Talk:About

Wanted: 'approved' copy that members can use for the purposes of publicity.

Draft

PiratePad - 'About London Hackspace draft'

Usages

The 'About' copy has been used in the following locations - please update them if you change the text:

• Our entry on hackerspaces.org

Requirements

• Suitable for use in publicity materials
• Copy and Paste friendly for:
  • Emails
  • Blog posts
  • Flyers
  • Other printed media
• Self contained - i.e. not spread out over a number of wiki pages.
• Not too detailed - broad enough to convey the potential of the space to interested parties.
• Needs broad appeal - i.e. for people who wouldn't normally think of themselves as a 'hacker'.

Contents

• What we do as an organization - an introduction
• Background(?) how long the space has been going - how it has grown.
• What members have done and can do at the space - what we have re: facilities is enough I think.
• The size of the space and approximate number of members
• Facilities that we have
  • Software/Programming
  • Electronics
  • Workshop - Wood/Metal work
  • 3D printing
  • Sewing
• Where we are (roughly) - Shoreditch
• Basic membership structure - i.e. you pay for full membership but visitors are welcome