Hello-pack/letter

This is the letter we want to give to WG neighbours in the hello-pack.

English

Hello, WG neighbour!

You're receiving this package as a gift from the members of Technologia Incognita. Technologia Incognita ("Techinc" for friends) is the Amsterdam hackerspace. A hackerspace is in essence a shared space where people can be creative with technology in a very broad sense. We often make things, from the practical to the useless, from the arty to the delicious. We also discuss technologies, their applications and wider implications and try to extend our own knowledge and that of the broader community. We share equipment and tools in our space so all members have access to many more tools then any of us would have individually.

With around 80 members (and growing) we're one of the biggest hackerspaces in The Netherlands. Our members are from all age groups, professions and walks of life. We do have organized an official board for administrative and legal affairs. However, it's the members that make everything happen. Currently, we are actively seeking a new location to accommodate our (steadily increasing) members. With this letter and package, we would like to kindly present ourselves as a possible new active and caring member of your community.

As a group, we are all about organizing events in order to benefit the community, In 2013, we organized over 100 public events: workshops, trainings, presentations, demonstrations, barbecues and activities especially for kids. These activities are open and free to anyone interested. Some of the recurring topics in our 2013 meetings were: digital privacy, electronics, 3Dprinting and software, sewing, food-hacking, robotics and programming .

We're kindly interested in renting the available space at WG (where Frascati used to be) to better accommodate our increased number of members and also to allow us to expand our public function, with bigger and better events. Our goal is to become a place where anybody can be introduced to new ideas and possibilities; and learn about, understand and create in our increasingly technological world.

We've aware that there were some sound and noise issues with Frascati. In this respect, we want to actively cooperate with you and the rest of the neighbours to make these annoyances a thing of the past. On a similar note, the owners of our current space have stated various times that we are quite an asset to their building, because we are often available when normal businesses are closed, adding significantly to the sense of security of the whole building. In sum, we know what it takes to make a good community happen and we hope to have a positive impact on the WG as a whole.

Besides hoping you enjoy the little trinkets in this package, we'd like to cordially invite you (and anybody you'd like to bring) to our Social night, every Wednesday, from 19:00 onwards, at our current space at Louwesweg 1 (the old ACTA building near the Slotervaart Ziekenhuis). You'll get a much better idea who we are, and what we are about. You can of course visit our website: http://www.techinc.nl. If you have any further questions, please send us an email at: contact@techinc.nl .

Hope to see you soon, either as a visitor of our space and hopefully as our new neighbour!

Kindly,

The Techinc members.