Dear Stan,
Suffice it to say, we here in Barre have plenty of space...
Regards,
Flint
On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Stanley Brinkerhoff wrote:
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:18:30 -0400
From: Stanley Brinkerhoff <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: VT could use one of these...
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
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