[General] Birmingham Hackerspace?

[Erik Hanson]

Try posting to the Birmingham Linux User Group also. It's not *very*
active, but you're sure to see some kind of response.
http://www.bham-lug.org/

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:41 AM, K West <kit.west at gmail.com> wrote:

> { tl;dr- Live in the Birmingham area and interested in starting a
> hackerspace there? Email kit.west at gmail.com }
>
> Hi, my name's August, I'm from Birmingham. I recently visited the Makers
> Local 256 hackerspace in Huntsville for the first time. I was pretty
> impressed. I've followed sites like Hackaday, Hackernews, etc. and have
> loved *reading* about the explosion of the awesome maker / hacker
> movement within the few years... but I feel that I have missed out on
> getting to see it transpiring in person, except for my own activities.
> Unfortunately, I don't really know about anything similar available to
> enthusiasts in the Birmingham area.
>
> So I just wanted to put a feeler out there for any Birmingham people who
> are interested in getting a hackerspace going. I know it would be an
> enormous benefit to everyone and to the community.
>
>  I don't know if I should encourage replying on the listserv, as that may
> become spammy. But you can certainly email me at kit.west at gmail.com and
> tell me your thoughts about organizing to bring a hackerspace to Birmingham.
>
> I have experience in activism, organizing, and group facilitation. So to
> contribute using the skills *I* have, I decided that I should try to
> organize an interest meeting (or a few of them) in Birmingham sometime in
> the near future and see how many people turn up. I have a few friends I
> know off the top of my head that would be interested in getting involved.
>
> In the next few days, I'll be working on this.  I am open to any and all
> input at all stages in this process.  Once I send this message I'll begin
> working on making some flyer designs, and pursuing whatever other channels
> I have available to me to get the message out (e.g. social media). But what
> is critical here is YOUR feedback. Please let me know what YOU think!
>
> I'll try to throw up a basic informational webpage, maybe a wiki, and
> hell, maybe an imageboard just for fun.
>
> I am not the final arbiter of anything- I am not, de facto, ""the Decider"
> of the group. I see my role as facilitating communication and discussion,
> and to contribute to the manifestation of a hackerspace in Birmingham in
> whatever ways I can.
>
> I am hoping to hear from you!
>
> /*If my grammatical structure seems a bit wonky, that's just the sleep
> deprivation.*/
>
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