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GatorLUG - Hackerspace, Electric Cars
Event Details
Time: June 17, 2009 from 6pm to 8pm
Location: Virtually Cuban
Street: 409 Southwest 13th Street
City/Town: Gainesville, FL
Website or Map: http://www.gatorlug.org/node/…
Phone: clintc@bebr.ufl.edu
Event Type: meeting
Organized By: Clinton Collins
Latest Activity: Jun 12, 2009
Event Description
GatorLUG Meeting Agenda for June 17, 2009
6:00 - 6:20 Announcements / General Discussion
Palm Pre (Did you get one?)
Hackerspace Update - skillhouse.org
6:20 - 7:40 Presentation - Building An Electric Car | Joseph DiPietro,
Richard Johnson
Southern Electric Cars is a local company right here in Gainesville,
Florida. They do custom electric conversions on your vehicle. These
gentlemen will be at the next meeting to give a presentation on Electric
Vehicle (EV) conversions and answer questions. They will bring their
most recent conversion vehicle for inspection.
Joseph M. DiPietro
An electrical engineer with more than 30-years of experience in
high-power electrical design, fabrication and repair.
Richard A. Johnson
A master fabricator with more than 30-years of experience. As owner of
Chassis Dynamics he specialized in customizing, modifying and building
street and high-performance automobiles.
More information about Southern Electric Cars here:
http://www.southernelectriccars.com/
7:40 - 8:00 Tech Talk - all you can eat!
See you there,
Clinton Collins, President
GatorLUG, Gainesville, Florida
http://www.gatorlug.org
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