[Noisebridge-discuss] Re: Expanding Noisebridge

Ian F ian at slumbrparty.com
Mon Mar 9 23:21:07 UTC 2009


Can we rent an abandoned warehouse somewhere?

On Mar 9, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Christie Dudley <longobord at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is the concern conflicting scheduling issues?  I know we're coming  
> up on that, with more and more events being scheduled but I think  
> there are other issues at hand too.  I've participated in several  
> discussions about wanting more space for larger events.  It would  
> also be really fabulous to have more space to put stuff, like  
> shelves for all the new members we're going to have in the coming  
> months.  (OK, and all the junk we pick up off the street.  Maybe we  
> can skip some of that.)
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Adam Skory <askory at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ian, I think that's a great idea! I'm not in charge of the ML meeting
> so it's not up to me, but anyway thanks for the offer!
>
> This really touches on the suggestion I've been wanting to point out
> but holding back on so far.
>
> It seems to me that, while there are lots of excellent things that
> could be done with more space, the biggest motivation for more space
> right now is conflicting events. Some of these events (particularly
> circuit hacking or bio-hacking stuff) really need the infrastructure
> at the space. Many others (such as Mandarin corner) just need a
> convenient and quiet enough place for people to meet, ideally with
> tables, chairs, wifi and really ideally a projector and/or whiteboard.
> It seems that the need for more space is most strongly limited to
> weekday evenings as well, while much of the rest of the time NB is
> relatively empty.
>
> Increasing membership and revenue with the eventual goal of a bigger
> space is a very good idea, and if the current economy means we can
> find a stupid bargain somewhere lets go for it. But, in the meantime,
> I think we ought to take advantage of all these places I keep hearing
> as suggestions for farming out events and save our monies.
>
> -skory
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Ian F <ian at slumbrparty.com> wrote:
> > Sorry I'm late to the conversation, but is one of the reasons for  
> the
> > expansion request conflicting schedules of subgroups? If so, I  
> would like to
> > offer my loft for the wed machine learning sessions as an interim  
> solution.
> >
> > My apartment is located in Soma, has more room than NB, has a  
> projector,
> > awesome Internet (web-pass), and rockband :)
> >
> > Let me know,
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > On Mar 9, 2009, at 3:36 AM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com>  
> wrote:
> >
> >> Paul Böhm wrote:
> >>>
> >>> we should do it!11
> >>> what's our best shot at raising the money?
> >>
> >> More members.  A one-off won't do it, we will need double the  
> income
> >> consistently.  A larger membership is the only possible way we can
> >> permanently increase our income to a useful degree.
> >>
> >> OK I lied, if someone has an extra security deposit and year's  
> worth of
> >> $3k/month just lying around that they'd like to contribute, that  
> would
> >> work too.  At least, it would work for a year, during which time  
> we'd
> >> need to ... get more members.
> >>
> >> We are growing, but at a rate of something like 1.5 new members a  
> month.
> >>  If that keeps up we'll be able to move sometime in 2012.   
> Suppose we
> >> had a goal of, say, 10 new members a month.  That would easily  
> let us
> >> move by October, which month is conveniently located on our lease
> >> termination date, allowing us the greatest number of options as  
> to Where
> >> to expand.
> >>
> >> We won't be able to do this by Oh Wow, Yay, Let's!  It will take
> >> concerted effort.  It will take (shudder) active  
> proselytization.  Here
> >> are some starter ideas:
> >>
> >> * Everyone bring one person by to visit the space this month
> >> * Have we notified all of our geeky mailing lists about  
> Noisebridge?
> >> * How about the IT or web department at work?
> >> * Would flyers on telephone poles be useful (where)?
> >>
> >> What else?  If we do some kind of Media Blitz we'd best  
> coordinate our
> >> efforts for maximum effect, so let's talk it over a bit and see  
> what we
> >> think.  I will put an agenda item up for Tuesday.
> >>
> >> Rachel
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