[Noisebridge-discuss] lockers for noisebridge - big enough? funding?

[girlgeek]

Has there been a big desire expressed for lockers?
-Claudia

On 2/16/2011 5:41 PM, jim wrote:
>      well, patrick's offering to spend his own money
> and is hoping some of us will chip in to pay him at
> least some of the cost.
>      as to space, seems to me the discussion has been
> going in different directions, e.g. the suggestion
> that we might install some lockers on the "outsides"
> of the walls of the two classrooms. this was brought
> up as something to build.
>      Buying one or more sets of these things would be
> less trouble, less mess, and more storage for those
> who want it; also, seems to me a fairly efficient
> use of space, narrow footprint that accommodates a
> bunch of people's stuffs, specially if propped up
> along the classroom walls.
>      Doesn't seem like a consensus item to me, given
> all the other stuff that goes on and has gone on.
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 17:27 -0800, meredith scheff wrote:
>> Ya, i thought the idea of lockers was pretty much vetoed.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:07 PM, girlgeek<girlgeek at wt.net>  wrote:
>>          Has there been a consensus at any of the meetings that we wish
>>          to expend
>>          space and money on this?
>>          I wasn't aware of it.
>>          -Claudia
>>
>>          On 2/16/2011 3:59 PM, Patrick Keys wrote:
>>          >  I've spoken to this guy a few times on the phone over the
>>          last couple of
>>          >  weeks.  He runs a legitimate liquidation business.  I might
>>          be able to
>>          >  get free delivery.  I can also probably get 3 sets of these
>>          for $500.
>>          >  So that's a total of 54 lockers (18 lockers per sets * 3
>>          sets = 54
>>          >  lockers).  A benefit of these is that the guy routinely gets
>>          more of
>>          >  these lockers so we can have a consistent set of lockers if
>>          we want more
>>          >  later.  The top on these is flat, so we can put stuff on top
>>          of them.
>>          >
>>          >  Here's what they look like:
>>          >  http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/bfs/2215245807.html
>>          >
>>          >  These are my questions:
>>          >  * If somebody needs more space, then I don't see why a
>>          person couldn't
>>          >  use more than one locker.  However, are the individual
>>          lockers big
>>          >  enough for most people?
>>          >
>>          >  * I might be able to get 3 sets of these for $500, which I
>>          will pay
>>          >  myself upfront.  If I do that, would anybody be willing to
>>          contribute
>>          >  anything after-the-fact so I can recoup most of the $500?
>>           Maybe the
>>          >  plan can be that if you use the lockers, then you contribute
>>          a one-time
>>          >  donation to a "locker fund"?
>>          >
>>          >
>>          >  Patrick
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