Courty on Radio 5 Live this afternoon - 3:30 till 4pm

[Dermot (Dermot Jones)]

@Courty will be representing us on a panel discussion about ‘men who make things’.

Tune in!

And…yes, I told them that plenty of women make things at the Makerspace too…

[unknowndomain (Tommie / Tom)]

And…yes, I told them that plenty of women make things at the Makerspace too…

I was about to cringe.

[DAC17 (Dale Connolly)]

How much for a name-drop?

[Courty (Paul Court)]

Just finished and the program did go out Live…

Our segment is from 2:40:00 onwards…

23/11/2017, Afternoon Edition - BBC Radio 5 live

[DAC17 (Dale Connolly)]

Well played @Courty, great plug for SLMS. Fully expect whoever is on open evening duty next week to have an ‘interesting’ one…

[unknowndomain (Tommie / Tom)]

Actually when we’ve done stuff like this before it’s often a slow burn of members who come weeks later. They often hear about it and plan to come in future.

[Dermot (Dermot Jones)]

Yes…

And on that note: we need hosts for next Wednesday and upcoming open evenings…

Open Evening hosts Rota

Wednesday Open Evenings are important for attracting new members, and showing the curious public what goes on in a Makerspace. It’s the only time we can guarantee the doors will be open and someone will be there to show visitors around. To make this run smoothly, and ensure members are able to get on with their own projects we have a member or two volunteer each week to be the host. The job is simple: welcome our guests, show them around and answer the questions you can answer – we also have a f…

[DAC17 (Dale Connolly)]

Can I just clarify that I wasn’t being sarcastic?!

I know sarcasm is my default mode, but I truly thought that was a great little segment on air.

Just re-read my comment and didn’t want to be misconstrued!

[Dermot (Dermot Jones)]

Didn’t take it as sarcasm at all… however the 'interesting one’s comment is intriguing. Will listen to it this evening

[DAC17 (Dale Connolly)]

Meant it could be interesting if they have the world and his wife turn up! The segment was really good and could lead to a lot of people taking up ‘making’.