[hackerspaces] Fwd: [austin-hacker-space] Defcon Talk

[Matthew McCabe]

Yup, the Austin Hackerspace has that same approach...we don't know exactly
what we are doing, but we have a space and we are doing it ;)  Though, to be
fair, we are trying to be careful and be sure we don't screw ourselves in
the long run.  And we are definitely learning a lot as we go along.

The collaboration idea is something that we could talk about as
well...though again, I am not sure where exactly to take it.  So if anyone
more experienced has some ideas...

Thanks,
Matt

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Sean Bonner <sean at seanbonner.com> wrote:

> In LA, Crash Space went to blogged about idea to signed lease in under
> 2 months, and from getting the keys to having events almost every
> night of the week in under a month. Most of this is because of our
> "fuck it, let's just do it, shit will work out later one way or
> another" approach rather than sitting down and thinking of all the
> reasons it wouldn't work (a tactic that had stalled previous LA
> hackerspace plans). I'd be happy to be on the panel to chat about that
> if anyone felt that would be interesting.
>
> -s
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Matthew McCabe <matt at mrmccabe.com>
> wrote:
> > I think we are all on the same page (more or less).  As I explained on
> the
> > Austin Hackerspace list, I think it would be valuable to have some kind
> of
> > "how-to" talk at Defcon as there are always new people at Defcon who do
> not
> > have access to a hackerspace in their city and may want to know how to
> get
> > one started.
> >
> > My initial thoughts were a quick "how-to" setup a hackerspace talk to
> > discuss some of the issues are are all familiar with (legal, paying rent,
> > events, drama, etc).  We could then either demo some cool stuff, talk
> about
> > new events that went over well in our spaces, and open the floor to
> > questions.  I definitely want to be sure we can engage both noobs and
> > hackerspace veterans (if possible).
> >
> > Another option is to discuss how hackerspace can better collaborate among
> > each other...but that is a bit broad and needs some more thought on my
> part
> > ;)
> >
> > Any other ideas/thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matt
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Matt Joyce <matt at nycresistor.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> If there is interest an interactive panel of geographical diverse
> >> representatives...  sure ... if there's public interest.
> >>
> >> But having a talk for the sake of having a talk is silly.  If we don't
> >> have something awesome and unique to demo / discuss move over.
> >>
> >> On Mar 29, 2010 2:57 PM, "Nick Farr (hackerspaces.org)"
> >> <nick at hackerspaces.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> While I agree that the "how to start" topic has been done, I still
> believe
> >> there should be some kind of Hackerspaces talk at DefCon.  Inspiration
> comes
> >> in many forms, and it seems there's a lot of places out there that might
> >> need a boost of inspiration.
> >> Remember, a lot of people from the *same town* end up meeting at talks
> at
> >> conferences and get the ball rolling from there.
> >> In terms of evolving, what kind of a presentation would appeal to both
> >> those involved in an active space an looking to build one?  Would it be
> >> valuable to give a panel discussion on the incredibly great things
> >> hackerspaces have spawned and the role they hold in the future of the
> >> overall global hacker community?
> >> Nick Farr / http://nickfarr.org / 8B13F204
> >> Washington, DC, 20013-1208
> >> P: +1 (707) 676-FARR
> >> F: +1 (866) 536-2616
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:03, Bryan Bishop <kanzure at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
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