On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 03:39:01PM +0000, Iain R. Learmonth wrote: > Hi, > > On 17/12/2020 15:30, Tom Jones wrote: > > I don't see the new capability this offers to the hackerspace. > > That's fine, I don't see the capability offered by the hot air station. > Different people use the space for different things.
that is a shame, can you not think of any uses for the hot air station? I can't see what NEW capability this offers over the £5000+ of radios already owned by the space membership. > > This is not so much the purchase of a radio alone, this is towards > setting up a usable shack that is available 24 hours a day for "drop in" > and "zero setup" use by members. > There is already space in the hackerspace for a shack and it has radios and can without too much hassle have antennas. What NEW capabilty does this add? I have been adjacent to a lot of radio this year and it is clear to me that this offers anything new to what the space has other than it being shiny. > > The goal is not just to have a radio, but to have it set up and > documented in a way that it can be used. The antenna setup will be just > as important as the radio, which we already mostly have and hibby has > put a lot of work in to. > > > I think this amount of money would be better directed to a more general > > fabrication tool, or hand/power tools than a specific item few people > > can use. > > Ok, but the value to the hackerspace is not zero. Let's work out what a > sensible contribution would be from the hackerspace and what a sensible > contribution would be from members. It's also possible we don't hit > enough pledges to buy it and we just don't buy it. I think that is a good idea, get pledges towards the total and ask the hackerspace to cover any shortfall. I don't think it is correct for the space to be the first in this negotiation. - Tom _______________________________________________ 57north-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
