Mini hackspace

[Ryan .]

Discuss.... I'll fill in more in the am

[mikethebee]

Actually somebody did ask yesterday if we are keeping Woodley too?

[Paul Lettington]

It would be nice, but we are going to find it hard enough to afford just
the one hackspace, so running two at once is not going to be feasible for
a long time.

[mikethebee]

Yes, that was the gist of my reply, their concern was the lack of parking in Reading and car access being much easier in Woodley. Plus they apparently lived close by :)

[Jim Pugh]

Theres a great big car park nearby free after 5 or 6 (cant remember)
http://en.parkopedia.co.uk/parking/carpark/cattle_market/rg1/reading/

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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:25:58 -0700
From: miketh...@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [RDG-Hack] Re: Mini hackspace

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[Dean]

How many spaces are there at the new place?

[Paul Lettington]

The building is wide enough to get three or four cars parked in front of
it and the car park is big enough to be able to park two cars deep
without getting in anyone's way.

However, the neighbouring businesses all have normal business hours, so
there shouldn't be much overlap with our busy hours. The place was
deserted on a Saturday afternoon when I went down to poke at the phone
lines. The car park as a whole will easily fit 50+ cars. The only other
cars in there seemed to be people who parked there and walked into town
to avoid parking charges.

Paul.

On Fri, Apr 19 2013 04:34:47 -0700, Dean wrote:
> How many spaces are there at the new place?
>
> On Friday, 19 April 2013 12:28:48 UTC+1, scottcairo wrote:
> >
> > Theres a great big car park nearby free after 5 or 6 (cant remember)
> > http://en.parkopedia.co.uk/parking/carpark/cattle_market/rg1/reading/
> >
> >

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> > Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:25:58 -0700

> > From: miketh...@gmail.com <javascript:>
> > To: reading-...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>

> > Subject: Re: [RDG-Hack] Re: Mini hackspace
> >
> > Yes, that was the gist of my reply, their concern was the lack of parking
> > in Reading and car access being much easier in Woodley. Plus they
> > apparently lived close by :)
> >
> > On Monday, 15 April 2013 17:46:59 UTC+1, Paul Lettington wrote:
> >
> > It would be nice, but we are going to find it hard enough to afford just
> > the one hackspace, so running two at once is not going to be feasible for
> > a long time.
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 15 2013 08:59:22 -0700, mikethebee wrote:
> > > Actually somebody did ask yesterday if we are keeping Woodley too?
> > >
> > > On Monday, April 15, 2013 12:17:27 AM UTC+1, Ryan wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Discuss.... I'll fill in more in the am
> > > >
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[Ryan .]

I was thinking more of rapidly deployable super dense mini-hackspaces in containers that can fit in one or two parking spots, to install at (eg) blocks of flats, where people can rent tools (like people rent videos) to do quick jobs, somewhere to work on bikes/etc.

[Jim Pugh]

Woahh nice idea Ryan.

Ice cream van geek patrol.

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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:45:03 +0100

Subject: Re: [RDG-Hack] Re: Mini hackspace

From: ry.w...@gmail.com
To: reading-...@googlegroups.com

[Nigel Worsley]

> I was thinking more of rapidly deployable super dense mini-hackspaces in
> containers that can fit in one or two parking spots, to install at (eg)
> blocks of flats, where people can rent tools (like people rent videos) to do
> quick jobs, somewhere to work on bikes/etc.

Sound pretty cool to me. I have a few things that may prove useful to
this project:

Toyota Previa, loads of space for moving stuff but crappy fuel consumption

3M x 3M popup gazebo, goes up in about a minute with 2 people.

5M x 6.8M octagonal mini marquee, needs rather more time and people!

Tables and chairs sufficient to seat the staff of the event, and
maybe a visitor or two

I could probably bring along a fair few tools as well, depending on
requirements.

Nigle

[Ryan .]

I was thinking more along the lines of a semi-permanent installation thing, but this too! If Tom is getting into the business of building trailers....maybe he needs practice! 

(The key problems are density, user needs, and ability to loan tools. This thinking was inspired by me living in a block of flats, and everyone having e.g. screwdrivers and drills and stuff and them living in a closet for months to come out once in a blue moon. If there was a container in the basement, workbench one side, bike stand at the end, and an organization that maintains it that people could sign up to online, with RFID tags in each fairly cheap-ish tool and a sign-out system, with penalties for not returning the tools, I could just go downstairs and borrow a screwdriver and use it and take it back. It would need a lot of infrastructure to set up and run, but I think it would be very useful and interesting, at least as a large, long term project that would be best managed and designed by a hackspace)

[Jim Pugh]

I just got the app form for Caversham Festival-weekend stall is about a ton.

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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:25:32 +0100

Subject: Re: [RDG-Hack] Re: Mini hackspace

From: ry.w...@gmail.com
To: reading-...@googlegroups.com