On Sunday 09 September 2012 16:16:00 Tony Whitmore wrote:
> 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/
Point taken. But one would need to know that it existed surely to look at its
website? So I stand by the assertion that they have not made active efforts
to increase their membership.
Lisi
--
Please post to: Hampshire@???
Web Interface:
https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire
LUG URL:
http://www.hantslug.org.uk
--------------------------------------------------------------
