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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>No I certainly don't want to exclude anyone, it was only a suggestion and I'd be more than happy to go elsewhere if there's a better fit for people's transport needs.<div><br></div><div>I did ask at a few places but others were either closed on Monday or already had events on (and I don't know that many pubs in town centre)</div><div><br></div><div>It's just an informal meet & greet anyway, there's nothing stopping us having several all over town to give everyone a chance to meet up and get to know each other before we do any real planning, I don't see that it would spell disaster if we can't all make the first one....it's hard to pick a universally convenient spot without knowing where everyone lives.</div><div><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: gerrit.niezen@gmail.com<br>Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Hackspace first meet 11March<br>Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 09:27:06 +0000<br>To: hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk<br><br>I wouldn't be happy if anyone felt excluded from the meeting just because of the location. It was just the first suggestion that was made - if anybody has a better alternative, let's hear it! :) <div><br><div><div>On 6 Mar 2013, at 23:59, Neil Jones <<a href="mailto:neil@nwjones.demon.co.uk">neil@nwjones.demon.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="ecxApple-interchange-newline"><blockquote>
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<div class="ecxmoz-cite-prefix">On 06/03/2013 20:24, Alan Cox wrote:<br>
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Dan Craggs <a class="ecxmoz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dancraggs@gmail.com"><dancraggs@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre>Anyone happen to know what bus will go past there then?
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<pre>Assuming you actually mean the one in Tallwyn then its about 20 minutes
from the Kingsway on the #30 according to the bus timetable, not that
I've ever done that trip (nor will I be doing it this time).
I think a Swansea hackspace probably ought to meet in Swansea 8)
Alan
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I must protest strongly at the SILLY decision to hold the meeting at
such a crazily inaccessible location.<br>
It isn't in Swansea proper but as the name says HALF WAY to NEATH.<br>
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Now we find that Alan Cox who is a world famous figure in the Open
Source movement and who would be an asset to<br>
the group cannot attend! <a class="ecxmoz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Cox" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Cox</a><br>
I quote "He was once commonly regarded as being the "second in
command" after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds" title="Linus Torvalds" target="_blank">Linus Torvalds</a> himself"<br>
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This means, to put it clearly, that the modern internet as it exists
today, google etc. Is crucially reliant on his work over the years
in order to function.<br>
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I myself am doubtful about it because of the poor access. WE MUST
organise this to work around central Swansea locations.<br>
My concern is if you start biasing it away from people without
transport then we might find that the Hackspace itself is placed at
an inaccessible location<br>
and that it will fail as a result.<br>
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Please please can we not assume that everyone has car transport and
arrange things near motorways so that those with cars and not
inconvenienced for a few minutes extra driving and those without
cars have to spend an hour more travelling because of the vagaries
of the transport system or are put off because they<br>
don't want to be travelling back on late buses full of drunks.<br>
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I myself live in Neath and the last train is at around 10:30<br>
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Neil<br>
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