Report
We had 9 total participants, 8 were paying students, and Blake Pelton, who has many years experience of kite and glider sewing and repair, and line sewing. The group had a wide range of experience and varying skills. we had two participants that currently have a repair facility(Mark and Scott), Three that plan on opening a shop very soon(Sarah, Carson and Hayes), two that plan on doing repairs and trimming as a second job(Jeremy and Bob), and one that will work for Dale. (Patrick)
IT was a really good group, all got along well and all were really excited to be part of this workshop. All participants completed most of the task but no one completed all.
All received "In Progress" status on all categories of tasks, except for Blake Pelton, who received "expert technician" in T3 and T4.
Feedback from participants:
provide a tutorial ahead of time on Office Libre and spreadsheet use.
make ACT easier.
More sewing machines? (we had 3 in heavy use, and two participants brought their own, so I think we had enough. However, people were waiting for time on machines occasionally.
More information on how to set up machines.
At first make one good point, at next talk what to improve.
Include "Make ACT" in T2 certification
Make extra cell in Brake to be used for tip steering for PPG
Make cell for reserve serial number and manufacture date
Make more time to correlate discussion with Manual.
Maybe provide manual ahead of time so people can study.
Have you considered providing plans of rail systems that different people have made that seem to work well? could be plans in the maintenance download section.
Many of these points, while valid, will require more time, which is in short supply already. So maybe we prioritize.
All Participants were very happy with the workshop, and we had overwhelmingly positive feedback.
