[Swansea Hackspace] Re: Hackspace Digest, Vol 3, Issue 30

ceri clatworthy ceri.clatworthy at gmail.com
Wed Mar 27 06:10:16 GMT 2013 

Lovely
Be good meat finally

Ceri
On Mar 27, 2013 5:46 AM, "Tim Moore" <timmoore47 at gmail.com> wrote:

> *Our first meeting will be at 7pm on Tuesday the 2nd of April, in the back
> room of the Vivian Arms in Sketty.*"
>
> Agreed, fine by me.
>
> :  )))
>
> Tim_1
>
> On 26 March 2013 23:06, <hackspace-request at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>wrote:
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>>    1. Re: What next (Paul Harwood)
>>    2. Re: What next (Tom Lloyd)
>>    3. First Meeting (Tom Lloyd)
>>    4. Re: What next (Paul Harwood)
>>    5. Re: What next (Tom Lloyd)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:50:08 +0000
>> From: Paul Harwood <paul at harwood-leon.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] What next
>> To: "hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk"
>>         <hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
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>> On 26 Mar 2013, at 11:11, Justin Mitchell <justin at discordia.org.uk>
>> wrote:
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>> > 32 subscribed to this mailing list.
>> > 25 following the facebook page.
>>
>> Thats not a bad start.
>>
>> I would say the obvious places to canvas would be the Met and the
>> University.
>>
>> I'm up for it if anyone wants to organise a time, perhaps someone there
>> at each campus would point us in the right direction. Students Union
>> perhaps?
>>
>> Also, are there any engineering groups, associations or organisations in
>> this area of Wales?
>>
>> *plug* I run the South West Big Data meetup in Bristol we are close to
>> 160 members now and we started last year with 4 people in a cafe. We have
>> had companies like LinkedIn, The Guardian, Mclaren and HP to talk at our
>> events. Sorry for the shameless namedropping but every group has to start
>> somewhere!
>>
>> Also, with new members come opportunities for spaces! Perhaps it would be
>> better to talk about spaces once there are more interested members.
>>
>> :)
>>
>> Paul
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>> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:58:27 +0000
>> From: Tom Lloyd <napalmllama at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] What next
>> To: Paul Harwood <paul at harwood-leon.com>
>> Cc: "hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk"
>>         <hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
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>> Swansea Uni don't have enough room for us now, but they will have a new
>> campus ready in Summer 2015 if things go to plan, so it might be worth
>> asking then.  Of course we need somewhere a bit sooner than that :)  As
>> far
>> as I know nobody has asked at the Met...
>>
>> I think once we've done the hard part - finding a space and setting up in
>> it - we should approach local media to spread the word.  If you build it,
>> they will come!
>>
>> -- Tom
>>
>> On 26 March 2013 13:50, Paul Harwood <paul at harwood-leon.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > On 26 Mar 2013, at 11:11, Justin Mitchell <justin at discordia.org.uk>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > 32 subscribed to this mailing list.
>> > 25 following the facebook page.
>> >
>> >
>> > Thats not a bad start.
>> >
>> > I would say the obvious places to canvas would be the Met and the
>> > University.
>> >
>> > I'm up for it if anyone wants to organise a time, perhaps someone there
>> at
>> > each campus would point us in the right direction. Students Union
>> perhaps?
>> >
>> > Also, are there any engineering groups, associations or organisations in
>> > this area of Wales?
>> >
>> > *plug* I run the South West Big Data meetup in Bristol we are close to
>> 160
>> > members now and we started last year with 4 people in a cafe. We have
>> had
>> > companies like LinkedIn, The Guardian, Mclaren and HP to talk at our
>> > events. Sorry for the shameless namedropping but every group has to
>> start
>> > somewhere!
>> >
>> > Also, with new members come opportunities for spaces! Perhaps it would
>> be
>> > better to talk about spaces once there are more interested members.
>> >
>> > :)
>> >
>> > Paul
>> >
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>> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:34:20 +0000
>> From: Tom Lloyd <napalmllama at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] First Meeting
>> To: hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
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>> Good evening everyone,
>>
>> Since there were no objections to my proposed location, I've gone ahead
>> and
>> booked it.
>>
>> *Our first meeting will be at 7pm on Tuesday the 2nd of April, in the back
>> room of the Vivian Arms in Sketty.*
>>
>> For those who don't know it, here's a map: http://goo.gl/maps/TRlGy
>> There's a car park almost opposite, and a variety of bus services from the
>> centre which stop nearby.  Food is served until 9, and drink until 11.
>>
>> See you all there!
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>> -- Tom Lloyd
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>> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:35:05 +0000
>> From: Paul Harwood <paul at harwood-leon.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] What next
>> To: Tom Lloyd <napalmllama at gmail.com>
>> Cc: "hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk"
>>         <hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
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>> I saw that reply, shame eh!
>>
>> I was thinking more about flyering for members, rather than asking for a
>> space. The more initial membership is = the bigger space the hackspace can
>> afford. I know the Uni has a good computer science degree, which I suppose
>> would draft in a few prospective hacker types there.
>>
>> As with Bristol, it is probably a good idea to plan for success, rather
>> than just wait and see.
>>
>> But, I am a bit naive about the appetite for geeky meet-ups around here,
>> so I could be massively overstating the interest.
>>
>> Suppose just  wait and see who makes it to the meet.
>>
>> -- Paul
>>
>> On 26 Mar 2013, at 13:58, Tom Lloyd <napalmllama at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Swansea Uni don't have enough room for us now, but they will have a new
>> campus ready in Summer 2015 if things go to plan, so it might be worth
>> asking then.  Of course we need somewhere a bit sooner than that :)  As far
>> as I know nobody has asked at the Met...
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>> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:06:14 +0000
>> From: Tom Lloyd <napalmllama at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] What next
>> To: Paul Harwood <paul at harwood-leon.com>
>> Cc: "hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk"
>>         <hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
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>> I hear they teach a decent engineering degree, too ;)
>>
>> I think flyering both universities is an excellent idea.  Swansea's
>> engineering dept shares its 13 lecture theatres with CS and maths I think,
>> so if we put flyers in those we kill three birds with 13 stones, so to
>> speak.  I'm sure we can rustle up a few more like-minded students or
>> former
>> students by word of mouth, too...
>>
>> -- Tom
>>
>> On 26 March 2013 22:35, Paul Harwood <paul at harwood-leon.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I saw that reply, shame eh!
>> >
>> > I was thinking more about flyering for members, rather than asking for a
>> > space. The more initial membership is = the bigger space the hackspace
>> can
>> > afford. I know the Uni has a good computer science degree, which I
>> suppose
>> > would draft in a few prospective hacker types there.
>> >
>> > As with Bristol, it is probably a good idea to plan for success, rather
>> > than just wait and see.
>> >
>> > But, I am a bit naive about the appetite for geeky meet-ups around here,
>> > so I could be massively overstating the interest.
>> >
>> > Suppose just  wait and see who makes it to the meet.
>> >
>> > -- Paul
>> >
>> > On 26 Mar 2013, at 13:58, Tom Lloyd <napalmllama at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Swansea Uni don't have enough room for us now, but they will have a new
>> > campus ready in Summer 2015 if things go to plan, so it might be worth
>> > asking then.  Of course we need somewhere a bit sooner than that :)  As
>> far
>> > as I know nobody has asked at the Met...
>> >
>> >
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