[Noisebridge-discuss] Build Team Progress

[Tom Longson (nym)]

I for one would like to build at least one "Meditator" for the space.
Basically it's a small space that one person can meditate, or work in.

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/21/your-very-own-meditator/

I haven't seen the space, but if this could be factored in somehow
that would be awesome. Otherwise, I will have to receind my membership
to noisebridge and stop trolling the mailing list.

Cheers,
Tom Longson (nym)
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http://tomlongson.com




On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Shannon Lee<shannon at scatter.com> wrote:
> 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."
>
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>
> --
> Shannon Lee
> (503) 539-3700
>
> "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
>
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