[Swansea Hackspace] Hackspace first meet 11March
Neil Jones
neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk
Mon Mar 11 15:38:52 GMT 2013
On 11/03/2013 14:48, Tim Clark wrote:
> I was thinking about it, however having talked to various people who
> were interested all of them are not going due to its location, so
> postponing till we can find a better location might be a sensible
> idea. If only 2 or 3 people are able to make it i suspect there isn't
> much point. Who else is defiantly able to go?
>
> Tim
Although I made a fuss about the location, and by the sounds of it
others agreed with me. I can get to the meeting and do intend to go there.
In fact I just came back to my computer to check my email and post a
message asking if we were still agreed on meeting tonight.
Can I just make one point here, which is more for the future Our purpose
in meeting isn't to go for a social outing it is to discuss setting up
the Hackspace. Therefore we don't actually need to meet in a pub. If we
did delay tonight it might still be to late to arrange things. but we
could find one of the regular meeting rooms like the Friends Meeting
House. Yes there is a charge to use such places but if we all chipped in
I am sure that it would be less than the amount that we pay for drinks
anyway.
Can we please have a quick decision on what is happening tonight so that
we know what it is that we are doing?
Neil
> On 11/03/2013 14:24, Gerrit Niezen wrote:
>> Is anyone still planning on meeting up tonight at the Halfway Inn? Or
>> shall we rather postpone the first meetup until we can find a more
>> suitable location?
>>
>> On 8 Mar 2013, at 18:53, J C <jc2k_1 at hotmail.com
>> <mailto:jc2k_1 at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>> Nope, Monday is their quiz night
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> From: jc2k_1 at hotmail.com <mailto:jc2k_1 at hotmail.com>
>>> To: hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
>>> <mailto:hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
>>> Subject: RE: [Swansea Hackspace] Hackspace first meet 11March
>>> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 17:15:20 +0000
>>>
>>> I haven't tried them no, I'll swing by tomorrow after work, unless
>>> anyone lives near by? :)
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> From: dancraggs at gmail.com <mailto:dancraggs at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 15:19:05 +0000
>>> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Hackspace first meet 11March
>>> To: hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
>>> <mailto:hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
>>>
>>> Did anyone try asking the Rhyddings pub in Brynmill? They usually
>>> seem fine with little gatherings. No Wi-Fi that I know of, but we
>>> can tether I'm sure.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> On 7 March 2013 15:11, J C<jc2k_1 at hotmail.com
>>> <mailto:jc2k_1 at hotmail.com>>wrote:
>>>
>>> No I certainly don't want to exclude anyone, it was only a
>>> suggestion and I'd be more than happy to go elsewhere if there's
>>> a better fit for people's transport needs.
>>>
>>> I did ask at a few places but others were either closed on
>>> Monday or already had events on (and I don't know that many pubs
>>> in town centre)
>>>
>>> It's just an informal meet & greet anyway, there's nothing
>>> stopping us having several all over town to give everyone a
>>> chance to meet up and get to know each other before we do any
>>> real planning, I don't see that it would spell disaster if we
>>> can't all make the first one....it's hard to pick a
>>> universally convenient spot without knowing where everyone lives.
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> From:gerrit.niezen at gmail.com <mailto:gerrit.niezen at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Hackspace first meet 11March
>>> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 09:27:06 +0000
>>> To:hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
>>> <mailto:hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
>>>
>>>
>>> I wouldn't be happy if anyone felt excluded from the meeting
>>> just because of the location. It was just the first suggestion
>>> that was made - if anybody has a better alternative, let's hear
>>> it! :)
>>>
>>> On 6 Mar 2013, at 23:59, Neil Jones <neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk
>>> <mailto:neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 06/03/2013 20:24, Alan Cox wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 6 Mar 2013 19:53:13 +0000
>>> Dan Craggs<dancraggs at gmail.com> <mailto:dancraggs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Anyone happen to know what bus will go past there then?
>>>
>>> Assuming you actually mean the one in Tallwyn then its about 20 minutes
>>> from the Kingsway on the #30 according to the bus timetable, not that
>>> I've ever done that trip (nor will I be doing it this time).
>>>
>>> I think a Swansea hackspace probably ought to meet in Swansea 8)
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>>
>>> I must protest strongly at the SILLY decision to hold the
>>> meeting at such a crazily inaccessible location.
>>> It isn't in Swansea proper but as the name says HALF WAY to
>>> NEATH.
>>>
>>> Now we find that Alan Cox who is a world famous figure in
>>> the Open Source movement and who would be an asset to
>>> the group cannot attend!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Cox
>>> I quote "He was once commonly regarded as being the "second
>>> in command" afterLinus Torvalds
>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds>himself"
>>>
>>> This means, to put it clearly, that the modern internet as
>>> it exists today, google etc. Is crucially reliant on his
>>> work over the years in order to function.
>>>
>>> I myself am doubtful about it because of the poor access. WE
>>> MUST organise this to work around central Swansea locations.
>>> My concern is if you start biasing it away from people
>>> without transport then we might find that the Hackspace
>>> itself is placed at an inaccessible location
>>> and that it will fail as a result.
>>>
>>> Please please can we not assume that everyone has car
>>> transport and arrange things near motorways so that those
>>> with cars and not inconvenienced for a few minutes extra
>>> driving and those without cars have to spend an hour more
>>> travelling because of the vagaries of the transport system
>>> or are put off because they
>>> don't want to be travelling back on late buses full of drunks.
>>>
>>> I myself live in Neath and the last train is at around 10:30
>>>
>>> Neil
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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