Connected Community HackerSpace ("HackMelbourne")

CCHS – Connected Community HackerSpace (Melbourne, Australia)

The CCHS is a community-operated workshop, where people can meet and work on technology projects. We enjoy getting together to build new and challenging technology projects and exciting gadgets for fun! We meet several times every week and welcome visitors and newcomers who wish to make things and learn about technology. You don’t need to be an expert to participate. We are continually accumulating and building new equipment and tools along with developing the skills to use them. Many of our members are quite knowledgeable in a range of areas and like offering help to others. Whether it be electronics, metalwork, 3D printing, woodwork, laser cutting, software, rocketry, machining… we most likely have a member who has experience in the field. Many projects cover more than one discipline, so having someone who you can ask “How do I go about doing this?” is amazingly useful, and avoids you making many mistakes first time round.
Some of our members have their own workshops or garage spaces, in some cases with large amounts of tools and equipment. Yet they still come along to the HackerSpace. Why? It’s simple. The people. Through collaboration, we can produce some amazing things. We assist people with their own projects and we conduct group projects that are collaborative. It’s just as much fun to connect people as it is to connect gadgets. Throughout the year we get involved in larger events, such as the Melbourne Mini-MakerFaire and the Arduino mini-conference. For further information on what we do, where many of our projects are documented.
The CCHS operates on a ‘replace what you use’ basis for consumables and members are expected to understand and respect the community sharing “free for everyone” mindset of the hackerspace. Selfish exploitation of the space or its members for commercial purposes is not what the space is about. That said, business proposals and offers of partnerships or sponsorships are always welcome - please refer to our commercial mailing list on.
We have also produced a Statement of Purpose, which is a more general statement on how we wish to operate. (link?)