Nottingham Hackspace
Find out what has been happening at the hackspace in the December 2019 Nottingham Hackspace Newsletter.
This month we held our AGM, there was a Festivus party and the classroom tables were ordered! You can get this newsletter delivered straight to your inbox by signing up here.
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.
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).
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.
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:
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
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:
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
‘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.
https://youtu.be/NlKjFZwW3Ts
“Nottingham Hackspace, or Nottinghack, has starred in the background of numerous Computerphile videos, but what is a hack-space? We asked ‘Fire-pong’ and ‘Laser-cut Pipe Organ’ maker & Nottinghack Trustee Ian Dickinson for a tour.”
The Nottingham Hackspace AGM will be held on Thursday 24 January (TODAY!), starting at 7:30 pm. It will be in the Hackspace Classroom (down in 2.5).
It is extremely important that we reach quorate for this meeting.
Quorate is 130 members. If you cannot attend, please choose a proxy voter from this page: https://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/2019-01-24_AGM_Proxy_Votes
It is absolutely vital for the survival of the space that members attend.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you or your proxy at the meeting.
Kind regards,
Nottingham Hackspace Trustees
[See further details on the wiki]
Message from the trustees
Dear Member,
Recently we have been discussing within the teams and membership that a number of large jobs have been on the list for a considerable amount of time. The Trustees along with the teams have decided that we have enough jobs now to run a “hack the space” weekend. The purpose of this would be shutting the space during this time where no members other than volunteers of this weekend will be permitted to use the space. This will cover both upstairs and downstairs, the following jobs are currently in the plan.
Replacement of studio floor
Redesigning the Large Project Storage Area
Reorganise comfy area including rewiring of speakers
Checklist of tools and PAT testing
Electrics within the workshop (replacing lights) etc
2.5 jobs TBC
The Trustees request that all teams please keep thinking on what else needs completing and a wiki page will be set up so members can see the job list, place their names against the jobs and the times they can volunteer their time.
Our proposed shutdown will be on 18:00 on Friday 8th February till 18:00 Sunday 10th February.
As you are aware the Trustees are also taking a break for Christmas so I remind members that it make take some time to get any questions answered during this time. I will be taking point on this project and making sure that we have enough people to do the jobs along with materials ordering and liaising with Teams to make sure everyone can have a great day and take part.
If you have any questions you can email the trustees or myself directly. [addresses in Google Group post]
I look forward to posting more information in the near future.
Regards,
James Adams On behalf of the Trustees
[See Google Groups post and details on the wiki]
