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[ken brown]

hi all im new to this group.
I live in teynham just the other sid of faversham.i discovered arduino
late last year Am keen to share what I know which isent much,Would
like to come along to meetings to learn as much as possible.

Can you tell me more about the group
cheers ken brown

[Edd Barrett]

Well no-one else has replied, so I'll tell you what I know.

A couple of people were trying to drum up interest in a hackspace for
Canterbury. A few monthly meetings happened, but nothing ever came of
it. I think the largest problems are finding a venue where people can come
and go freely 24/7 and then money for rent etc.

I am still for the idea of a hackspace, but I think it would take a pretty
determined individual with some time and dedication to get this off the ground.
I am not willing to step up at this stage.

On the upside, a lot of new companies have moved in to Canterbury over the past
few months. Maybe these guys would fund/host such a faccility. Starting points
might be the following companies:

* Fruitworks
* Ion Cube
* Kempt
* Deeson
* Innovation centre

If you are willing to travel, you might try:
* London Hackspace
* Medway innovation centre -- Prototype
* CoFWD (shared work space, but might host one offs)

Hope that helps.

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[Andrew Cassidy]

We tried running it as a monthly meetup until there was enough
interest to think about charging subscriptions to pay rent, etc. But
we were lucky if more than 2 people turned up so we stopped bothering.
The last meeting was December.

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[Edmond Lepedus]

I'll be starting a degree at Kent in September and I plan to set up a
space in Canterbury. Obviously, any help, advice, contributions and
interest would be very welcome.

In the meantime, do come and visit us at Prototype :)

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[Edd Barrett]

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 03:39:32PM +0100, Andrew Cassidy wrote:
> We tried running it as a monthly meetup until there was enough
> interest to think about charging subscriptions to pay rent, etc. But
> we were lucky if more than 2 people turned up so we stopped bothering.

Yeh, exactly my point.

Anyway, Edmond, if you do decide to set one up be sure to let us know.

Cheers

[Edmond Lepedus]

I have decided, but I'm somewhat limited in what I can do at the moment as I live in Maidstone. Come September, though, I will be spending a lot more time in Canterbury and things should start moving. Out of interest, how far is the Innovation Centre from the various Unis?

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[Edd Barrett]

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:48:07PM +0100, Edmond Lepedus wrote:
> I *have* decided, but I'm somewhat limited in what I can do at the moment

> as I live in Maidstone. Come September, though, I will be spending a lot
> more time in Canterbury and things should start moving. Out of interest,
> how far is the Innovation Centre from the various Unis?

It is right on Campus. You are probably in a good position to get something
rolling due to your involvement with prototype.

[Edmond Lepedus]

Oh wow! That's a massive plus point :)

And yes, I'm hoping that I'll be able to make good use of the lessons
learned at Prototype to get things off to a good start. I think
Canterbury will will prove to be an ideal location for a hackspace :)

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