[hackerspaces] Libraries make room for hackerspaces [npr article]

[Yves Quemener]

On 12/11/2011 02:31 PM, Mel Shamanka wrote:
>     In Grenoble, we had a sort of deal with a non-profit that offered basic
>     science workshops to children : we were making public classes about how
>     to repair a PC (bring your computer and your problem, we teach you how
>     to solve it) and in exchange we could have the local an evening for a
>     hackerspace session. It was a very nice link with the general public
>     "You know, if you want to see how one tinkers with electronics, we are
>     mounting a 3D printing machine next week.
> 
> 
> That is a pretty cool idea :) Are you guys continuing this year ?

I moved from Grenoble to Lyon so I cannot say. I think that in Grenoble
they now have a more or less permanent workshop room in a gallery where
they helped set up a cupcake 3D printing machine for an exhibit. It
started as a space-for-maintenance kind of deal. I am not sure the
public workshop is still going on as several people from the non-profit
have changed.

In Lyon however, we started the repair-worshop-for-room kind of deal but
due to a variety of reasons it was less successful and now we will
probably move very soon to a smallish space that an electronic shop is
kind enough to lend us.

>  
> 
>     I think it makes sense to be inside a library, but like always you just
>     have to find the good person who understand what this is all about.
> 
> 
> Agreed - although the numbers are rising, both in France and abroad.
> Hackerspace-like structures in libraries were one of the topics
> mentioned at the /Rencontres Savoirs CDI/ in Rennes in October, and some
> libraries like the /Champs Libres/ one (again in Rennes) are slowly
> going that way it seems.
>  
> 
>     Administrations and associations (in France at least) are very wary of
>     people asking for room because there are many groups looking for a local
>     and some of them are a bit suspicious.
> 
> 
> Indeed. Some cities in our area get so many requests for places to set
> up from associations that they just won't offer any kind of space until
> your group/structure passes the 1-year mark - which is understandable,
> since apparently many of them don't last that long.
> 
> As far as educating the local authorities is concerned, our little group
> at the CRDP is working on a few things and in touch with some people and
> small businesses rising from the hackerspace scene, trying to put
> together a clear picture of what a hackerspace can be : long, tough
> work, but worth it :)
> 
> M.
> 
>     Iv
> 
>     On 12/11/2011 01:50 PM, Mel Shamanka wrote:
>     > Hey Yves,
>     >
>     > Have you heard of any hacker groups in France or in your area pinging
>     > the local /collectivités/ or libraries and /médiathèques/ about
>     setting
>     > up spaces and offering classes to the public ?
>     >
>     > M.
>     >
>     > 2011/12/11 Yves Quemener <quemener.yves at free.fr
>     <mailto:quemener.yves at free.fr>
>     > <mailto:quemener.yves at free.fr <mailto:quemener.yves at free.fr>>>
>     >
>     >     On 12/10/2011 07:45 PM, B F wrote:
>     >     > The trailer idea is also a good one.  If you can get a truck
>     trailer
>     >     > that can be moved over the road -- even if it can't be moved
>     laden
>     >     > with 10klbs, or whatever they normally hold -- then you're not
>     >     > inextricably tied to one location.  In suburban to
>     semi-rural areas,
>     >     > it might be fairly easy to find a place to put such a trailer.
>     >
>     >     In Grenoble we have been considering buying a container and
>     renting an
>     >     empty space to put it, making it mobile . Containers can be
>     big and not
>     >     that expensive. But we got feedbacks that they are unbearable
>     in the
>     >     summer or in winter. There are fully equipped ones that come
>     with AC,
>     >     floor and insulation but they are more expensive. The idea was
>     put in
>     >     the freezer when we could meet at a friendly non-profit regularly.
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