[Swansea Hackspace] Raspberry Pi laptop

[Graham Owens]

Hi Ian,
As far as I'm aware there is no requirement to help fund the bigger tools.  I think its just the £10 per month members fee.  Those that are funding the additional tools for the space arnt doing so because they have to, it just gets the things for the space quicker.  There is no requirement on any MEMBER other than the £10.  I don't have a fob either and still have to get people to let me in, and I have to travel in from out of town too, so I understand your concerns.  As I understand it the problem is that there are middle men between the hackspace and the big green gates, which causes the keyfobs to take much longer to arrive than anyone in the hackspace would like because they need to be ordered from the building owners.

Thanks

Graham

-----Original Message-----
From: "Ian Bullfrog" <sevendev.tk at gmail.com>
Sent: ‎31/‎10/‎2014 12:00
To: "Swansea Hackspace" <hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Raspberry Pi laptop

yeah, pity I missed it when it was just meeting up in places really.
milling machines and lasers and the like are very nice, Im sure, but I 
cant really afford to contribute towards them really and never got a 
keyfob so couldnt just roll in and do stuff with the printer as I 
couldnt seem to ever catch anyone there to get let in.
its a bit of a long trot down there to stare at a green gate.

I was waiting on the keyfob so that I couldnt actually start to use the 
space properly/internet access etc and use it for doing some webdev etc 
and hopefully get some work that way- I dont have internet at home, 
except via my phone.

so its back to the library for me.
which closes for 5 weeks...... from next week.
crap!

I just wanted to tinker with stuff at a lower hardware commitment level. 
making things out of recycled things etc.
still, the balcony was nice :)

catch you at some of the socials and maybe some workshops with donations.

good luck and bye for now.

ps. just giving some positive feedback for future cases to bear in mind 
with others at the lower end of the food chain/living distantly from the 
centre.


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