Well if 911 Media is taking over as a saturdayhouse site on saturdays after April, this would be a good near term solution for now.
Bill, I think you're talking about something like TechShop http://techshop.ws/index.html http://techshop.ws/facilities_and_amenities.html For a monthly/yearly fee, you get access to a lot of tools. Also, yes, I think if we do get serious, 911 may be the folks to approach. -Daniel On Apr 10, 6:46 pm, William Beaty <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, Crusoe wrote: > > This is really kind of a "Stone Soup" operation, where everyone brings > > something to the table. Maybe its just a space we've all agreed to > > help rent, and we meet mostly on weekends. After a while, we can look > > into a 501(c) and get a bit more formal. With enough people buying-in, > > we can pay someone to help manage the space. > > By odd coincidence, I've just started looking for rental space to move my > basement workshop and sci/electronics library. I was hoping to find > others who need a similar rental, so we could start one big hobbyist shop > rather than scattered tiny ones. The south part of Savey Brewery > (Bottling plant) looks good. > > So, anyone else have $500/mo for long-term shop rental? A handful of > people putting up $500/each could form an unchanging "core" to keep a > large space open, with miscellaneous members adding their $10-$20/month > (but not guaranteed.) One thing we don't want is being short on the rent > every time membership gets a bit low. > > Too bad the brewery Malt House building isn't offering live-in space as > yet. They list that for future expansion. > > (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) > William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website > billb at amasci com http://amasci.com > EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair > Seattle, WA 206-762-3818 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
