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Clubhouse planning
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Mon, 7 Feb 2000 01:28:36 GMT
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I have been meaning to ask this for a while...
For our upcomming meetings:
What would you all think about meeting at the Museum of Industry in Waltham?
From TCS, it's just across the river (north) nearer the T stop. About 3 blocks
away. There is parking lot and parking garage there.
TCS held a few LEGO Mindstorms Users meetings there (long time ago) in a little
stepped lecture area. We took turns showing off our models. There was a board
for writing on, a few tables, and electric outlets. I believe it was free to use
that space. But would have to ask to be sure. We could investigate.
Elsewhere in the museum building are large, sparse meeting rooms, and a new
computer lab for public access to the internet. So the place is wired. If you
drive by, it's at the far end of the big brick block that looks like an old
factory with gigantic windows, on TCS side of Moody St.
Thinking longer term:
At the same place, does anyone here know: are there are inexpensive (artist
studio) rentals available in the larger building? It would be a jammin'
clubhouse location (IMHO). Central spot west of Boston, access to T, to LEGO
supplies, food and beer, and a nearby "AFOL attraction," TCS. (Advantage being:
simplicity for out-of-towners to visit us and the LEGO-yum-yum-store in one
trip.)
Rules for that type of rental MAY include: no use as residence, proof of
purpose, no animals, non-commercial?, low income? etc. Should be lockable and
have running water, phone, maintenance elevator. Different from traditional
office rental in its low-grade interior and less than fancy access route. Some
artist buildings have scheduled "open studios" advertised for the community to
see work going on.
If not Waltham, I think we could consider such an option in other factory towns.
We'd have to research it a lot more. And of course, it would be much nicer to
get a free space where we could leave things safely.
Please add any ideas/info to this thread if you can.
-Suz.
Off topic: An interesting urban pattern to note. Artists consistently find and
work in the soon-to-be cool parts of town -- until they're driven out by the
mainstream. In Boston recently it was the Fort Point Channel area. (South
Station to the World Trade cntr.) But I hear rent there has now upped
significantly.
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| (...) Sounds worth lookin' into. The BU conference room works fine (and of course, is terribly convenient for me) but it'd be supercool to have a permanent space. (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
| | | Re: Clubhouse planning
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| (...) This sounds great to me. It sounds like it would be a larger space which we need and its a great location. (...) I appoligize for the brevity of my response but I am feeling very under the weather at the moment and am not thinking completely (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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