IDEA: Add a DMS history and founding members page to the wiki

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#1

Yeah. An idea I have but canā€™t do because I donā€™t have the history, so please forgive me, but I still think the goal is worthwhile.

Hereā€™s a start: https://dallasmakerspace.org/wiki/Meeting_20100218

I donā€™t recognize the names in attendance, but then, Iā€™m not good at knowing everyone yet.

WHY I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT:

Part of figuring out where DMS is headed is by honoring where DMS has been. Itā€™s important to recognize the members who generated the founding ideas and incorporate their perspectives as DMS moves forward.

Maybe the group even needs an official historian.

Adding a page to the Wiki lets everyone (current members, prospective members, prospective underwriters) know the details.

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#2

Here you go, take it away:
https://dallasmakerspace.org/wiki/History_of_Dallas_Makerspace

I added all the history I know of.

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#3

I like this idea and think it would be interesting to have the history and progression of DMS more clearly recorded for all to know and appreciate :slight_smile:

I think itā€™s particularly funny that in those first meeting minutes itā€™s mentioned twice that the name would be changed later yet 7 years later weā€™re still happy as a clam with it :smile:

The only name I recognize from that list is @apipe, but maybe the current board members (@Robert_Davidson, @AlexRhodes, @lukeiamyourfather, @Lampy, @ESmith) can comment or contribute info to use for the wiki since most of them have been around quite a while or will know who to ping for this.

I also found these other wiki pages that might be helpfulā€¦
https://dallasmakerspace.org/wiki/DMS_2013_Recap
https://dallasmakerspace.org/wiki/Open_House_2012
https://dallasmakerspace.org/wiki/Open_House_2013
https://dallasmakerspace.org/wiki/Open_House_2015

It is pretty awesome to see how weā€™ve grown our maker community into the (self proclaimed) largest makerspace in the countryā€¦ it wouldnā€™t hurt to brag a little bit about how we got here :wink:

#4

These seem to be the first members. Not sure how accurate these are:

Alyssa Pipe 2010-05
Jason Henriksen 2010-05
Christopher Seifert 2010-05
Mark Havens 2010-05
Peter Smith 2010-05
Steve Rainwater 2010-05
Gus Reiter 2010-06
Cam Cairns 2010-07
Mike Allbright 2010-07
Doug Emes 2010-08
Eric Chaney 2010-08
Karim Virani 2010-09
Mike Eber 2010-9
Oğuz Yetkin 2010-09
Paul Wilson 2010-09
Greg Needel 2010-10
Andrew LeCody 2010-10
Nicole LeCody 2010-10
John Fields 2010-10
Leland Flynn 2010-10
Robert Davidson 2010-10
Steven Reeves 2010-10
Haley Moore 2010-12
David Ackley 2010-12

I didnā€™t join until Oct 2011

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#5


And a shiny new link to one of my favorite old pages on the DPRG site that @Doug pointed me toward just before my vacation that I had intended to share upon my return, but... :squirrel: :squirrel: :squirrel:

(Thanks again for the new link, Doug!!! :heart_eyes:)

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#6

Oh Wow! @Doug 'n allā€¦ I just noticed a new page on the DPRG site with more history behind the beginnings of the 'Space! Thanks for adding it Doug; and, thanks to Steve Rainwater (@steevithak) for providing the details for the new page ~ Yā€™all Rock!!! :heart_eyes:

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#7

So it literally took a lightning strike to start DMSā€¦

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#8

I havenā€™t scoured for duplicates, so Iā€™m sure this info is ā€œalready out thereā€, but I stumbled into this on the blogā€¦
https://dallasmakerspace.org/2010/01/establishing-a-dallas-maker-space/

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#9

Are we sure we want to do this? Has the Statute of Limitations run out yet?

#10

The ā€œEdā€ and ā€œSteveā€ in that article are Ed Paradis and Steve Rainwater, btw. Ed is a robot builder who went to work for Carnegie Mellon to work on virtual test environments for LEGO robots shortly after we got our first space, and if yā€™all havenā€™t met Steve, heā€™s an awesome photographer, inventor, roboticist, and artist who works in Deep Ellum.

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