From cordial.emily at gmail.com Sat Jul 2 16:09:22 2022 From: cordial.emily at gmail.com (Emily Schleiner) Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2022 09:09:22 -0700 Subject: [dms-discuss] General Meeting Monday Message-ID: Hey all, We have our general meetings scheduled for Monday the 4th, but that is also a holiday for many people. How do we feel about moving the meeting to the following Monday? Cheers, Emily -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bibliophiletwo at gmail.com Sat Jul 2 16:37:47 2022 From: bibliophiletwo at gmail.com (bibliophiletwo at gmail.com) Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2022 09:37:47 -0700 Subject: [dms-discuss] General Meeting Monday In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Emily, A week from Monday would work much better for me. Bill Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 2, 2022, at 9:09 AM, Emily Schleiner wrote: > > ? > Hey all, > > We have our general meetings scheduled for Monday the 4th, but that is also a holiday for many people. How do we feel about moving the meeting to the following Monday? > > Cheers, Emily > _______________________________________________ > Davis Makerspace Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.davismakerspace.org > https://lists.davismakerspace.org/listinfo/discuss From cordial.emily at gmail.com Sat Jul 2 19:09:25 2022 From: cordial.emily at gmail.com (Emily Schleiner) Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2022 12:09:25 -0700 Subject: [dms-discuss] General Meeting Monday In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks Bill, Hey all, I went ahead and added our next meeting to the website for Monday July the 11th: https://davismakerspace.org/event/general-meeting-23/ See you all next week! Emily On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 9:38 AM wrote: > Emily, > > A week from Monday would work much better for me. > > Bill > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 2, 2022, at 9:09 AM, Emily Schleiner > wrote: > > > > ? > > Hey all, > > > > We have our general meetings scheduled for Monday the 4th, but that is > also a holiday for many people. 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URL: From braden at davismakerspace.org Tue Jul 12 03:25:14 2022 From: braden at davismakerspace.org (Braden Pellett) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 20:25:14 -0700 Subject: [dms-discuss] 2022-07-11 Meeting Minutes Message-ID: <20220712032514.lphwjtaaspiihmlx@xps13> 2022-07-11 Meeting Minutes Board members in attendance (5/6): - Bill H - Braden P - Emily S - Jax - Julie M General public in attendance: - Bill K Minutes: - Pi Workshop - Pi still are not very available. - Told Bill K about the spreadsheet created last time to try to track who has Pis available for use in the workshop. - Bill K talked some about the use of GPIO on the Raspberry Pi. - Between COVID, travel schedules, Pi shortages, etc, sounds like the workshop should be delayed until the fall. - Could still imagine a Zoom-based workshop in the meantime. - There is another repair cafe coming up in the fall that could coincide with a Pi workshop or for more informal work. - Saturday the 12th of November could do a workshop to just get up and running, and the next Saturday the 19th of November could get more into details. - The details, in this case, could be connecting an air quality sensor to the Pi. - Emily interested in doing workshop for basic web page creation in late November or early October. - Emily will contact the library about dates mentioned. - Emily also encouraged us to think of any other workshops any of us might be interested in putting on. From rsynnest at gmail.com Tue Jul 12 03:50:16 2022 From: rsynnest at gmail.com (Roland) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 20:50:16 -0700 Subject: [dms-discuss] 2022-07-11 Meeting Minutes In-Reply-To: <20220712032514.lphwjtaaspiihmlx@xps13> References: <20220712032514.lphwjtaaspiihmlx@xps13> Message-ID: Dang, I keep missing these even with the reminders! i need to setup an alarm or something. Thanks for the minutes Braden! -Roland On Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 8:25 PM Braden Pellett wrote: > 2022-07-11 Meeting Minutes > > Board members in attendance (5/6): > > - Bill H > - Braden P > - Emily S > - Jax > - Julie M > > General public in attendance: > > - Bill K > > Minutes: > > - Pi Workshop > - Pi still are not very available. > - Told Bill K about the spreadsheet created last time to try to track > who has Pis available for use in the workshop. > - Bill K talked some about the use of GPIO on the Raspberry Pi. > - Between COVID, travel schedules, Pi shortages, etc, sounds like the > workshop should be delayed until the fall. > - Could still imagine a Zoom-based workshop in the meantime. > - There is another repair cafe coming up in the fall that could coincide > with a Pi workshop or for more informal work. > - Saturday the 12th of November could do a workshop to just get up and > running, and the next Saturday the 19th of November could get more into > details. > - The details, in this case, could be connecting an air quality sensor > to the Pi. > - Emily interested in doing workshop for basic web page creation in late > November or early October. > - Emily will contact the library about dates mentioned. > - Emily also encouraged us to think of any other workshops any of us might > be interested in putting on. > _______________________________________________ > Davis Makerspace Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.davismakerspace.org > https://lists.davismakerspace.org/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bibliophiletwo at gmail.com Wed Jul 20 20:40:52 2022 From: bibliophiletwo at gmail.com (bibliophiletwo at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 13:40:52 -0700 Subject: [dms-discuss] Fwd: Updates on the future of Hacker Lab References: <2d3bf002bc3a7feefad053d90.52d6d21a74.20220720165930.0e1ca32be7.b5633f05@mail104.atl91.mcsv.net> Message-ID: <75C44F0D-E8E2-4C40-8092-D67A3A5DAAFF@gmail.com> Sad news today from Sacramento Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Hacker Lab > Date: July 20, 2022 at 10:01:19 AM PDT > To: Bill > Subject: Updates on the future of Hacker Lab > Reply-To: Hacker Lab > > ? > View this email in your browser > > When Hacker Lab started 10 years ago as a tiny office across from Gunther's Ice Cream, no one completely envisioned what it would become. We were a small group of makers, coders, hackers, creatives, and entrepreneurs drawn together by a mutual desire to form our own community and create -- and that we did. > > Many have come and gone, but all have made an impact - none of the work has been shouldered by one person alone. From the initial buildout of the I st, Rocklin, R st, and Rancho Cordova locations, to hosting meetups, mixers, teaching classes, and just hanging out in the space, the members of Hacker Lab are what made it ascend from space to community. > > With that community mindset & in the interest of transparency, we are extremely sad to announce the cessation of Makerspace operations at Hacker Lab over the coming months. The exact details are still in the works, however we are committed to facilitating as smooth of a transition as possible. > > The reality is, our organization is unsustainable in its current form. Our revenue streams over the years have been a mix of membership, ticket sales, and office rentals, but heavily reliant on grants and partnerships. At present, without a significant investor, major partnership, or direct injection of funds, our runway is not long enough to make the changes necessary for building long-term self-reliance. > > Hacker Lab will live on as an organization in some capacity to further its mission of empowering our community members through educational programs & resources, but the bulk of Makerspace & Coworking space operations at our current location will be winding down. > > The details that we've settled on so far are: > Cessation of onboarding of new members & renewals of existing membership billing immediately. > Working with those who have purchased extended memberships to prorate & refund. > Continuing existing scheduled & ticketed classes through July 30th. > Member self-serve access will cease end-of-day on July 30th. > Begin liquidating equipment, parties interested in purchasing specific equipment can reach out to contact at hackerlab.org . > Space open to members in a limited capacity while staffed, estimating Aug 1-5, 9am-5pm. Closed to most members end of day Aug 5th. > Tentative Garage Sale date(s) Fri Aug 5th 9am-5pm, & Saturday Aug 6th 8am-2pm. Keep an eye on your email for details. > Space open for office, cage, & locker holders the following week as well, estimating Aug 8-Aug 12th, 9am-5pm, closed after that. > Contact Hacker Lab via contact at hackerlab.org if you are an office/storage renter who needs to make additional arrangements. > > We understand that there are many in the space who utilize our equipment for their private businesses and we are not blind to the hardships our closing may cause, but we need to be transparent about our situation & prefer this option to confidently burning our runway right to the end. > > We are absolutely open to exploring backed options alternative to closing down in-person operations, and interested parties may reach out to Gina or Nile. That said, barring any major offers or opportunities, we will be proceeding with the above timeline. > > Regardless of the immediate future, we are proud of Hacker Lab's run thus far. The last few years have been hard on many (to understate), and we feel privileged to have weathered them as well as we have. We're genuinely thankful for the amazing community of folks who have invested themselves into this space, and consistently humbled by the talented & hard working creatives who've been a part of it. > > In the tradition of relying on the remarks of those more eloquent than ourselves to provide comfort in times of change, we choose to meditate on the words of the 90?s band Semisonic in reminding ourselves that ?every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.? > > It is our hope that we've made a fraction of the impact upon you as that which you have on us; and if we are to leave you with just one sincere closing sentiment it would be this: Thank you. > > - All of us at Hacker Lab > > > > > > > > Copyright ? 2022 Hacker Lab, All rights reserved. > You signed up, came in for a tour, or attended an event. > > Our mailing address is: > Hacker Lab > 2533 R Street, Suite 120 > Sacramento, CA 95816 > > Add us to your address book > > > Want to change how you receive these emails? > You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cordial.emily at gmail.com Wed Jul 20 22:33:46 2022 From: cordial.emily at gmail.com (Emily Schleiner) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 15:33:46 -0700 Subject: [dms-discuss] Fwd: Updates on the future of Hacker Lab In-Reply-To: <75C44F0D-E8E2-4C40-8092-D67A3A5DAAFF@gmail.com> References: <2d3bf002bc3a7feefad053d90.52d6d21a74.20220720165930.0e1ca32be7.b5633f05@mail104.atl91.mcsv.net> <75C44F0D-E8E2-4C40-8092-D67A3A5DAAFF@gmail.com> Message-ID: Thanks for sharing, Bill! Sad that they can't sustain their space. I wonder if they would like to sell us any equipment that we could use at the library space? On Wed, Jul 20, 2022, 1:41 PM wrote: > Sad news today from Sacramento > > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* Hacker Lab > *Date:* July 20, 2022 at 10:01:19 AM PDT > *To:* Bill > *Subject:* *Updates on the future of Hacker Lab* > *Reply-To:* Hacker Lab > > ? We have a sad announcement to make. > View this email in your browser > > > > When Hacker Lab started 10 years ago as a tiny office across from > Gunther's Ice Cream, no one completely envisioned what it would become. We > were a small group of makers, coders, hackers, creatives, and entrepreneurs > drawn together by a mutual desire to form our own community and create -- > and that we did. > > Many have come and gone, but all have made an impact - none of the work > has been shouldered by one person alone. From the initial buildout of the > I st, Rocklin, R st, and Rancho Cordova locations, to hosting meetups, > mixers, teaching classes, and just hanging out in the space, the members of > Hacker Lab are what made it ascend from space to community. > > With that community mindset & in the interest of transparency, we are > extremely sad to announce the cessation of Makerspace operations at Hacker > Lab over the coming months. The exact details are still in the works, > however we are committed to facilitating as smooth of a transition as > possible. > > The reality is, our organization is unsustainable in its current form. > Our revenue streams over the years have been a mix of membership, ticket > sales, and office rentals, but heavily reliant on grants and partnerships. > At present, without a significant investor, major partnership, or direct > injection of funds, our runway is not long enough to make the changes > necessary for building long-term self-reliance. > > Hacker Lab will live on as an organization in some capacity to further its > mission of empowering our community members through educational programs & > resources, but the bulk of Makerspace & Coworking space operations at our > current location will be winding down. > > The details that we've settled on so far are: > > - Cessation of onboarding of new members & renewals of existing > membership billing immediately. > - Working with those who have purchased extended memberships to > prorate & refund. > - Continuing existing scheduled & ticketed classes through July 30th. > - Member self-serve access will cease end-of-day on July 30th. > - Begin liquidating equipment, parties interested in purchasing > specific equipment can reach out to contact at hackerlab.org . > - Space open to members in a limited capacity while staffed, > estimating Aug 1-5, 9am-5pm. Closed to most members end of day Aug 5th. > - Tentative Garage Sale date(s) Fri Aug 5th 9am-5pm, & Saturday Aug > 6th 8am-2pm. Keep an eye on your email for details. > - Space open for office, cage, & locker holders the following week as > well, estimating Aug 8-Aug 12th, 9am-5pm, closed after that. > - Contact Hacker Lab via contact at hackerlab.org if you are an > office/storage renter who needs to make additional arrangements. > > > We understand that there are many in the space who utilize our equipment > for their private businesses and we are not blind to the hardships our > closing may cause, but we need to be transparent about our situation & > prefer this option to confidently burning our runway right to the end. > > We are absolutely open to exploring backed options alternative to closing > down in-person operations, and interested parties may reach out to Gina or > Nile. That said, barring any major offers or opportunities, we will be > proceeding with the above timeline. > > Regardless of the immediate future, we are proud of Hacker Lab's run thus > far. The last few years have been hard on many (to understate), and we > feel privileged to have weathered them as well as we have. We're genuinely > thankful for the amazing community of folks who have invested themselves > into this space, and consistently humbled by the talented & hard working > creatives who've been a part of it. > > In the tradition of relying on the remarks of those more eloquent than > ourselves to provide comfort in times of change, we choose to meditate on > the words of the 90?s band Semisonic in reminding ourselves that ?every new > beginning comes from some other beginning's end.? > > It is our hope that we've made a fraction of the impact upon you as that > which you have on us; and if we are to leave you with just one sincere > closing sentiment it would be this: Thank you. > > - All of us at Hacker Lab > > [image: Facebook] > > [image: Twitter] > > [image: Website] > > [image: Instagram] > > [image: LinkedIn] > > [image: Email] > *Copyright ? 2022 Hacker Lab, All rights reserved.* > You signed up, came in for a tour, or attended an event. > > *Our mailing address is:* > Hacker Lab > 2533 R Street, Suite 120 > Sacramento, CA 95816 > > Add us to your address book > > > > Want to change how you receive these emails? > You can update your preferences > > or unsubscribe from this list > . > > > _______________________________________________ > Davis Makerspace Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.davismakerspace.org > https://lists.davismakerspace.org/listinfo/discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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