[chbot] Name of the group
Mark Atherton
markaren1 at xtra.co.nz
Thu Jan 14 18:35:34 GMT 2016
Amps and clamps
Ohms and Drones
Mills and thrills
Meter and Tweeters'
then it all just starts to get silly...
Actually, I really like volts and bolts :)
On 15/01/2016 6:32 a.m., Charles Manning wrote:
> Volts and Bolts
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 6:23 AM, Kay edgecumbe
> <kayedgecumbe at hotmail.com <mailto:kayedgecumbe at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> Innovators club---
>
> this covers all the subjects,
> drones, 3d printers, robots or souped up mobility scooter ,
> electronics, glass house auto window,
> this would attract any one with an inventive/ inquiring mind
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 23:04:40 +0900
> From: erringtona at gmail.com <mailto:erringtona at gmail.com>
> To: chchrobotics at lists.linuxnut.co.nz
> <mailto:chchrobotics at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [chbot] Name of the group
>
>
> How about something with STEAM?
>
> I think I originally had "Christchurch Robotics Society", which
> has a Victorian charm.
>
> I prefer STEAM to STEM, but I also prefer to leave things as they
> are. "Robotics" has a certain cachet.
>
> Anyway, that's just my opinion. I am keen to see other suggestions.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Andrew
>
> On 14 Jan 2016 20:55, "jimmy allen" <jimmy1248 at gmail.com
> <mailto:jimmy1248 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Christchurch Technology club.
>
> On 1/14/16, Geoff <sdfgeoff at gmail.com
> <mailto:sdfgeoff at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > The word "Mechatronics" coverst just about everything I've
> seen you guys
> > do, so perhaps just change the "robotics" to "mechatronics"
> - but then I'm
> > stydying mechatronics and am therefore biased.
> >
> > On a more lightheated note, I have some acroyms:
> >
> > *MECH* - "Mechanical and Electrical Christchurch Hobbiests"
> > *MESH* - "Mechanical, Electrical and Software Hobbiests"
> > *TEC* - "Technical Engineers of Christhurch"
> > *WEDWB* - "What Engineers do when bored"
> > *CNC *- "Christchurch Nerd Club"
> >
> >
> > Geoffrey
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 6:30 PM, Mark Atherton
> <markaren1 at xtra.co.nz <mailto:markaren1 at xtra.co.nz>>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> The issue of (re)naming of the group has come up several
> times, but we
> >> seem to either run out of steam, or hit an impasse.
> >>
> >> We cover software, firmware, hardware, programmable logic,
> analogue,
> >> mechanical, 3D printing, electric lawnmowing, and nut
> washing - to name
> >> but
> >> a few interests
> >>
> >> Scope of skills covers novice through expert.
> >>
> >> Some of our projects involve a long methodical design
> process. 'Maker'
> >> and
> >> 'hacker' seem more appropriate to throwing ideas together,
> (almost) at a
> >> novice level, or maybe that is just my bias.
> >>
> >> Electrotechology does not include software (or does it).
> >>
> >> Anyway, there are few personal biases, most happy to hear
> other possible
> >> new names for the group.
> >>
> >> -mark
> >>
> >>
> >> -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [chbot]
> Meeting reminder
> >> Date:
> >> Thu, 14 Jan 2016 17:59:29 +1300 From: Andy ZL3AG
> >> <zl3ag at radioengineering.com
> <mailto:zl3ag at radioengineering.com>>
> <zl3ag at radioengineering.com
> <mailto:zl3ag at radioengineering.com>> To: Mark
> >> Atherton <markaren1 at xtra.co.nz
> <mailto:markaren1 at xtra.co.nz>> <markaren1 at xtra.co.nz
> <mailto:markaren1 at xtra.co.nz>>
> >>
> >> I strike this a lot while out recruiting, after I tell them
> about the
> >> Robotics Club, the first thing I have to say is that it's
> not just
> >> robotics.
> >>
> >> I've received feedback a couple of times from people who
> were nearly put
> >> off attending by the name, thinking Robotics was the main
> focus.
> >>
> >> Perhaps we can come up with something a bit more appropriate?
> >>
> >> electrotechnology?
> >>
> >>
> >> On 13/01/2016, at 2:22 PM, Mark Atherton wrote:
> >>
> >> > Food for thought - do we want to make any changes to the
> group, if so,
> >> > what ?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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