[dcw] Existing workshops added to our Daviswiki

[Darin Wick]

Sounds like a good item for the meeting.

That's a long list of hackerspaces!  I think the Belgian "VoidWarranties"
has the best name.

Also: Nick, thanks for updating the wiki page with that info!


On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Braden <goo... at dabrado.net> wrote:

> Would it be okay with everyone if we went over the name at the Monday
> meeting?
>
> "Davis Community Workshop" was meant only as a descriptive placeholder for
> very public things like the Davis Wiki and the flyers, where some people
> might have the wrong idea of what the "hacker" in "hackerspace" means.
>  There were a fair number of people who I've talked to who like the idea of
> the space, but when they heard the term "hackerspace" recoiled due to the
> association with black-hat computer hackers.
>
> Presumably we will come up with a cool name that is neither "Davis
> Hackerspace" nor "Davis Community Workshop" (e.g. "Noisebridge", "NYC
> Resistor", others at http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/List_of_Hacker_Spaces).  We can brainstorm these at the next meeting.
>
>  - Braden
>
>
> On May 16, 2012, at 2:59 PM, Figrock wrote:
>
> > I like the term "Hackerspace" so much more than "Davis Community
> Workshop." "Hackerspace" is more sensational and concise, I feel. The
> Barenaked Ladies chose their band name in order to provoke anyone who heard
> their band name to ask the question, "Who the heck are The Barenaked
> Ladies?"
> >
> > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Nicholas Barry <ni... at davisdollars.org>
> wrote:
> > I just added existing workshop spaces, and places we can potentially
> meet in the future, to our Daviswiki page:
> http://daviswiki.org/Davis_Community_Workshop
> >
> > Feel free to add more, or improve those lists.
> >
> > Nicholas Barry
> > (530) 213 3312
> >
> > Davis Dollars community currency
> > www.davisdollars.org
> > facebook.com/davisdollars
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