[Vanhackspace] Fwd: Vancouver Hacking Community?

[Austin]

+1 no media.. lets keep a wrap on things right now.. build some solid
footing and then possibly invite the public.  I think the more attention
we recieve the more voices we will be hearing while forming.. why not
keep this completely underwraps and just keep it a word of mouth thing.
I would like to gear the focus towards hacking up a cool space instead
of seeing how many people we can tell about our cool space... *shrugs* 

On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 11:33 -0700, Joe Bowser wrote:
> Hey
> 
> The day has come where the media has found out about VHS.  Luckily,
> I'm able to talk to them before they end up talking to other people.
> However, we should decide how we want to talk about this.  I'm
> thinking that we should just talk about the Hackerspace Concept, say
> that we have open events, and talk about the whole Maker/DIY scene
> without getting into specifics.
> 
> Some people suggested that media should not be allowed in the VHS
> Tuesday meetings.  How do people feel about that rule?  I'm fine with
> documenting everything, but I really would like it if we were the ones
> doing the documenting.
> 
> Joe
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Karen Pinchin <abigail_kp at hotmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:50 AM
> Subject: RE: Vancouver Hacking Community?
> To: Joe Bowser <bowserj at gmail.com>
> 
> 
> Hi Joe,
> 
> Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I'm writing a feature for
> the Georgia Straight's technology section and think your hackerspace
> and its members would make a really great story. I found VHS's wiki
> this morning and sold my editor on the concept. I would love to meet
> with you sometime this week to get some background on VHS as well as
> the hacking and hacking activist communities in Vancouver. Then
> perhaps you can introduce me to a few of the members?  My schedule is
> pretty open, and I'm located in Kitsilano but can meet anywhere in the
> city that's convenient for you. Let me know what day/time might work.
> 
> My cell is (604) 812-7168 and you can e-mail me to set something up.
> I'm really looking forward to it.
> 
> Karen
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:13:01 -0700
> From: bowserj at gmail.com
> To: abigail_kp at hotmail.com
> Subject: Vancouver Hacking Community?
> 
> 
> Hey
> 
> I'm e-mailing you regarding a comment on my blog.  Currently we're
> looking at starting a hackerspace similar to what is being setup in
> many other cities, modelling it after places like HacDC in Washington,
> DC, ASCII in the Netherlands and the CCC hackerspaces in Germany.  If
> you want to talk about VHS, the various Vancouver Hacking Scenes, or
> anything else that's going down with hacking and activism in the city,
> let me know.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> 
> 
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