The document summarizes the origins and early activities of miLKlabs, a collaborative community space in Limerick, Ireland. It describes monthly meetings, workshops on Arduino and Android programming, brainstorming project ideas, finding temporary spaces, and establishing membership with 11 paying members by January 2011. The document promotes contacting miLKlabs via social media and mailing lists for more information.

1. how we came to be Gabriela Avram

2. The beginnings

3. Here comes a new momentum @eirepreneur

4. Monthly meetings in the Absolute Hotel Constitution Legal formation Bank account Funding “ miLKlabs is a collaborative community space based in Limerick City, Ireland.” @czajkowski

5. We learned from our predecessors: Hackerspace Cork

6. Arduino workshop 25 Sept 2010

7. Android programming workshop 22 Nov 2010, UL

8. Looking for a space

9. Looking for a space(continued)

10. The church

11. Brainstorming 25 Jan 2011- Costello’s

12. Project ideas Luppp Ogham Cutting Robot Telepresence Robot Kinect - Natural User Interfaces High Vis Jacket with Indicators Physical Data Artefacts Intelligent Sensing Clothes Personal Library with ISBN Scanner High-Speed Photo Taker Surface Touch Table Open Data Visualisations for Limerick Augmented Reality Layers for Limerick All-Terrain Long Distance Robot

13. Farmbot left us in awe! Niall Dempsey-Roscrea

14. A trip to 091labs in Galway 8 Feb 2011

15. Our temporary space 22 Feb 2011

16. An ordinary Tuesday evening

17. Come and talk to us! Anyone is welcome to join miLKlabs - show up at one of our meetups or contact us on facebook, twitter or on the mailing list for more info. As of Jan 2011, miLKlabs has 11 paying members:

18. Antoine Marin

19. You can contact us at: Twitter: @milklabs Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/milklabs Google group: https://groups.google.com/group/limerick-hackerspace Web site: http:// milklabs.ie For all-Ireland matters and coordination: http://lists.hackerspaces.ie/mailman/listinfo/discuss-ireland

20. May Bank Holiday week-end