[ELECTRON] The Electron Club's Fifth Birthday.

[Robb Mitchell]

Finnish academic has made a seemingly fairly thorough comparative survey of
such efforts.
http://extreme.ajatukseni.net/2010/07/19/hackerspaces-members-and-involvement-survey-study/
But maybe this takes away the from fun of it all :)

On 27 June 2011 12:17, makerfair <mcmadsat09-makerfairglasgow at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

> I can confirm Andrew's comments about inclusivity. Not only do women take
> active part in many of the activities, the sheer spread of activity that is
> welcome in the EC is really great. The Glasgow steampunks have used the
> space for making stuff. We have had an all-sorts maker day. Techies, hams,
> politicos, all have been made welcome. It is great and deserves to be
> celebrated and made a fuss of.
>
> To check up: is there a birthday part on the 29th???
>
> Regards
> *Nina Baker*
>
> Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
> looks like work.
> *Thomas Edison, inventor (1847 - 1931)*
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> --- On *Mon, 27/6/11, Martin McGrath <mcgrath.martin at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Martin McGrath <mcgrath.martin at gmail.com>
>
> Subject: Re: [ELECTRON] The Electron Club's Fifth Birthday.
> To: "Discussion list for the Electron Club" <members at electronclub.org>
> Date: Monday, 27 June, 2011, 10:42
>
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> An interesting insight into the history of the club there, thanks.
>
> Perhaps we could aim for an Open day/5th anniversary party in August?
>
> Does anyone think this is a good idea, or something they'd like to help out
> organising?
>
> Cheers
>
> Martin
>
>
> On 26 June 2011 12:34, Andrew Back <andy at smokebelch.org<http://uk.mc866.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=andy@smokebelch.org>
> > wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> So, I meant to send an e-mail about this before now... I was at a talk
> recently where the London Hackspace guys told the story of how they set up
> the first hackerspace in the UK, and how it arrived here via NYC's Resistor
> and Noisebridge in San Francisco. Of course, this is a slightly incorrect
> account of history and Glasgow's Electron Club pre-dates the aforementioned
> US spaces by almost two years.
>
> I can't remember precisely when EC as a group was born, but the domain will
> celebrate its 5th birthday in 3 days time on 29th June. We then held our
> first open day in August 2006:
>
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/newmediascotland/227119299/in/set-72157594219905386/
>
> (we had far less junk! But we also didn't have the lovely shelves that Bob
> built...)
>
> The EC can also be proud at the fact that it has had female members from
> day
> one. This is something that other spaces in the UK have struggled with. The
> ratio of male to female might not be ideal (I have no idea what it is these
> days), but it appears that this has been much better than the average. Also
> noteworthy is the fact that it has been a hackerspace in the true sense,
> i.e. based on the European model, and not just somewhere that is a place
> for
> techies and those with an interest in technology for its own sake; it has
> strived to be inclusive and to support those whose interest is driven out
> of
> use in some very particular context, in fostering social progress and in
> art
> etc. More than just a good thing, these factors have very likely been
> critical to its success, and almost certainly will be moving forward.
>
> Anyway, this got me to wondering if there were plans for a fifth birthday
> party?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andrew
>
> PS. Glasgow may well boast having had the UK's first hackerspace (if you
> don't count Access Space in Sheffield) back in 2004. With thanks to, IIRC
> Kenny Duffus and other ScotLUG folks, who helped get this off the ground.
>
> --
> Andrew Back
> a at smokebelch.org<http://uk.mc866.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=a@smokebelch.org>
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