On 09/09/12 14:18, hantslug@??? wrote:
> On Sunday 09 September 2012 12:50:35 Benjie Gillam wrote:
>> As regards Surrey and Hampshire Hackspace - like Southackton they don't yet
>> have an actual hackspace, they're a group of hackers/makers who meet
>> frequently
>
> There has been no mention of anything to suggest that you are already meeting,
> let alone when and where, which are surely necessary if you are to attract
> new members. SHH is already doing a small amount of hacking, although that
> is necessarily limited by the lack of a permanent home.
>
> It also is trying to build up its membership, which you clearly are not yet
> doing. So it is more advanced than you are in the process of setting up.
The Southackton website shows that it has been around for years and is
fairly active:
"We are currently holding two meetings a month at the Arthouse Cafe in
Southampton on the 1st Wednesday and 3rd Tuesay [sic] of the month"
The earliest blog post on their website is from May 2009:
http://southackton.org.uk/2009/05/20/a-hackerspace-in-southampton/
The flickr stream shows quite a few people getting involved in making stuff:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42005974@N02/3874580279/in/pool-1245172@N22/
Tony
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