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Please see Nottinghack Rules/Guide - Regular Events (Guide)

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Rules Members' Guide

Events are a great way for us to get together, share ideas and have fun.

Upcoming Events

Check the google calendar for the full list of upcoming events. Some upcoming events are listed below.

Workshops and Open days

Open Day 2019 - Sat 20th July - PDF poster.
Workshops 2019 - list of Workshops for 2019

Regular Events

Weekly Open Hack Night -- Every Wednesday - 6:30PM - 9PM

Monthly Open Members' Meeting -- The first Wednesday of the month - 8pm – 9pm

Next: 1st May -- see Agenda

Hack the Space

See also: Hack The Space Days

Weekly Hackspace 2.5 Work -- on Tuesdays
Monthly HMS Hack Day -- on the fourth Sunday

Activities

Comics Making Group -- Monthly on the first Thursday at 7pm in the Blue Room (downstairs) Facebook group Twitter

Team Meetings

Wiki meetup -- (second Wednesday 18:00 - 19:30)

Google Calendar

See also: Calendar access

Planning an event

Regardless of whether an event is just a 1-1 workshop, small gathering or massive talk; any and all members of the Hackspace should feel empowered to run an event or group if they wish. If you have an idea for an event or are willing to run a workshop and need advice, there are several channels of help available!

Either:

Post your idea on our Google group
Contact the Events team via Slack

If you are looking for inspiration, some of our past events have been recorded on the wiki, see Events Category and Category:Events (past).

Advertising event

As well as posting the event on the Google Calendar, Google group and Slack it can be:

Listed on the Eventbrite page
Advertised on social media

Types of event

An electronics workshop at Nottingham Hackspace 1.0
The audience at a talk by Richard Stallman at Nottingham Hackspace
A trip to Southwold Pier

Workshops

Workshops are a good way of sharing skills amongst members.

For previous workshops that have been run at the space, see our Eventbrite listings as well as the following pages:

2012
2013
2015
2018: Various workshops took place including Introduction to Arduino and a Metalwork Induction Day.
2019

Talks and Gatherings

Occasionally a big talk will happen at the hackspace. If you want to speak or know anyone that might, contact the Events team.

Trips

Big trips out make up a key part of the Nottinghack calendar

External Annual Events

Members from the Hackspace will generally attend these events each year or every other year.

EMF
Light Night, February
Science in the Park, March
Nottingham Green Festival - Mid September
Maker Faire's, April onwards
- Derby
- Brighton
- London (Elephant and Castle)
- Leicester (may start 2014)
Japanorama at Leicester Space Centre

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+File:Arduino Sundae 2010.jpg|An electronics workshop at Nottingham Hackspace 1.0
+File:Stallman_talk_audience.jpg|The audience at a talk by Richard Stallman at Nottingham Hackspace
+File:Southwold_pier_trip_2011.jpg|A trip to Southwold Pier
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 Occasionally a big talk will happen at the hackspace. If you want to speak or know anyone that might, contact the Events team.
-[[File:Stallman_talk_audience.jpg|thumb|none|300px|The audience at a talk by Richard Stallman at Nottingham Hackspace]]
 === Trips ===
 Big trips out make up a key part of the Nottinghack calendar
-[[File:Southwold_pier_trip_2011.jpg|thumb|none|300px|A trip to Southwold Pier]]
 === External Annual Events ===