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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:18:32 -0500
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Subject: Re: Making a Makerspace
From: Brad Collette <shopinthewo...@gmail.com>
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Works for me.
On Oct 22, 2012 8:07 PM, "Matthew Little" <matthewlittle2...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'll be there
>
> - Matthew
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 7:57 PM, Zach Zeman <gamerdon...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Okay, how about SkyHi bar at 8:00 pm this Tuesday (tomorrow)?
>>
>> -Zach
>> On Oct 22, 2012 11:13 AM, "Zach Zeman" <gamerdon...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Tues > Thurs for me.
>>>
>>> -Zach
>>> On Oct 22, 2012 11:08 AM, "Matthew Little" <matthewlittle2...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd be up for a face to face tomorrow evening.
>>>>
>>>> - Matthew
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Dan Goldstein <dan...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm up for getting together this week.
>>>>> I guess I would prefer face to face over beer or coffee as opposed to
>>>>> hangout, but I can make the hang out if that's what people want. Who would
>>>>> be up for a meeting over beer tomorrow evening? I could also do Thursday
>>>>> evening...
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan G.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Zach Zeman <gamerdon...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is everyone available tomorrow at 9 for a Google+ hangout?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Zach
>>>>>> On Oct 22, 2012 9:31 AM, "Brad Collette" <shopinthewo...@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm back in town and have some time this week.  Anyone want to get
>>>>>>> together for a planning/strategery session?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Scott <scott.kovale...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I saw a pretty interesting article on Make: about Artisan's Asylum
>>>>>>>> makerspace.<http://blog.makezine.com/2012/10/15/kickstarted-finding-space-and-making-a-makerspace/>They talk about their model (sort of like an incubator) and they also
>>>>>>>> mention a workshop <http://makeamakerspace.eventbrite.com/#> that
>>>>>>>> I am half considering attending.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I keep thinking that we need to refocus on getting space, or we run
>>>>>>>> the risk of just sort of gradually petering out. Of course getting a space
>>>>>>>> is a risk as well (primarily financial), but I think there are risks to our
>>>>>>>> current mode of operation as well (like a gradual decay of interest, and
>>>>>>>> subsequent loss of members/attendees).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Brad Collette
>>>>>>> 573-427-7132
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> "There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You
>>>>> built a factory   out there - good for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads
>>>>> the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate.
>>>>> You were safe in your factory because of the police forces and the fire
>>>>> forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn't have to worry that
>>>>> marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory...
>>>>>
>>>>> Now look. You built a factory and it turned into something terrific or
>>>>> a great idea - God bless! Keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying
>>>>> social contract is you take a hunk of that and you pay forward for the next
>>>>> kid who comes along."
>>>>> - Elizabeth Warren (Sept. 2011)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>

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<p dir=3D"ltr">Works for me. </p>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Oct 22, 2012 8:07 PM, &quot;Matthew Little&qu=
ot; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:matthewlittle2...@gmail.com">matthewlittle2006@gm=
ail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1e=
x">
I&#39;ll be there<br><br>- Matthew<br><br><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote=
">On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 7:57 PM, Zach Zeman <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:gamerdon...@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">gamerdon...@gmail.com</=
a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir=3D"ltr">Okay, how about SkyHi bar at =
8:00 pm this Tuesday (tomorrow)?</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">-Zach</p>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Oct 22, 2012 11:13 AM, &quot;Zach Zeman&quot;=
 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:gamerdon...@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">gamerdonkey=
@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmai=
l_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left=
:1ex">


<p dir=3D"ltr">Tues &gt; Thurs for me. </p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">-Zach</p>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Oct 22, 2012 11:08 AM, &quot;Matthew Little&q=
uot; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:matthewlittle2...@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">m=
atthewlittle2...@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquo=
te class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc so=
lid;padding-left:1ex">



I&#39;d be up for a face to face tomorrow evening.<br><br>- Matthew<br><br>=
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Dan Goldstein =
<span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dan...@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank"=
>dan...@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>




<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I&#39;m up for getting together this week.<d=
iv>I guess I would prefer face to face over beer or coffee as opposed to ha=
ngout, but I can make the hang out if that&#39;s what people want. Who woul=
d be up for a meeting over beer tomorrow evening? I could also do Thursday =
evening...=A0</div>





<div><br></div><div>Dan G.</div><div><div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot=
e">On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Zach Zeman <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:gamerdon...@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">gamerdon...@gmail.com=
</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>





<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir=3D"ltr">Is everyone available tomorro=
w at 9 for a Google+ hangout?</p><span><font color=3D"#888888">
<p dir=3D"ltr">-Zach</p></font></span><div><div>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Oct 22, 2012 9:31 AM, &quot;Brad Collette&quo=
t; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:shopinthewo...@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">shopin=
thewo...@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex">






I&#39;m back in town and have some time this week. =A0Anyone want to get to=
gether for a planning/strategery session?<div><br></div><div><br><br><div c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Scott <span dir=3D"lt=
r">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:scott.kovale...@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">scott=
.kovale...@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>







<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I saw a pretty interesting article on Make: =
about <a href=3D"http://blog.makezine.com/2012/10/15/kickstarted-finding-sp=
ace-and-making-a-makerspace/" target=3D"_blank">Artisan&#39;s Asylum makers=
pace.</a> They talk about their model (sort of like an incubator) and they =
also mention a <a href=3D"http://makeamakerspace.eventbrite.com/#" target=
=3D"_blank">workshop</a> that I am half considering attending.<br>







<br>I keep thinking that we need to refocus on getting space, or we run the=
 risk of just sort of gradually petering out. Of course getting a space is =
a risk as well (primarily financial), but I think there are risks to our cu=
rrent mode of operation as well (like a gradual decay of interest, and subs=
equent loss of members/attendees).<br>







</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><span><font color=3D"#888888"><div=
><br></div>-- <br>Brad Collette<br><a href=3D"tel:573-427-7132" value=3D"+1=
5734277132" target=3D"_blank">573-427-7132</a><br><br><br><br>
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<br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div></font></span></div></div><span><font =
color=3D"#888888"><span><font color=3D"#888888">-- <br>
&quot;There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You =
built a factory=A0=A0 out there - good for you.<br>


=A0<br>But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads=
=20
the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to=20
educate. You were safe in your factory because of the police forces and=20
the fire forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn&#39;t have to worry=
=20
that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory...<br>
=A0 <br>Now look. You built a factory and it turned into something terrific=
 or a
 great idea - God bless! Keep a big hunk of it. But part of the=20
underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and you pay=20
forward for the next kid who comes along.&quot; <br>
- Elizabeth Warren (Sept. 2011)<br>
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