timeline
A brief list of significant events in the history of Makers' Alliance
- April 16-19, 2009 - Members of several existing (NYC Resistor, HackLabTO,HacDC,Pumping Station:One, Noisebridge) and soon-to-be-formed (i3Detroit) hackerspaces set up a "Temporary Hackerspace" at Notacon 6 in Cleveland. A sign-up sheet for those expressing interest in a space for Cleveland is distributed.
- For the first couple of weeks, the emerging group is known as “The Sandbox”
- April 22,2009 - Officialy Founded (first email on the original mailing list that I can find seems to be from this date).
- April 29, 2009 - Name is decided to be Makers' Alliance
- May 13, 2009 - First official meeting (at Gypsy Bean Coffee)
- October 6, 2009 - Articles of Incorporation filed with the State of Ohio
- December 20, 2009 - First appearance of the gear/lightbulb/circuit logo on the mailing list
- December 2009/January 2010 - Merged with NEOMakers/Burning River Proto Space
- January 2010 - Moved into the Carnegie Avenue (“Flower Shop”) space
- Spring 2010 - Rocket Powered Pinewood Derby
- July/August 2010 - Moved out of the Carnegie Avenue space, and into the Broadway Ave space
- March 8, 2011 - Received 501©(3) status, effective October 2009
- June 18, 2011 - Moved out of the Broadway Ave space
- July 2011-January 2012 - Meetings occur at Collective Upcycle, The Phoenix Project, and Shaker LaunchHouse
- October 23, 2011 - Had a presence at the inaugural Pittsburgh Mini Maker Faire.
- February 4, 2012 - Moved into Shaker LaunchHouse
- September 2012 - Held our first soldering workshop at the Ingenuity Festival (and have been there every year since)
- April 13, 2013 - Participated in the inaugural Cleveland Mini Maker Faire (and have been there every year since)
- November 2014 - Participated in the Night Makers Ball, in conjunction with Scene Magazine
- March 28, 2015 - Held Arduino Day workshops in conjunction with CWRU Think[box]
- June 2016 - Shaker LaunchHouse became The Dealership
- April 2017 - Shaker Makers at the Dealership
- April 2018 - Moved to IngenuityLabs at the Hamilton Collaborative.
- 2020 - Moved to remote activities during COVID-19 Pandemic
- November 2020 - Made a video for the virtual Cleveland Maker Faire
- 2021 - Moved to a hybrid (part in-person. part remote) meeting setup
- September 2021 - Participated in Ingenuity On The Lake
- November 2021 - Participated in the 2021 Cleveland Maker Faire
timeline.txt · Last modified: 2022/06/28 18:06 by sdh7