> I have decided I want to establish a hacker/maker/whatever-space in my
> local area, which is a small post-textile town called Galashiels about an
> hour south of Edinburgh. This is a long term ideal and I'm not in any
> particular rush, but in the long term I need somewhere where I can
> experiment with handloom adjustments and develop ancillary handweaving
> technology because I won't be in college forever.

> The reason I'm emailing you lot should be reasonably obvious. I've
> subscribed to every hackspace email list I could find in the British
> mainland in order to ask you:

> How did you begin?

> Where are you today?

> What is your focus/what are you doing?

> What problems have you overcome and how did you do so?

> How long have you been going?

> What are your plans for the future?

> I'd love to hear from you, I want to gather as much experience together as
> I can so we don't go reinventing the wheel with all it's pitfalls here. The
> reason I'm asking UK hackers specifically is that we operate in roughly the
> same legal framework (there's a slight difference between scotland and
> england, but not much i expect) and economic climate. I'm also interested
> in building up contacts with people for the future and discovering what, if
> any, coordination exists at a national level.

> I look forward to hearing from you

> Andrew

> PS If there's any groups I've missed out please let me know. I like to be
> complete and I'm sure I'm not.

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