I googled on mini-mill. How big is one? The Champlain Center's full name is The McClure Multi-generational Center. They thought of that as meaning children and seniors, but I don't see why it can't be taken literally. The building now contains a children's center, a senior center, a couple of rented offices, and a gay-lesbian-transgender headquarters.
I doubt that the mill is a problem in and of itself. I suspect the problem is liable to be size. The room is small--five computers on one side, a sixth at the end, room for a table behind the five and narrow space in between. The shelves, on the other hand, are generous. The problem there might be that the center has them full and might have trouble finding someplace else for their contents. But I would work hard with them to solve that problem. In any case, whether a senior center is the way to go, a shared space is probably economically the only way to begin. There might be a small problem with the present users of the room, but there aren't many of them, and if you treat them as nicely as you have treated me--people who want to learn and who ask questions--and if you're willing to have a couple of XP machines (at least to start with) I think we can work it out. I don't know that I can say that I am in charge of the room, but I'm as close to that as they have. Warner Warner White 12 Harbor Watch Road Burlington VT 05401 H: 802-863-0182 C: 802-318-0956 www.warnerwhite.org ________________________________ From: Anthony Carrico <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 11:21:46 AM Subject: Re: VT Hackers Meetup Warner White wrote: > Would it make sense to look into sharing that space, or one of > the others? This is a neat idea, and would expand the age range. On the other hand, would senior centers welcome mini-mills, etc.? But let's add this to the pot. Let's carve out some space on the Vague wiki to collect these ideas. -- Anthony Carrico
