Geek Group's Grand opening of the Avalon Science Facility

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Original poster: "Mark Broker" <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org> 

Something we haven't been publicizing on this list nearly as much as we 
should have been is that we, The Geek Group, have finally acquired a lab 
worthy of the moniker "Avalon."  Avalon is an 87,000 square foot building 
on the east side of Kalamazoo (615 2nd St) that spent most of its life as a 
meat processing plant.  Our current home is about 6700 square feet of the 
building that is "ours" with free run of the rest of the building.  We have 
worked out a deal to purchase the building from the land lord in the 
future.  Our dream of a home to make the areas of science and technology 
more accessible to the public finally has a foundation!

On Saturday, July 31, starting at 1:30PM and lasting until 6:00PM, we will 
be hosting our Grand Opening in which we will have displays and 
demonstrations from many aspects of science and technology set up.  It is 
also a Teslathon, which will run until everyone is too tired to make 
sparks.  We currently have displays and demonstrations in physics, high 
voltage and high energy, robotics, astronomy, lasers, amateur radio, 
computers, biology, chemistry, and anthropology.  We plan to have an area 
open to the public devoted to the high voltage enthusiasts who bring their 
projects, but we need to know who's bringing what and how much space and 
power they require.  We have sent countless press releases and have had 
numerous interviews by local television, radio, newspapers, and magazines 
as a result.  We are expecing many visitors as a result of it all.

Everyone on this list is invited to attend the event, whether as a 
participant or a visitor.  And, as always, any support you can give, be it 
in the form of muscle, brain, goods, services, or money, is more than a 
little appreciated.

Please send responses offlist to me to keep Terry happy. ;)

Sincerely,

Mark Broker
Chief Engineer, The Geek Group