[Swansea Hackspace] What next

[Tom Lloyd]

Haha, what did I say?  Cwmbwrla!  I don't know anything about it beyond
where it is; is it still occupied?

I guess we need to consider security too.  Wherever we choose, if we keep
tools there it could become a target for thieves.  Do other hackspaces have
problems with this?

-- Tom

On 23 March 2013 20:39, ceri clatworthy <ceri.clatworthy at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been told about Swansea friends of the disabled,
> Just Swansea side of camathen road,
> Next door to carpet shop,
> And it is main bus route as well.
> Pub, three sisters across road,
>
> Cheers
> Ceri
> On Mar 23, 2013 8:35 PM, "Tom Lloyd" <napalmllama at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I suspect that any potential retail space would charge a premium.  We
>> want somewhere just out of town, nearby but off the beaten track - perhaps
>> a former garage or small factory or studio?  Cwmdu/Cwmbwrla might be a good
>> area to start looking.
>>
>> Obviously if we can convince either university to make room for us at
>> reduced cost then that would be ideal.  Is anybody in a good position to
>> make enquiries at the Met?
>>
>> -- Tom
>>
>> On 23 March 2013 20:24, Justin Mitchell <justin at discordia.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 2013-03-23 at 18:08 +0000, Neil Jones wrote:
>>>
>>> > There is a possible item of "where roughly should we be aiming to have
>>> > the hackspace."
>>>
>>> My thoughts and discussions on this subject so far are that it needs to
>>> be somewhere fairly central, in the SA2 or SA1 region.
>>>
>>> The majority of industrial unit type spaces seem to be a fair way out of
>>> town, llansamlet area or further, now whilst they are nice big spaces
>>> with good parking they pretty much suck for public transport access,
>>> especially out of business hours.
>>>
>>> I think that if we are to attract the widest range of members then that
>>> is highly likely to include those to which transport is an issue.
>>>
>>> >From searching the council provided listings (as someone already listed
>>> on here) there are a number of shop units and small office spaces around
>>> the town, in areas like sandfields, brynmill, walter road type areas
>>> which are relatively cheap and close to busy bus routes and other
>>> amenities.
>>>
>>> As for funding, well that's going to depend heavily on how many people
>>> are likely to be able to commit to paying a membership, and how much it
>>> costs to rent a suitably sized space.
>>>
>>> I believe that a contingent in the university that are on this list have
>>> investigated if there is any space available there, which may well have
>>> come cheaply, but i don't think there was any success so far ?
>>>
>>> Re: tools etc, i had hoped to get a feeling for this with my initial
>>> statement of what people expected from a hackspace, i didnt get many
>>> responses, perhaps those that havent yet done so could take a moment to
>>> share with us their expectations or aspirations.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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