Infoshop

Among our various groups we have a fantastic library and a ton of writers. A community-accessible infoshop is a natural fit for the south side of the library (the three small rooms parallel to sudo room). Beyond a well-organized library, solicitation of zines from Oakland and beyond, and comfy chairs for reading, the Omni Infoshop/ZineLab could include a participatory twist with the following features:
 * a printing and documentation station for zine-making (ZineLab),
 * a public terminal for adding to OaklandWiki and designing layouts,
 * a bookscanner for digitizing and preserving publications.
 * a table with art supplies for analog and collaborative sketching and brainstorming.

=Tasks= If this idea manifests, these are some of the tasks that would need to be completed in order to begin operations:
 * decide where printing station should go and what equipment we need,
 * organize existing library in appropriate categories (research how other infoshops organize their library shelves),
 * solicit donations of awesome zines,
 * set up public terminal inset in one of the shelves or against the slice of wallspace as you walk in,
 * solicit donation or raise funds for a bookscanner,
 * volunteer scheduling system so we can keep the ZineLab open at all times,
 * set up classes for training on how to use the equipment to make books and zines,
 * set up a Gittip for weekly donations to fund maintenance of the bookscanner, zine-making materials, and all extra toward the Omni (dynamic rent).

=Interested Volunteers=
 * Jenny
 * you?

=Feedback= Can be a simple +1, explanation of why this is a terrible idea, alternative suggestion, constructive criticism. If you want to add to the idea, just edit the vision/tasks or start a new section above!
 * feed me