>  Hi guys,

>  Some of you may know that for the last three years I've been trying to
>  set up a similar project, however my angle is I want to be able to use
>  the space for helping people find out more about free software.

>  I have a friend who is currently looking for a cafe to lease in London
>  - we had a possible in Archway but they were asking too much for what
>  was a short lease.

>  One of the hardest things I've found in my journey so far is
>  convincing the people with the money that it's worth investing in -
>  it's something which is apparent but unproven - I don't have that
>  problem with this person.

>  I've posted a seesmic video update which you can see on my blog here:

>  http://purkiss.com/2008/03/02/open-source-cafe-update/

>  It basically says we're looking for somewhere which is an existing
>  cafe as costs of starting from scratch are way too much, so this is
>  just a shout out to people to keep their eyes open for any possible
>  places...

>  Cheers,

>  Steve

> Steve - glad to hear you're persevering.

> I assume you're keeping an eye on what comes up on gumtree.com?

> eg http://www.gumtree.com/london/85/14891585.html

> ll

> On 02/03/2008, stevepurkiss <steve.purk...@gmail.com> wrote:

> >  Hi guys,

> >  Some of you may know that for the last three years I've been trying to
> >  set up a similar project, however my angle is I want to be able to use
> >  the space for helping people find out more about free software.

> >  I have a friend who is currently looking for a cafe to lease in London
> >  - we had a possible in Archway but they were asking too much for what
> >  was a short lease.

> >  One of the hardest things I've found in my journey so far is
> >  convincing the people with the money that it's worth investing in -
> >  it's something which is apparent but unproven - I don't have that
> >  problem with this person.

> >  I've posted a seesmic video update which you can see on my blog here:

> >  http://purkiss.com/2008/03/02/open-source-cafe-update/

> >  It basically says we're looking for somewhere which is an existing
> >  cafe as costs of starting from scratch are way too much, so this is
> >  just a shout out to people to keep their eyes open for any possible
> >  places...

> >  Cheers,

> >  Steve

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