The news: We got keys and are authorised to conduct an "agressive site survey", while we await final drafts of the lease agreement. In other words, Steve, Niall and I made a dent in the gardening this afternoon and started moving stuff over tentatively! Looking forward to tomorrow, hope we can get a good atmosphere going. We've got water, disposable food gear, zirtek, and I'll pack a nespresso for the capsules we got in Lidl. We also have some paint and garden equipment, and a generator in case we need electricity. What we're missing, if you can bring it: * Your own weight in water, because the building's not plumbed; seriously. * Hand and face wipes, for the reason above. * Camera, for documenting our process for social media etcetera; this isn't frivolous, we need to show progress to get people interested and prove that we're good at keeping a buzz going. So, bring your smartphones and get snap-happy! * Hoover for manky carpets * Speakers, for muzak I'll aim to be in early, but parenting responsibilities and arranging transport to child-minding will likely mean I'll be there ~10am. I'll have to skip off again ~1:00 for more parenting, then back again ~2:30 for a more prolonged span. The jollity can commence and continue without me, however; talk to Steve and Niall. Also, if you have donatives or stone-soup-style labware to bring, feel free! Provided it doesn't need to be sterile, or isn't sensitive to dust, because we've got to iron all that out. Finally, if you only have time to call in and say hi, then do that! Ye should all have a chance to see what we're working with first-hand. You'll be impressed, I think; this building is big enough and interesting enough for our ambitions! Looking forward, Cathal On 23/07/14 14:39, sean O Callaghan wrote: > Hi Cathal, > Good luck with the meeting tomorrow - I look forward to > hearing the good news > > Regards, > Sean > > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Cathal Garvey <cathalgarvey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> wrote: > >> Hello friends and colleagues, >> As I am occasionally wont, this message goes out to several lists and >> BCC'd persons who have expressed interest, but the "discussion" will >> take place on the Cork Biomakerspace (Fórma) mailing list. You can join >> here, if you so please: >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/corkbiomakerspace >> >> So: Bill and I will be meeting with Niall and Paul from Cork City >> Council this Thursday morning, a meeting that is expected to take some >> time to complete. All going well, we'll be emerging from the meeting >> with the keys to Grattan House and the ability to move in, get a lab >> going, and start doing great science. >> >> I'd like to start this Friday, so that those of us who are carrying the >> torch to Dublin Maker have a story to tell people up yonder; if you can >> make it and help out, (possibly with working kitchen ware, garden >> equipment, furniture, or lab equipment to contribute?) I'd love to see >> you there. If it goes as planned expect me to be going straight in >> Friday morning and spending the day shuttling my own equipment into the >> lab. I'll be bringing drinking water, as ought ye all, as the building >> may not be connected to mains water supply yet and the pipes are >> probably crusty in any case. I'll probably also bring (but can't leave >> there) a nespresso and some aldi capsules to keep us superhuman. >> >> To help me plan the day's shuttling and lab occupancy (and childcare if >> need be), please let me know which times suit you. Below is a Doodle >> with 2-hr time-slots; click all that you can or are planning to attend. >> Because I know some persons on these lists don't like to talk or commit >> publicly, this is a closed Doodle; only I can see the results! >> http://doodle.com/maqg284cy6ym8tf5 >> >> If you have anything relevant you feel the lab could use, bring it! >> Don't ask. If you're not sure, by all means poke me, but as things stand >> we have *nothing* and need *everything*. If it works, and an unfurnished >> community biolab with basic kitchen and garden could make use of it, >> bring it! >> >> Thanks and looking forward to seeing you there, >> Cathal >> >> -- >> T: @onetruecathal, @IndieBBDNA >> P: +353876363185 >> W: http://indiebiotech.com >> > -- T: @onetruecathal, @IndieBBDNA P: +353876363185 W: http://indiebiotech.com
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