[Vanhackspace] Fwd: Vancouver Hacking Community?

[Joe Bowser]

Well, the last meeting we were the loose lips on that one, as far as getting
the membership up from 6 to where it is now.  I think that it's fine to say
that there's a hackspace forming.  We're not "open" to the public as of yet,
since we don't have lockers, tools or any of the things that we need to get
going.  She already found the site and the wiki, and we're right now totally
open and transparent, except for who's a paid member and who isn't.  I'd
like to keep it like this.

I'm willing to talk to her about random topics related to hackerspaces in
general, but as far as VHS is concerned, we are not Open to the public as of
yet.

Joe

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Austin <austin at artefactual.com> wrote:

> +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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