<div dir="ltr">Here are some thoughts on sustainability that I posted recently, based on my experience at i3 Detroit and from talking to members of other spaces: <a href="http://elplatt.com/sustainable-hackerspaces-ftw">http://elplatt.com/sustainable-hackerspaces-ftw</a><div>
<br></div><div style>-Ed</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Al Billings <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:albill@openbuddha.com" target="_blank">albill@openbuddha.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                <div>
                    It is to mine because we're trying to figure out how to be sustainable in the long term and actually offer things to folks here in Oakland. We've been here three years and want to be here ten more. That's hard to do when you rely on single individuals until they burn out. You need to make processes and structures that allow for sustainability. Saying, "Some volunteer will always fix a broken machine or pay the $200 we need for a part" is not sustainable.
                </div><div class="im HOEnZb">
                <div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>Al Billings</div><div><a href="http://www.openbuddha.com" target="_blank">http://www.openbuddha.com</a></div><div><a href="http://makehacklearn.org" target="_blank">http://makehacklearn.org</a></div>
<div><br></div></div>
                 
                </div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><p style="color:#a0a0a8">On Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 11:08 AM, webmind wrote:</p>
                <blockquote type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px;margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px">
                    <span><div style="text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-variant:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;font-size:13px;white-space:normal;font-family:Helvetica;word-spacing:0px">
Or atleast that the article</div><div style="text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-variant:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;font-size:13px;white-space:normal;font-family:Helvetica;word-spacing:0px">
isn't relevant to hackerspaces in general.</div></span>
                 
                 
                 
                 
                </blockquote>
                 
                <div>
                    <br>
                </div>
            </div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
Discuss mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org">Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Edward L. Platt<div><a href="http://elplatt.com" target="_blank">http://elplatt.com</a></div><div><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/users/elplatt" target="_blank">http://civic.mit.edu/users/elplatt</a></div>
<div><a href="http://i3detroit.com" target="_blank">http://i3detroit.com</a></div><div><a href="http://twitter.com/EdwardLPlatt" target="_blank">@EdwardLPlatt</a></div><div><br></div>
</div>