[Imc-makerspace] Space sharing agreement almost up (3)

[Chuck Geigner]

I am not sure what to do without a good picture of our total commitment.
Looks like the smaller space is the only viable option?

On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Brian Duggan <bcdugga at gmail.com> wrote:

> * This is the third of three emails. Please read them in their entirety.
> There's a lot of information and a lot of possibilities.
>
> Hi All,
>
> So what do we want to do now? There are a few options I know of.
>
> 1. We could sign another year's space sharing agreement for our current
> space.
>
> This would require everybody who has been contributing money to the
> Makerspace to continue doing so at more or less the same amount. But at
> our current membership, this doesn't cover rent.
>
> What would make it possible is if we partnered with another
> hacking/making group at the IMC, ODDMUSIC, to kick in $100/mo for rent.
> They'd share the space with us and they'd build and play weird
> instruments down here.
>
> We could also partner with the IMC Computer Help Desk. We would also
> take some space in the room. This has been vetoed in the past by the
> group and I understand why. However, the Help Desk has recently started
> taking donations and made $70 in about a month and a half. Not a huge
> sum, but a dent, certainly. Just throwing it out there.
>
> 2. We could move into the cheaper space down the hall.
>
> It's smaller, cheaper ($200/mo), and people from the Bike Project would
> be walking through it whenever they need access to the Bike Project. We
> could potentially make this monthly rent with our current membership and
> financial commitments. It would also be easier for members who are
> committing large sums every month to reduce the amount they're
> contributing.
>
> 3. We could move out.
>
> To where? I don't know. I don't have anything else lined up. We'd have
> to figure out what to do with all our materials.
>
> 4. Other options?
>
> Chuck has explored other spaces in the past. Chuck, do you have any
> updates? Does anyone have any updates on options they've researched?
>
> In any case, the Makerspace would continue to exist as a group in some
> form.
>
> I want to thank everyone for the hard work and resources that they've
> put into the Makerspace over the past year. I'm looking forward to more
> Makerspace action in 2011, no matter what form it takes.
>
> You're all amazing people: Chuck, Stewart, Sean, Brian S., Gergana,
> Derek, Matt, Barry, Wayne, Kendall, Harvey, and everyone else whose been
> around the space and whose names I can't recall (There's a ton! I'm not
> a human Roladex!). We couldn't have done it without you.
>
> OK, my brain is done dumping for tonight. Thanks for listening, everyone.
>
> Brian
>
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> Brian Duggan
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> UC Independent Media Center
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Chuck Geigner
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