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| 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 |
| Sep 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. |
| 2 Sep 2016 | Finally incorporated. | Certificate of incorporation. |
| 2017 |
Moved to Shed Evan Street, South Mackay |
A shed with toilet the size of 3 car parks. We conducted some repairs to the building in exchange for the right to occupy. The building was damaged by a prior vehicle fire. We moved to this space because we were seeking space to store larger equipment more permanently. |
| 2017 |
Workshop Events |
Raspberry Pi Workshop run by Fred Houweling 3D Printer Workshops run by Andrew P |
| June 2017 |
Woolworths Andergrove BBQ |
Profit ~$300. |
| 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). |
| May 2018 | Moved to 36 Wellington Street | |
| July-Oct 2018 | QLD Hackerspaces Grant Funded | $20,000 hacker-spaces grant from the state government. |
| Feb 2019 | Jaycar BBQ | Networking opportunity. |
| March 2019 | Moved to Pioneer State High School | |
| 2016 | Mechanos | |
| 2016 | Sugar City Con | |
| 2018 | Mechanos | |
| 201? |
Volunteers Expo |
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| 2017 | Sugar City Con | |
| June/July 2016 | Incorporation meeting | Makerspaces Mackay, Inc is started. |
| Sep 2016 | Officially Incorporated | Makerspaces Mackay, Inc is born. |
| 2017 | AGM 2017 | |
| 2018 | AGM 2018 | |
| 2019 | AGM 2019 | |
| 2019 | April DIYODE Membership promotion. | |
| 18 May 2019 | BBQ at Bunnings Paget. | Election day, $1020 raised, thank you everyone. |
| 13 Oct 2019 | BBQ at Bunnings North | Over $1000 raised, thank you everyone. |
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