[hackerspaces] Dear hackerspaces, bad news

[Florencia Edwards]

I think the owner wanted to make something that was half a techshop and
half a makerspace
El 16/03/2014 15:14, "Randall G. Arnold" <randall.arnold at texrat.net>
escribió:

>   dosman nailed it.
>
>  Tarrant Makers leadership came together in the usual organic fashion, and
> at first we were polarized over purpose.  Some of us felt building
> community first was most important (and even absolutely necessary), while
> others on our initial board sarcastically dismissed the very concept of
> community and wanted to rush out and whip up a makerspace out of...
> whatever.
>
>  Over time the people who were impatient and didn't grasp the importance
> of community fell by the wayside... and the rest of us developed bylaws,
> best practices, plans and all of the other administrating gunk that we hate
> messing with but realize has to be done.
>
>  So today we have a strong, grassroots 501(c)3 focused on educating our
> membership and helping cultivate employment opportunities for them,
> conventional or otherwise.  Meanwhile some other local ventures that tried
> the beg-and-build approach have failed.
>
>  Sure, we were slow in developing (government shutdown sure didn't help--
> held up our 501) but I believe we're well-positioned now to fulfill our
> purpose.  We're gaining sponsors and working on grant opportunities.  And
> so far, all on a 100% volunteer basis.
>
>  Shoutout: MANY thanks to participants on this list and especially Dallas
> Makerspace for the guidance and inspiration!
>
>  Randy Arnold
>  Tarrant Makers
>  http://tarrantmakers.org
>
> > On March 16, 2014 at 2:02 PM dosman <dosman at packetsniffers.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > If your "core team" is already doing most of the work then remove the
> external craziness from the equation. Go do your own thing and don't rely
> on someone who can pull the rug out from under you. That's the best thing
> you guys can do. This time pay closer attention to the design patterns,
> pretty much every example of fail in there comes from hard learned lessons.
> Lastly, don't forget that the most important part of a hackerspace is the
> people. Space, tools, etc. all comes second. Anyone who throws out the
> people has no idea what they are doing obviously.
> >
> >
> > On Mar 16, 2014, at 2:36 PM, Florencia Edwards wrote:
> >
> > > I saw before, thanks. Please more opinions, we need moral support
> > >
> > >
> > > 2014-03-16 14:23 GMT-04:00 Cecilia Tanaka <cecilia.tanaka at gmail.com>:
> > > On Mar 16, 2014 2:32 PM, "Florencia Edwards" <floev22 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> hahaha what's a clusterfuck?
> > >
> > > < http://pt.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clusterfuck>
> > > http://pt.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clusterfuck
> > >
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