[Rfu-barnraising] Fw: WRFU Barnraising

[Hannah Sassaman]

hi there lynsee,

thanks for checking in.  after a lot of deliberation here at prometheus we decided that a housing board was way too
much work to maintain.  we tried this out for the last barnraising, using software called spaceshare
(http://www.spaceshare.com) and it was 2 times as much work to maintain this page as it would be for one staffer at
prometheus and one volunteer at the host organization to have a spreadsheet they use to track housing.  i am happy to
talk through the housing board problems with your housing volunteer.  

very briefly, having organized housing at 5 different barnraisings, i will tell you that it isn't that much work to
organize housing locally, with full support from prometheus.  really it's just that a local person needs to help
prometheus to connect with the homestay offer-ers, and to help to assure locals that these crazy people coming to
town are okay, even if they are disorganized.

danielle is putting together a survey that people can fill out to identify their offerings, which is great.  locals
can fill that out and i and WRFU people can check that out too.

as for crash space, i have some numbers from the lincoln hotel -- we could get 24-hour-a-day access to 3 connected
medium-sized rooms with doors that shut.  here are the specs:

Unlimited access to both the Maria Theresa and the Bismark Rooms from Nov 10th at 6:00pm to Nov 14th at 10:00am.

Dimensions on Maria Theresa . 25.5 x 12.5 feet = 312 square feet
Bismark . 23 x 14.5 = 333 square feet
Common Lobby = 12 x 12 = 144 square feet

this building is next door to the post office so great for crash space if people are really on-the-down-low about it.
the cost would be $600 for unlimited access and sleeping possibilities thursday night, friday night, saturday night,
and sunday night.  sounds like a good deal to me, i'd say.  prometheus will make a decision on what we'd spend on
this internally but i think it would solve many of our crash-space needs problems.  showers would be available in the
hotel rooms of folks staying in the hotel proper.  we might consider asking crash-space users to donate $5-$10 each
for the crash space usage, as it would defray our costs on the crash space.

i also have numbers for two somewhat-distant churches that we could potentially use as crash space.  i'll call them
tomorrow.

let me know if you have any questions.

hannah s.
prometheusradioproject












On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 10:15:54AM -0700, Lynsee Melchi wrote:
> So do we have a housing board or something yet? 
>  
> Lynsee
>  
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> <-----Original Message-----> 
>  
> From: Carl Barnwell 
> Sent: 10/11/2005 2:20:45 PM 
> To: lynsee at illinoisalumni.org 
> Subject: WRFU Barnraising 
>  
>   
> Lynsee 
> 
> I'm coming to your WRFU Barnraising November 11-13 from OK-AR and 
> I'll need a place to stay. 
> Is there a housing board webpage or list somewhere ? 
> 
> Carl 
> 
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