Hafnar.community Members’ Association Newsletter October 2025
In this issue:
✨New Association Board ✨What’s been happening ✨What’s coming up ✨What is the Association ✨How do I join? ✨Any suggestions?
🏢New Board!
We have a new Members’ Association board!
This group of dynamic individuals will be representing you, the members, this year, supporting & organising community events, maintaining communal spaces and facilities like the Print Shop and advocating on your behalf to the main Hafnar.haus Board. (More below at ‘What is the Association?’)
* Introducing the Members’ Association Board members for 2025/26 *
🪑Chair : Uta Reichardt
(🪑) Vice Chair: Cerise Fontaine
📝Secretary: Owen Hindley
💰Treasurer: Ingiríður Halldórsdóttir
🌴GM1 (“Vice Secretary”): Gaia Alba
🌴GM2 (“Vice Treasurer”): Jonathan Swerdlow
We also have two alternate members who will step in if someone is unable to attend: 🌲Pétur Oddbergur Heimisson and 🌳Steffi Meisl.
🎉What’s been happening?
So much! Here’s a list of all the community-supported events that have been happening in the Haus over the last five months alone:
Innovation of Why
Video Game Night
S27 Tónleikar
Myndarsögur Baráttufundur
Film Club(s)
Hafnar.space Gallery Opening
Cake happy hour
Chess Club
Got an idea for an event? The Association can financially support you up to 15k, see below under ‘What is the Association’!
🌅What’s coming up?
Next Hafnar.community Board Meeting
Wednesday 12th November, 11.30am, Lenovo Room
If you’d like to join this meeting, have something to contribute or discuss, please email hello@hafnar.community and let’s make it happen!
Print Shop Meeting
Thursday 23rd October, time TBC
We have a print shop in haus!
Do you have printing needs or just printing curious?
Come and see what we have to offer now and lets talk about what YOU would like to have in the print shop in the future!
🤝What is the Association?
Hafnar.community is a non-profit members’ association for Hafnar.haus. Collectively, we support a vibrant community life in and around Hafnar.haus - and we are figuring out at the moment how to collaborate with the new Hlemmur.haus people: welcome!
What does that mean in practice?
Well, as a member you e.g. get access to financial support for your events in the haus through the Cauldron (up to 15.000 ISK per event*).
We hold markets / events where members can sell their wares (e.g. Christmas market), and have a posi system for this, and you can rent the posi for your own events for a small fee.
You can apply for public grants using the association – which can look big and impressive to the people reading the grant applications.
The association is running the Print Shop at Hafnar.haus, which you can use in various ways.
…and if there’s something missing that you’d like to see happen, we can help!
* events need to meet a few simple criteria to get funded: be run by a registered member of hafnar.community (see how to join further below), be open to everyone in our community (although outside guests are very welcome, too). Advertise the event at least 2 days before in the app, take a picture of the event and share it on the app after. So: film nights, food nights, boardgame or videogame nights, debates, guest lectures, workshops, screenings, pop-up markets are all welcome.
💪How do I join the Association?
Go to the Hafnarhaus.app, log in, hit the Join button. Between the Lunch Club and Gym signups, you’ll find Hafnar.Community. Hit join again, et voilà!
🛠️I’m interested in organising / changing / suggesting something!
Great! If it’s an event for everybody (see above for criteria), the Hafnar.community Cauldron can support you with up to 15.000 ISK.
If it’s something else, you can join a board meeting - the next one is 12th November 11.30am in the Lenovo room. Go ahead and email hello@hafnar.community with an agenda item, and let’s make it happen.
If you want to get active, curate event series, help spread the word on social media, create a pop up - brilliant! Let us know if we can help!
👋That’s it, see you around!
Hafnar.community board