making makespace march 2013
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My talk about making Makespace from Cambridge Geek Night in March 2013, which was held in MakespaceTRANSCRIPT
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Laura James4th March 2013
Laura James4th March 2013
Hello.
who am i?
who are you?
erm...
anyway, here we are
what is Makespace?
a place...
kit
space
skills
we are two:Makespace community
events
choose kit
run the space
Makespace Cambridge Limited
space
legal
finance
Health & Safety
what is Makespace?
it’s the best bits of
TechShop
hackerspace
co-working space
FabLab
why Makespace?support existing businesses
create new businesses
share wonders of engineering & show people that they can do it too
to have a creative space
to hang out
for events
meet, learn, build, play
what makes Makespace special?
sustainable
inclusive
friendly
safe
good kit
sponsorable!
how did we get here?idea
we built / found a community
3 founders did a bunch of work
the community provided a load of support
Ideaspace helped with seed funding
mentors & supporters kept us going
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2013
you’re here
new members can sign up
it’s not finished
it’s what you make it
it’s what we make it
soft launch done (28th February)
more members...
Grand Opening
guiding principles
guiding principles
the company only exists to enable the community to have Makespace
guiding principles
top priority:that the space is available for use, and that systems are in place to maintain the space.
this is more important than any particular piece of kit
guiding principles
membership subscriptions pay for running costs, and not (capital) equipment
guiding principles
everyone has skin in the game
but...
guiding principles
everyone who wants to be an active member of Makespace should be able to, regardless of financial means
guiding principles
open to everyone, regardless of what they do or who they work for, or whether they are learning or in business or playing
guiding principles
no exceptions on pricing
no exceptions on rules
guiding principles
no land grabs
guiding principles
financially conservative
guiding principles
makespace-ish
lessons learntphysical space is hard
9-5 time
time
patience
persistence
optimism&confidence
prioritise
community
communicate
sustainable
admin, finance & organisation skills
some of the fun
public liability insurance
fire escape route lengths
utility meters and pricing
planning permission
who cleans the toilets
disabled access
who pays for site works
VAT, corporation tax
you’ll need:
a great accountant
a great lawyer
you’ll need:
a great accountant
a great lawyer
let me know if you find either of these
what’s amazing
support from local groups & industry
other makespaces inspired by us!
community, community, community
community is amazing
creating things
donating things
lending things
designing things
building things
painting things
fixing things
organising things
writing things
sharing things
photographing things
talking about things
be part of it
makespace.org
Google group
IRC
HERE! http://makespace.org/signup
thank you
or, rather, thank all our awesome founder members :)
I’m
LBJ.org.uk
@LaurieJ
Photo credits: Tom Oinn, ste5eu, Steve L UK, Digital Flapjack