On Sunday 09 September 2012 16:16:00 Tony Whitmore wrote: > On 09/09/12 14:18, hants...@googlemail.com 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@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
