Difference between revisions of "News/2010-08-03"

Latest revision as of 20:22, 20 May 2013

New Hackspace

We moved! So much has been happening, the news may lag behind a bit.

The new rent is 4 times as much as our previous space, so we're currently in a spending freeze until we can make up the subscriptions. We can currently support ourselves for up to 3 months maximum.

Space Warming Party

We had a space warming party and barbecue to celebrate the new space, with a huge number of people visiting.

RFID Access

We've had people in the space every evening since we moved in, and we've finally got a cool hacker entry system for members.

Jonty installed a new pan/tilt camera

Pledges

After a failed eBay bid a new way of purchasing high-value equipment has been pioneered. This has been necessary for coping with the spending freeze.

So far we've received pledges for:

Fridge
Laser Cutter
MIG welder
Bubble Etch Tank

For more, see the wiki page

Workshops

Arduino

Metal Workshop Equipment Loan

Nigel Worsley has loaned a large amount of metal working equipment to the Hackspace.

Elliot broke the bandsaw blade - he has replaced it with a selection of others.

Revenue Ideas

Ideas have been batted around to improve the financial situation of the hackspace.

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-[[Category:News]]
 == New Hackspace ==
-We moved!
+We moved!  So much has been happening, the news may lag behind a bit.
+The new rent is 4 times as much as our previous space, so we're currently in a spending freeze until we can make up the subscriptions.  We can currently support ourselves for up to 3 months maximum.
 === Space Warming Party ===
-We /are having/had a space warming party to celebrate the new space.
+We had a space warming party and barbecue to celebrate the new space, with a huge number of people visiting.
 === RFID Access ===
-Cool hacker entry system for members
+We've had people in the space every evening since we moved in, and we've finally got a cool hacker entry system for members.
-== Pledges ==
-After a failed eBay bid a new way of purchasing high-value equipment has been pioneered.
+Jonty installed a new pan/tilt camera
-=== Fridge ===
+== [[Pledges]] ==
-Our first successful pledge
+After a failed eBay bid a new way of purchasing high-value equipment has been pioneered.  This has been necessary for coping with the spending freeze.
-=== Laser Cutter ===
+So far we've received pledges for:
-=== MIG welder ===
+* Fridge
+* Laser Cutter
+* MIG welder
+* Bubble Etch Tank
-=== Bubble Etch Tank ===
+For more, see the [[Pledges|wiki page]]
 == Workshops ==
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 == Metal Workshop Equipment Loan ==
-Nigel Worsley has loaned a large amount of metal working equipment to the hackspace.
+Nigel Worsley has loaned a large amount of metal working equipment to the Hackspace.
+Elliot broke the bandsaw blade - he has replaced it with a selection of others.
 == Revenue Ideas ==
 Ideas have been batted around to improve the financial situation of the hackspace.
+[[Category:News]]