I like this idea, improving the space in which Synhak exists should be priority. There is a proverb that is very appropriate here, "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."
On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Torrie Fischer <[email protected]>wrote: > Heya, folks. > > I'd like to allocate $5,000 of our grant money towards physical > improvements > of the space: > > * Building walls > * Installing more electrical and overhead lighting > * Building more tables and workbenches > * Paints > * Kitchen cabinetry and shelving > * Storage throughout the space > * Fixing ceiling leaks > > I've estimated that the plywood and drywall for complete wall to ceiling > enclosure of the current machine shop is approximately $3,000. That leaves > $2k > for electrical, workbenches, kitchen storage, misc shelving, and other > things. > > I'd like to allocate this money into our current buildout/maintenance > budget. > That way we could follow the same pattern we've been doing: Send me a > budget, > estimation or receipt for what you're buying, and you'll get a slice of the > money. We would still have $10k to split out to other things, but I feel > that > making the space more usable for hacking should be our highest priority. > > Supplies for classes is nice, but once those people leave the class, that > money doesn't often make it back to us. > > Improving the 3d printer is nice, but not everyone uses the 3d printer. > > Saving some of it for our AWS hosting is nice, but we're a physical space > first. > > I feel confident in claiming that there is not a single synhakker who does > not > step foot inside the space, or has not complained about not finding tools, > or > has had to dig through piles of stuff on the ground, or been irritated at > all > the dust, or hasn't been able to work on their things because of physical > insufficiencies in the building. > > If it turns out to be a lot cheaper than $5k for all of this, we'd still > have > a lot left over for more direct improvements to the space. That money > could be > turned around into the maintenence budget to buy wood, fasteners, metal, > consumables, and all kinds of other supplies needed to keep SYNHAK > productive > and useful to everyone. > > I plan on moderating the meeting again this Tuesday since it went well > enough, > so I won't be able to bring this up during the meeting. However, I think > this > is something that we should all be discussing. This is just my $0.02 on > what I > think we should be focusing on. The walls that were brought up are part of > this whole idea, so this is more of a concrete implementation of that idea. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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