Well Jan I hope you all get some traction and make it happen. I would definitely participate and expect a few of my staff would be interested as well. Good luck.
-- Ben On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Jan <[email protected]> wrote: > > sugree, that seems to be a common idea. it's actually in the > hackerspace design pattern not to let people stay overnight, cause > everyone want to live there :) > > ben, we are not that far yet. it seems to start as a small place > without a workshop. i mean right now we are just 8 ppl. but a workshop > is one of the most important features for me, so i definitely want to > get there. but right now it seems to hard to do. if i had a wishlist > it would include lots of woodworking tool plus maybe a small mill > capable for aluminium, possibly selfbuild cnc. industrial sewing > machines, mig welding, anything people want and the group can get > funded. > > i still wonder if there are not already collaborative artist places in > bangkok, for artists working with metal. typically these people start > places similar to a hackerspace, cause the tools are just huge and > expensive. > > > > On 19 Apr., 12:24, Sugree Phatanapherom <[email protected]> wrote: > > Damn cool. Finally I have a place to live for the rest of my life. > > > > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Jan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > meeting was interesting. > > > there where eight people showing up including me. > > > i think they all knew each other already. most of them come from > > > network security business. 3 french guys, one south african, few > > > americans and me. sadly no thai person was interested. > > > all live in bangkok, phil from france who is founding member of the > > > tmplap hackerspace in paris plans to move here next january. Phil > > > wants to establish one when he moves here, cause it seems he can not > > > live without one :) > > > > > we did not do any real planning, more a bit of brainstorming with a > > > few results: > > > > > - not calling it anything with 'hacker', cause of public > > > misunderstanding, probably something like "bangkok lab" or similar. > > > - starting with a very cheap place with a short term lease and then > > > scaling up when more people join, probably just a one room appartment > > > for <5000 baht > > > - it seems to be possible to rent shophouses in the range of 20K baht > > > which could be something nice at a later time. > > > - central location > > > - most people can not imagine what this place will be like, so it > > > needs to start to show up with cool workshops to establish itself. > > > paris tmplab has 200 members to show a size where it could head to > > > - two, maybe tree pricing steps for membership fee: falang, thai with > > > job, thai student, something in the range of 100-1000 baht/month, but > > > we did not discuss a lot about it > > > - avoiding to make it yet another regular pub meeting :) > > > > > with all these facts given, the hackerspace could start immediately. > > > > > jan > > > > > On 18 Apr., 00:20, "31o5.OHIRA" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, how was the meeting? Just finished work, couldn't make it. > > > > > > I'm very interested in it. > > > > > > 31o5 > > > > > > On Apr 17, 2009, at 22:36, Arthit Suriyawongkul <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > from Michel Bauwens of P2P Foundation, > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > > > From: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> > > > > > Date: 2009/4/17 > > > > > Subject: Re: [barcamp-thailand] Discuss the creation of a Bangkok > > > > > Hackerspace tonight > > > > > To: WOICT at googlegroups.com > > > > > > > this is very good new Arthit, sorry I can't join, I'm in CM until > > > > > the 20th > > > > > > > I've monitored similar initiatives viahttp:// > > > del.icio.us/mbauwens/P2P-Places > > > > > > > also details viahttp://p2pfoundation.net/Hacker_Spaces, > > > > >http://p2pfoundation.net/Hacker_Space > > > > > > > and how to athttp://p2pfoundation.net/How_to_Set_Up_a_Hacker_Space > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Barcamp Thailand" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/barcamp-thailand?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
