<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Stewart Dickson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mathartspd@gmail.com" target="_blank">mathartspd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Re: "Mostly things got done and fueled by influxes of resources"<br><br><bias><flame><br>To me, this sounds like too much influence from a D.O.E National Lab.<br>I spent three years at Oak Ridge. Even when there was an influx of resources<br>
the first thing they did was sit on the money. It made my head explode.<br></flame><br><br>At the Makerspace Urbana/Independent Media Center, things get done when there<br>are awesome, passionate, energetic volunteers with a sense of investment and ownership<br>
in the organization. When those people leave, it is difficult to get the newcomers<br>invested and to the place where they want to step forward and get things done.<br></bias><br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>
I spoke a bit sloppily. Mostly people would come in with their entourage of resources for their individual projects, but not as much was given directly to the concept and vision of the space itself. That's part of why sf_x failed, IMO. </div>
<div><br></div><div>mark</div><div><br></div></div>