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[Rob Spencer]

Hi Martin,

Quick question about booking the room in the meantime, I¹m looking to book
the room on a Saturday between 12 and 2 for Glasgow Make Some Noise!

Should this be booked through the old system or wait for the new one to be
rolled out?

Cheers

Rob

On 28/07/2014 11:57, "Martin McGrath" <mcgrath.martin at gmail.com> wrote:

>So we had a few people turn up on Saturday of the course of the
>afternoon. Thanks to those who showed up.
>
>I've had reports of the room being left in a mess. If you are using
>the space please tidy it up before you leave. If you've moved tables
>and/or put out extra chairs please return such things to their
>positions after use to save the next group from having to spend time
>cleaning up after you.
>
>This also applies to the equipment in the room. When I arrived on
>Saturday the projector was sitting in 'stand by' mode. In the
>interests of prolonging bulb life and not wasting electricity, once a
>projector has cooled sufficiently it should be unplugged. The
>projector should not be placed on top of something which is going to
>be hot, for example on top of a computer and out of direct sunlight
>(as was the case on Saturday).
>
>Remember that we don't get a budget for replacement parts. On that
>subject if you have a spare drum for a HP Laserjet 4 that you don't
>need please let me know.
>
>If you aren't familiar with a piece of equipment please ask for
>help/advice before you attempt to use it.
>
>On that note I've left a fairly large 3D printer in the room. At the
>moment this should just be left alone, there is some calibration
>outstanding before it can be used. I also need to print a housing for
>it.
>
>We also threw around some ideas of what other equipment would be most
>beneficial to the room, we have some ideas which need to be
>investigated a little bit more for viability purposes, before we have
>an open discussion. Stay tuned.
>
>On Saturday someone asked about the history of the Electron club, some
>time ago Andrew Back started this thread has some info:
>
>http://www.electronclub.org/pipermail/members/2011-June/001849.html
>
>Also, in the not too distant future:
>
>Kenny has spent time setting up a new calendar system, we'll be
>switching over to that shortly, it'll make our lives easier. Thanks
>Kenny.
>
>Discussion for an introduction to electronics/soldering workshop.
>
>Other notes:
>
>There is a pile of post for 'The Drouth' which awaits collection.
>
>Please contact info at electronclub.org before dropping off any more
>components/broken machinery. We have plenty of both and don't want the
>space to become unworkable, as has happened a few times in the past.
>
>Feel free to let me know (off list if you prefer) if you have any
>comments/questions about any of this.
>
>Thanks
>
>Martin
>
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