[Swansea Hackspace] Potential new venue for meetings

Alan Cox alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Fri Oct 11 18:49:26 BST 2013


On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:46:06 +0100
Gerrit Niezen <gerrit.niezen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I had a meeting with Volcano Theatre Company (229 High Street) this
> morning, and they have offered us use of their space for future hackspace
> meetings. I approached Volcano specifically because I want to get a more
> diverse group of people, especially artists, involved. Volcano is part of
> the Swansea Creative Hub, and there are a number of art collectives/studios
> nearby. I also want to avoid the perception that we're part of the
> university, in order to make those not affiliated with Swansea University
> feel more welcome.

That seems a brilliant success to me

> Volcano is located in an area where we have a good chance of obtaining a
> more permanent space in the future, so this could also be seen as a test to
> see how easy it is for us to get to.
> 
> They are willing to host us for free for the next technical meeting on
> Monday 4 November. There are couches, tables and chairs, but we'll have to
> provide all our own equipment (including data projector if necessary).


I may actually be able to make that one and if need be I have a mini
portable projector. It's hardly cinemascope but it'll do for a small room
I would think.

Alan




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