It’s really happening! For years Makerspaces, Hackerspaces, and crazy shop collectives have been springing up all across the globe. Headless community organizations of people that like to create. Now thanks to the initiatives began by the Obama administration we have an organization decided to bringing us all together as one power maker force.
This year saw the first Maker Faire at the White House and Governors Maker Challenge. Our humble makerspace also participated in the Nation of Makers Meeting this summer. 170 maker spaces were invited to the White House for a meeting put on by the Office’s of Science and Technology Policy. This was the beginning of what would become the Nation of Makers.
On their website you can read all about the mission and how you can be an advocate and help spread the maker spirit.