our craft space is at risk.

[3ric Johanson]

Hi Folks,

We are at risk of loosing the craft space due to lack of usage. We
are at nearly 50% of the utilization we'd need to keep the doors open.

Does anyone have idea for projects, or want to host projects in the space?

I think we can promote stuff and get the word out if folks want to
grab it by the horns.

Comments and ideas welcome!

Cheers,
-3ric

[clamoring]

I haven't been in the craft space lately. I know there was interest in another cheesemaking workshop. Is that space appropriate for that? If not we can do it in the main lab. 

Or the biolab? haha

k.

"Putting the eek in geek"
http://www.clamoring.com/

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[Ratha Grimes]

So what this situation means really is that unless the craft room starts making 2x the money in the next unspecified period of time, the craft space will move to my basement 1 mile away (since most of the equipment is mine). I'm fine with that as although the space is a little smaller, it's also effectively free. Just not looking forward to rearranging the storage that is in there now :)

[Ratha Grimes]

Also another cheese workshop would be fun, but the craft room is not really suitable for wet work

On Mar 14, 2013 8:47 AM, "clamoring" <clam...@gmail.com> wrote:

[3ric Johanson]

um, for the record: the biolab is not for eatables or drinkables. :)

[kyle drosdick]

dear hblcrafts,
i had planned to be working on things at hbl as full time as
possible in the next couple weeks. i am participating/best guy in a
wedding next saturday but am quite free otherwise for all kinds of
antics.
i do have an idle tub of crap in the craft space. it is mostly
some sewing repairs and my lab coat. i'm not so sure i have the
makings of a workshop or whatever that would help this situation
however i do plan to donate in relation to whatever i am up to. in the
interest of hbl remaining nimble and ever more focused on organized
awesome, i can move my stuff the hell out and deal with it elsewhere.
i think it needs waay more crafty people to survive! i
struuuuuuggle with those machines at times and often pester kind
people like ratha for help. more people who come and go while knowing
what they are doing seems like a path to more cash at a greater
frequency. that's a neato theory, but of course things actually going
that way are trickier.
maybe interested people could make a couple different hbl/rawr
specialty items to test out selling custom gear. pocket protectors?
lock pick roll case? something we could make in a couple days en masse
and that is nifty/clever/useful enough for hackers to seek out and
spend their crank/component money or whatever. muumuus and big gulp
cozies for sys admins? :]
anyway, in the interest of time i am also for shutting it down and
reeling it in. easier for ratha to use her gear and better to focus on
the complications of future coolness / hbl fine tuning. speak with you
all again.
- kyle