We are geography students at UW-Madison working on our senior thesis project.

This is not extractive research. We are residents of these regions and are primarily interested in learning from and aiding our respective communities through participatory research methods.

English: https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2aBlUoXdSATN57E

Spanish: https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2mz0AmJapOKMuuW

The Colorado River Basin and Spain have both experienced prolonged periods of water scarcity over the last few decades, and we are interested in comparing public perceptions of the reasons for water scarcity in both areas. The survey consists of nine questions and should take about 5 minutes to complete. Your participation is voluntary: you may skip any question or exit the survey at any time. We are not collecting any personal information.

We truly appreciate your support, knowledge, and participation!

3:30 to 5 pm, Tuesday, 15 Feb, via zoom.

Nick Gonzales from Tankmatez will speak about his company.

"TankMatez is committed to saving fish keepers time and money by offering the most effective Eco-friendly aquatic products on the market. Our goal is to make caring for fish safer and easier. Catering to the small fish owner all the way to large exotic aquariums; TankMatez has the solution to help keep your fish happy and healthy.

With an extensive understanding in fish biology and evolution, TankMatez creates effective solutions to everyday problems many experience when caring for marine life."

See https://www.tankmatez.com/

https://www.facebook.com/events/4987147224680478/ or email me for the link: janemfraserphd@gmail.com

Notes from 18 May 2021 meeting of Pueblo Makes

The group heard presentations from two groups of CSU-Pueblo engineering students (now graduates) and from a student from PSAS.

The first group (Keiffer Butler, Wyatt Farris, Daniel Hoyle-Aguon) described and showed videos of their H.E.R.M.Es Firefighting Drone. Given coordinates for a suspected fire, the drone flies to that location, hovers, searches for the fire, then flies above thefire, drops a fire suppressant ball from a trap door, flies back to its starting location, and lands. A microcontroller is at the center of the design, which uses a commercial drone with an added 3D printed trap door component designed by the students. It also uses an OAK-D AI integrated camera and a neural network trained to recognize a fire. Thermal sensors were considered, but they don’t have the necessary range and are too costly.

The second group (Au’lexandria Goodwin, Kelcie Nagler, Megan Nelms) described and showed videos of their Counterfeit Metal Sensor. The provision of metals by suppliers that do not meet specifications is a serious problem for many companies. This robotic system can accurately and consistently test material, currently limited to grades of aluminum, using eddy current sorting. The methods can be extended to nonferrous metals.

CSU-Pueblo Engineering Professor Neb Jaksic described the requirements for the year-long projects, including the requirement to acquire and use knowledge they hadn’t been taught in order to demonstrate life-long learning.

Meral Sarper, STEAM teacher at PSAS, provided a video (https://youtu.be/6bytzjQJNtU?t=4635) of a presentation by PSAS student Willow Stephenson. Meral commented: “"I am very proud of all my students, especially Willow Stephenson who was a State Finalist for STEM Fair as well as for the Pueblo Entrepreneurship Competition! Here is her presentation last month at the PEC." The Pueblo Makes group was impressed by Willow’s ability to present her ideas and answer questions.

On June 3 at 7 pm Rocky Mountain PBS will air a one hour documentary on the Pueblo flood.

On June 5, from 9am-1pm, the Downtown Association will hold a Pueblo Levee Walk to celebrate the opening of a new pedestrian bridge. See https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pueblo-levee-walk-tickets-154466448305 for tickets.

Pueblo Makes meets the third Tuesday of each month, currently by zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84158525191?pwd=K1lsQWRSQy83Q1NLVXZxQzlBOUw2Zz09

The next meeting is 15 June 2021. Email janemfraserphd@gmail.com to be added to the email list or for more information.

Pueblo Makes meeting notes 16 Feb 2021

The meeting focused on the topic of teaching online classes and creating videos. At our January meeting we identified this topic as one we want to work on. As Karen said then, "consider offering short courses; while others may already be teaching such a course, your voice might reach someone. "

Pat Montoya (see Before You Forget: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkCJj6xiMvi3jsf33hnCOjA) uses his channel as his outlet for creativity, including episodes in a father/son adventure blog. The YouTube collection of videos and its user base are huge; YouTube is the second largest search engine after google. He urged us to stay as genuine as possible, to start with an idea and then make videos. Get the first few videos up, get off the ground, and then gather momentum. Many people have anxiety about starting. Get the foundation right and then you can pivot to different topics later. You can also have two or more channels for different topics. He said that a lot of people reuse content but he advocated for making organic content. You can also use YouTube to draw people’s interest to other platforms, but be sure to be honest and genuine with everything. People want lifestyle stories, for example, healthy practices. Videos can be made from your phone, your tablet, your laptop, or with a simple camera; Pat uses a GoPro Hero8, but started with his iPhone. If you use audio content from someone else, make sure it is not copyrighted. You can subscribe (follow) other people and that list shows up on the left side of your YouTube page.

YouTube videos are available for free, although they can be restricted to be available only to people who have the link. Various platforms are available to sell your short course: Activingo, Teachable, Patreon.

Jane has created a channel for Pueblo Makes (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY4FwJymbXk8p7A14UEvVUQ) but she is not sure about how she intends to use it. She mentioned perhaps having makers interview each other or spotlighting a maker each month. and Pat liked that idea. The Arts Alliance also has a channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOeC9mlQDWHHdCshZ5g4bhA.

LaDoris announced that her business Designs by LaDoris will have a grand reopening with the Pueblo West Chamber of Commerce at Project Inspire, 19 March, 5 PM. Gregory is working with Ladoris through Project Inspire to create master classes, starting with three on how to sew a hem, how to sew a button, and how to put in a zipper. Gregory said that classes can be a source of revenue. You can charge a fee per class. You can put short videos on YouTube as a teaser and then in the information section on YouTube for that video, you can have a link to take people to register for the class. There are appropriate places for a tutorial and for paid content. He mentioned Vimeo and said Project Inspire is using Squarespace as a platform. He said that 1 March he will have an announcement concerning Masterclasses. Other useful platforms are Activingo and Teachable. Each has nuances for how they can be used and they differ in costs. Gregory recommended that the Pueblo Makes web page could have a section on these resources.

We discussed the role of the library and possible studios for making videos. Karen is working on one to be located at the Arts Alliance. There is also equipment available at the library, which is not reopened yet, but should be soon. Contact Sharon Rice for information.

Gregory discussed embedding story tellers in Pueblo’s organizations as a guerrilla operation. For example, Pat is doing that at Evraz and Gregory asked us to let him know of other organizations that need story tellers. “Someone has to tell that story.” Pueblo doesn’t tell its own story well and we need to do that.

Caroline, CSU-Pueblo art professor, demonstrated techniques she is doing to teach studio classes during COVID. She said everyone is stressed, but she was excited and “I love disruption” because opportunities will emerge. The Arts have become prominent with lockdown. People want to watch ballet online, read books, see art. Since General Education courses require including seven topics, including wellness, she recognizes the anxiety, stress, and illness of students but also the opportunity. To create you have to be well. Everyone is in a different situation but coming together via zoom. She teaches drafting, drawing. perspective, shade, creativity. Don’t expect online to be like studio, but in some ways it is better. Since students are used to getting information from the computer anyway, she builds on that. As a student she looked at art in books or had to pay a lot to visit the Art Institute in Chicago, but now students have art works at their fingertips.

For figure drawing, she doesn’t use a live model, but she uses YouTube to show, for example, a sumo wrestling match. She then stops the video and everyone draws the same view. Then everyone shows their work and gives suggestions. On the screen she can show students postures, angles of body parts, and measurements. . She uses the street view on Google maps to teach when and how to use one-point and two-point perspective. Usually in such a class everyone has a different perspective of the view of an artificial object such as a cube, but with Google street view everyone has the same view of a real object such as a building. Everyone can stand at the same point in the road.

Since not everyone has access to the same materials (such as painting tools) she wants to promote wellness and creativity by enabling everyone to participate and feel good. She showed a color wheel created with home objects and a portrait created from found objects, which takes imagination. For her art appreciation class, she had students go outside and draw a map of sounds you hear and where they are coming from. Show us your perception from your location. She praised Zoom for helping us lose sense of place and for it as a way to connect to one another.

Pat echoed the role of creativity in creating happiness. LaDoris said she has her granddaughters draw something in nature. Caroline talked about being energetic with what you are doing, getting a sense of place back while crazy things are happening. She showed artist James Ensor’s painting self-portrait with mask and then asked the students to make masks.

She has experimented with what she looks like using a green screen without a green screen. She showed a video of moving with a tree background, which could then be made into a drawing. She used a mushroom background video to be part human and part mushroom and another from a moving car to eat the road. (Karen called these examples “the best use of zoom I’ve ever seen.”) Caroline urged us to work with you have, with what you can do.

Caroline challenged her students to devise the best way to convey a drawing. In person, a student would just show a charcoal drawing to classmates but in digital format, features like texture are missing. Some made drawings into videos. Others turned poems into animation with drawings. All students read the same story, then drew their impressions.

Caroline uses the game exquisite corpse. In person, each draws a part of a body on a folded up piece of paper, which is then opened up to reveal the whole drawing. Online, students put sections in chat, then put them together. Then students redraw the drawing as a whole

Caroline doesn’t spend the whole class on zoom. There can be time to work on your own and come back with questions. Don’t take up all their time. If they have questions, they will come to you.

Elliott, who does online coaching, said that not having face-to-face contact means he has to rely on other mental faculties including intuition. Caroline said she feels a little closer to the students because they’re not distracted, they are right here. We talk about the pandemic, my neck is killing me, we trade stretches. Standing in front of classroom, I’m the expert. How do you believe what I say? Working via zoom is more equal; the person who is talking is the expert. It is very freeing because we can focus on the matter at hand and make the best artwork possible. I don’t like what it does to the body. I miss people. But there are benefits.

Drew thanked the members of Pueblo Makes who served as judges for the remote STEM fair., this year all in individual, not team, projects. 24 students are moving on to regionals.

Next month at our meeting on 16 March, Paula Robben will lead us in a Vision Lab using the Dream Builder program in which we consult our hearts and minds to create a vision for makers and making in Pueblo.

Pueblo Makes meeting notes 19 Jan 2021

Drew reminded people of the PSAS virtual STEM Fair this Thursday 21 Jan. If you signed up to be a judge, you will receive an email on Wednesday giving a link to the videos with a Google form to assess each video from Thursday through Sunday. Three judges will judge each video, by grade level. This year, due to COVID, all students did individual projects, not teams.

Nathan Stern (nstern@broadstreetrealty.com) from Broad Street Realty in Denver spoke to us about planned development in the old Holmes Hardware Building (44 S Union Avenue), down Union Avenue from the Rawlings Library. He described his Pueblo connection (his great aunt worked for the steel mill) and the way he fell in love with Pueblo. He and his business partner Zach did various brokerage arrangements here, and he has sold property here, but after noticing the success of food halls in nurturing new restaurant in Denver, he decided to work on a food hall as a way for restaurateurs to get a concept off the ground, then open in their own place. On 3 March 2020 he put the Holmes Hardware Building under contract and shortly after that every restaurant in Pueblo shut down. This delay turned out to be a blessing since it gave him time to work on this project.

He showed us a presentation on the project (https://www.dropbox.com/s/gjjgv9vblnyg26x/Concept%20Deck%20-%20Fuel%20%26%20Iron%20-%2011.23.20.pdf?dl=0) including the history of the building. Its location is ideal for drawing people down Union Avenue from the Riverwalk. He described the phases, starting with residential units (18 1-bedroom apartments, 18 2-bedroom, and 2 studios, unfurnished) on the top floors of the building, then the food hall, event space, urban farm, performing arts space (under the Union Ave bridge) and more residential units (working with IndieDwell). He hopes that the project will be catalytic. As people see this success, it will encourage more housing in the urban core. The downtown can’t be successful if no one lives there. The project will include many spaces for public art, including public art in the plaza, ornamental metal gates, an art wall, and more. The urban farm will include a playground.

The food hall will be all local companies. The project will operate the bar in the center of the food hall, leasing out five restaurant spaces and a coffee shop. It is intended that restaurants would be in the food hall for 2 to 3 years, and then open a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Pueblo. Since the food hall will include kitchen facilities and equipment, a start-up food vendor will need only signage, a menu (usually about six items), and specialty equipment, requiring roughly $20,000 to start instead of millions. Food halls tend to be profitable, allowing the start ups to establish a concept, gain a customer base, and save up money to open a restaurant. With housing on site, employees could live nearby.

Contractor bids are due back 5 February. Depending on those bids, he thinks they have sufficient investment to proceed and plans to close on the building on 7 April. The construction will be done in two phases to comply with requirements for state tax credits for historic buildings. The residential units should be done in January 2022 and the food hall in July 2022.

Nathan asked for feedback and ideas.

LaDoris asked about the connection with Watertower Place. Nathan said the two projects are complementary, since Watertower Place plans to have full scale restaurants, food retail, and a commissary kitchen, none of which will be in the Holmes Hardware building. Keating School also plans to focus on retail. He said they want to be good partner and are also working with the Food Project. LaDoris and Nathan will talk about the potential for LaDoris to supply aprons and chef caps.

He said they have most of the money needed, but not all and they are providing an opportunity for people to invest as little as $100 through https://wefunder.com/fuelandiron. In response to Zach’s questions, Nathan explained the funding of the total cost of $14.5 million. $9 million through three different loans. Of the remaining $5.5 million in equity. $3 million is raised through tax credit equity programs, federal and state. Since state credits are capped at $1 million per phase and one phase must be finished before the next starts, the residential floors will open in January 2022, and then the Food Hall in July.

Karen described to Nathan that the building is located within a portion of the Pueblo Creative Corridor (https://www.puebloarts.org/pueblo-creative-corridor/) and that the Pueblo Arts Alliance (https://www.puebloarts.org/) does group marketing for the area. She will help Nathan connect with creatives. The project will also have a gallery of historic photos.

Drew offered that his students at PSAS (https://www.psask8.org/) have expertise in designing playgrounds and can give him feedback. Nathan encouraged that connection since the playground will be in the urban farm which is viewed as an educational piece. Nathan is already connected with Deric.

Ryan Madic will be the first intern from CSU-Pueblo and there are plans to involve PCC and CSU-Pueblo. Pueblo students will be able to see a career path in food businesses. Paula suggested he connect with Brian Estrada, the new director of the SBDC, who did catering at PCC. Four of the six food hall locations are signed already. Amanda described the customized workforce training PCC can provide.

Nathan said he has already bought 48 mugs from Tuxedo Ranch. Jean discussed the potential to do events to coordinate volunteers to work on the playground and garden, involving adults and youth. Nathan liked the idea. The group suggested that Taylor Blanchard (https://www.facebook.com/Journeymans-Upholstery-168546867414064/) might be able to provide furniture. Nathan said there will be need for over 200 chairs and 50 to 100 tables. Formulary 55 might be able to provide products for the bathroom. Karen volunteered to provide another bath products business also.

Nathan is in Pueblo once a week so email him (nstern@broadstreetrealty.com) if you want to discuss collaboration on the project.

Karen updated the group on progress on the store to be opened in the lobby of the Arts Alliance Building, to accept donations of creative and making supplies: Creative Reuse Pueblo. Progress is being made in cleaning out the warehouse, creating a list of what we can take and not take, policies for volunteers, etc. The store will start with volunteer managers, eventually paid. A local artist is creating a logo. The official announcement will be at the end of February, but donations already coming in. Also, she reminded us that the Arts Alliance online store is up and running (https://www.puebloarts.org/shop-local-art/). To be listed there, send info to Karen (karen@puebloarts.org). For Pueblo Makes members, there is a 10% commission only on sales, not on shipping. The vendor must handle shipping.

Jane described an opportunity to advertise online classes through Activingo (https://activingo.com/?i). She, Bill, and Elliott have their EJB Partners offerings on that website, and perhaps Pueblo Makes and the Arts Alliance could collaborate on a storefront there. Karen talked about the video studio being set up at the Arts Alliance which will help people make videos. Karen said she recently took a course on giving webinars and she encouraged all of us to consider offering short courses; while others may already be teaching such a course, your voice might reach someone. Russ pointed to Lucid Woodturners (https://www.lucidwoodturners.com/) as a resource to help learn about teaching online. Jane mentioned Gia Goodrich’s video on how to look good online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljySr6s6Lqk. The group was very interested in teaching online and we will focus the February meeting on resources for offering online classes.

Jane said she had checked with Alan of the City of Pueblo about the possible zoning change to allow small batch manufacturing in certain areas (for example, on Main Street); the proposal is on hold until an inventory of historic buildings is complete. She described the idea of making Main Street a maker/creative friendly location and there was interest in pursuing that idea. LaDoris described a vision including childcare for workers. Paula volunteered to run a session to expand that vision, which we will plan to do at the March meeting.

LaDoris announced that Project Inspire (https://www.projectinspire.community/) will have an event on 6 Feb with a Valentine’s Day theme where vendors can sell products.

Pueblo Makes meets the third Tuesday of each month, 3:30-5 pm, via zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84158525191?pwd=K1lsQWRSQy83Q1NLVXZxQzlBOUw2Zz09)

The next meeting dates and tentative topics are: 16 February – online teaching of art and making classes 16 March – vision for creative/maker Main Street: Making on Main Street

You are invited to a Pueblo Maker Holiday Party!

For the December meeting of Pueblo Makes (15 December, 3:30-5 pm), you are invited to make something, then join us on zoom and show us what you made.

Sew, carve, cook, or write.

Paint, dance, weld, or grow.

Sing, hammer, fold, or solder.

Bake, program, turn, or glue.

Sculpt, draw, weave, or photograph.

Make it from steel, paper, fabric, wood, words, clay, or glass.

Make it virtually or make it real.

Make a poem, a cup of coffee, a website, or a kite.

Make it with love and show it to us!

We will meet by zoom on Tuesday, 15 December, 3:30-5 pm.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84158525191?pwd=K1lsQWRSQy83Q1NLVXZxQzlBOUw2Zz09

We will use the chat box to sign up for short presentations of what we made.

We will celebrate Pueblo Makers.

We will also have short reports (updates and future plans) from our working groups:

• Exchange of material, info flow - Jane
• Programming, events - Emily
• PM website - Zach
• Physical spaces - Sharon
• K-12 education - Sharon
• Inclusion and equity - Alyssum
• Relationship with industry - Jason

PS Even if you don’t make something, please join us to celebrate makers and making.

Twenty four people met by zoom on 17 Nov 2020.

Announcements:

· See the SBDC website for various classes being offered: https://www.southerncoloradosbdc.org/

· The Pueblo Arts Alliance, TickTock Pueblo, and Bistoro are cosponsoring a virtual Winter Bazaar on Nov 28 and Nov 29. Email info@ticktockpueblo.com by Thursday 19 November to participate. Facebook page for the event: www.facebook.com/events/406472350347420

· The Artisan Textile Company is celebrating 5 years in business. See flash sales at https://www.facebook.com/ArtisanTextileCo. They had an online fashion show, filmed at Watertower Place: https://youtu.be/CjEa4Y1Fnq4

· The Project Inspire Community has an online sale: https://www.projectinspire.community/

· The student STEM fair will be online this year, with students creating video presentations. If you want to be a judge contact Drew at hirshon@psas.ws.

· LaDoris is partnering with Karen Shields insurance to provide Thanksgiving dinners to families in need. Contact her at if you know of families who need this help. DESIGNS BY LADORIS 719-470-1667.

· Jane will get Pueblo Makes buttons to Gregory at WTP so people can get them – and wear them in all your zoom meetings!

Gregory Howell update us on activities at Watertower Place. He reviewed the current tenants at WTP and also the Preferred Vendor Collection. If you want to be included contact him at gregory@gregoryhowell.com. He reviewed a pamphlet (I will send it later separately) that includes a complete description of WTP, including philosophy, values, and more. Construction is still underway. He described five areas of focus: Hi Tech, Good Entrepreneurship, Small Batch Manufacturing, Media Center, and NonProfit Alley. One new tenant is Tankmatez (https://www.tankmatez.com/), which makes a device to enable removing a fish from a tank which keeping the fish safe and the environment in the tank safe. The Pueblo Star Journal will be re-launched as a free Thursday paper. The film The Voyage of the Chimera (the previously title was Into the Void) is finished; see https://www.facebook.com/ventureintothevoid/. The Howell family has bought and is rehabilitating 16 homes on 8th street (between Joplin and Kingston).

Gregory and Drew are working on two projects. The first will provide docent training and certification for youth in Pueblo. The second involves roof top gardening at WTP and a sustainability center in a house across the street from PSAS. Gregory is also working with a coalition (including D60, D70, the Pueblo Boys & Girls Clubs, and others) to ensure that childcare is available for essential workers and families in need.

Nate Moser explained the work of The Smalls, which helps small businesses learn how to apply for government contracts. See https://thesmalls.org/.

We also had short reports (updates and future plans) from our working groups:

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• Exchange of material, info flow – Jane – we created a Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2212033755607791/), which is meant for discussion. Please post ideas, announcements, questions. It has already been used for some material exchange. Karen Foglesong from the Pueblo Arts Alliance talked about their plans for a store (eventually like Friends of the Library) for exchanging material. The Arts Alliance and Pueblo Makes will work together on that project and others. Cristine Boyd already does bulk purchase of clay; contact her at boyd@allclay.com if you are interested.
• Programming, events – Emily – The group is planning a big event for 2022, perhaps based on the Lost Arts Fair in Australia. They are working on creating and sharing videos to the Pueblo Makes Facebook page and group starting in January. Jason and Kathy will make the first videos.
• PM website – Zach. Add your listing to the Makers Directory (https://pueblomakes.com/makers.html). Email Zach (zachmcollier@gmail.com) with a photo and short bio – see examples online and include an offer to help others.
• Physical spaces – Sharon
• K-12 education - Sharon
• Inclusion and equity – Alyssum – will be meeting next week.
• Relationship with industry – Jason – met and will meet again.

If you want to join any of the groups, the topics and leaders are:

• Free exchange, info flow, Jane, janemfraserphd@gmail.com
• Programming, events , Emily, info@ticktockpueblo.com
• PM website, Zach, Zachmcollier@gmail.com
• Physical spaces, Sharon, sharon.rice@pueblolibrary.org
• PM supports K-12 education, Sharon, sharon.rice@pueblolibrary.org
• Inclusion and equity, Alyssum, alyssum.skjeie@state.co.us
• Relationship with industry, Jason, Jason.Falsetto@pueblocc.edu

The next meeting of Pueblo Makes will be Tuesday 15 Dec, via zoom.

About twenty five people met by zoom and continued our brainstorming from the September meeting on two questions:

• What do makers in Pueblo need?
• How can Pueblo Makes (or other organizations) help meet those needs?

Jane reviewed the purpose of Pueblo Makes, from the About section of the Pueblo Makes webpage:

The national maker movement celebrates the ability of all people to make and encourages innovation, invention, and entrepreneurship. People learn practical skills in a supportive environment and gain confidence and interest in making as a hobby or a career.

Pueblo Makes is a group of forward-thinking innovators and diverse leaders who are inspired to cultivate the maker movement within our community. We include entrepreneurs, artists, teachers, librarians, and representatives of local maker spaces, including maker spaces at businesses, libraries, schools, Pueblo Community College, and Colorado State University-Pueblo. We support makers of jewelry, wood products, electronic devices, robots, computer apps, food, and more.

Zach updated us on the Pueblo Makes website (https://pueblomakes.com/), including the new Maker Directory (https://pueblomakes.com/makers.html). Please email Zach to be added to the Directory. Send a photo and short write up (see the web page for examples) to Zachmcollier@gmail.com. Zach said he still has Pueblo Makes T-shirts that some people ordered; contact Zach to arrange payment and pickup.

We consolidated the ideas from the September meeting into 8 themes:

1. Free exchange, information flow – 46 points

2. Events, programming – 30

3. Pueblo Makes website – 22

4. Physical spaces – 31

5. Gather more info on what makers need – 14

6. Makers can contribute to K-12 Education – 19

7. Making needs to be inclusive, embody equity - economic, social, racial. – 18

8. Unified relationship with industry. – 17

We used multivoting (each person assigned 5 points for top choice, 4 for 2nd choice, … 1 for 5th choice). While the first theme was a clear top choice, all had significant support. Each item was at least the second choice for at least one person. Since all themes had support, we asked for volunteers to work on these topics.

The following people volunteered to be in a working group and to report back at the 17 November meeting of Pueblo Makes. Tim wasn’t present at the meeting, but we thought it was important to have him involved in two of the groups, so we volunteered him. If you would like to join a group, contact the convenor, who is listed FIRST. The convenor will contact the members, arrange a meeting of the working group, and arrange for someone to report back at the next meeting.

1 - Free exchange, info flow

JANE (janemfraserphd@gmail.com)

Marisa (stollerm@pueblocounty.us)

Ana (kolibriglass21@gmail.com)

Veronika (madebyme1983@gmail.com)

Zach (Zachmcollier@gmail.com)

2 - Programming, events

EMILY (info@ticktockpueblo.com)

Jason (Jason.Falsetto@pueblocc.edu)

Alyssum (alyssum.skjeie@state.co.us)

Cathy (cathy@tuxedoranch.com)

3 - PM website

ZACH (Zachmcollier@gmail.com)

4 - Physical spaces

SHARON (sharon.rice@pueblolibrary.org) Alyssum (alyssum.skjeie@state.co.us)

Emily (info@ticktockpueblo.com)

Tim (timroush3d@gmail.com)

5 - Gather more info on needs

Survey once a year?

6 - Makers contribute to K-12 education

SHARON (sharon.rice@pueblolibrary.org)

Morganlee's replacement

7 - Inclusion and equity

ALYSSUM (alyssum.skjeie@state.co.us)

Jane (janemfraserphd@gmail.com)

8 - Relationship with industry

JASON (Jason.Falsetto@pueblocc.edu)

Jane (janemfraserphd@gmail.com)

Tim (timroush3d@gmail.com)

Marisa (stollerm@pueblocounty.us)

We welcomed Veronika Rodriguez to Pueblo Makes. See https://www.facebook.com/madebyme719.

We also welcomed Megan Moore, coordinator at the Southern Colorado Innovation Link. See https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-moore-787731164/.

Emily announced that TickTock will open at its new location, next to Bistoro, in November. TickTock will offer kits for sale, to be completed at home or at Tick Tock. She showed the first kit, a rocket ship. If you are interested in having TickTock purchase your kits for sale, contact Emily (info@ticktockpueblo.com).

Jane will contact Gregory Howell and ask him to come back to Pueblo Makes.

Pueblo Makes meets the third Tuesday of each month. The next meeting is Tuesday 17 November, 3:30-5, by zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84158525191?pwd=K1lsQWRSQy83Q1NLVXZxQzlBOUw2Zz09