Vancouver Community Laboratory

Maker Faire Meeting and Party

ninety nein — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 05:12:56 +0000

Two quick things to mention…

First, there will be another Maker Faire meeting on April 11 down at EatART. Please feel free to join us.

Secondly, EatART will also be hosting a fundraising party for Maker Faire on April 30. It will be a costume party, so wear something CRAZY! Tickets are available online, and like most EatART events, it’s likely to sell out, so get yours soon!

MakerFaire info meeting

mark — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:04:58 +0000

It’s going to be a pretty informal meeting, but we’d love to hear from you! This event is shaped by Makers so bring any ideas/suggestions as well!

please RSVP to vancouver (at)makerfaire.ca if you’re planning on attending!!!! THANK YOU!

http://vancouver.makerfaire.ca/

Moving in the woodworking tools

mark — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:25:44 +0000

Moving in Norms tools. Big thank you to the Rosen family.

We Are Moving In

ISaac — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:14:08 +0000

After a few attempts to find space we have ascertained the perfect space for us to gain our walking legs. Check it out on October 30th at our cleaning party. Events for more info.

For more pictures

Can´t wait!

Look some posters to look at

ISaac — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:44:27 +0000

We are Born

ISaac — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:51:06 +0000

We have exited the womb of Ad-hock and enter the big wide world as an incorporated non-profit society….(wow man there sure lot paper work out here)…… and after a bit of negotiation we have been granted the legal name Community Laboratory Society.

Soon after being born it looks as if we have found our first home for us play and grow in!

Open Data Rocks, City owned properties on Gmaps

VCL — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:58:35 +0000

If you have never checked out the COV Open Data Catalogue, it’s time to go take a look (link).

While it may be just a boring set of lists of location and scheduling data, the things that it can be made to do are very useful. Take Vantrash.ca for example (link), a service assembled in spare time by a couple of VHS guys.

Another excellent example, the Google maps which was assembled using the city’s database of their own properties. (map) Every property shown is owned by the city.

Super useful if you ever want to ask the city for a place to start a social enterprise.

Progress

Ethan DeAngelus — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:53:04 +0000

It may have been a month since our last update, but the time has not been idly spent. Not a weekly meeting has been missed, and a solid nucleus of active members seems to be coming together. As our goals solidify and the immensity of the undertaking becomes increasingly more clear, volunteers continue to appear with amazingly timely contributions of skills and resources; a confirmation of our hopes that the VCL is going to embraced by many facets of Vancouver’s creative community.

The most significant progress to report is that we are currently in negotiations with a benevolent property manager who is helping us to find a physical location. Offers of tool and time donations are building up, and we are working steadily towards making this real. Please, if you have ideas for us, would like to help or learn more – come to a meeting.

First Meeting, and Mailing List

VCL — Fri, 07 May 2010 09:08:19 +0000

So the first meeting of VCL went extremely well, with a turnout of 12-14 people (with a few people coming late and a couple leaving early). Discussion was excited, and naturally hit the important topics.

A big decision that was made was to switch to a mailing list, rather than using the forums on the website. That has been successfully set up, and everyone at the meeting should be signed up. If you haven’t gotten an e-mail about it yet you can e-mail me at the address posted on the main page and I’ll correct the e-mail address, or you can subscribe yourself here. The mailing list is where the discussion is happening, so if you want to hear all the juicy details, that is the place to be.

And also, if you are interested in blogging here about topics related to VCL or a project that you are working on, just comment or shoot me an e-mail, and I can create a contributor account for you here.

The Torch is here!

VCL — Tue, 04 May 2010 01:26:06 +0000

The welding torch that is! My uncle dropped it off this morning, the kit is put together by IOxygen. Includes;
-three cutting nozzles (#00, #0, #2)
-four welding nozzles (#00, #0, #2, #4)
-Rose heating tip
-Half full oxygen and acetylene tanks
-Hoses
-Dial Valves
-Flashback arrestors
-Nozzle cleaning files
-Welding goggles
-Spark igniter

Can’t wait to have a space to use it in.