[Noisebridge-discuss] TechShop might open a SF location

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Holy shit, they got almost $700k in pledges and they're still asking for
volunteer help & they charge access time on top of that?  Way to capitalize!

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On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:19 AM, Ever Falling <everfalling at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com>wrote:
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>>  > I don't think we'll get a really high quality 3D printer anytime soon
>> > but it's certainly not an impossible goal to acquire one.
>>
>> And we can get lots more equipment as time goes on, too.  Our current
>> space is only big enough for so much.  Maybe as time goes by we'll have a
>> bigger space, or another space in addition -- who knows?  And who knows what
>> we'll be capable of acquiring and supporting in a few years.  But I do know
>> that we are capable of making amazing things happen when we collectively
>> want them to happen!
>>
>> In any case, Noisebridge and TechShop are two very different (though
>> overlapping in audience and ideas) organizations -- both of which are way
>> cool for what they do.  Personally, I'm into supporting both.
>>
>> Mitch.
>>
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> forwarded from newsletter:
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> I wanted to give you and everyone else a quick update on our progress on
> TechShop San Francisco.
>
> *TechShop San Francisco Pledge Update*
> Since I sent the email out on Tuesday to everyone on our SF Bay Area
> mailing list, I am thrilled to tell you that 127 people have responded with
> their pledges to be lenders, lifetime members, monthly members, donors, or
> volunteers! THANK YOU to everyone who made a pledge!!! I will be responding
> personally to each of you in the next few days.
>
> I'm also very happy to tell you that we have received a total of $692,438
> in pledges for $25,000 loans, $5,000 lifetime memberships, and cash
> donations ranging from $25 up to $1,000 just since Tuesday! I'm confident
> that we will reach our goal of $1 million, which is what we need in order to
> build and operate TechShop SF for our members.
>
> We have also received 49 pledges from people who will become monthly
> members, and 70 pledges from people who will volunteer to help with
> demolition and build-out. THANK YOU!!!
>
> So far, we have received 27 pledges from people to be $25,000 lenders! We
> just need 13 more people to pledge to be $25,000 lenders in order to reach
> our goal. If you have not pledged yet and you would like to be a $25,000
> lender (your loan earns 10% interest, profit sharing, plus you get a
> Lifetime Membership for you and your immediate family), or a $5,000 lifetime
> member, or would like to make a pledge for a donation of any size, please
> make your pledge as soon as you can. To make your pledge, please see the
> TechShop San Francisco page at http://www.techshop.ws/tssf.html. If you
> know someone who might consider making a pledge, please give forward this
> information to them.
>
> *See the New TechShop SF Building This Saturday at 4 PM...*
> I realize this is very last-minute, but I'm going to be at the new TechShop
> San Francisco building this Saturday at 4 PM, and I would love the chance to
> meet you and the other future TechShop San Francisco members there. We don't
> have the keys to the building yet, so we won't be able to go inside, but I
> thought that it might be fun to have a quick meet-up there...sort of a
> "flash mob"...epecially since it looks very likely that we will be opening
> TechShop San Francisco. Come on by for a few minutes if you can. The address
> is 926 Howard St, San Francisco, CA which is near 5th and Howard streets.
> The closest BART station is Powell Street.
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> holy moly things are looking VERY good for this new location. i can't wait.
>
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> existence.
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