From: Russ Wolfe
Date: July 22, 2009
Hey Everyone,
We might be invited to Join a meeting next Tuesday afternoon at the
UofM to Discuss bringing a Tech Shop to the Detroit Market. Dug Song
has asked them to include us on the invite list. I have emailed Tricia
to see if it is still possible for one or two of us to still join this
meeting. I am curious to see what the thoughts from the group are on
possibly bringing a business like model of "Tech Shop" to the Detroit
area vs. a Membership group like i3 where we have a say in the
"business" model?
TechShop Event Invitation
>
> July 28, 3:00-9:00 pm
>
> U-M Business Engagement Center, 2nd Floor
>
> 1214 S. University, Ann Arbor
>
> You are invited to what Associate Vice-Presidents Marvin Parnes and Dan
> Atkins expect to be a very interesting opportunity to learn about the
> "TechShop movement" and to consider a planning process for a Detroit
> TechShop model that blends education, economic renewal, innovation, and
> entrepreneurship. Phoenix Wang, advisor to the William and Flora Hewlett
> Foundation, Diana Rhoten, Director, Digital Media and Learning at the Social
> Science Research Council, and Mark Hatch, COO of TechShop in Menlo Park,
> California will be here to present and discuss TechShop and how it may be of
> value to Detroit. Please see the TechShop - CA website at
> http://www.techshop.ws/. We understand that there is a real possibility
> that private foundations might invest in a startup venture of this type in
> the Detroit area.
>
> The meeting, including presentation and discussion, will begin at 3:00 pm
> on July 28 in the Mackinac Conference Room of the University of Michigan’s
> New Business Engagement Center on the Ann Arbor campus. We will conclude
> the meeting by 5:00 pm, and will continue our conversation over dinner. For
> directions to the U-M Business Engagement Center go to:
> http://bec.umich.edu/contact/.
>
> Please let Tricia M. Ebright (contact info removed) know by
> Monday, July 22, whether or not you will be able to join us for the meeting
> and if so whether you can stay for dinner. If there are people not included
> on the invitation list that you think might be interested in attending
> please give Tricia their names and contact information. We hope that you can
> join us.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Daniel E. Atkins
>
> W.K. Kellogg Professor of Community Information
>
> and Professor of Information and EECS
>
> Associate Vice President for Research Cyberinfrastructure
>
> University of Michigan
