<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Hello everyone,</span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">i am jan from shackspace in stuttgart, an i am wondering if it could be viable to found a dedicated platform </div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">for german-based hackerspaces to foster an exchange concerning legal and policy issues. </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">when talking to other members from hackerspaces i get the impression that although most of us followed</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">the available material for founding hackerspaces like the hackerspace design patterns and such, more</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
and more special issues (like insurance, tax, legal status, finance) arise where it could be useful to </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
share experiences and solutions. </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
on <a href="http://hackerspaces.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">hackerspaces.org</a> i found that in germany alone there seem to be ober 60+ spaces and not all of</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
the are local incarnations of the ccc and therefore may lack oportunities to exchange questions. </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">any thoughts on that? i am thinking of a dedicated mailinglist or perhaps a meeting at the 29c3 this year. </div>
<div><br></div>-- <br>Jan Vanvinkenroye<br><br>shack gemeinnütziger e.V.<br><br>Ulmerstr. 255<br>70327 Stuttgart<br><br><a href="http://www.shackspace.de" target="_blank">http://www.shackspace.de</a><br><br>Telefon: <a href="tel:0172%209771690" value="+491729771690" target="_blank">0172 9771690</a><br>