[Noisebridge-discuss] viewing of dimension7 space at 150 Folsom

[Noah Balmer]

I'm with Jonas on this one.  I think the space has potential, but I have
reservations..  I don't think we can make that space work unless we can get
some significant piece of the big room set aside for our stuff.  The little
dedicated room isn't big enough to hold the materials and tools that we need
unless we make it pure storage space, and the hassle of moving all tools and
materials back and forth between a storage room and the usable work area is
significant.  Michael seemed to have the idea that we'd fully integrate with
his existing scene, to the point that when we mentioned the little space as
private he said something along the lines of "I'd like to think we can all
move around freely but if you want that to yourselves that's fine too..."  I
think his existing scene is a cool and interesting one, but I don' think
it's necessarily noisebridge.  That said, he's an interesting character, he
seems to like us, and the possibility of very large large parties is
attractive.  It was not love at first sight, and I do have misgivings about
sharing space with a very involved landlord.  Let's look more and see what
other options present themselves.

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Jonas S Karlsson <jsk at yesco.org> wrote:

> thanks for the great pictures and write up!
>
> I agree with Bill that it seems very expensive for the amount of dedicated
> space, I do think there'd be potential problems co-using the other space
> with people who may treat it as their living room/work space/cool space (my
> interpretation). Also, if it is dependent on the people who are currently
> there, even if they're great, if they change, it may potentially become an
> issue fast.
>
> That they want somebody to move in soon because they haven't yet found a
> tenant should in no way effect a speedy decision on our part.
>
> I think having a big space available, for special occasions, and maybe one
> evening a week would be great, like maybe every tuesday, and occasional
> weekends. And I think that could make the space worth maybe $800/month or
> such. I think $2000 is way too much.
>
> In general, if there is hesitations and reservations this early when
> looking at a place, I would be very careful. I think we'll know and have a
> wow-feeling when the space is right! When I saw Rachel's place, I had a
> little bit of that... But I think it's a bit occupied ;-).
>
> /Jonas
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Some initial impressions with links to photos are up on the wiki:
>>
>> https://www.noisebridge.net/index.php/150_Folsom
>>
>> Michael, the landlord (for lack of a better term) is looking to make a
>> decision fairly soon as his space has been open for several weeks.  We left
>> with the idea that there might be another trip to see it for other members,
>> also to meet some of the other people we'd be sharing with if we were to
>> move in there.
>>
>> Given this, I think it best for us to step up our search for other places,
>> so we can have a better basis for comparison before deciding how ardently to
>> pursue this option (or if at all).  I'm making some phone calls today.
>>
>> Rachel
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