[ale] [ANNC] Dorkbot, Wed. April 8th == Freeside Hackerspace

[aaron]

The next DorkBot event is Wed, April 8th, 7:30pm

< http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotatl/upcoming_meetings/2009_04_08.php >

The featured Beth Milliken talk on the new Freeside /
Hackerspace organization may be of special interest
to ALE members.

A quick look at the groups active wiki...
<http://wiki.freesideatlanta.org/>
...shows that a fair amount of effort and organizing
has already been done or is under way.

I find the possibility of a collaborative work & play
space for Open Source projects and interest groups is
an energizing idea. Imagine having a permanent shared
facility, even if just a larger old home or a warehouse
space, that serves as a social center for many of our
region's community minded technology fans. Such a space
could be in daily use with install fests, community
projects, refurb and build facilities for [donated]
hardware, group meetings, community social activities,
community outreach & education and general information
sharing.

If several area tech interest groups were to share the
costs and management through a sponsoring [*EXISTING?*]
formally chartered group with 501c3 status to provide
the needed board structure and a path to grants and
deductible donations, I believe an OSS Free Software
Hacker CoOp community space could become a very affordable,
functional and productive reality that could be of
benefit to both the parties involved and the broader
public community.

[ BCC to reps of PD.org, Eyedrum.org,
   FreeITathens.org, OSSatlanta.org   ]

According to their wiki site, the Freeside organizing
group is currently meeting every Monday at 7:30PM in
Manuel's Tavern.  I'm going to try to attend tomorrow
and I invite interested ALE members to join me.

peace
aaron

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Beth Milliken
Freeside Atlanta non-profit Hackerspace

Freeside is a new Atlanta based non-profit Hackerspace -
encouraging collaboration and innovation across hardware
and software disciplines without the constraints of
corporations or academia.

http://wiki.freesideatlanta.org/

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Also presenting on the April 8th bill:

Travis Thatcher/Scott Driscoll
The Voice of Saturn, DIY modular synthesizer and
CuriousInventor.com

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