[Noisebridge-discuss] Build Team Progress

[Shannon Lee]

Another set of data it would be useful to have would be "what are your
minimum requirements to move in?"  We moved into 83c as we built it out; to
an extent, that worked well for us, as it meant that there were always lots
of people around helping out.  What are the minimum things we need to get
done before we can consider just moving in?

--S

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:

> Hi Noisebridge,
>
> Meetings last night and the night before yielded lots of fruitful
> discussion and some interesting experiments!  Loads of people have ideas
> about what the new space should look like, and what we should do to make it
> look like those things!
>
> In amongst the many ideas, it became clear that there are some things that
> are core to our ideas of the shape of the space:
>
> 1.  A working kitchen -- Talk seems to be leaning toward "commercial
> kitchen"-style setup, with stainless counters and sinks, rather than the
> "home-kitchen" style we have now.
> 2.  Better bathrooms (although what "better" means hasn't been well
> defined, except that we need a shower)
> 3.  Classrooms or Collaboration rooms ("Co-labs") -- more than one
> 4.  An electronics workspace
> 5.  A shop space
> 6.  Small spaces suitable for retreat / "getting work done" without being
> social
> 7.  A big meeting / party space where lots of us can gather.
>
> Lots of conflicting input around philosophy; specifically, people love the
> fact that 83c is very open and forces collaboration, but at the same time,
> everybody hates the fact that you can't do anything without involving
> everybody in the whole damned building.  So clearly a fine line is to be
> walked here.
>
> So far, the shop spaces (electronics and dirty-shop) both seem to be aiming
> at a layout that includes a big central work table, with specialized
> machine-stations and storage around the walls of the room.
>
> There've been lots of more and less fanciful ideas about the actual layout,
> and I expect these discussions to continue for a while yet.
>
> A question that arose was whether we want to do anything about the floors
> before we move in. They're in rough shape.  Jim suggested that perhaps we
> add "floor refinishing" to the list of things we negotiate for with the
> landlord, or barring that, is something he'd be interested in taking on (he
> estimated the work at about a week, and the cost for a DIY job at about
> $1000).  This is all contingent on whether we care about the state of the
> floors; so what do you think, Noisebridge?  Do we care about the floors?
>
> There are groups forming around various aspects of the things that need to
> be done, and those groups need people to be part of them.
>
> Electrical -- Obviously there's electrical work to be done.  Talk to Jim
> and Rachel if you'd like to be involved in working on the electrical.
>
> Kitchen -- We need to build a kitchen, and someone needs to take ownership
> of the interdisciplinary "build a kitchen" task and sort out what needs to
> be done to get this done.  Someone is needed who will take ownership of this
> effort.
>
> Bathrooms -- The bathrooms are inadequate.  A team is needed to, first,
> sort out what we want out of a bathroom, and second to figure out how to do
> it.  Talk to Crutcher about this one.
>
> HVAC -- Principally, we're intersted in the "V" -- several of our spaces
> should be well ventilated; this means running pipes and stuff.  If  you're
> intesrsted, talk to Ben.
>
> Walls -- The walls team is basically in charge of demo-ing and building
> walls; but first it means getting people to agree on what walls need to be
> built :)  If knocking down and building both walls and consensus seems like
> something you're interested in, talk to me.
>
> Networking -- Matt is leading the charge to get the space networked.
> Please talk to him if you're interested in helping.
>
> Lastly, there will be more meetings and discussion.  The next "planned"
> meeting about this is going to be Friday night from 6 on; this will
> eventually collide with Shop Class, but at worst, it means that you'll learn
> something about the tools needed to do the work we're discussing!  Don't
> feel like you have to show up at 6 on the dot, these are open ended
> discussions intended to generate more emails like this one, which is
> intended, in turn, to generate more discussion!
>
> Discussingly yours,
>
> --S
>
> --
> Shannon Lee
> (503) 539-3700
>
> "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
>



-- 
Shannon Lee
(503) 539-3700

"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
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