This page serves as a reference for the history of Makerspaces Mackay, Inc. It may be subject to minor errors as we improve the information. If you know we issue a detail or made a error, contact us to help us correct it. committee@msmky.org
| Date | Event | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2014 | Adult maker space group started out of Council Library. | Run and Organised by Donna Kellion |
| 2015 | Events run from a space in the Gordon White Library. | Run and Organised by Donna Kellion |
| September 2015 | Moved to CQU Ooralee | Many successful meetups, wonderful hosts, packing up becoming a big chore. Having to return classroom spaces to general use each time. |
| June/July 2016 | Meeting to incorporate. | We had a meeting discussing the possibility to incorporate, it was unanimously voted for. Makerspaces Mackay, Inc is started. |
| 2 Sep 2016 | Finally incorporated. | Certificate of incorporation. Officially Incorporated Makerspaces Mackay, Inc is born. |
| 2016 | Moved to Shed | A shed with toilet the size of 3 car parks. |
| 2016 | Mechanos | Attended our display at Mechanos |
| 2016 | Sugar City Con | Attended a display at Sugar City Con |
| 2017 | Evan Street, South Mackay | We conducted some repairs to the building in exchange for the right to occupy. The building was damaged by a prior vehicle fire. |
| 2017 | Workshop Events | Raspberry Pi Workshop run by Fred Houweling 3D Printer Workshops run by Andrew P |
| June 2017 | Woolworths Andergrove BBQ | Profit ~$300 |
| Oct? 2017 | AGM Meeting | |
| 2017 | Moved to Industrial Warehouse Prospect Street | The owner of the shed finally found tenants for the shop fronts that the shed was part of, he therefore needed us to move. |
| 2017 | Element 14 voucher donation. | $250 used to purchase tools for the space. (Surface mount re-flow station and hand tools). |
| 2017 | Sugar City Con | |
| May 2018 | Moved to 36 Wellington Street | |
| July-Oct 2018 | QLD Hackerspaces Grant Funded | $20,000 hacker-spaces grant from the state government. |
| 2018 | Mechanos | Attended our display at Mechanos |
| Sep 2018 | AGM Meeting | |
| 201? | Volenteers Expo | Attended our display |
| Feb-2019 | Jaycar BBQ | Community Networking opportunity. |
| Mar-2019 | Moved to Pioneer State High School | |
| Apr 2019 | DIYODE Membership promotion | |
| 18 May 2019 | BBQ at Bunnings Paget. | Election day, $1020 raised, thank you everyone. |
| Sep 2019 | AGM Meeting | |
| 13 Oct 2019 | BBQ at Bunnings North | Over $1000 raised, thank you everyone. |
| April 2022 | Moved to Split Spaces | Moved our equipment from Pioneer SHS to CQU City campus |
| 2022 | Access Control | Started using a ESP32 based access control system to allow trusted, inducted card holders entry into the Makerspace room. Access events reporting into a Slack Channel automatically. |
| 2022 | Digital Sign in System | Started using a bespoke application to manage paper based sign in, Authored by Fred Houweling using Visual Studio using C# UWP |
| 2022-2023 | Preparing room for long term use | Many members contributed to making the room very functional |
