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Pumping Station: One - Chicago's Hackerspace

founded 2009

• Address: 3519 N. Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618-5617
• General Contact: [email protected]
• How do I visit? - We have an Open House every Tuesday at 8pm, at the same time as our Member Meetings, and is open to the public. It's the best time to get a guided tour and catch a couple board members.

About PS:One Frequently Asked Questions What is Pumping Station: One Contact Information Neighborhood Information So who are hackers anyway? 1st Floor Map At-a-Glance Member Information New Members Start Here! New Member Orientation Member Web Site (activate your username) Member Manual Guest Building Access How do things get done around here? How do I get authorized? Want to help? How can I help Need help? Do you need help What are we working on? Member Projects Member Tutorials Community Who are the members of PS:One? How do they communicate? What do they know about this whole social interwebs thing? Administration Board of Directors - The points of contact for day-to-day corporate operations, but not for most tools, equipment and space utilization. Area Hosts - The main points of contact for the (currently 9) different areas of the space. Volunteer Authorizers - contact info for the Volunteer Positions established by the Board. The Membership - Here PS1 members can see the complete PS1 membership list. Communication Member Meetings Email Lists Social Networking Other PS:One sites and online spaces Request Tracker - A support tracker that we use to track membership issues. Member Votes - How we do/buy/decide big things Policies Canvas LMS -> http://canvas.pumpingstationone.org/accounts/1/users Events PS:One Google Calendar PS:One Meetup Group Classes How do I create an event? Area Calendars PS:One Electronics Lab Reservation Calendar PS:One Hot Metals Calendar

Things We Have How to do things, where to get things, what's in the area, and other general reference stuff you feel like sharing. Hardware Facilities: A list of what has been made available, and what should soon be made available to members. Tools and Equipment : All PS:One equipment, tools, authorization, safety, and repair information goes here. Sources: Where to get stuff: from Depots to dumpsters. Building Facilities: How our building works. Other Resources Important Documents and Files IT Infrastructure Supplies and other things purchased for day-to-day space needs Member Storage Registry tracks locker/shelf use What We Do PS:One is a Do-ocracy. Here is some of what we do: Current Projects Fixing and mapping the building's Electrical systems... Gathering Materials Wishlists Interest Groups NERP (Not Exclusively Raspberry Pi): Embedded Systems (biweekly) Beer Church (and Brewing Station: One): Beer appreciation and home brewing CNC Build Club: A monthly meeting for building CNC machines TOOOL Chicago: A monthly meetup about locks and lockpicking Python Office Hours: A biweekly meetup about python programming Systems Group Knitting Machines: A page for participants in the Knitting Machine Workshops Applied Sciences: A page for persons interested in applications of science Electronics Office Hours: For all your basic (and not-so-basic) electronics questions SIGBOT: A monthly meetup for building and talking about robots. Pumping Station:Yum: Cooking and Hacking food ELMER Monthly: Ham Radio Office Hours for licensed Ops and those working toward their licenses. All are welcome. Wiki Maintenance: Maintaining the wiki and teach people how to help. Space Automation IRC integration: Spacemon - what rooms are busy, and are the lights on? Peoplemon - who is at the space? Schedmon - who will be at the space? Chillmon - what's the temperature in the shop? Network services: Printers