====== 5th Swiss Mechanical Keyboard Enthusiasts Meetup ======
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===== Photo Galleries =====

  * [[https://gallery.noone.org/Keyboard%20Events/5th%20Swiss%20Mechanical%20Keyboard%20Enthusiasts%20Meetup/|Photos by Axel Beckert]]

===== When and Where? =====

==== Date and Time ====

  * Saturday, 8 December 2018
  * starting at 13:00
  * estimated end around 17:00

==== Location ====

  * [[http://www.revamp-it.ch/|revamp-it]] Foyer, [[https://map.search.ch/Z%C3%BCrich,R%C3%B6schibachstr.24|Röschibachstr. 24, 8037 Zürich-Wipkingen]]
    * Same building, now ground floor and just beside the entrance of the originally planned location at the [[https://www.ccczh.ch/hackerspace/|CCCZH Hackerspace "Röschtibach"]] (Röschibachstr. 26, 3rd floor), which is probably no more big enough for the currently registered about 70 keyboards.
     * Alternative location kindly offered by [[http://www.revamp-it.ch/|revamp-it]], who will also have a few mechanical vintage keyboards to sell.

== Directions to the Venue ==

Markers on [[https://map.search.ch/d/jdhzju2nd|this map]]:

  * Green field: Venue
  * Yellow arrow: Tram station "Wipkinger Platz" of tram line no. 13.
  * Blue field: medium term parking (needs paying, max. 2h)
  * Blue arrow: Blue Zone parking (needs parking disc, max. 1h)
  * Green arrow: Underground garage (needs paying, closes at 20:00)
  * Red arrow: //Don't use, they're quick with issuing tickets!// (Short term parking for ATM customers only.)

===== Who? =====

To estimate the amount of participants, it would be nice to [[meetup-2018-2/participants|register yourself]] here in the wiki in case you intend to come and bring some keyboards.

===== What to expect? =====

  * over 70 mechanical keyboards (modern, vintage, custom, self-built, …)
  * some keyboards for sale (vintage keyboards from revamp-it and others)
  * other mechanical keyboard enthusiasts
  * maybe a keyboard-related talk
  * maybe some key cap grab bags
  * maybe a typing speed contest
  * a lots of clicks and clacks

===== Organisers =====

  * [[https://axel.beckert.ch/|Axel]] ([[r>/u/xtaran]]): Room, Announcements, Wiki
  * Stephan ([[r>/u/savf]]): Label and Trading Cards, Logo design
  * …

===== Historical Data =====

  * [[https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/swissmk-2018-2/|Initial date survey]]
  * [[ri>97lyca|Announcement of date survey on Reddit]]
  * [[ri>9xiwbb|Announcement on Reddit]]
  * [[ri>a30bz1|Announcement of minor location change on Reddit]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/XTaran/status/1071050738003001345|Announcement on Twitter]]