Hacman Group Chat
-----------------

Hacman has [a Telegram group](https://t.me/HACManchester) which you are
welcome to join!

This contains many Hackspace members, as well as interested or
interesting people. It's a good place to ask questions for a quick
answer, ask for advice, or share news and links of interest to fellow
hackers. There are [web](https://telegram.org/dl/webogram) clients for
Telegram, as well as official clients for [Windows, Linux, OS
X](https://desktop.telegram.org/),
[Android](https://telegram.org/dl/android),
[iOS](https://telegram.org/dl/ios), and [Windows
Phone](https://telegram.org/dl/wp). You will need a phone number (not
necessarily a UK one) to sign up for Telegram.

Please familiarise yourself with our [Citizen Hacman
Commitment](https://list.hacman.org.uk/t/citizen-hacman-a-revised-membership-agreement-and-hackspace-rules-final/2609)
before chatting.

#### Notifications

This is a relatively high traffic channel (replacing IRC, which is no
longer active). It's recommended that if using a phone app you disable
notifications for the group (you will still receive notifications if
someone sends you a PM, or if someone addresses or mentions you
specifically).

### Group Channels

**Note we were using <http://protect-mylinks.com/addlinks> to avoid spam bots adding
themselves to the channels, but it looks like they've started using annoying adds so that's been turned off**

Several groups that look after parts of the hackspace have specific
channels on telegram so they don't clog up the main channel.

-   Laser Training Group's [Telegram
    group](https://t.me/joinchat/D5l4WUNG_uyg6YB0PYikRA) for
    members who want training on the laser
-   Metalworking [Telegram
    group](https://t.me/joinchat/B8-OC1MTETWTM8vBexJOag)
-   [Team Woodwork](Team_Woodwork "wikilink")'s [Telegram
    group](https://t.me/joinchat/AYtZgkk7n1MqvkN9N2fmsA)
-   3d Printing [Telegram
    group](https://t.me/joinchat/DZNJNRJimIP7XoyvDArnUg)
-   Hacman CNC [Telegram
    Group](https://t.me/joinchat/AYtZgkh3BSRgpoA9LvQ3Hg)
-   Hacman Announcements [Telegram
    Group](https://t.me/hackspaceannounce)
-   Hacman Games Night [Telegram
    Group](https://t.me/joinchat/Ef01rUOXtWoUe3NHzQ-9QQ)

TODO Expired Links

-   Notifications from the Hackscreen, including who's been in [Telegram
    group](https://t.me/joinchat/Ef01rU1SrP9xJNmwXjHtWA)
-   [Team Procurement](Team_Procurement "wikilink")'s [Telegram
    group](https://t.me/joinchat/D5l4WUPaGRQovcFCLd1X7g)
-   [Team Documentation](Team_Documentation "wikilink")'s [Telegram
    group](https://t.me/joinchat/Agaj2UBrygQwTBBHDW8jyA)
-   [Team Event](Team_Events "wikilink")'s [Telegram
    group](https://t.me/joinchat/E4DcrUDWGvEzlsmJHNNkuQ)
-   Space Bikes [Telegram
    Group](https://t.me/joinchat/AoAv41LtXqjULCvqsbGwrA)


Groups exist for the following: [laser
maintenance](Team_Laser "wikilink"), security, board, etc. These groups
require training/election to join so please ask in the main channel if
you are interested.