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• Makerspace Open House

  • Start
    27 Feb 2024
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  • End
    2 Jun 2026
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  • Schedule
    115 sessions
  • Location
    2221A McGarrigle Rd.

  Tuesday night at 7pm is our date for our open house. Drop by the space if you are thinking of becoming a new member or want to see if Makerspace Nanaimo is a good fit for you. We have members on hand to give you a tour of the space and sign you up if you like.

  Please note: If you are thinking of attending our open house please send an email to info@makerspacenanaimo.org to confirm and that our tours start at 7 pm.

  If you have already signed up online this is a good time to drop by the space and get your membership finalized and your FOB for the building.
  

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• Monthly clean up for the space

  • Start
    2 Mar 2024
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  • End
    7 Feb 2026
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  • Schedule
    24 sessions
  • Location
    2221a McGarrigle Rd

  The first Saturday of the month is our clean up of the space. We pick the first Saturday so that we can make the place clean for MakeTime for Kids which is held the next Saturday. We encourage members to drop by on Saturday to help with the clean up and meet other members.
  

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• Raspberry Pi Intro Part 1 with Tim Rowledge

  • When
    14 Jan 2026
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Makerspace Nanaimo

  Join Tim Rowledge on Wednesday Jan 14th @ 7pm 

  A post-holiday guide to what to do with your new Raspberry Pi computer.
   - how to set it up
   - what software to load, and how, and why
   - what can it do?
   - what can't it do?

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Raspberry Pi Intro Part 2 with Tim Rowledge

  • When
    28 Jan 2026
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Makerspace Nanaimo

  Join Tim Rowledge on Wednesday Jan 28th @ 7pm

  Raspberry Pi GPIO: what are all those pins for?
   - a guide to what the GPIO pins can do and how you can use them
   - some warnings about what you can't do with them
   - a chance to try out some HATs
  

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