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== Getting started ==
== LHS Around the Internet ==
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* '''Mailing List''' - (the main point of contact) - http://groups.google.co.uk/group/leeds-hack-space [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/leeds-h
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
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* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]
* '''IRC''' - (#leeds-hack-space on irc.freenode.org)
* '''Twitter''' - (For meeting updates and general coolness alerts) - http://twitter.com/leedshackspace [http://twitter.com/leedshackspace]
* '''Our Blog''' - http://leeds.hackspace.org.uk [http://leeds.hackspace.org.uk] [http://leeds.hackspace.org.uk/atom RSS]
* '''Flickr Stream''' - http://www.flickr.com/photos/37705082@N04/
 
== Opening Times & Key Bearers ==
* Monday evenings: Angus
* Tuesday evenings: Everyone
* Wednesday evenings: Johnny Stirling
* Thursday evenings: Amr Bekhit, Richard Glover and Ronald Sousa
* Saturday: Everyone
 
== More Specific Pages ==
=== [[Events]] ===
 
For information on organised events and event ideas, as well as details on past events and other things of interest.
 
=== [[Meetings]] ===
Upcoming Meetings (check out what we're discussing at the next meeting, add things you'd like to discuss)
=== [[Space]] ===
[[Space|Information on the current venue]].
 
[[Royal Park|Information about the Royal Park community proposal]]
 
=== [[Projects]] ===
A place to come up with the next great project
 
Notable projects:
* [[OpenLeeds]]
* [[Projects/Nav_Bot_I|NavBot I]]
* [[Projects/Nav_Bot_II|NavBot II]]
* [[Projects/Wind_Turbine|Homebrew energy 1: Wind Turbine]]
* [[Projects/Space Automation|Space Automation]] - monitoring, alerting, automation - it's all here.
* [[Projects/Pingball|Pingball!]] - networked, network-themed pinball machine
* [[Projects/RepRap|RepRap]] - home-built 3D printer
* [[Projects/FlightSimHardware|Flight Simulator Hardware]]
* [[Projects/Portal|Portal]]
 
=== [[People]] ===
A place to put up details about you.
 
=== Resources ===
* [[Tuck Shop]]
* [[Component Shop]]
* [[Library]]
* [[Inventory]]
 
=== [[Links]] ===
A place to store useful URLs
 
== Progress ==
 
* Incorporated as non-profit company since Autumn 2009
* Currently awaiting bank account
* Venue arranged. Signed for and keys received on 09/03/2010. We are GO!
* Donations nearing £1000 by March 2010. Membership fees now being collected.
 
== Ongoing needs ==
 
* Income - some projects that make money (training? services?)
Post your thoughts and ideas in [[Fundraising]]!
 
== Inspiration and experience ==
 
* Oblong, Leeds http://www.oblongleeds.org.uk
* Access Space, Sheffield  http://www.access-space.org
* Howduino, May 23, Liverpool FACT http://www.howduino.com
* Johnsons scrapyard in south Leeds http://www.johnsonsofleeds.co.uk
* A Talk About Establishing Hacker Spaces [http://www.thelasthope.org/media/audio/64kbps/Building_Hacker_Spaces_Everywhere_Your_Excuses_are_Invalid.mp3]

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LHS Around the Internet

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Opening Times & Key Bearers

  • Monday evenings: Angus
  • Tuesday evenings: Everyone
  • Wednesday evenings: Johnny Stirling
  • Thursday evenings: Amr Bekhit, Richard Glover and Ronald Sousa
  • Saturday: Everyone

More Specific Pages

Events

For information on organised events and event ideas, as well as details on past events and other things of interest.

Meetings

Upcoming Meetings (check out what we're discussing at the next meeting, add things you'd like to discuss)

Space

Information on the current venue.

Information about the Royal Park community proposal

Projects

A place to come up with the next great project

Notable projects:

People

A place to put up details about you.

Resources

Links

A place to store useful URLs

Progress

  • Incorporated as non-profit company since Autumn 2009
  • Currently awaiting bank account
  • Venue arranged. Signed for and keys received on 09/03/2010. We are GO!
  • Donations nearing £1000 by March 2010. Membership fees now being collected.

Ongoing needs

  • Income - some projects that make money (training? services?)

Post your thoughts and ideas in Fundraising!

Inspiration and experience