Sorry I'm a late joiner to the discussion I am looking a place to
hang out, drink and hack things. Basically what I normally do but I
need a place for when I feel like being more social about my anti-
social tendencies
With that in mind, I would be willing to contribute $100/mo rent. I
also have lots of PC equipment I can donate. This includes networking
gear and supplies/parts.
So also for a list of must haves...
futon, probably several My hours are...uh, non-standard. So I
would like to be able to gain access whenever, hack around, and just
crash. Oh, and at least a mini-fridge...I'm too lazy to get ice for
the coolers.
For a place, I would think $700/mo would be good to start with. It
would be nice to get something between the HHH warehouse in Brooklyn
and the house in Fight Club As far as utilities go... are we just
going to alternate by month who pays what?
Are the meetings also held on Silc? If so, what channel/time?
Welcome! I'm only recently involved in this, but so is everyone else I
guess as we've only had one meeting so far. I believe we have the
legal matters under control but the hive-mind welcomes another
node :D. I think the meetings are IRL (i.e. In meatspace) and our next
on is this saturday May 9th but I'm not sure if all of the details
have been released.
I know I'm going to be hounded for this now, but I do in fact have a
mini fridge in really good condition that I haven't really used
recently. I used it for liquor and soft-drinks (it has a freezer
section too, so ice = not a prob). So once this all goes up I'd be
happy to donate it when we literally start moving in.
Yeah, I'd say 450-700 would be a good range, the cheaper the better
really (not sacrificing TOO much hopefully). That way we can amass a
savings for financial security and for purchasing things for the
space.
I don't think we've agreed on a monthly fee, but I would say it
wouldn't be more than 100. We were kind of throwing anything from
50/75/100 out there, maybe possibly getting more privileges or space
or something based on donations.
so far we have had one IRL meeting, and i believe we have another lined up soon. i want to say the 9th, but don’t hold me to that, that might be something else.
the hackerspaces preso seems to have generated quite a bit of new interest. i think, at least early on, we will be financed primarily by membership dues, and the lessons learned by other spaces are that you shouldn’t take on space/utilities/other expenses that cannot be covered by those dues.
with that said, i think some fund raising activities can only help, so any suggestions would be most welcome.
i too have some computers and an old xeon server to contribute (if it’s still working after two years in my basement) and i would love to set up a networking/server lab to study for certification exams.
another thing i would like to set up is a free/anonymous conf/voicemail service to revive some of the old phreak/conf scene.
plus i would like to learn more about electronics, like how to solder.