FarsetLabs BELFAST

Farset Labs is proud to announce that we will be the first people to bring the amazing Club Mate caffineated soft-drink to the hallowed shores of Northern Ireland.

This low-impact, all natural energy drink is renowned within hacker-culture across the globe (having powered the author through a 76 hour straight volunteer-fest at The Next HOPE without any crashes or heavy-buzzes…).

However, because noone else has imported it before, and we all know how painful it can be to get things delivered to Northern Ireland, we’re making a concerted effort to put in a big order to reduce per-crate delivery costs. As such, we’re inviting the community to buy in to our purchasing consortium at cost-price (rounded up…) on a per-crate level (£33 for 24x330ml, £35 for 20x500ml).

If you’re interested, just fill in THIS FORM. This buy-in is open to non-Farset members and... ...

The entire Farset Labs membership were invited to the Town Hall meeting on Saturday the 16th of February, 2013, and a total of 7 active members turned up, with some additional people turning up out of interest. Among the matters of business was one vote and a discussion on all other issues, as detailed below.

Code of Conduct Review

As mandated in the Code of Conduct, the document is to be reviewed at least once a year, but may be changed at any time given the approval of the membership. The review for 2013 was held at the February Town Hall meeting, and it passed with a vote of 7 ayes, 0 noes and 0 abstentions. The changes outlined were mostly wording changes, but some new clauses covering the use of specialised equipment, the use of VPS, VPN and Web services provided by Evorack and Tibus, and a clause governing member representation of Farset Labs (to protect the members from any legal liability).

These changes will be made available soon and the online versions of the Code will be updated appropriately. If you have any issues or wish to change or add anything in the Code, please bring it... ...

Gathering of Lightning, Farset Labs’ highly successful ad-hoc presentation series, is coming back!

7th March 1730-2000

This time around we’re working in collaboration with the QUB Science Shop to bring in some weird and wonderful presenters (on top of the usual bunch of miscreants).

We’re still working on confirming an event sponsor so it may end up as a ‘please donate’ event, but we’ll keep you posted!

BCS – Belfast Chapter have confirmed that they will once again be providing refreshments for GoL, so be sure to register on their page too!

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We had our Town Hall meeting over the weekend, which was a great success that we’ll be posting about separately, but one of the suggestions from our fantastic community was to bring back the old-school idea of tech-swaps, or ‘Bring and Buy Sales’. Bringing back the classic swap-shop atmosphere with a bang, and also hopefully raise some funds for much-needed upgrades to the space.

The Farset Labs Bring-And-Buy sale enables community members and others to sell or swap their creations, or their attic-junk.

The rules are simple, £5/table for members, £10/table for non-members, and don’t try to sell anything illegal.

If you want to attend and check out the wares on offer, don’t worry about tickets, just show up! (Although, non-members attending are ecouraged to donate on arrival…)

Get building and get selling!

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We’ve added a few events to our calendar, accessible here, so, in case you’ve missed any, we’ve got a round-up of the coming week’s festivities.

First up, we’ve got FEAST/FAMINE on Sunday night, kicking off at 7pm. The usual, relaxed format applies, so come down, grab a takeaway and end the week in cinematic style. Since this is our informal community movie night, it’s only open to Farset members.

On Wednesday night, we have the SuperCollider user group in our regular slot, so, starting from 6:30pm, the Event Space will be filled with odd sounds from our resident experimental musicians.

We have another Town Hall event scheduled for Saturday at 3pm, allowing members to talk to the Directors and bring up their suggestions or complaints, in personal or anonymous form. The Directors will also be bringing up some important discussions and setting out the roadmap for the next few months. Farset Labs members have voting rights, so make sure to come and make your voice heard – remember, the hackerspace is run for you!

Either side of the Town Hall meeting on Saturday, we’ll be doing a spring clean, starting at around 10am. We’d really appreciate a... ...