>1) Are we keeping the room or are we taking down the wall with the closet/shelves?
Torrie's argument is compelling, though I leaned towards keeping the room as is, I am now indifferent to walls up or down. >2) If we are keeping the room, for what purpose will it fulfill? Crafts? Admin office/recordkeeping? servers? Member storage? Computer lab? Lounge? Etc etc. I had envisioned a place where Synhak Inc. office could go. A place where the office of secretary, treasurer, and the champions, could work on the not so exciting parts of running a non-profit with minimal distraction from hackers hacking. It would be a room to keep important paper records that we are required to have on file in a controlled place to prevent tampering (we've never had an issue with this in the past, its just a perspective of assurance from a 3rd party perspective i.e. How can we guarantee the records are true if anyone can walk in and change the paper documents when a member's back is turned?) >3) Do we even need walls for those purposes? In other words, if it does come down, will that detract from anyone's desires for how to use the space? A bolted and locked file cabinet and appropriate file permissions (read-write access for officers and champions, read-only access for everyone else) placed on a workstation designated for office use can accomplish the same records assurance mentioned above while keeping the digital copies open and transparent. So perhaps a walled off area may not be necessary as I previously thought. Objectively thinking about it, creating a welcome area out of that room would not lessen my desire to use the space and could provide a wow factor for visitors and guests, I can think of alternatives to achieve my desired goals for a Synhak Inc. Office. On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 11:24 PM, Torrie Fischer <[email protected]>wrote: > On Saturday, January 18, 2014 22:26:49 Omar Rassi wrote: > > There may be some miscommunication/misunderstanding about the front room > at > > 48 Summit St. So lets talk about what to do with that room. > > > > The original plan was to remove all the walls, shelving and cabinetry to > > give us a large open area to do what we wish with and turn one of its > walls > > into a welcome bar like at the old space. However, it appears that some > > members want to keep the small office-ish type room for various reasons > > (each person in favor of keeping the room has a different idea). So lets > > discuss! > > > > Key points of discussion: > > > > 1) Are we keeping the room or are we taking down the wall with the > > closet/shelves? > > I would prefer to remove the closet side wall of that room and create a new > welcome bar from the other wall of the room by cutting it to only a few > feet > tall. This would create a very open and inviting physical space. > > > > > 2) If we are keeping the room, for what purpose will it fulfill? Crafts? > > Admin office/recordkeeping? servers? Member storage? Computer lab? > Lounge? > > Etc etc. > > If someone is intending on turning it into some form of member storage, > SYNHAK, Inc office, or server closet, I think it would be wise to remember > that we have a massive basement that has not yet been spoken for in any > significant capacity and will likely see the smallest fraction of actual > foot > traffic in proportion to the floor space. > > Additionally, why would you want something so obviously meant to be hidden > and > out of the way *immediately next to the front door*? Thats just not good > feng > shui. > > > > > 3) Do we even need walls for those purposes? In other words, if it does > > come down, will that detract from anyone's desires for how to use the > space? > > I feel it creates a walled off area of a space that is otherwise open to > everyone. It implies that there is some private part of the space that > you're > not allowed to visit, and it is immediately at the front entrance. The > building already has enough cubicle-dungeon-like attributes without > functional > windows up front. > > > > > For reference please see the floorplan of 48 Summit St. at > > http://calculais.com/syn/syncalled.pdf and Synhak's google plus page at > > https://plus.google.com/104182820750454997283 for pictures of 48 Summit > St > > pre-renovation. The bottom of the floorplan page is where the entrance is > > (Front door is angled) the room in question is directly to the right of > > that, the specific wall to come down is to the right of the room's door > > with the wall closest to the front door being turned into a welcome bar > as > > with the old space. Remember that this is simply discussion where > everyone > > can voice their concerns. Ultimately this should be decided no later than > > Tuesday's meeting by the membership as per our self-governance process ( > > https://synhak.org/wiki/Governance) so we can get a move on with this > area > > and once decided put it behind us. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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