Russ Conversation

• Trade skills are integrated in schools in BC. It is more socialistic than Toronto
• Russ knows principal of local high school
• Technical trades people - who are involved in education
• Admin programs and purchase decisions - in charge for district.
• Very excited about Chris Multak - purchasing person
• It's not about acquiring capital - but about learning building skills
• That is the exciting part - about building capital
• Proposal - pitch this to meeting in January - scheduled in March
• Gallery at Makerlab - yes for March event -
• Chris has the ability to approve.
• Questions - needing backup to my work; speaking engagement; Chris like Russ sees this as an entry point - open source as an educational foundation
• Trades - could be design or anything else.
• Nobody likes a locked tractor or iPhone
• 100k person district - 15-20 high schools, 2x as many schools - 24-50 machine build in a day?
• Promoting - 3-4 individuals on a team. Maybe a teacher with 3-4 students.
• 12 build stations. Minimum of 6 absolutely.
• William sent a nice testimonial to Russ on William's build experience