[ELECTRON] New Members, news from the CCA and notes

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On 23 May 2014 16:45, Martin McGrath <mcgrath.martin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Afternoon all.
>
> We've got some new members, a couple of which had been sitting in a spam
> folder for a while, excuse the delay, a message from the CCA and some other
> bits and bobs.
>
> Firstly the members, welcome:
>
> Ryan Harper:
>
>     I'm an apprentice @ IBM in Greenock and would love to get involved in
> the hackerspace. Now nineteen I started work at IBM straight out of school
> and currently work as a system adminsitrator for Windows & AIX systems ,
> hopping between a number of projects as most sysadmins do. Always
> interested in learning something new alongside meeting great new people in
> the world of tech & open source. I'd enjoy working together to hack a
> better future for ourselves. It'd be fantastic to get involved.
>
> Calum Morrell:
>
>     I've been a member before, but either I can't recall my username or
> it's no longer active.
>
> (Calum, some accounts associated with email addresses which constantly
> bounced were removed some time ago, I see no associated un-subscribe
> message for your name)
>
> David Blair:
>
>     I am the Glasgow Secretary of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity
> Campaign.
>
>     We are looking to find another location for our fortnightly Monday
> evening meetings. They are on the second and fourth Monday's of every
> month. Usually from 7pm to 9.30ish.
>
>     I am very interested in nature, social and environmental justice, human
> rights, freedom of speech, equal rights for all and leaving the world a
> better place than it was when I came into it.
>
> William Hamish Bell:
>
>     I am interested in being involved in computer and electronics outreach
> in the Glasgow area.  In particular, I have been working with the Raspberry
> Pi computer and local school teachers, to explore programming and simple
> electronics.
>
> Tony Khan:
>
>     Hi, I have been involved in running a theatre group called
>     World Spirit Theatre, our plays are based on Forum Theatre theme and
>     we do plays inspired by real life events faced by asylum seekers and
>     refugees, The group is a mix of asylum seekers, ex-asylum
>     seekers(refugees) and local people, We have done few performance in
>     Scotland and a couple in England as well, I'll paste the link to our
>     website you can have a look, It's volunteers run group and we don't
>     any funding what so ever in the past there was a group called
>     Philanthrobeats and we been using that money for rehearsals in
>     Kinning Park Complex but now we have been struggling with funding so
>     I was wondering if it would be possible to use the space Electron
>     Club is offering.
>
> Jasmine Sallis:
>
>     I am a volunteer at The Unity Centre in Glasgow that provides practical
> support and solidarity to asylum seekers, migrants and refugees in the
> Glasgow area. At present I am involved in running and setting up numerous
> campaigns regarding forced removals of particular nationalities such as the
> Stop Removals to Somalis and LEt Libyans Stay campaigns. Another involved
> disputed nationalities of Somalian nationals from the Bajuni tribe -
> BajuniCampaign.
>
>     At present, however, a group of us are preparing to start an inclusive
> cricket team to encourage the sport in Scotland and also give many asylum
> seekers who are waiting for their cases to be decided and have been
> dispersed to Glasgow to have access to a team and to share their skills in
> the sport with the local community or learn new skills. We were informed by
> one of our friends who has an office in CCA of the electron club and
> advised to join.
>
> Club members old and new should be aware of the information in the
> following links, please take 5 minnutes to read these again:
>
> http://www.electronclub.org/doku.php?id=what_is_the_electron_club
>
> http://www.electronclub.org/doku.php?id=howto:calendar
>
> I've sent out notes before on the importance of having proper entries in
> the calendar, but people seem to be ignoring it. Contact details are
> required when making a booking, as is an email to the mailing list
> (members@
> electronclub.org) to announce the booking. Please update any existing
> bookings which don't have this information.
>
> Please do not reschedule existing bookings unless this has been agreed with
> the people in charge of the other event . Again, this is another reason why
> contact details or a URL which has contact details is required.
>
> We'll be looking at migrating to a different booking system in the near
> future.
>
> The CCA have sent out a note to all staff and cultural tenants:
>
> "I have noticed an increase of doors being left unlocked and spaces left
> unattended throughout the building.
>
> All doors that have the controlled entry locks should be kept shut. When
> coming and going please check that the door closes fully behind you. If
> left to swing shut the electronic lock may not catch every time, leaving
> you and your colleagues belongings and workspaces open to unauthorised
> visitors.
>
> On a similar note, please do not let anyone wait in a private space for
> another Cultural Tenant or building user. Unless you are certain of their
> identity and reasons to be in the building please ask guests to wait in the
> foyer or cafe.
>
> If you have any questions or concerns please ask me or one of the other
> Duty Managers (dutymangers at cca-glasgow.com). If you are aware of anyone
> suspicious we can keep an eye on their movements in person and via our CCTV
> system.
>
> If you are allowing your space to be used by anyone new to the building
> while you are not around it would be good practise to let us and our the
> reception staff know to expect them."
>
> Please adhere to the above requests at all times. If you have any questions
> feel free to contact me off list, or reply to this email.
>
> Thanks, have a great weekend.
>
> Martin
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