[57north-discuss] Member application Intro

[Edward Watson]

Hi Sean

Thanks for sending in your intro email, your membership can now be
considered by the board with member input. You will be notified of the
application outcome 7 days or less from the date that both this
application and £20 remittence are received (essentially your first
months £20 membership dues handed to any director).

Once passed, you will be given access to hackhub, the service that you
can use to gain independent physical access the space. Once hackhub
access is gained, please login and add any outstanding personal
details in order to complete your membership application. Your
subscription fee will be refunded in the event of your membership not
being accepted.

In the meantime, we invite you to subscribe to our discuss and
announce maillists using the link provided [1].

Cheers and happy hacking,

Ed (Nordin)
57N Bureaucrat four

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On 3 February 2015 at 16:28, Sean Reilly <surreily1 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 1. Your Name (nick):
> Sean Reilly (Isandor)
>
> 2. Your Background
> I have been here in Aberdeen my whole life. Ever since I got my first
> computer (with crappy Windows 98 on it), I've been interested in
> programming. I went to Aberdeen College (which is now North East Scotland
> College) and, after four years there, I got into third year at the
> University of Aberdeen. I have very recently got interested in the hardware
> and electronics side of things. I am generally very helpful to others
> (perhaps a bit too much, some of my grades could have been better had I not
> helped about four other people at the same time!).
>
> 3. Your Hacklab-related Interests
> As I mentioned previously, I have just recently gotten into electronics.
> I've had a Raspberry Pi sitting around for ages, and I've been using it as a
> music player hooked up to my TV. However, I want to convert it into a proper
> music player for myself and get rid of the TV. Once this is done, I look
> forward to working with all sorts of electronics and even some woodworking
> projects (I will need a case for it). Last week, I was shown around, and
> everyone there was really nice and helpful. Finally, I've always dreamed of
> having a cardboard box with my name on it, and now my life-long dream can
> come true!
>
> 4. What knowledge can you bring hacklab community?
> I currently know plenty about programming: Java, Python, C, C++, and
> Javascript. I'm just getting into hardware and electronics hacking at the
> moment, so I unfortunately don't know much about that. I am generally quite
> good at solving problems though, and I'd be happy to help or work together
> with anyone else in the Space. I can also donate various items when I get my
> hands on some...
>
> 5. What do you wish to learn from the hacklab community?
> The main thing I want to learn is how to go about hacking electronics and
> using the various tools (for example, I have never used a soldering iron
> before). Similarly, I'd love to do some woodworking stuff too and learn how
> to not cut my own arm off in the process.
>
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