New Members

Congratulations on joining us! As an actual member, you should have received a link to a PDF explaining most aspects of the space, but this page can help too.

As a member of Nottingham Hackspace, you are entitled to quite a few benefits. Some of them require you to jump a hurdle or two to set up, but we try to make those hurdles as low as possible!

Many things at the Hackspace are organised by a board of seven volunteers, follow that link and approach the relevant one if you have any related issues.

Rules

Please make sure you're familiar with the Hackspace Rules

Map of Usefulness

Things in this map:

1. Hackspace entrance on Alfred Street South
2. Local takeaway and corner shop.
3. Bus stops on Carlton Road: City buses 24, 25, 26, 27, 100. Shoplink S10.
4. Bus stops on Robin Hood Street: City bus 21
5. Best pub in the area, The Moot Hall. Good selection of beers, pool table upstairs (Alas, may have closed down now --Davidhayward 13:45, 6 July 2011 (BST)).

From the Hackspace, the National Ice Centre is located South West down Carlton Road, the City Centre West-North-West past Sneinton Market.

Access to the Space

As a member, you can get 24/7 access to the hackspace. There are a bunch of doors between us and the street though. Some barriers have physical keys, others have slightly more hi-tech locking solutions. The access page has the most up to date details of how to get in whenever you want. Keys are available for a deposit.

Storage

Any member paying more than £10 per month in membership is entitled to keep a 35 litre box at the space. Boxes are supplied at cost (£5) by the hackspace, this ensures they're consistent and can stack. Any box bought becomes your property. If you're paying over £20, then you're welcome to keep two boxes if you need them. The best way to get one is to pay in cash at an open hack night, or when you're in the space with a board member. If you have a box, we ask that you put you real name on it (The board member who sorrts your box will get the label maker out for you). Some members also put their Twitter names on their boxes too.

Sometimes, a project is too big to go in a member's box. If so, talk to someone on the board about it. We have room for stuff, but it is of course finite.

WiFi

The space has member-use WiFi at all times. There's also free wifi for non-members between 18:00 and 21:00 on open hack nights.

Online Benefits

There are a bunch of things online, such as the Planet that aggregates members blogs, and the Wiki. All of these benefits can be registered for using the new member signup form.

Our Blog

All members are able to post moderated posts onto the hackspace blog if they like. Your posts will have to be moderated by one of the content editors.

Your Blog

You can have your personal blog included in Planet Nottinghack, an aggregation of member's blogs.

Wiki

You already know what the Wiki is (you are here!). As a member, you are entitled to edit rights to this wiki.

Member's Mailing List

As well as the normal mailing list we also have a members only mailing list - make sure you are on it, as a lot of important things are discussed here first - elections, for example.