<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Afternoon all.<br><br></div>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 <span style class="">CCA</span> and some other bits and bobs.<br>
<br>Firstly the members, welcome:<br><br>Ryan Harper:<br><br> I'm an apprentice @ IBM in <span style class="">Greenock</span> and would love to get involved in the <span style class="">hackerspace</span>. Now nineteen I started work at IBM straight out of school and currently work as a system <span style class="">adminsitrator</span> for Windows & <span style class="">AIX</span> 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.<br>
<br><span style class="">Calum</span> <span style class="">Morrell</span>:<br><br> I've been a member before, but either I can't recall my <span style class="">username</span> or it's no longer active.<br>
<br>(<span style class="">Calum</span>, some accounts associated with email addresses which constantly bounced were removed some time ago, I see no associated <span style class="">un</span>-subscribe message for your name)<br>
<br>David Blair:<br><br> I am the Glasgow Secretary of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign.<br><br> 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.<br>
<br> 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.<br><br>William Hamish Bell:<br>
<br> 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.<br>
<br>Tony Khan:<br><br> Hi, I have been involved in running a theatre group called<br> World Spirit Theatre, our plays are based on Forum Theatre theme and<br> we do plays inspired by real life events faced by asylum seekers and<br>
refugees, The group is a mix of asylum seekers, ex-asylum<br> seekers(refugees) and local people, We have done few performance in<br> Scotland and a couple in England as well, I'll paste the link to our<br>
website you can have a look, It's volunteers run group and we don't<br>
any funding what so ever in the past there was a group called<br> <span style class="">Philanthrobeats</span> and we been using that money for rehearsals in<br> <span style class="">Kinning</span> Park Complex but now we have been struggling with funding so<br>
I was wondering if it would be possible to use the space Electron<br>
Club is offering.<br><br>Jasmine <span style class="">Sallis</span>:<br><br> 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 <span style class="">LEt</span> Libyans Stay campaigns. Another involved disputed nationalities of Somalian nationals from the <span style class="">Bajuni</span> tribe - <span style class="">Bajuni</span> Campaign.<br>
<br> 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 <span style class="">CCA</span> of the electron club and advised to join.<br>
<br></div>Club members old and new should be aware of the information in the following links, please take 5 <span style class="">minnutes</span> to read these again:<br><br><a href="http://www">http://www</a>.<span style class="">electronclub</span>.org/<span style class="">doku</span>.<span style class="">php</span>?id=what_is_the_electron_club<br>
<br><a href="http://www">http://www</a>.<span style class="">electronclub</span>.org/<span style class="">doku</span>.<span style class="">php</span>?id=<span style class="">howto</span>:calendar<br><br></div>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@<span style class="">electronclub</span>.org) to announce the booking. Please update any existing bookings which don't have this information.<br>
<br></div>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.<br>
<br></div>We'll be looking at migrating to a different booking system in the near future.<br><br></div>The <span style class="">CCA</span> have sent out a note to all staff and cultural tenants:<br><br>"I have noticed an increase of doors being left unlocked and spaces left unattended throughout the building. <br>
<br>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 <span style class="">workspaces</span> open to unauthorised
visitors.<br>
<br>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. <br>
<br>If you have any questions or concerns please ask me or one of the other Duty Managers (<a href="mailto:dutymangers@cca-glasgow.com" target="_blank"><span style class="">dutymangers</span>@<span class=""><span style class="">cca</span></span>-<span style class="">glasgow</span>.com</a>). If you are aware of anyone suspicious we can keep an eye on their movements in person and via our CCTV system.<br>
<br>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."<br><br></div>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.<br></div><br></div>
Thanks, have a great weekend.<br><br>Martin<br><div><div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div>