[ELECTRON] The Electron Club's Fifth Birthday.

[Martin McGrath]

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> 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
>
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