[hackerspaces] thinking (and talking) about how accessible our spaces are (or aren't)

[Koen Martens]

On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 12:11:45PM +0200, Vicarious wrote:
> Koen: Just an idea.. Repair the elevator? :)

Not a wise idea, for various reasons. The most important that it is 
a pre-war installation that would cost tens of thousands of euro's to
bring up to current safety regulations.

Gr,

Koen

> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Vicarious
> 
> 
> Op 11 sep 2010, om 12:07 heeft Koen Martens het volgende geschreven:
> 
> > On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 06:33:39PM -0400, Leigh Honeywell wrote:
> >> You're getting a bit ahead of what I'm talking about, Loki - the first
> >> step, which most spaces aren't doing, is to spend some time thinking
> >> about the characteristics of your space and how that makes it accessible
> >> / inaccessible - and post that publicly.
> > 
> > I have thought about this a while back, when we moved into our space. And
> > the conclusion is that we are totally not accesible to people in wheelchairs.
> > We have a narrow staircase leading up to the 1st floor, which is our space.
> > 
> > Never thought about chemical fumes, but we don't do much of that in the space
> > anyway. We've got a fablab around the corner :)
> > 
> > We haven't had problems re accesibility yet, but am sure that once it arises
> > we can creatively deal with it. We are a hackerspace after all.
> > 
> > Gr,
> > 
> > Koen
> > 
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