[dms-discuss] Introduction to Allen

[Alan Gamage]

Hello all,

Thank you Emily for the kind introduction!

I am wondering what the process is for the Friends of Library for this
project? Is it going through a number of committees and vetting? We are
curious about the timeline of when the makerspace my be up and running for
the community. We were considering sending in a minimalist request for the
space now and getting setting up with just a tool lending system for
example and then delaying the renovation until next year so that way we all
have more time to really think through the process and determine what our
needs are. However, we are not sure whether there is a certain window in
which we need to act for the renovation and a delay for next year may
create the situation where we lose funding?

We are also wondering if we can get assistance on visualizing the different
plans in terms of a budget. For example, if the upper limit is 10 K, then
our fully fleshed out version would look very different than if the upper
limit was 100K. We are also considering submitting a request in the form of
prioritized needs and then the library can see how many they can meet and
then run a cost analysis on that.

We were also wondering what sort of work we need to do on safety and
liability concerns. Are we expected to factor that into the budget as well?
Or does the library have connections to determine these things?

Lots of awesome questions to ponder as we undergo this wonderful process of
bringing to Davis and indispensable space for community benefit.

-Alan

On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 12:42 PM Emily Schleiner <cordial.emily at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Crista, Scott and Mark,
>
> We hope all is well with you and the rest of the library! To give you an
> update on where we are in our idea-building process this month, we are
> still dividing our wishlist into the three plans (fully flushed out, middle
> of the road, and minimal) and have yet to come up with diagrams to go along
> with each possibility. You can see our project page here:
>
> https://wiki.davismakerspace.org/library-possibilities
>
> Since I have other obligations that make it hard to be a point of contact
> for this project, Allen has kindly volunteered to pick up the slack. I
> believe he has some additional questions for you regarding how big our
> vision should be in our diagrams, if the library includes a budget for
> consumables (ongoing), and other questions.
>
> Thanks for your time and best wishes,
>
> Emily
>
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