I have been lurking on the list for a while, but I have never come to Saturday House because: 1. I could not quite grasp the intent. 2. Saturdays suck for leaving the house.
I am also familiar with the hackerspace concept, but (correct me if I am wrong) it does not seem like that was the intent of Saturday House. If it was, is is, or could be, then that is something I am very interested in. I second Gregory in suggesting Dorkbot as another type of related event, but it is not usually as participatory. Frayed wire is going to be a blast, but it is an event as opposed to a regular thing. There is a very active and amazing looking hackerspace in Seattle called HackerBot Labs, but it is "private" and only meets Saturday nights. I am a big fan of the open community model, and was involved in the Hacktory in Philadelphia before I moved out here. If there are other people interested in starting a hackespace with equipment and classes and ongoing projects, it might be a great way to extend the types of activities of Saturday House. Josh Kopel Joshua James wrote: > Since this is turning into a thread of "Who are you and why haven't > you been coming down to Saturdayhouse." > > I'm originally from Milwaukee, and left just as Jame's BucketWorks was > getting off the ground (it was mostly just an abandoned warehouse > then). I have a couple friends in Portland who do stuff through > Dorkbot and a few other groups like that. I was pretty envious and > really just looking for a good place to hang out/code/learn circuts > that wasn't my apartment. (I have study habits left over from > university). > > I came across the "sponsorship required" note on the wiki, but the > actual website said to just show up. I've tried swinging by > GirraffeLabs a couple of times on Saturday mornings and its always > been locked. > > I'm interested in altnerative transportation, alternative energy, > circuts, and political philosophy. > > -Joshua James > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Andrew Becherer <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Ben Pollman <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > The need for sponsorship was a little off putting as well. > > Where did "sponsorship required" come from? I don't recall hearing it > before and the current website clearly states, "There are no > membership requirements, or anything like that." This appears to be > something any Saturday House marketing needs to combat. > > -- > Andrew Becherer > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
