[Cialug] Des Moines Hackerspace

Barry Von Ahsen barry at vonahsen.com
Tue Jun 14 16:19:55 CDT 2011


yup, the robotics group is one we were thinking of since I know meeting 
space was initially a problem


-barry


On 6/14/2011 3:37 PM, Dan Hockey wrote:
> Could there be room for a robot or two?
> -dan
>
> "This is only temporary ... unless it works." - Red Green
>
> --- On Tue, 6/14/11, Barry Von Ahsen<barry at vonahsen.com>  wrote:
>
> From: Barry Von Ahsen<barry at vonahsen.com>
> Subject: [Cialug] Des Moines Hackerspace
> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group"<cialug at cialug.org>, ciapug at cialug.org
> Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 8:49 AM
>
> Recently some of my fellow geeks and I have been seriously discussing
> starting a hackerspace in Des Moines.
>
> What is a hackerspace? Good question! A hackerspace is quite simply a
> physical location where people can meet up and work on their projects. We could do all kinds of things with this space:
>
> - Hold events like game jams, presentations, LAN parties, etc.
> - Have a meeting space for local user groups (Linux User Group or Web Geeks maybe?)
> - Cheap coworking space for those looking to work somewhere else besides
> home
> - Work/collaborate on projects that wouldn't easily fit at home
> - Other ideas we haven't even thought of yet
>
> If you think this sounds like a good idea and want to be involved or help out in some fashion please let me know :)
>
> [apologies for any dupes you get]
>
> -barry
>
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