Waiting list at the Asylum is only for rental space; we could accept another 30 - 50 general members if there were interested folks, more during the daytime. Storage rental does not currently have a waiting list last time I checked.
Drew Van Zandt Artisan's Asylum Craft Lead, Electronics & Robotics Cam # US2010035593 (M:Liam Hopkins R: Bastian Rotgeld) Domain Coordinator, MA-003-D. Masquerade aVST On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Tom Metro <[email protected]> wrote: > Federico Lucifredi wrote: >> I doubt the Asylum and Techshop can make do with the local audience. >> Happy to be proved wrong, however :) > > I posted the same news blurb to the AA Discuss list, where it spurred a > fair bit of discussion. A few interesting things mentioned: > > -TechShop is for-profit, AA is not; > -TechShop is mostly tools; AA has rental space and more emphasis on > community; > -AA has a waiting list for rental spaces, so the demand exceeds what AA > can supply right now; Not sure if that only applies to rental space; > -Several people expressed an interest in a hackerspace on the South side > of Boston; > -AA management seemed to welcome some friendly competition and an > expansion of the makerspace community. > > >> The most obvious way for them now would be to purchase/partner with >> the Asylum, rather than compete. > > I think independent, friendly competition is the better way to go. They > can collaborate on events, like fairs. > > If I was them, I'd locate in one of the depressed mill towns between the > 128 and 495 belt. There are probably some that still have cheap mill > buildings available (although many have been converted to modern office > space). Pick a town with an existing artisan community. > > -Tom > > _______________________________________________ > Hardwarehacking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
