<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>From the few people that responded to the Doodle it seems that Monday 11 March at 20h00 might be a good evening for a meetup? </div><div><br></div><div>I read through <a href="http://hackspace.org.uk/view/Starting_a_Hackerspace">http://hackspace.org.uk/view/Starting_a_Hackerspace</a> and thought it will be a good idea if we just socialise/hack together instead of trying to plan how we'll build the hackerspace, as most of that can be organised/discussed on the mailing list instead.</div><div><br></div><div>We still need a venue for the meetup - does anybody know of a nice pub that will let us use their back room or won't mind laptops etc.?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Gerrit</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div>On Feb 17, 2013, at 9:07 PM, Gerrit Niezen wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>I just came across this video (<a href="http://youtu.be/TrX7EQfvutA">http://youtu.be/TrX7EQfvutA</a>, featured on <a href="http://hackaday.com/">hackaday.com</a> today) that gives a quick tour of the Nottingham Hackspace - I think it gives a good indication of the tools and facilities we may aim to have in the Swansea Hackspace one day.</div><div><br></div><div>I agree that an informal meetup will be a good idea, and I've taken the liberty to set up a Doodle at:</div><div><a href="http://doodle.com/s9mb43sq5x696v2a">http://doodle.com/s9mb43sq5x696v2a</a></div><div>that we can use to indicate suitable times to meet up in March, without spamming everyone on the mailing list.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding possible locations:</div><div>- Swansea Creative Hub (<a href="http://swanseacreativehub.com/">http://swanseacreativehub.com/</a>) is a newish development on High Street that seem to be amenable to art/co-working/metalworking/etc.</div><div>- The City Council's "Vacant or Available Commercial Land & Property Register" (<a href="http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2535">http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2535</a>) might be a good place to start looking</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Gerrit</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>