Regional Australia maker space. Looking for clicks to get the ball rolling. - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Bendba
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 12, 2019, 08:11:39 pm
content: Hi there,Not long ago, a small group of tech enthusiasts started putting together a maker space near the town of Tamworth, NSW, Australia. It is currently located in Currabubula, to be exact, on a founding member's property. There are computers, vintage computers, video games, 3d printers, pinball machines, soldering tools, lathe, a full workshop...It is great to finally find one outside of the big cities. (The next great thing would be to have an annual maker fair in the country)Since it's started, the group gained a lot of enthusiasm, and support locally. Some schools, administrations and businesses have made some very nice material donations, such as office desks, computers, projectors,...We are now looking at moving to the town of Tamworth itself, where most of the population is, or goes to for shopping. That would make it easily accessible and open more often.We are currently in the running for a $5000 grant from the Greater Bank (yes, it is the name of the bank), up against two other local associations. The public gets to vote online to decide who gets the money. So far, we are leading but I would like, on the behalf of the association, to rally more votes, to secure our position, and to show that there is a strong support for this kind of things.The vote happens on this web page:https://www.greater.com.au/greaternewenglandAll you need to do is scroll down to find our group, the Tamworth Tech Shed and click on the little blue 'up arrow' below to support us.You can vote multiple times for the next few days, with a limit of one vote per hour, per person.We would greatly appreciate the support.Thank youYou can also see what we are up to on our Facebook page "Tamworth tech shed"

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 13, 2019, 03:50:41 am
content: Voted.And I'm not suggesting anyone set up an hourly voting script or anything

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 13, 2019, 04:29:37 am
content: Just FYI, voting silently fails if you have uBlock Origin enabled. Monitoring the console in Firefox (obviously not for the purpose of creating an hourly voting script), the following error pops up:QuoteWhitelisting stackla.com for that domain allowed voting to succeed.

author: Bendba
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 15, 2019, 04:15:31 am
content: Thank you to those who have voted and/or are still voting.A bit over three days to go. Hopefully, we can maintain the position.

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 18, 2019, 08:53:12 pm
content: Seems the voting has closed.How did you go?

author: Kean
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 06, 2020, 10:30:39 am
content: Quote from: I wanted a rude username on December 18, 2019, 08:53:12 pmI'm late to the party, but it seems like they got $3000. There is up to $5000 per month, but $3000 seems to be the max (first prize).https://www.greater.com.au/community/our-partners/news/2020/01/tamworth-tech-shed-wins-december-greater-new-england-funding

author: Bendba
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 10, 2020, 07:56:38 am
content: Hi there,Sorry for the late answer. The last months has been a massive mess.Indeed, thanks to everyone who supported, we received the $3000 grant.https://www.greater.com.au/community/our-partners/news/2020/01/tamworth-tech-shed-wins-december-greater-new-england-fundingI am assuming that the winner doesn't receive the totality of the $5000 but that the second and third place get part of it. Who know?And does it matter? No, it doesn't, we are just grateful we received some money to put towards making our organisation better.Thanks again to everyone who voted.Ben