We have a library which is apparently working well. I think that the next logical step would be to establish a small hardware library. There are lots of items which have mass and volume that is less than or equal to books which can be really handy to have, often available for free, but which are unreasonably difficult or expensive if you need to buy them. I think that if we had a library which had an assortment of RAM, some video cards, a few IDE and SATA hard drives, and a good quantity of each of the sizes of screw that is used in a PC case then it would provide real value for members while not being a huge effort for someone to bring to the meeting (a small bag that could be carried in one hand - even on public transport). For extra value (and a little more transportation effort) we could have a selection of cables (power, Ethernet, USB, IDE->SATA power converters, etc), a couple of PSUs (for SATA and pre-SATA systems), and some motherboards with CPUs (I was recently offered a free motherboard with a quad-core CPU). That would take it to one box that could be carried from a car boot to the meeting without much effort. If it was going to be two boxes then a selection of power-brick PSUs would be a great thing to have (I've got a Wifi AP with a dead PSU, I would love to be able to plug it into a few PSUs and see if I can get it to work). If I was going to be attending regularly I'd run this myself. But as I haven't been attending regularly I think it would be best if it was run by someone else. I can provide a good portion of the hardware described to start this off. Some of that hardware is stuff I keep because I might need it some day, but that I would give away if I could have a reasonable chance of getting something equivalent back if I ever need it. Any volunteers? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/