gigogig 0 Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 On behalf of Caroline and John Slade, I would like to invite you to the 2013 Arizona Mini to be held in Scottsdale, Arizona on April 20th. (also Thank you to the Slades) We look forward to meeting you all and discussing blinky flashy including all the elements that make up this fascinating hobby. The presentations are geared for both the novice and experienced.... you will find something to take home and improve your show. Please pay attention to the Actions below. You must respond to this thread for obtaining the final headcount for food, drink, chairs, and etc. Here are the particulars.... What: Arizona Mini When: April 20, 2013 8 am to 5 pm Where: Slades Residence (Near 101 and Thomas) Agenda: still ironing this out (volunteers and votes please) Optional Dinner plans (To be arranged during mini) Donation: $7/person to cover food and drinks; Will collect at event Door Prizes: Fantastic gifts from several notable vendors (have to be present to win) The Slades have a terrific location for our Mini. We will have plenty of room to spread out. We have lots of tables and chairs along with IT infrastructure... i.e., projector, computers. So bring your show and tell items, whatever you have someone else hasn’t probably seen it yet. Actions Required by You: 1. Please respond to this thread to confirm your attendance by indicating how many will attend and first names (bringing a significant other, spouse, friend, lighting addict...?) We need final headcount. Also please let us know how likely you are, I for one am at 99% but my wife Angie is 70%. 2. Please send PM to Gigogig if you have special dietary needs. 3. Please respond to this thread if you will be bringing any gear and have any special needs. 4. Please let me know if any members from other forums (or local nabers) will be attending. Pass this notice along to them. Your Friendly 2013 Facilitator.... Gigogig (Bobby) Plagiarized from Lightman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gigogig 0 Posted March 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 2013 agenda I am working on the agenda for the Arizona Mini to he held on Saturday, 4/20/13. The agenda is tentative and we are still looking for other presenters. Here is what we have so far... If anyone has a topic they would like to share to fill the open slots, let me know either here or through a PM. 8:00 am Meet and Greet (Continential Breakfast) 9:00 am 1 hour or 2 half hours 10:00 am 1 hour or 2 half hours 11:00 am 1 hour or 2 half hours 12 Noon Lunch (Caroline Specialty) 1:00 pm 1 hour or 2 half hours 2:00 pm 1 hour or 2 half hours 3:00 pm 1 hour or 2 half hours 4:00 pm Networking and Wrap up 5:00 pm AZ Mini Close 5pm plus Optional Dinner plans (To be arranged during mini) Here is a list of some possible topics to fill time slots that people might be interested in seeing. That being said we will need volunteers for anything to be presented so please volunteer if your confirmable doing any of these, also let us know if you have any other ideas. And vote for the sessions you’re interested in. Agenda votes / volunteers Minutes, what, possibly who 30, Air Cannon Demo, (lightman?) 30, Ground Fault Trips, (?) 30, Lights comparing led types (outputs) , (?) 30, Mini tree how-to, (?) 30, Pic programing, (?) 30, RGB pixel types, all about different pixel physical formats, (gigogig?) 30, RGB power, options for power distribution between 5v 12v 24v rgb power. (gigogig?) 30, RGB protocols, all about different pixel protocols (2801,3001,gece,etc) (gigogig?) 30, Repairing Lights, (?) 30, Shared neutral cables and vampire cabling, (?) 30, Ways to make setup easier without killing your wallet,(?) 30-60, How to lay out a display, (?) 30-60, Lasers in displays, (?) 30-60, Neighborhood relations/traffic and or handling media, (?) 30-60, Power calculation, ac 110,220, dc5v, dc12v, (?) 30-60, Servo controllers, working with and selecting, (Halstaff?) 30-60, Servos, working with and selecting, (Halstaff?) 30-60, Soldering how-to, (?) 30-60, Website development, content, (?) 30-60, ac controller choices, (gigogig?) 30-60, coroplast building, (mmciver?) 30-60, dc controller choices, (?) 30-60, ways to spruce up your elements to make them look less "tacky.",(?) 60, Animation in a Display, (Done 2012) 60, Audacity. Working with audio, (?) 60, DMX Primer, (done 2012) 60, Dumb rgb pixels, (?) 60, Fm-transmitters/ antennas/ and RDS , (?) 60, Hacking gece, (done 2012) 60, Hls software, (?) 60, IR Communications with demo of IR Reindeer headsets, (lightman) 60, Light Show Pro (LSP), possibly sequencing, setup and tricks, (Mmulveena?) 60, Light o roma (lor) software, (Done 2012) 60, Lightjams software, (gigogig?) 60, PCB Board design (advanced) , (?) 60, Projectors in shows,(gigogig?) 60, RGB smart controlling, all about different rgb controllers, (gigogig?) 60, Surveillance, software hardware and setup, (?) 60, Tips and tricks dealing with flicker , (lightman?) 60, Video Taping Light Shows, (done 2012) 60, Vixen2.x, possibly sequencing, setup and tricks, (?) 60, Vixen3.x, possibly sequencing, setup and tricks, (?) 60, Wire-frame and Welding Techniques, (done 2012) 60, Xlights setup and tricks. (ongoing on Thursdays) 60, Yard Train, (done 2012) 60, megatrees how to, (?) 60, using xmas elements for Halloween, (gigogig?,halstaff?) 60-120, ideas discussion for 2013 displays, (everyone) 60-120, round table on problems and solutions (software,hardware,networking,anything),(everyone) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gigogig 0 Posted April 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 So far we have 13 participants!, and a great selection of prizes from venders, were just missing what everyone would like to get out of it? also please let anyone you know is from AZ or a neighboring states that may be interested about this, as we don't want to exclude anyone that can make it. List of Participants as of 3-31-13 1 2 100% slades 3 4 100% Gigogig (bobby) and Angikins (angie) 5 99% Halstaff 6 99% Lightman 7 100% scuba steve 8 90% mlkren 9 90% FrankAZ 10 ??% timon 11 100% einstein2883 12 13 90% raplass and son Also raplass has offered to go over the illustrated sequencing concepts covered in http://doityourselfchristmas.com/forums/showthread.php?25055-Sequencing-round-table-anything-similar Sounds great, see you all there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Halstaff 10 Posted April 1, 2013 Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 I'm looking forward to it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mcnamara9 0 Posted April 1, 2013 Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 I'm sorry, but I can't make it. I coach my kid's soccer team. I hope you guys have a great time. Maybe next time... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FrankAZ 0 Posted April 1, 2013 Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 fkostyun=FrankAZ and I'll be there! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoeS 1 Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Sadly I will not be able to make it this year. I have another commitment that weekend and could not get it rescheduled. I had such a great time last year. Please tell everyone hello for me! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FrankAZ 0 Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Also will bring a couple of my DIY items. I have a DIY e1.31 interface to allow for DMX or DIY (Renard) protocols, and also should have a brand new E682 from San Devices. Also, if anyone is looking for C9 bulbs, I have a HUGE amount that I'd like to sell - I have Red / Green / White incandescant, and LED C9 Blue - There are about 200 or so bulbs of each color, all strands are zip tied together. If anyone is interested, please send me a message. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
4Hoogies 10 Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Hello, I am new to LOR and musical lights but was interested in your Mini Invitation. Is it too late to be a part of it? i live here in Scottsdale and would love to meet and hear what others are doing and how. I don't have a whole lot to offer as I am not very electronically tech savvy but have enjoyed this hobby the last few years and am just trying to make it better every year. Thanks, Tara Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FrankAZ 0 Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Tara, I think this is the more the merrier, I'm just startin to "get back in" after what will be two years off (in a sense) and looking forward to it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JSlade 0 Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Tara, Your not too late unless its the 21st of April. Just let Gigogig know how many are coming. Just by responding to this thread, consider yourself included. Stay tuned for more details... Brian, Sure would've like to have met you!!! maybe next time... Joe, bummer you cant make it this year! we'll miss ya! Frank and Steve, CANT WAIT TO SEE YA AGAIN!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArizonaLegend 0 Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Gigogig, thank you for the invite - it certainly sounds interesting and fun. At this time I'm 50% committed to attending as I typically work on Saturdays and may not be able to attend for that reason alone. However, as the date approaches I will know for sure and will advise accordingly. Thank-you again. Best regards, Chuck, aka ArizonaLegend Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gigogig 0 Posted April 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 AZ Mini participants and agenda so far Just under 2 weeks away and so far we have 21 participants!, and a great selection of prizes from venders, also please let anyone you know is from AZ or a neighboring states that may be interested, the more the merrier. List of Participants as of 4-7-13 1 2 100% slades 3 4 100% Gigogig (bobby) and Angikins (angie) 5 99% Halstaff 6 99% Lightman 7 100% scuba steve 8 90% mlkren 9 90% FrankAZ 10 ??% timon 11 100% einstein2883 12 13 90% raplass and son 14 30% olingerjccj 15 90% circus4u 16 90% 4Hoogies 17 50% ArizonaLegend 18 19 100% AZDan & Crystal 20 50% Mike Hill 21 100% Mike Rogers 2013 agenda I am working on the agenda for the Arizona Mini to he held on Saturday, 4/20/13. The agenda is tentative and we are still looking for other presenters or presentations. Here is what we have so far... If anyone has a topic they would like to share to fill the open slots, let me know either here or through a PM. 8:00 am Meet and Greet (Continental Breakfast) 9:00 am 30 min Coroplast in displays by (mmciver?) 30min open slot? 10:00 am 30 min using xmas elements for Halloween and vice versa by ???, 30 min soldering by (Mike Hill?) 11:00 am 1 hour Pixels by gigogig or joint by ??? 12 Noon Lunch (Caroline Specialty) 1:00 pm 1 hour Projectors in shows by gigogig 2:00 pm 1 hour illustrated sequencing By raplass 3:00 pm 1 hour Maga trees by FrankAZ 4:00 pm Networking and Wrap up 5:00 pm AZ Mini Close 5pm plus Optional Dinner plans (To be arranged during mini) Sounds great, see you all there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gigogig 0 Posted April 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 AZ Mini participants and agenda, one week warning Just under 1 week away and so far we have ~22 participants! If you have any additional or corrections to your attendance likelihood please let us know, headcount helps us know how many chairs and how much food we are going to need, Thanks. Also it’s not too late to let anyone you know is from AZ or a neighboring state that may be interested about this mini, the more the merrier. And there will be a great selection of prizes from venders too, nothing wrong with winning something : ) . Here are the particulars.... What: Arizona Mini When: April 20, 2013 8 am to 5 pm Where: Slades Residence (Near 101 and Thomas) Link address link http://freetexthost.com/yox03stedr Link address link Agenda: below Optional Dinner plans: (To be arranged during mini) Donation: $7/person to cover food and drinks; Will collect at event Door Prizes: Fantastic gifts from several notable vendors (have to be present to win) Actions Required by You: 1. Please respond to this thread to confirm your attendance by indicating how many will attend and first names (bringing a significant other, spouse, friend, lighting addict...?) We need final headcount. 2. Please send PM to Gigogig (Bobby) if you have special dietary needs. 3. Let us know if you will be bringing any gear and have any special needs (other than the presenters)...respond to this thread. List of Participants as of 4-12-13 1 2 100% slades 3 4 100% Gigogig (bobby) and Angikins (angie) 5 99% Halstaff 6 99% Lightman 7 100% scuba steve 8 90% mlkren 9 90% FrankAZ 10 ??% timon 11 100% einstein2883 12 90% raplass 13 30% olingerjccj 14 90% circus4u 15 100% 4Hoogies 16 50% ArizonaLegend 17 18 100% AZDan & Crystal 19 50% Mike Hill 20 100% Mike Rogers 21 100% ritztech 22 50% Tmcteer 0% JoeS, Mat er daddy, mcnamara9, JCMarksafb. Sorry you couldn’t make it hopefully next year we will see you! 2013 agenda The agenda is still a work in progress and we are still looking for other presenters or presentations. Here is what we have so far... If anyone has a topic they would like to share to fill the open slots, let me know through a PM. 8:00 am Meet and Greet (Continental Breakfast) 9:00 am 30 min Reindeer Headsets by lightman 30min open slot? 10:00 am 30 min using xmas elements for Halloween and vice versa by needs volunteer, 30 min soldering by needs volunteer 11:00 am 1 hour Pixels by gigogig 12 Noon Lunch (Caroline Specialty) 1:00 pm 1 hour Projectors in shows by gigogig 2:00 pm 1 hour illustrated sequencing By raplass 3:00 pm 1 hour Maga trees by FrankAZ 4:00 pm Networking and Wrap up 5:00 pm AZ Mini Close 5pm plus Optional Dinner plans (To be arranged during mini) Sounds great Your Friendly Facilitator.... Gigogig (Bobby) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gigogig 0 Posted April 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 We have now have a presenter for the soldering presentation, AZDan has graciously offered to share his knowledge! Sounds great Your Friendly Facilitator.... Gigogig (Bobby) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gigogig 0 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 AZ Mini participants and agenda, one day warning Just under 1 day away and so far we have ~22 participants Here are the particulars.... What: Arizona Mini When: April 20, 2013 8 am to 5 pm Where: Slades Residence (Near 101 and Thomas) Link address link http://freetexthost.com/yox03stedr Link address link Agenda: below Optional Dinner plans: (To be arranged during mini) Donation: $7/person to cover food and drinks; Will collect at event Door Prizes: Fantastic gifts from several notable vendors (have to be present to win) Actions Required by You: 1. Please respond to this thread to confirm your attendance by indicating how many will attend and first names (bringing a significant other, spouse, friend, lighting addict...?) We need final headcount. 2. Let us know if you will be bringing any gear and have any special needs (other than the presenters)...respond to this thread. 3. Show up List of Participants as of 4-19-13 1 2 100% slades 3 4 100% Gigogig (bobby) and Angikins (angie) 5 99% Halstaff 6 99% Lightman 7 100% scuba steve 8 90% mlkren 9 90% FrankAZ 10 ??% timon 11 100% einstein2883 12 90% raplass 13 90% circus4u 14 100% 4Hoogies 15 50% ArizonaLegend 16 17 100% AZDan & Crystal 18 50% Mike Hill 19 100% Mike Rogers 20 100% ritztech 21 22 100% Medinas 0% JoeS, Mat er daddy, mcnamara9, JCMarksafb, Tmcteer, olingerjccj. Sorry you couldn’t make it hopefully next year we will see you! 2013 agenda This is the agenda but it may get moved around a little. 8:00 am Meet and Greet (Continental Breakfast Caroline Specialty) 9:00 am 30 min Reindeer Headsets by lightman 30 min soldering by AZDan 10:00 am 30 min using xmas elements for Halloween and vice versa by Halstaff, 30 min Air cannon demo by Lightman 11:00 am 1 hour Pixels by gigogig 12 Noon Lunch (Angies Pulled pork) 1:00 pm 1 hour Projectors in shows by gigogig 2:00 pm 1 hour illustrated sequencing By raplass 3:00 pm 1 hour Maga trees by FrankAZ 4:00 pm Networking and Wrap up 5:00 pm AZ Mini Close 5pm plus Optional Dinner plans (To be arranged during mini) Sounds great Your Friendly Facilitator.... Gigogig (Bobby) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArizonaLegend 0 Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Sorry for late acknowledgemnt, but I will be coming somewhat late arrival....thanks again. Chuck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FrankAZ 0 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 (edited) As mentioned at the mini - the http://www.lightuparizona.com now goes along to a new Facebook group for easy communication for the local folks! Edited April 21, 2013 by FrankAZ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
4Hoogies 10 Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Hello, I wanted to say thank you to the Slades for opening up their home for the AZ Mini last weekend and to Bobby for putting it all together. Angie, your pulled pork was great. It was great to meet so many local Arizonans who are just as crazy into lights as I am and others from not so far away too. I hope I can stay in contact with you guys as I continue to work on my lights for the upcoming year and share in ideas!!! thanks for making me feel welcome!! Tara Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JSlade 0 Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Tara, You are so welcome!! It was very nice to meet you and we cant wait to check out your display this year! Be sure to join https://www.facebook.com/groups/lightuparizona/ and please, share your progress. Happy Lighting!!! John and Caroline Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArizonaLegend 0 Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Frank, or anyone, how do you gain access to the fb page - it shows "closed group". Thanks, Chuck As mentioned at the mini - the http://www.lightuparizona.com now goes along to a new Facebook group for easy communication for the local folks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FrankAZ 0 Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 (edited) Chuck, there should be a way to request to "join group" then I can add you in - should be located on the upper right of the page when you go to it. Edited April 28, 2013 by FrankAZ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArizonaLegend 0 Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 (edited) Oops! Never mind, I reposted..thanks Frank. Edited April 29, 2013 by ArizonaLegend Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gigogig 0 Posted April 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 ( AZ Mini was a huge success! Everyone had a great time Thanks to Bobby for facilitating the event. It does take a lot of effort to coordinate the presentors was well as run live stream video. Special thanks to John and Caroline for their generous hospitality. Great food Angie and Caroline! To commemorate the event I compiled this 10 min collage of video and photos. Take a look. Hope to see you there next year.. Regards, Lightman ) First lots of thanks, Thank you Lightman for your video of the event, thank you to the Slades for hosting us once agen, and making everything perfect, including getting such a great selection of venders. Thank you to all the presenters for sharing you knowledge with the group. Thanks to everyone who attended, without people a get-together isn’t much. And a big thanks you to all the venders that participated. Next year already? This year due to some unfortunate sequence of events we got a late start on planning and therefor a late notice to participates, presenters, and vendors. For 2014 we will try to learn from the past and we have already picked a date (4-12-14). This should help with planning and as it will be one week earlier it should also have the nice side effect of being cooler. Other things that we will likely change Less presentations (4?) and more interaction time. Presentations with a set time of 45 minutes each with time in-between them. Possibly two running rooms / presentations at a time. Hope to see you all back next year, Your Friendly 2013 Facilitator.... Gigogig (bobby) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoeS 1 Posted May 5, 2013 Report Share Posted May 5, 2013 Great video. Brings back many memories of 2012. I'm glad a date has been set for 2014. It is in my calendar so I will make sure nothing prevents me from being there next year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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