also, if you guys want to take over a dorkbot night that'd be cool. We meet the 1st weds of each month, and thanks to Josh Kopel's influence we've had some very succesful workshop nights. We ahve access to the theatre and the workshop room at 911 Media Arts center for such evenings.
Usually about 50-70 people show up for workshop nights. it'd be a good way to find more likeminded folks. Shelly On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Robert Eickmann <[email protected]> wrote: > > Giraffe Labs is dead, long live Saturday House! Viva La Sábado Casa! > > Ryan - Just becuse Giraffe Labs is going away doesn't mean that > Saturday House is going to. > > And you and the others working on the reactable project have other > options for working on the project, including the new mobilized > Saturday House, 911 Seattle Media Arts Center is hosting open hacking > days on Saturdays now, (http://911media.org ) A project doesn't need > to die just because of a random factor like a space going away. > > -Rob > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Calvin Freitas > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow, that is abrupt, but thanks for letting us know. I'll be sad to see > it > > go, but I also recognize that change is good and I'm hoping it'll be a > > catalyst to for something new. > > Cal > > > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Brian Dorsey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Everyone, > >> > >> Apologies for the late notice, but we've decided to close Giraffe Labs. > >> > >> This is an abrupt change for Saturday House, but I hope it will end up > >> working out well. The windowless space isn't very appealing to hang > >> out in anyway - especially with summer coming up. > >> > >> So, I guess I'm adding another topic to the agenda for the gathering > >> on the 25th. ;) > >> > >> I'm also going to step back, and won't be leading a search for a new > >> space. Hopefully someone else (you?) will look around a bit. > >> > >> Or maybe we move back to meeting in parks and living rooms for a while? > :) > >> > >> Take care, > >> -Brian > >> > >> > >> Here is what I sent to the Giraffe Labs folks: > >> ==================================== > >> Hi everyone! > >> > >> I'm sorry to announce that Giraffe Labs is closing down at the end of > >> the month. > >> > >> It's been a fantastic year, and I'd like to thank each and every one > >> of you for supporting the Labs. We couldn't have done it without you. > >> One of our goals when we started was to meet great people. We have! > >> I'm honored to have met all of you. > >> > >> The decision to close down now was based on a few factors: > >> - Anders moved > >> - dropping membership > >> - absentee management (that's me!) > >> - the lease is up at the end of the month > >> - no windows > >> > >> We're going to host a big party on the 27th, from 5-9pm (ish), please > >> come and celebrate! We will have beer. Rather a lot of it, from what I > >> understand. ;) > >> > >> A couple of housekeeping items: > >> - If you donated items, they're yours! Contact me to coordinate their > >> return. Anything still in the space by the party will be given away to > >> attendees, or to Saturday House. > >> - If you still have keys, please mail them to me, or let's pick a time > >> to meet and hand off. > >> > >> Thanks again for everything! > >> > >> Take care, > >> -Brian > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- I blog, sporadically: http://www.wagglelabs.com/ I Twitter: http://twitter.com/ShellyShelly check out my art: http://shellyfarnham.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
