Category: General

It’s been a while since the last newsletter so we hope you’ve had a fantastic Festivus, Christmas, New year, January and most of February! 2020 is a huge year for us, it’s our 10th Anniversary!

10 years ago, a meetup.com group was started and four people went to the first meetup of what would become Nottingham Hackspace at 7pm, 10th March 2010 at Ye Olde Salutation Inn, Hounds Gate. It was decided that the next meetup would be a ‘show and tell’; where makers show each other projects that they have been working on. The word was put out & the rest is history.

In this months’ newsletter we cover:

10 Years of Nottinghack
Hackspace 3.0
EMF Camp update
Upcoming Workshops & Events
& much more

General

Discovering Hackerspace Brussels

Post author By Samathy Barratt
Post date February 9, 2020

I got the opportunity to go to Hackerspace Brussels while I was visiting Belgium for FOSDEM, a massive Free and Open Source Software conference.

HSBXL is in a very weird building some 900m in an out of town direction from Brussels Gare du Midi.

Tags homepage, other hackspaces, travelling hacker

Events General

AGM 2019 – Results

It was our 2019 AGM on Tuesday 3rd December at Antenna. The trustees would like to extend a massive thank you to everyone who attended or arranged a proxy vote.

Tags agm, events, homepage

Events General

AGM 2019 – Antenna – Doors 7.30pm Tuesday 3rd December

Post author By Jon Woodcock
Post date November 20, 2019

All members will have had an email about our upcoming Annual General Meeting (if you have not had an email, please check your SPAM or check on the Hackspace Membership System HMS that you have your current email listed for contact purposes).

What is the Annual General Meeting?

I hope that the Annual General Meeting doesn’t sound like something a bit boring that you don’t want to go to where at best there will be some uncomfortable politicking and at worst some fool droning on about something you couldn’t care less about. This year is our 8th AGM (in our 9th year in existence as a community). The purpose of the AGM is to review the year and agree the accounts of the year for submission to HMRC. Also changes to our constitution can be suggested and voted on (with some chaired discussion). These need to be raised a few weeks before the AGM to be on the agenda, the sooner the better. We’ve already had a minor alternative/clarification of wording around trustee term lengths, an issue that was voted in last AGM. That stuff can be pretty dry we know…

Tags agm, homepage, Trustees

Events General Workshops

Introduction to Arduino Workshop – Sat 5th Oct 2019

Post author By Jon Woodcock
Post date July 31, 2019

James Fowkes and Ian Dickinson are re-running the popular Introduction to Arduino Workshop on Sat 5th Oct 2019 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at Nottingham Hackspace.

This is a great way to get started with the Arduino and requires no previous knowledge of electronics or software. You will start by getting a LED to flash (the beginning of all great electronics projects), and progress to adding switch inputs, controlling a motor and reading analogue sensors.

Cost for the workshop is £27.54 with all money (less Eventbrite fees) going to the hackspace.

Arduino starter kits will be provided for use at the workshop. We will also have starter kits and Arduino Unos available for sale.

To book, please visit: http://hsnottsarduino20.eventbrite.co.uk

This workshop is limited to 15 places, but note that this event often sells out, so early booking is advised.

Feedback from a recent attendee: Attended recent workshop, it really is very professionally run! The trainers inspirational and empathetic to slower learners, supporting material is well organised relevant to the workshop, reasonably paced. The logistics flawless all students had what we needed on a desk when the class started and at each section as we advanced through the projects, Congrats to everyone involved.

Tags Arduino, homepage, workshops

General

VOTE NOW!

Post author By Jon Woodcock
Post date May 27, 2019

This email has gone to all Hackspace Members

The voting period for the vacant Nottingham Hackspace Trustee positions is about to open, allowing you to cast your ballot for the candidates of your choice.

The voting period will start on Saturday, 25th May, at 00:01 and go on until Friday, 31st May, at 23:59.

There are four positions vacant this year, with five potential candidates. The candidates are:

Mark Thompson
Eddie Podgorski
Samathy Barratt
Dan Spencer
Dom Marshall

You can see each candidate on our election page: https://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/2019-05-25_Election

For the election, we use Single Transferable Vote. For a guide on how Single Transferable Vote works, we recommend reading about Dennis the Election Koala: http://www.chickennation.com/2013/08/18/you-cant-waste-your-vote/

Along with the five nominees, we will also have “Re-Open Nominations” (RON) on the ballot as a sixth nominee. If RON is elected, a new election will be run for the remaining positions. Any candidate that beats RON will become a trustee, while any candidate that is beaten by RON may re-nominate themselves for the next election.

You can read more about how the election process works in Section 5 of the Hackspace Constitution: https://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/Constitution

We will be running the election on Opavote, an independent website. You can find out more about Opavote here: https://www.opavote.com/

If you have any questions about the election, please contact the Trustees at trustees@nottinghack.org.uk.

This year, the returning officer is James Fowkes. We’d like to thank him for volunteering his time for this essential role.

Regards,

Ali, Andrew, Ian, James A, James T, Matt, and Russell

Nottingham Hackspace Trustees

Tags elections, Trustees

Events General

Nottinghack Open Day: Saturday 20 July 2019 11am-4pm

Post author By Jon Woodcock
Post date May 18, 2019

Nottingham Hackspace is a great place to make things and meet other makers. Come to our open day and see what goes on. Maybe make something yourself!

Join us for tours, demonstrations, and workshops. You won’t believe some of the amazing projects our members have created at the Nottingham Hackspace. Just a few of the exciting things to see:

Make something on a 3D Printer
Play Robot table football.
See Battle Robot: Ensign Wedgeley Crusher.
Get 3D scanned.
Watch the remarkable Silhouette Cameo cut intricate designs from vinyl, fabric and paper.
Cut materials with a laser!
See how screen printing works.
Learn to solder!
Find out about macrame and computer controlled embroidery.

Unit F6 BizSpace
Roden House Business Centre
Nottingham
NG3 1JH

Entry free, but may be a small charge for some activities.
Families welcome.

Nottinghack Open Day: Saturday 20 July 2019 11am-4pm

Tags events, homepage, open day

General

Be a Trustee!

Post author By Jon Woodcock
Post date April 30, 2019

‘Trustee’ may sound like an intimidating title, but it’s a job many of us have done in our spare time since Nottingham Hackspace began. You’ll be part of a group deeply involved in decision making and setting strategy for the space. From making sure the space is comfortable for everyone to keeping tabs on the rent bill, the trustees’ help make the space what it is.

If you are interested in standing, send your nomination to trustees@nottinghack.org.uk between 00:01 on Friday, 26 April, and 23:59 on Thursday, 16 May 2019, including your full name, a photo of yourself and a paragraph on why you would like to be a trustee.

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