This Week @ Crash Space (2011-09-20 - 2011-09-27)
Michelle Leonhart
Many a fine project has taken place at your Friendly Neighbourhood Hackerspace this past week.
The Highlights(!):
Crash Space's Quest for Non-Profit Status
DONATE! DONATE! DONATE! DONATE! DONATE! DONATE! DONATE! DONATE! DONATE!
CRASH Space has been operating with the soul of a non-profit. We’ve
kept costs as low as possible for classes that don’t get taught much of
anywhere else, or, when they are, cost an arm and a leg. We run a
skin of our teeth budget for the space. I’d say 90% of what’s in there
is donated or on loan from people who are excited about sharing their
passion and expertise with the world. Everything we do is brought about
by the hard work of volunteers. However, it won’t be official until
we complete the process to obtain 501(c)3 status... (Full Blog Post)
(pictured above from: Whitney Music Box)
We're also offering TWO classes to the public this month, taught by our own Jim Bumgardner.
ALL proceeds go to our effort for non-profit status:
Wednesday, Oct 26th, 7:30pm - 10:30pm
$60 non-members, $40 members
Wednesday, Nov 2nd, 7:30pm - 10:30pm
$60 non-members, $40 members
Girl Scouts Hosts STEM Training: Members Get Involved!
Several of our members visited a GirlScouts-hosted training
session this past weekend, in an effort to assist the organization with
teaching science and technology to children. The session included
hands-on workshops in each of these topics, and many make-shift robots
and rockets soon filled the classroom. GirlScouts STEM (Science
Engineering Technology Math) is working to introduce these topics to
children at a young age, and to enforce the idea that science is
awesome and not lame. While Crash Space is not directly partnered with
the Girl Scouts, we applaud their efforts to teach science and tech to
our littlest hackers.
For more information on STEM: Go here!
Safecast Hackathon: Crashers and Community Members Come Together to Help
Crash Space member Kevin Nelson hosted a hackathon on Saturday, encouraging both members and the public to get involved in the mission to spread information and awareness. Safecast is a global project working to empower people with data, primarily by building a sensor network and enabling people to both contribute and freely use the data they collect. Detailed data from their Fukushima drive can be seen here.
To read more about Safecast and the work they've done to improve the quality and availability of radiation data in Japan and elsewhere, visit Safecast.org.
Archived @ the Crash Space Public Wiki