Freeride Montpelier and the Onion River Exchange (thrift store/office) are both looking for space. I have no idea what is out there in Montpelier for office space/other space. I wonder what sort of (realistic) fundraising we could come up with. I know I would be willing to put $$ toward a place I could hang out and do work (or do work and hang out) --
(Funny -- I was just out looking at houses in Montpelier.. one of them was even a duplex. Who wants to pitch in towards renting half a house from me!) S On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Rubin Bennett <[email protected]>wrote: > I just got back to the office and saw that this thread took off... Yeah, > I definitely can't take credit for anything but a "Me too!". > > I love the photo in the Wired article... it looks like a cross between > my garage and our office :) > > Rubin > > On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 19:52 -0400, Paul Flint wrote: > > Dear Rubin, > > > > I just noticed that Kevin first posted this. My apologies. > > > > Regards, > > > > Flint > > > > On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Kevin Thorley wrote: > > > > > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:20:07 -0400 > > > From: Kevin Thorley <[email protected]> > > > Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: VT could use one of these... > > > > > > I just read this Wired article on "Hacker Spaces". > > > > > > http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/hackerspaces.html > > > > > > Sounds pretty cool. I had talked to Josh about a similar idea for > > > teleworkers in the Burlington area, but this goes beyond the work > > > world and seems to be more about fun. Either way, it sounds like a > > > cool idea. Get some office space (Burlington seems like it would have > > > the largest draw, but I'm biased), hook up a good internet connection, > > > get some wifi, a few servers (Linux, of course) for running projects > > > on.... could be fun! The question is, would there be enough interest > > > from people to make it work? I assume it would have to work on a > > > membership basis, unless we were able to get a sponsor or two. > > > > > > Here is more information on Hacker Spaces. There are a few in Boston > > > and one in Montreal, but none in wonderful VT :( > > > > > > http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hacker_Spaces > > > > > > This could also become a good place to hold local user group meetings. > > > > > > So, is anyone interested in pursuing the idea with me? At least to > > > get to the point to see if it would be feasible? > > > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > Kindest Regards, > > > > > > > > Paul Flint > > (802) 479-2360 > > > > > > /************************************ > > Based upon email reliability concerns, > > please send an acknowledgment in response to this note. > > > > Paul Flint > > Barre Open Systems Institute > > 17 Averill Street > > Barre, VT > > 05641 > > > > http://www.bosivt.org > > http://www.flint.com/home > > skype: flintinfotech > > Work: (202) 537-0480 > > > > Consilium _ > > gratuitum .~. ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) > > valet /V\ against HTML e-mail X > > quanti /( )\ www.asciiribbon.org / \ > > numerantur ^^-^^ > -- > Rubin Bennett > rbTechnologies, LLC > 80 Carleton Boulevard > East Montpelier, VT 05651 > > (802)223-4448 > http://thatitguy.com > > "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." > Voltaire, Essay on Tolerance > French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778) >
