A very touching tribute. Well said.
Colin Stanners <[email protected]> wrote:
>tl;dr: good job everyone, I didn't think we could go this far, keep
>working
>hard.
>
>
>
>May 31, 2011 - two years ago (and a few days, I wanted to send this
>earlier
>but it
>fell down the todo list) a group of 20 Winnipeggers had their first
>meeting
>on the
>third floor of 125 Adelaide*, having just rented the extremely dumpy,
>dirty
>space
>at a pittance, with the goal of turning it into Winnipeg's first hacker
>&
>makerspaces.
>
>I was there, but thought this was too incredible to really work. About
>a
>year before,
>I was looking to borrow/use a flash chip programmer to recover from a
>bad
>BIOS
>update and was disappointed to find Winnipeg very lacking in hobbyist
>technical
>groups/organizations. There were a few niche groups (amateur radio,
>MUUG,
>WPCUG,
>MWCS) but nothing like the hacker / makerspaces of legend in bigger
>cities,
>where
>24/7 projects, constant innovation and access to great tools and
>community
>technical
>advice was the norm. In April 2011 some Googling turned up mention of
>hackerspace
>plans for Winnipeg; I found myself at a King's Head meeting and thought
>it
>was a dream.
>
>It took a huge amount of demolishing, cleaning, building, planning,
>more
>cleaning, wiring,
>organizing, discussing, innovating, advertising, etc., but the results
>speak for themselves.
>Two years later, Winnipeg now has Canada's largest makerspace (in sq ft
>and
>value of
>gear; pretty high up in member numbers too) with a very quickly
>advancing
>startup
>incubator, and one of the biggest hackerspaces (in sq ft and member
>numbers) at a new
>location that better fits its needs. The rate of progress, efforts put
>in,
>and resulting
>community are phenomenal; a testament to both individuals' strengh and
>dedication and
>the caliber of people that live in this city and their desire to make
>it a
>better place.
>
>There's still much work to be done - both spaces need a few more
>members to
>be sustainable,
>and especially more classes/events so as to teach and involve not only
>our
>own members but the
>public at large as well - but generally we're in great shape and the
>future
>looks bright for our
>groups and all the innovation, support, creativity and business we can
>bring to our community.
>
>Thanks to all members and contributors, past and present, for the
>whirlwind
>of the last two
>years. Give yourselves a bit of congratulations for having done what
>you
>could to contribute
>to these great efforts, thank the others for what they've also put in,
>and
>keep up the good work.
>Filling a need is good; turning the process into a resource that keeps
>giving is phenomenal.
>
>
>~an AW & Sksp member
>
>*notes at
>http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Meeting_notes%5C2011#May_31.2C_2011_-_18:00_.40_125_Adelaide
>
>
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