Volunteer Spotlight - Hayden Cowen (HAL) - DadLAN

Volunteer Spotlight – Hayden Cowen (HAL)

This month the volunteer spotlight is on Hayden (HAL), organiser of the Brisbane subnet and our computer repairer/stroggifier who makes his famous FrankenPCs out of various computer parts.

When did you join?
December 2023

Why did you join?
Start of a separation life wasn’t going well and the ad for DadLAN popped up in Facebook, needed friends and a place to connect to them as I had none.

What do you do at DadLAN?
Co-ordinate Brisbane subnet and handling hardware repairs for Queensland.

What do you get out of DadLAN?
Friendship, connection to others and a safe space to actually be myself.

What are some key experiences you have had in your subnet?
Met a lot of new people in my industry. Shared meals and getting to frag fellow dadlanners even in different states.