[dorkbotpdx-blabber] Re: PDX hackerspace

[Devon Gleeson]

Don,

I thanks for the heads up. I think that one (or more) of the people
trying to get this off the ground will be headed over to the dorkbot
meeting tomorrow to give a little pitch and do a little dancey dance.

also, we can be found on irc.freenode.net in #pdxhackerspace

--devon



On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Wm Leler <wmleler at gmail.com> wrote:
> Speaking as the person who is organizing the electronics lab out at
> TechShop, I agree with Don -- there are lots of reasons to establish a
> hacker space outside of TechShop.  Having said that, I worry that there is a
> lot of misinformation being tossed out about TechShop and the electronics
> lab (OpenTechSpace). Let me try to clear some of this up (or just add to the
> confusion):
>> 24/7 access to the building.
> My understanding from talking to Denney is that the goal is to have 24/7
> access to TechShop ASAP. This might be dependent on finding volunteers to
> staff some of the odd hours, and on demand, of course.  They will start by
> being open until 9pm, but will expand as needed.
>> You get a card key if you do the full membership, FYI, unless I
>> am misremembering.  I guess you probably don;t if you just use the
>> subsidized electronics lab.
> If you want to use the Electronics Lab under OpenTechSpace (i.e., for free),
> you will be issued a badge just like a regular (paid) TechShop user, except
> that it will only allow you to use the electronics and computer labs.
>> No paying for certification classes to use tools.
> The TechShop certification classes are only for dangerous or easily broken
> expensive tools. We don't have any of those in the electronics lab
> (soldering irons don't count!  Although as soon as we get some really fancy
> stuff, like a flow soldering machine or something like that, we might need a
> safety class). But for the most part I don't think it will be an issue with
> the electronics or computer labs.
> From what little I know about hackerspace, as far as I can tell the biggest
> difference between the hackerspace and TechShop is the  location. The price
> the same (for a TechShop membership, compared to rent/utilities for
> hackerspace), and you can use the electronics or computer lab through
> OpenTechSpace for free (what a great deal!).  TechShop probably has a (big)
> advantage in size and number of tools. The hackerspace might have the
> advantage of giving the members more control over it, but that can be a
> two-edged sword.
> OpenTechSpace is not tied to TechShop -- we definitely want to open
> up facilities in other locations.  We have already had discussions with
> CubeSpace and (to a lesser extent) Souk about creating other labs. So maybe
> OpenTechSpace can help with the hacker space. If you guys are interested in
> working with OpenTechSpace, I'm interested in talking to you.
> Anyway, I think it is great that you guys are setting up a hackerspace.  Let
> me know if I can help!
> Wm Leler
>
> On Apr 12, 2009, at 7:40 PM, Donald Delmar Davis wrote:
>
> D,
> There are lots of reasons to establish a hacker-space outside of techshop.
> Daniel listed most of them for this particular group. (I won't bust into the
> dk's here)
> Personally I like the darwinian approach of starting one of everything and
> see which ones adapt.
>  (which explains why it takes me a million years to finish a song or a
> painting).
> Devon,
> I appreciate you thinking of us, I know there are several people in this
> group that have been wanting something like this.
> One other thing thing I do know about this group is that they are a bit
> provincial and you might wanna put a couple of live bodies at the meeting
> tomorrow.
> Don
>
>
>
> On Apr 12, 2009, at 4:34 PM, dave madden wrote:
>
> There is a group of us motivated nerds looking to build a hackerspace.
>
> We are looking at a rental space today, and at this point it looks
>
> like it's going to work out.
>
> Um...any reason you're not taking advantage of the electronics lab out at
> TechShop?
>
> d.
>
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