Revision as of 10:53, 25 October 2010

Pig Roast fundraiser to coincide with another Make Shop demo/expo/open house

Basic Event Information

Need to get pig at least 48 hours in advance. - Todo: Preaux
- Needed to find a place to defrost the pig in between when it was picked up and brought to the event. Ended up using Preaux's bathtub
- Time was needed to inject the pig with spices and marinades
The BBQ sauce from MM was good. - Todo: Preaux
Making a breakfast and energy drink run for the early morning volunteers started the day off right. - Todo: Omegix
Time to cook the pig took closer to 8 hours, roughly two more than we were expecting for a 50lb pig - Todo: Preaux
- Pig needed to be closer to the fire
- We ended up building a hut around the pig out of extra lumber, covered in aluminum foil to reflect the heat back into the hut.
Having a second main food item really helped with easing people's hunger during the cooking time.
The main drink was Ice Tea. We had five medium size bags of ice purchased for the event, only needed about two to three.
Could have had more change on hand before the event. It worked out alright, but there were moments when we had to ask people to wait on us to make change. - Todo: Omegix
Event cost roughly $180 to put on, with a $150 pig. Event brought in $545, a net of about $388. About $75 of that was reimbursable seed money that was donated after the event. Todo: N/A
In the event of motor failure on the rotisserie, you can just turn the pig every 5-10 minutes.
a sprayer to keep the pig moisturized was a great tool to have on hand

Tech Expo - MrWorld heading
- Projects to display (unconfirmed as of 10-13)
  - HSIS Module - Spacefelix, Bender (confirmed)
  - Quad Copter - Kinsey (confirmed)
  - 3D printing
  - Forge and Foundry
  - QR Codes
  - Screen printing
  - Crowd-Source Building/Making - Put out parts/projects, a bunch of tools and have people come up and join in building a project.
    - Spacefelix - LED Mood Light Project Prototyping
Pig
- Omegix
- Preaux
- MrWorld
- Your Name here!
Wood Chips - BrokenTrace is cutting and bringing hickory wood
Charcoal (6 bags) (size of bags?) - Opticron
Spit
- Preaux is modifying existing spit for a 50 lb 1/2 pig with no head or feet
Other Food Items
- Bananas Foster - Alii
- Side Dish - Alii
- Fruits, Veggies & Pie - Spacefelix
Chairs
- Omegix can bring 5 chairs
Drinks
- Hot Apple Cider - Spacefelix
plates, cups, knives, spoons, forks, bowls - Jeff

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 * Livejournal Huntsville Community
 * Makers Local Web Page
-* NPR Service Announcement
 * Fliers - (going up 10/25) Bandito Gov, UAH
 ** Alii is posting fliers as well
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 * Fliers - Bookmark, Bandito South Side, Panera Bread, Atlanta Bread Company
 * Facebook Event
+* NPR Service Announcement
+** Saturday, Novemeber 6th, Makers Local will be having their second "Pig Roast & and Tech Expo".  The Makers will be showing off their latest Do-It-Yourself projects.  There will be a quad rotor RC helicopter, a demonstration of the GPS module used in their award winning high altitude near space balloon, an aluminum forge, remote control lawn mower project and more.  The Tech Expo is free to attend, and starts at noon.  Makers Local is located at 203 Brown Street off of Clinton in downtown Huntsville.  Visit makerslocal.org for more details