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HackerSpace.lu

A hackerspace or hackspace (from Hacker and Space) is a real (as opposed to virtual) place where people with common interests, usually in science, 
technology, or digital or electronic art can meet, socialize and collaborate. wikipedia:Hackerspace

TOC Brainstorming Name Proposals Planning Financing Location General Links Letters Contact Individuals contact David: david_AT_mallory_DOT_lu contact Steve: steve_AT_localhost_DOT_lu Groups / Mailing List contact hackerspace_AT_mallory_DOT_lu

Plan of Action 1. Find at least two more people fully devoted to this project (done) 2. Write a letter to potentially interested people, wait for feedback (done) 2.1 Prepare text (done) 2.2 get email addresses (done) 2.3 set up own email-address as sender address (done) 2.4 send letter (done) 3. Create a folder (see metalab) and talk to politicians and other influential people (in progress) 3.1 Assemble text 3.2 Create layout (graphics, lyx?!) 3.3 Grep VIP's Addresses 3.4 Package and ship 3.5 Wait 1 or 2 days, then call and talk to the people 4. Find a name! 5. Create a promotional flyer to distribute in places listed in section promotion 6. Get a location and infrastructure More Todo These tasks are up for the taking. Please help yourself ;) Reorganize wiki front-page (see [1] and User:SteveClement) Describe your perfect location

Changelog Monday September 01st, some of us met at the local Chaostreff to discuss further actions. It was decided that we continue as planned and start creating an Info-Folder

Locations

• Old Swimming Club Location
• Old Cité Judiciaire
• Old Public Library
• Old Church
• Centres de Recherche
• Old Sky scraper --> ech mengen dee get renovéiert a get rem EU kommissioun.
• Industrial Buildings - Wurth, Mittal Steel
• Rotonde CFL?
• Kulturfabrik (Lino bleu/jaune)
• some Youth-Centre (exchange a room for computer courses twice a week, or so)
• My favorite: A Pizzeria's basement, so we can eat Pizza all day long ;)

Im Moment entsteht in einer bislang ungenutzten Fabrikhalle in einem Leipziger Gewerbegebiet das Hacker Space: ein neuer Treffpunkt für Hacker,
Freifunker, Freunde von Open Source Software und Datenschützer.

http://www.gulli.com/news/hacker-space-in-leipzig-2008-06-17/

Contacts

Letters were already sent to the following People and Organisations

The following are mostly VIP we need or want to contact for funding, location, support etc..

Government (2nd stage/folder)

• Paul Helminger (mayor.vdl.lu)
• Géraldine Knudson (city-manager.vdl.lu)
• SNJ
• Ministère de la Jeunesse
• Ministère de la Culture (http://www.mcesr.public.lu/index.html)
• Uni.lu
• Fond National de la Recherche (http://www.fnr.lu/SIML_FNR/Channel/FNR.nsf/fs_Root?OpenFrameset)

Art (2nd stage/folder)

• Mudam -> Art (MCBeau)
• Casino-Guy (Jo Kox)

Individuals

(2nd stage)

• Pierre Brahms (has premises)
• Pitt Pirrotte (Real Estate Mogul)

Companies =

(netculture labs in austria are an initiative by the Telekom Austria)

• P&T
• Tele2

Organisations & Events to host

• Firsttuesday
• LiLux (instead of the Dudelange Lycée)
• Chaostreff Luxembourg http://www.c3l.lu/

Roughly the Content

• Hold Workshops & Give Talks
• Conferences & Meetings
• Projects (Hardware, Software, any techno-related stuff)
  • Playing with arduino's currently
  • e-GO?
  • Luxtrust USB Stick
• Partys & Fun
• Contests (CTF)
• Host Clubs and Organisations/Associations
• Discussions and "nice" evenings

Projects - an initial proposal of projects

Promotion

• Distribute Flyers in
  • Computer stores
  • Electronics stores (Schaller, SAM, Secto)
  • Schools
• Add lb.wikipedia.org entries
  • http://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackerspace
  • http://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker
  • Create any other relevant entries
• hack.lu --> have a booth or a talk / Hackcenter / Health&Beauty
• Create a shirt
• Pressemeldungen, Interviews (cf. Gulli News [2])