Group: Manchester/Projects
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| − | ==Marbella Cafe== | + | ==[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54093651588&_fb_noscript=1 MCC]== |
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| + | | Factory 2010 | ||
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| + | ! Intention | ||
| + | | Space for arts and crafts. | ||
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| + | ! Method | ||
| + | | We intend to support a free software computer hub and provide free software related workshops in return for using a room for our meetings. | ||
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| + | ! Issues | ||
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| + | ! Contact | ||
| + | | fsuk-manchester-team@nongnu.org | ||
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| + | ==[http://www.marbellacupcakes.com/ Marbella Cafe]== | ||
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==[http://freespacemanchester.wordpress.com/ Free Space Manchester]== | ==[http://freespacemanchester.wordpress.com/ Free Space Manchester]== | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:20, 13 March 2011
This is an attempt to create a vaguely coherent list of free software-using community projects in the Manchester area. For each project, it'd be great to have:
- Name of project
- Location
- Intention
- Contact
Just copy and paste and fill in this empty table:
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Intention | |
| Method | |
| Issues | |
| Contact |
Contents
Active Projects
Stalled Projects
Arcspace
| Location | St Wilfrid's Church, Royce Road, Hulme ,M15 5BJ. |
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| Intention | Autonomous, reflective, creative - a project to bring together the people of Hulme in a social space. Running workshops on computer recycling and free software, amongst others. |
| Method | Five standalone computers, donated by Salford Uni. |
| Issues | See Details Page |
| Contact | <vickysinclair@gmail.com> |
Inactive Projects
MCC
| Location | Factory 2010 |
|---|---|
| Intention | Space for arts and crafts. |
| Method | We intend to support a free software computer hub and provide free software related workshops in return for using a room for our meetings. |
| Issues | |
| Contact | fsuk-manchester-team@nongnu.org |
Marbella Cafe
| Location | Currently undecided |
|---|---|
| Intention | A social space, with a cafe and arts gallery. This is currently being rethought. |
| Method | We have reused the hardware from the #Basement Social Centre along with some donated hardware (namely the server). We currently have an LTSP cluster with 4 desktops. |
| Issues | Location has changed from the Northern Quarter, currently MCC are still looking for somewhere. |
| Contact | fsuk-manchester-team@nongnu.org |
Free Space Manchester
| Location | Zion Arts Centre, Hulme |
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| Intention | The project exists to provide access to and information about free sofware to young people in Hulme. |
| Method | We have reused the hardware from the #Basement Social Centre along with some hardware from Zion. We currently have an LTSP cluster with 4 desktops. |
| Issues | We are having trouble getting reliable Internet connectivity at Zion, which is hampering development efforts, usage of the suite, and remote administration. |
| Contact | Dave Page <grimoire@cultofperf.org.uk> |
Basement Social Centre
| Location | Lever Street, Manchester |
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| Intention | To provide a free software Internet suite for visitors to the Basement Social Centre cafe. |
| Method | Working as a collective, setting up an LTSP suite of five machines. Guest access for visitors to the cafe, plus regular login accounts for users and groups at the Centre to store and share files. |
| Issues | The Basement Social Centre closed after fire and flooding, ending this project. |
