[dundee] [Scottish] More Hackspace

[mdl]

Hello,

For those in Dundee interested in establishing a hackspace there is a list in existence:

http://lists.ditch.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/t-list

Subscribers welcome!

regards,

Magnus

On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 11:16:31PM +0000, Lee Hughes wrote:
> Interesting, I'd be up for getting a nottingham space going, have a venue that I can use, just need some mega nurds now, to create skynet out of a dustbin lid, and old tv set...
> 
> I look forward to hearing from you soon. 
> 
> Looks cool.
> 
> --- On Wed, 8/4/09, John¹ <seago.john at googlemail.com> wrote:
> From: John¹ <seago.john at googlemail.com>
> Subject: [dundee] More Hackspace
> To: dundee at lists.lug.org.uk, aberdeen at mailman.lug.org.uk, scottish at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Date: Wednesday, 8 April, 2009, 6:17 PM
> 
> The following may be of some interest, don't let those down south have all 
> the fun! 
> 
> More Hackspace
> April 2nd, 2009
> 
> Below is the text of an e-mail I’m sending to various groups with which I’m
> 
> involved. Please feel free to copy & re-post, Dig/Reddit/social bookmark, 
> Tweet it, link to it at http://www.goodgnus.org/2009/04/more-hackspace/ or 
> just talk about it to anyone who might be interested in joining in the 
> hackspace fun :-)
> 
> Hackspace - a place for hacking. Playful invention with hardware, from 
> Arduino to 3D printers. As one of the hackspaces puts it: “We’re looking 
> to create a hackerspace where anyone interested in technology, or digital 
> or electronic art can meet, socialise and collaborate.”
> 
> There are hackspaces all over the world [1], and now the UK. A new group 
> [2] is trying to set up hackspaces in London [3] & Birmingham [4].
> 
> Why not the North West you ask? Well, I asked anyway ;) - so now we have a 
> NW group - come and join the mailing list [5].
> Where?
> 
> Members of Liverpool LUG have expressed an interest, and want to tie it in 
> with planned workshops & the local arduino community. In Manchester the 
> local coworking group are interested in sharing the space. In Stockport 
> we’re looking at a storey of a nice mill building [6], and hoping to find 
> a community of people to join in. In Bangor there’s a social enterprise 
> start-up that would integrate very well with the space.
> Join in
> 
> If you’re in N Wales or NW England, and interested in creative, fun (or 
> profitable) things to do with computers, or would like to link such things 
> with social action, perhaps, join the list. These things will only work 
> with *people* - I’m committing a little time to help get these off the 
> ground, but it’ll only work if we all muck in.
> What next?
> 
> If you just want to follow what’s happening follow us on Twitter [7], sign 
> up & lurk on the Google Group, or wait until we set up an [announce] 
> mailing list.
> 
>       [1] http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hacker_Spaces
>       [2] http://www.hackspace.org.uk
>       [3] http://london.hackspace.org.uk/
>       [4] http://groups.google.com/group/birmingham-hack-space
>       [5] http://groups.google.com/group/NW-hack-space
>       [6] http://twitter.com/broadstonemill
>       [7] http://twitter.com/hsNW
> -- 
> John Seago
> GNU/Linux Registered User No. #219566 http://counter.li.org/
> 
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