Hi Meling, Long time not see you in the air :). +1 for any xtvt for OSDC.MY and others community as well. why not we use what already in the in front of us. Thanks for the invitation.
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Meling Mudin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > First of all, an introduction. > > HackerspaceKL is a community-oriented hackerspace where people make > creative things with technology. It will be a place for hackers, coders, > geeks, makers, nerds, artists, students, and everyone from all walks of life > to hang out and meet each other, work on projects and meet people with > similar interest, conduct lectures, workshops, and tutorials, and share > knowledge and resources such as electronic equipments, computer devices, and > other gadgets. We are similar to other hackerspaces such as > Metalab<http://metalab.at/> (Vienna, > Austria), /tmp/lab <http://www.tmplab.org/> (Paris, France), > HacDC<http://www.hacdc.org/>(Washington > DC, USA), Randomdata <http://www.randomdata.nl/>(Utrecth, The > Netherlands), Pumping Station: One <http://www.pumpingstationone.org/> > (Chicago, > IL, USA), and Tog <http://www.tog.ie/> (Dublin, Ireland). Regionally, we > are dissimilar to HackerspaceSG <http://hackerspace.sg/> (Singapore) due > to our orientation towards DIY culture and tinkering, while theirs is more > towards social gatherings and co-working. We also fullfil our social and > community role by conducting workshops, trainings and classes on > electronics, Open Source, computer security, and any other subject. > > We have been around for exactly 1 year and 2 months, and our small little > community is actively growing. > > On behalf of HSKL, I would like to invite the leaders of the Open Source > community to utilize the space for meetups, workshops, and events. There are > no requirements to host events by non-members at our space - you just need > to observe our house rules (http://wiki.hackerspace.my/wiki/HouseRules), > get one of our members to help out in organizing your event ( > http://wiki.hackerspace.my/wiki/EventHowTo), and provide donations for the > upkeep of the space. And of course, anyone is welcome to be a member as > well. > > For a typical workshop-style events, we have tables, chairs, projector and > whiteboard. Our room (the only one with airconditioning) can accomodate at > most 30 people for a presentation-only event. For workshops, we can > accommodate at most 20-25 people. > > As a suggestion, I would like the open source community to start running a > monthly event similar to our Security Meetup (which happens every first > Tuesday of the month). The format is simple: one presenter to talk on topic > of interest, followed by discussion. Topics can be anything related to Open > Source (in a similar vein, for Security Meetup, the topics are anything > related to security - Kakeman talked about physical security/alarm systems > at the last meetup). > > If you are interested, please do not hesitate to contact me, the committee > ([email protected]) or [email protected]. > > Cheers, > > --mel > > http://www.hackerspace.my > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 > > MOSC Survey 2011 Awareness Of OSS Certification > http://survey.mosc.my/mosc-survey-2011-awareness-oss-cert > Regards, Mohd Fazli Azran -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 MOSC Survey 2011 Awareness Of OSS Certification http://survey.mosc.my/mosc-survey-2011-awareness-oss-cert
