Telegram

Telegram is an instant messaging platform some of our members use to keep in touch and help each other out. It's useful if you can't find something in the space and want a fast response.

Using telegram is optional. Announcements and important messages will always be posted to our forum first and foremost. Please do not feel like you need to catch up on every message.

Installing Telegram

Telegram has a number of clients for various platforms:

You will need a phone number to sign up for Telegram. This is kept private and hidden from other Telegram users by default, although other Telegram users who already have your phone number in their address book will be notified that you have joined Telegram.

Notifications

Lots of conversations happen on telegram. To avoid being overloaded by notifications, you may can either mute individual channels which do not interest you etc or mute the entire group.

If you mute any channels, you may still receive notifications from them if another person directly mentions you or replies to one of your messages.

Groups

The following tables list our group chat channels and their purpose. Click their name to join.

Group name	Purpose
Hackspace Manchester	The main telegram group, split into lots of topics so you can follow your specific interests.
Doorbot	Entry and exit logs of opted in members. Setting an 'Announce Name' in your Membership Settings will opt you in. Leave blank to opt-out.

Topics

Channel Name	Purpose
Announcements	News of members meetings, hack-the-space days, or outages / issues with the Hackspace or equipment. Please do not chat here.
General & Help	The first point for any questions and unspecific queries.
Help out	Any requests for volunteers needed around the space will be posted here.
Metalwork	Metal workshop and metal related chat and questions.
Woodwork	Wood workshop and woodwork related chat and questions.
Electronics	Electronics area and electronics related chat and questions.
Visual Arts	Visual Arts area and crafts related chat and questions - sewing, painting, textiles, printing, crafts.
3D printing	3D printer and printing related chat and questions.
CNC	CNC area and CADCAM related chat and questions.
Bike space	Bike repair and bicycle related chat and questions.
Laser cutter	Laser cutter related chat and questions
Show and Tell	Show off your projects, finished or work in progess.
Events/Meetings	Events and meetings coming up at Hackspace. (Also see our calendar)
New Member Questions	Ask your newbie questions here.
Games Night	Board gaming & game night related chatter.
Clutter Exchange	The free member jumble sale. Offload your unwanted treasures to other members.
Open Evening Guides	Help run our open evening tours, or ask questions about them here.
Welding	CNC area and CADCAM related chat and questions.
Tangents	A place for your dedicated chatter. If you start a conversation elsewhere that moves on, please take it here to spare others from the notifications.
emfcamp	EMF camp is a bi-yearly makers festival. This chat is used to arrange the Manchester village.
Elections	Open only during Hackspace election season (~September).

Operations

Some of these groups are private by default – in which case we'll list their existance, but you won't be able to join them from this page.

If you would like to join one of our working groups please email board@hacman.org.uk

Group name	Purpose
Laser Training	Used to coordinate Laser training sessions between trainers and those waiting to be inducted. You will be given a link to this group automtically on the "training next steps" page, after requesting an induction on our Laser Cutter via the membership system.
Laser Maintainers	A private group for the maintainers of our Laser tools.
Digital Infrastructure Working Group	A private group for the members looking after our digital systems.
Membership System Log	Logs from the Membership System, for our Digital team to keep an eye on.