Well... I've always hated the redefinition of hack/er/ing that has occurred. If we called it a HackSpace or Hacker Space or Hacking Space etc. AND then we did GOOD work there, and made a positive influence or difference come out of the work, perhaps we could raise awareness with the local community of just what hacking is all about - really? (Yeah, I read 2600 a whole lot...)
We might be able to get some sort of support for our effort from Make or 2600 or Circuit Cellar ... although I do agree that getting a sponsor carries some weight that we would need to be careful about. I wonder what sort of spaces exist in Montpelier that could be used? What is the future for the old middle school? Any room there? Does the library have any room in the attic we could use? How about National Life or on the Vermont College campus? Heck, the basement of City Hall has the teen center... maybe they have another room we could use. Given the large number of people that have been responding to this thread, I don't see why we should stop discussing it on the list ... we know we'd be exploring UNIX software in the HackSpace. But if the list owners want it to move, we would not be worth our salt if we were unable to establish a new list for the topic. -Nick --- Nicholas Floersch (pr. Floor-sh) Stone Environmental, Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marc Farnum Rendino > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 4:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: VT could use one of these... > > Folks - > > Let's not lose the mo - several of us have expressed an interest in > moving forward with this; shall we take the details of further > discussion offline to spare the list, or continue on-list? > > Until then, here's a bit more to keep the discussion going: > > I once mis-typed it as "hackspace" - and kinda like it. It gets away > from the hacker and to the hack; which might well involve more than > one of us. And it riffs on "meat-space". > > Though I know some of us have raised concerns about anything with > "hack" in it, seeing as how to word has been so abused as to re > redefined, in the popular press; so how 'bout a riff on "make" > instead? > > - Marc This communication, including any attachments, is solely for the confidential use of the person(s) named above. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete/destroy the original. Any reader other than the intended recipient is hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited.
