shop. calling some around NB would be a good start
** '''collect, reclaim, purge abandoned projects'''
*** Determine what is useful to keep for the space
*** Place reclaimed materials in appropriate areas
*** Move rest to dump pile
** clean windows (best effort, some cant be reasonably reached)
** take down expired signage

* Entry
** Pick up trash
** '''sort donations pile'''
*** move unwanted stuff to dump pile or a "free" box on the sidewalk
** Sweep and the entry stairway
** Dust off conduit along stairway and paint it a fun color
** two picture frames are missing glass, it would be nice to replace the glass
** '''Display case'''
*** remove old notes/cards/signs and remove trash and unneeded items
*** sort and organize Noisebridge merch

* Elevator Lobby
** Vacuum elevator rails
** Create sign instructing people to close the elevator door.
** finish walls since door install
*** sand down current drywall mud coat
*** apply second coat of drywall mud
*** apply third coat if needed
*** primer and paint walls on both sides
*** paint wooden door panel on both sides, remember to mask and be careful around door system.
** Break down steel angle scraps
*** Use angle grinder to cut down into metal scrap for sparkle forge
*** put remainder in dump pile
** '''Ewaste removal'''
*** some of this could go to ewaste SF at 16th and Capp, the rest can go to the ewaste pile at the dump

* Library
** Library (Trent)
** '''sort donated books'''
** collect books from space and re-shelve loose books
** scan books into collection
** sort collection
** remove / donate books not needed in the Noisebridge collection

* Hackitorium
** Hackatorium curtains (kyle)
** '''purge project shelves'''
** '''wipe down tables''' and dust off chairs
** clean refrigerator interior
*** purge
*** wipe down interior
*** Any projects not tagged, or tagged older than two months can be reclaimed for the space
*** The rest of the materials can go in the Ewaste or dump pile.
** Fix NoiseSquare (possibly done on 2017-02-03)
** Look at the HDMI cable in the Hackatorium
** Replace the plug that is missing its ground pin on one of the Hackatorium tables
** There may be some FlaschenTaschen maintenance
*** what to do with the Klein FlashenTaschen?

* Fabrication Area
** purge and organize
*** tables
*** sweep off and wipe down tables
*** shelves, go though bins and boxes
*** move items to hackshelves or Ewaste as needed
** verify operation of tools, note any future repairs required.
*** printers
*** vinyl cutter

* Electronics Area
** Electronics Area (Nemesis/J)
** clear out piles under electronics work benches
** brush off work benches and wipe down
** collect and sort tools
** sort / organized tool bins
** verify operation of electronics tools and note what is broken and anything that needs repairs in the future

* Sewing Area
** purge scrap bins
*** sort tools
*** '''Clean table and sewing table surfaces'''
** '''remove masking from floor'''

* Hallway / Hack Shelves
** purge less useful items
** Organize Hacker Shelves
** '''clear off wheeled table outside Sparkle Forge'''
** organize carts, ladders, and hand trucks

* Sparkle Forge
** '''purge materials and scrap'''
** Sparkle Forge door casing. Needs to be purchased, painted, and nailed in place.
** organized and purge PPE
** sweep
** '''Organize and Transfer Metal shop and dirty shop tools.''' Some tools should be in the metal shop and others in the dirty shop
*** These should be moved to bins in their respective shops and labeled. ([[user:Jarrod|Jarrod]])
** Install some metal shelves over the welding area. ([[user:Jarrod|Jarrod]])
*** create a place for the welding stuff and clamps
** Install additional 220V outlet for welder near column at west side of welding area ([[user:Jarrod|Jarrod]])
*** unless this is done before
** '''Laser cutter maintenance, if any'''

* Bathrooms (Chris Venter)
** '''scrub fixtures, wipe down walls, brush and scrub toilets, sweep floors, mop floors'''
** replace / refill soap containers
** Setup recurring toiletries purchase with treasurers help, (propose products and frequency)
** create a place for toiletries overflow storage
** improve door system to bathroom 2.0.
*** What is preventing the door from closing easily?
*** can the doorknob be fixed to hold the door shut again?

* Sink Area
** Purge, clean, and organize steel table
** remove unneeded / broken dishes and appliances
** '''install a means to hang mops and brooms near the sink'''
** '''reinstall in-line water heater'''
*** need to run electrical for it
** '''sort and store excess plumbing stuff'''
** move paint and painting supplies to dirty shop
** sort and purge pile of electronics stuff outside bathroom 1.0

* Church / Turing
** '''wipe down tables and chairs'''
** sweep
** clean turning window
** check all functions of A/V systems
** determine what to do with excess furniture in rear of church
** put unneeded kiln on craigslist? (Check with Trent - Please give proceeds money to Trent as reimbursement, it should sell for > $360)
** '''store potter's wheel in a better location''' (perhaps top of project shelves)

* Dirty Shop
** Dirty Shop (Nicholas Hohman/Blake)
** '''Purge abandoned project materials'''
*** anything with a note without a date or a date older that one month should be reclaimed for the space or purged
** '''Purge scrap bins'''
*** empty bins entirely and only put back the most useful scrap until bins are about half full
*** bag the rest and put it in the dump staging area
*** cut down large scrap that is being dumped if needed
** purge chemicals and paint
*** Reduce stock of paint, keep better paints and remove others
*** "Last's Paint" downstairs accepts old unused paint
** Organize Tools
*** look around the rest of the space and collect shop tools
*** move metal tools to Sparkle Forge
*** label / re label bins as needed
*** East wall and peg boards currently have no clear organization
** purge hardware and fasteners
*** keep only stuff that is very useful
** organize things under old mill table
*** sort painting supplies and purge broken or highly redundant items.
*** drywall stuff, old buckets, plumbing stuff etc.
** '''dismantle old mill table'''
*** use some care to recover materials to rebuild it, in the future, as a table for the router and other benchtop tools
** purge unsafe personal protective equipment
** purge sand paper bin
** clean space under metal shelves, in case tools have fallen back there
** clean under work benches
** replace sandpaper on bench top disk sander
** improve clamp storage

===People volunteering to help with delivering and/or donating funds for food?===

I can bring you some yummy homecooked ethnic food (probably vegetarian). I take the bus so I can only bring 10 or so large servings at a time.
If this sounds good tell me what timeframe is best. elleobot@gmail.com

Noisebridge Mini-Reboot 2017

2017-02-08T22:15:09Z

Elleobot: /* People volunteering to help with delivering and/or donating funds for food? */

[[File:Mini-Reboot-2017-Poster-for-print-Large.jpg|480px|thumb|right]]

Noisebridge Mini-Reboot will be 2017-02-18 to 19. The space will be closed on these days except for work related to cleaning, repairs, and upgrades to the space. All are welcome to come help improve the space; please do. If you cannot make it to the space, we'll also need coordinated donations of food; lunch and dinner for the people working in the space.

This is the To-Do-List for Mini-Reboot 2017, please add too it if you find something that you think could be done during the weekend.

===Preparation===

* Purchase
** '''cleaning supplies'''
*** Contractor (rip stop) garbage bags, microfiber clothes, paper towels, glass cleaner, "green" all purpos cleaner, new mop head for mop, "goof off"
*** check shop vac filters, purchase new ones if needed
** wall mount mop and broom hangers
** Electrical supplies
*** 220V outlet, faceplate, and box
*** Conduit
*** #6 red and black THHN wire, if we don't have enough left over.
** drywall supplies
*** drywall sanding screens
*** 90 minute setting time drywall compound
** Painting
*** 5 gallons of good primer is always useful
* Other Prep
** check current inventory of electrical fittings
** check for drywall compound (90 minute compound if possible)
** locate drywall vacuum sanding attachment

===Mini-Reboot Projects===

* Cyber Infrastructure
** NB Wiki Front Page/Calendar (lizzie)
** Add basic UPS support for Earl (Henner)
** New wiring for front door camera (Charlie)
** Conduit to door system ([[user:Jarrod|Jarrod]])
** Create Main Projects Page - A Place where you can find all the projects we have at Noisebridge.

* General
** '''pick up trash from tables, shelves, and floor'''
** '''Sweep all areas'''
** Identify location of dump staging area
** Install CO sensors, one for each closed room: trashroom/elevator, turing, woodshop, sparkleforge, digital archivists, 2x bathrooms, hackatorium, and one in the back
** get dolly wheels repaired and re-inflated
*** this could possibly be done at a nearby tire shop. calling some around NB would be a good start
** '''collect, reclaim, purge abandoned projects'''
*** Determine what is useful to keep for the space
*** Place reclaimed materials in appropriate areas
*** Move rest to dump pile
** clean windows (best effort, some cant be reasonably reached)
** take down expired signage

* Entry
** Pick up trash
** '''sort donations pile'''
*** move unwanted stuff to dump pile or a "free" box on the sidewalk
** Sweep and the entry stairway
** Dust off conduit along stairway and paint it a fun color
** two picture frames are missing glass, it would be nice to replace the glass
** '''Display case'''
*** remove old notes/cards/signs and remove trash and unneeded items
*** sort and organize Noisebridge merch

* Elevator Lobby
** Vacuum elevator rails
** Create sign instructing people to close the elevator door.
** finish walls since door install
*** sand down current drywall mud coat
*** apply second coat of drywall mud
*** apply third coat if needed
*** primer and paint walls on both sides
*** paint wooden door panel on both sides, remember to mask and be careful around door system.
** Break down steel angle scraps
*** Use angle grinder to cut down into metal scrap for sparkle forge
*** put remainder in dump pile
** '''Ewaste removal'''
*** some of this could go to ewaste SF at 16th and Capp, the rest can go to the ewaste pile at the dump

* Library
** Library (Trent)
** '''sort donated books'''
** collect books from space and re-shelve loose books
** scan books into collection
** sort collection
** remove / donate books not needed in the Noisebridge collection

* Hackitorium
** Hackatorium curtains (kyle)
** '''purge project shelves'''
** '''wipe down tables''' and dust off chairs
** clean refrigerator interior
*** purge
*** wipe down interior
*** Any projects not tagged, or tagged older than two months can be reclaimed for the space
*** The rest of the materials can go in the Ewaste or dump pile.
** Fix NoiseSquare (possibly done on 2017-02-03)
** Look at the HDMI cable in the Hackatorium
** Replace the plug that is missing its ground pin on one of the Hackatorium tables
** There may be some FlaschenTaschen maintenance
*** what to do with the Klein FlashenTaschen?

* Fabrication Area
** purge and organize
*** tables
*** sweep off and wipe down tables
*** shelves, go though bins and boxes
*** move items to hackshelves or Ewaste as needed
** verify operation of tools, note any future repairs required.
*** printers
*** vinyl cutter

* Electronics Area
** Electronics Area (Nemesis/J)
** clear out piles under electronics work benches
** brush off work benches and wipe down
** collect and sort tools
** sort / organized tool bins
** verify operation of electronics tools and note what is broken and anything that needs repairs in the future

* Sewing Area
** purge scrap bins
*** sort tools
*** '''Clean table and sewing table surfaces'''
** '''remove masking from floor'''

* Hallway / Hack Shelves
** purge less useful items
** Organize Hacker Shelves
** '''clear off wheeled table outside Sparkle Forge'''
** organize carts, ladders, and hand trucks

* Sparkle Forge
** '''purge materials and scrap'''
** Sparkle Forge door casing. Needs to be purchased, painted, and nailed in place.
** organized and purge PPE
** sweep
** '''Organize and Transfer Metal shop and dirty shop tools.''' Some tools should be in the metal shop and others in the dirty shop
*** These should be moved to bins in their respective shops and labeled. ([[user:Jarrod|Jarrod]])
** Install some metal shelves over the welding area. ([[user:Jarrod|Jarrod]])
*** create a place for the welding stuff and clamps
** Install additional 220V outlet for welder near column at west side of welding area ([[user:Jarrod|Jarrod]])
*** unless this is done before
** '''Laser cutter maintenance, if any'''

* Bathrooms (Chris Venter)
** '''scrub fixtures, wipe down walls, brush and scrub toilets, sweep floors, mop floors'''
** replace / refill soap containers
** Setup recurring toiletries purchase with treasurers help, (propose products and frequency)
** create a place for toiletries overflow storage
** improve door system to bathroom 2.0.
*** What is preventing the door from closing easily?
*** can the doorknob be fixed to hold the door shut again?

* Sink Area
** Purge, clean, and organize steel table
** remove unneeded / broken dishes and appliances
** '''install a means to hang mops and brooms near the sink'''
** '''reinstall in-line water heater'''
*** need to run electrical for it
** '''sort and store excess plumbing stuff'''
** move paint and painting supplies to dirty shop
** sort and purge pile of electronics stuff outside bathroom 1.0

* Church / Turing
** '''wipe down tables and chairs'''
** sweep
** clean turning window
** check all functions of A/V systems
** determine what to do with excess furniture in rear of church
** put unneeded kiln on craigslist? (Check with Trent - Please give proceeds money to Trent as reimbursement, it should sell for > $360)
** '''store potter's wheel in a better location''' (perhaps top of project shelves)

* Dirty Shop
** Dirty Shop (Nicholas Hohman/Blake)
** '''Purge abandoned project materials'''
*** anything with a note without a date or a date older that one month should be reclaimed for the space or purged
** '''Purge scrap bins'''
*** empty bins entirely and only put back the most useful scrap until bins are about half full
*** bag the rest and put it in the dump staging area
*** cut down large scrap that is being dumped if needed
** purge chemicals and paint
*** Reduce stock of paint, keep better paints and remove others
*** "Last's Paint" downstairs accepts old unused paint
** Organize Tools
*** look around the rest of the space and collect shop tools
*** move metal tools to Sparkle Forge
*** label / re label bins as needed
*** East wall and peg boards currently have no clear organization
** purge hardware and fasteners
*** keep only stuff that is very useful
** organize things under old mill table
*** sort painting supplies and purge broken or highly redundant items.
*** drywall stuff, old buckets, plumbing stuff etc.
** '''dismantle old mill table'''
*** use some care to recover materials to rebuild it, in the future, as a table for the router and other benchtop tools
** purge unsafe personal protective equipment
** purge sand paper bin
** clean space under metal shelves, in case tools have fallen back there
** clean under work benches
** replace sandpaper on bench top disk sander
** improve clamp storage

===People volunteering to help with delivering and/or donating funds for food?===
I can bring you some yummy homecooked ethnic food (probably vegetarian). I take the bus so I can only bring 10 or so large servings at a time.
If this sounds good tell me what timeframe is best.