[ELECTRON] Fwd: Use of the Electron Club for an open source/data mapping workshop

[Seb Bacon]

Well said on all points... personally, I think as long as open events
clearly take priority, the occasional fundraiser to help pay for
broadband etc shouldn't be a problem.

Seb

On 18 April 2011 17:04, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
> Si
> thanks for sharing this info on list.
>  I do share my  enthusiastic appreciation for  ELECTRON club facilities with
> peers, and I was
> happy that the linked data meetup glasgow took place there,
> I also encourage Jo and other linked data friends to join the club, so that
> they can use its facilities, like everybody else, when they need to.
> Jo's question however brings up a question of using the space for
> 'corporate', and the question of money.
> I guess the bottom line would be ' is the meeting public and open to all?'
> Would it be fair to say that electron club prioritises providing space for
> self organised events for which there is no budget?
> (I mean, if there is generous budget available from JISC, maybe electron
> premises are not the best option?)
> I value Electron club as a community open space for those occasion when
> there is no funding to pay for
> venues/premises. It was one of the few places in Scotland which offered the
> use of shared premises with no ideological demands, no obligations, no fees,
> on a pure community spirit.
> I hope we manage to keep it as honest as it is, and wonder how money
> may/would change that
> :-)
> Just thoughts
>
>
> PDM
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Simon Yuill <simon at lipparosa.org>
> Date: Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 2:55 PM
> Subject: [ELECTRON] Fwd: Use of the Electron Club for an open source/data
> mapping workshop
> To: Electron Club members <members at electronclub.org>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> We have been asked if the space can be used for an open source/data
> mapping workshop in July - see below.
>
> I am assuming this would be OK with people and have penciled it in, but
> any objections let me know.
>
> I will let the organisers know that the Tuesday date is potentially a
> clash with Camcorder Geurillas, and will pass their contact ontot he
> people who are taking from me in may.
>
> best wishes
> Si
>
>
> *** START ***
>
> dear Electron Club,
>
> I'm interested in using your space to host a hackday-style workshop on
> map-based applications with open source and open data, either 7th or
> 19th July.
>
> (I thought i wrote to you earlier this week but can't find the sent
> mail, so perhaps i didn't...)
>
> The workshop would be part of a series organised by JISC's DevCSI
> initiative to support developers working in further and higher
> education. So HE/FE would be the focus but others would be welcome too.
> Imagining about 20 people - is your workshop space big enough for that?
> (I was there a couple of months ago for the Scottish Linked Data Hackday).
>
> JISC provides a budget so we can afford to pay pretty well for the use
> of the Electron Club. I am not a member as I live in Edinburgh and wish
> the Hacklab here was on the same scale...
>
> Please let me know what you think of this,
>
>
> jo
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