Meeting notes:- cjr's "Freeside pitch"
- Discussion/proofing/etc of his slides
- Slides
- Taylor on "hackerspace" vs "maker space" vs "man space": "I'm not donating a 42U plexiglass enclosed rack to a /man space/"
- Raiford visited NYC Resistor
- Went to NYC Resistor, met with Bre Pettis
- Very small space
- Very laid back
- Not a nonprofit
- Dues don't pay their rent--they charge lots of $$ for classes to pay rent
- Member vetting: 100% acceptance required
- High level of trust: everyone gets a key
- They have a laser cutter. We must have a laser cutter (room consensus attained)
- Didn't shop around for real estate
- They are more of a "start-up": people work from there, etc
- Summary:
- We're much more organized than they are
- We shouldn't model ourselves after other groups, because we have much different interests & goals
- Coming soon: Space Crawl
- Being organized by cjr
- Will be on a Saturday
- Visits to potential spaces & local watering holes
- Logan's psychedelic space videos:
- Taylor: "Every version of Media Player after version 9 is kind of like an STD for your computer"
- 250 Arizona Ave
- 731b East College
- 765 North Ave
- (new space not on list) - 404-966-8668
- Beth on workshops/classes/etc
- Must charge at or below market rate for training/etc (due to nonprofit status)
- cjr: What about a "hackers ball?"
- Mandie from Eyedrum:
- Wants to design our logo
- Discussed eyedrum's history & benefits of independent non-profit & DIY spaces
- Encouraged proper planning to avoid future legal/financial problems
- Suggested rent is not afforded by membership alone but combination of fundraising tactics
- Educational programming at eyedrum as a comparison for freeside classes/workshops
- Eyedrum is entirely volunteer run including accounting
- Treasurer plays the theramin (Duet for Theramin and Lap Steel)
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