[ExeterLUG] Fab Lab

[Rick Timmis]

Hi Tom, Simon

I did get a copy of the survey on Fab Lab. My understanding is that there
is a good level of interest in such a facility.
Currently the ExeterLUG has around 30 members on the mailing list, and we
get around 15 people to our monthly meetings.

We ran a celebration event for Software Freedom day on 21st September,
which was an overall success and helped raise some additional funds for the
group.

The consensus, not as yet fully agreed, is to raise funds to buy a Mendel
RepRap, and there are other interests in and around the Raspberry Pi,
Packet Radio Internet and Software development too.

Our next meeting is on Friday 11th October, from 19:30 at Exwick Community
Center, Kinnerton Way, Exeter and you would be most welcome to come along.
I would be happy to put Fab Lab on the Agenda for discussion.

Look forward to hearing from you

Best Wishes

Rick Timmis

On Tue, 24 Sep 2013 05:21:33 +0100, Simon Waters <simon at technocool.net>
wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> 
> as the Devon and Cornwall GLUG contact I can't speak for Exeter LUG.
> Rick (copied) is your man for that.
> 
> Certainly other members of D&C GLUG picked up on your tweet, so clearly
> some interest, but I think the only way to know how many turn up is to
> arrange a meeting on the topic and see how many you pull in, as lots of
> folks will express and interest but not actually turn up.
> 
>  Simon
> 
> On 23/09/13 14:21, Tom Dixon wrote:
>> Dear Simon,
>> 
>> “Exeter LUG have done some work with community groups. There is a lot
of
>> overlap between LUGs”
>> 
>> Thanks for adding your comments to the quick survey I’ve been running
to
>> establish interest in a Fab Lab or similar. Absolutely take your point
>> re: overlap with LUG. Any chance of fleshing out likely interest from
>> Exeter LUG – how many members, how many might want to use a facility?
>> What structure would they like to see?
>> 
>> I’ve added Exeter LUG as a stakeholder to ensure I keep you up to date
>> with any progress.