[hackerspaces] Starting a hackerspace ( Winchester Va)

[Christopher J. Pilkington]

tl;dr wrt universities, YMMV.

In Syracuse, NY, we've had limited success with the local private
university. They have relatively unlimited resources and have
something akin to a hackerspace for their own engineering students.
This, like most of the university's resources, is closed to the
public.

That said, Rochester, NY, home to Rochester Institute of Technology,
has quite a few university students participating in Interlock
Rochester, the local space.


On Sep 28, 2011, at 22:45, ITechGeek <itg at itechgeek.com> wrote:

> Also, w/ the location, I would also suggest mentioning it on the
> Reverse Space, HacDC, & NOVA Hackers mailing lists, cause I know there
> are people who are on those lists and live out that way.
>
> If you have a large garage, I know a few Hackerspaces have started out
> of people's garages while trying to build the interest.
>
> I would also suggest advertising the idea at any local colleges.
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Christopher J. Pilkington <cjp at 0x1.net> wrote:
>> I cannot stress enough, in a small town/small city, make sure you have
>> a critical mass before taking on the responsibility of a lease on a
>> physical space. If it takes a year or more to build interest, it is
>> what it is. The lack of a hackerspace is better than a failing
>> hackerspace.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 28, 2011, at 22:17, Danyelle Davis <ddavis at codetemptress.net> wrote:
>>
>>> So,
>>>
>>> I am trying to figure out how to exactly start a hackerspace.  I live in the small city of Winchester VA.  I am looking for people who may have started a hackerspace in a small town and have pointers.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> I saw the designs of hackerspaces but wanted to find ways of advertising to the small number of computer people that may be around.  There used to be a 2600 group that has long since broken up.  There was even a LUG here but the owner seemed to have died and their list is all but dead.  Any help is appreciated.
>>>
>>> LN.
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