Space Requirements

2014-05-07T19:11:30Z

Hfinkels: /* Food Not Bombs */

What are your absolute minimal space requirements (eg; large equipment to move, a closed lab to build, rehearsals to reserve shared space for)? How does your collective intend / desire to use the shared spaces available? What are your "nice-to-haves" with regards to space requirements?

=sudo room=
==minimal requirements include==
* BART is close by
* Disability / wheelchair access
* Vehicle parking (motor and human-powered) is possible.
* Bathroom
* Sink (at least one, but preferably outside of bathroom)
* Late access (preferably 24 hour)
* Ability to make some noise (at least event noise)
* Internet
* Electricity
* Security and privacy (e.g. not a hallway or shared access with other tenants we don't know).
* Landlord must either support the idea or be agnostic to it--not against.
==shared space==
sudo room, in its current incarnation, hosts regular meetups, classes, workshops and events. some of these events and classes are conducted in collaboration with the Bay Area Public School. we would like to utilize the shared spaces for occasional talks, music/talent events, and meetups that cannot adequetely take place in the back room, and are willing and able to work it out with the rest of y'all.
==nice to have==
* Roof access
* Vehicle parking (motor and human-powered) is readily available and secure or private.
* BART is ''extremely'' close.
* Landlord ''loves us''.
* Combined residential zoning / accommodation.
* Proximity to other groups doing interesting things that we can collaborate or cross-pollinate with (like Bay Area Public School)

=Counter Culture Labs=
==minimal requirements include==
* under 2000 sq ft (larger ok but we will need partners)
* $0.50 - 1.25/sq ft
* 3 phase power, 125 amps
* Mass transit accessible
* Good landlord (we can mod things where nec)
* ADA accessible
* Sunshine!!
* Subdividable
* Sink(s) multiple is best
* Door (multiple is best)
* Common space
* Dust/particulate free(ish)

==shared space==
* classroom for classes of 10-50 people and up, with video conferencing
* kitchen access for food science classes and experiments (beer/wine/kombucha brewing, molecular gastronomy, ...)

==nice to have==
* unlimited supply of Narwhal cheese!
* ADA accessibility for basement (for classes)

=Hacker Spa=
==minimal requirements include==
*Room or section of larger room for social space
*Room or section of larger room for body workers
*Room or section of larger room for changing + lockers
*Access to existing hot tub/shower room
*Easy access to restrooms

==shared space==

Education is part of Hacker Spa's mission. While some smaller/intimate events could be held in the space, other larger events such as mindfullness workshops, nutrition lectures, yoga classes, etc. would be held in various common areas. Our area could also be open for use by other collectives who want more intimate space.

==nice to have==
*2 arge rooms with doos/sound seperation (one for social, one or quiet)
*2 - 4 small rooms for body workers
*2 showers / changing areas
*1 reception area
=Bay Area Public School=
==minimal requirements include==
* Small classroom with a door
* Schedule-able public event and class spaces
* Some ADA accessible space

==shared space==

==nice to have==

=Live Space=
==minimal requirements include==
* The Disco Room
* Access to the Ballroom once a month for a one-night SALTA event
* Access to the Ballroom for 9 weekends per year for performances (thurs-sun 4pm-midnight)
* ok to make noise in the Disco Room
* ADA accessible
* Ability to move all the furniture out of the Ballroom for performances in order to make open space
* Laying marlee down in the Disco Room
* Windows & Light!

==shared space==

==nice to have==

=Oakland Nights Live=
==minimal requirements include==
* Performance space that can fit 200 audience members on 2nd Saturday of the month.
* Storage space for 2 large trunks, plus smaller boxes.
* Space for approximately 3 evening meetings every month, currently on Monday nights at around 6:30. Meetings are fine to be in an open, public space.

==shared space==

==nice to have==

=Timeless Infinite Light=
==minimal requirements include==

An office with a door that locks and common use space for letterpress equipment (possibly in the basement)

==shared space==
We would like to contribute to a larger "Means of production" common area by setting up letterpress equipment near other large equipment and work tables

==nice to have==
a membership to the Spa

=Food Not Bombs=
We are salivating over the prospect of having a walk-in freezer! We also need pantry storage that is reasonably easy to access. And we have a grant for an industrial-sized refrigerator, but we do not have a place to put one, so we would like to have a place for that.

==Minimum Requirements==
* Refrigerated and un-refrigerated storage space.
** FNB has a small grant to buy a fridge or freezer.
* Pick-up / drop-off route to storage space.

==shared space==

==nice to have==
* Access to walk-in freezer
* Kitchen space
* Meeting space

=The Commons=
in order to represent our mutual, common interest, let's also specify our minimum requirements for the commons between us.

==Minimum Requirements==
* ''some'' well-lit (natural) space
* ''some'' quiet space
* ''some'' space for seating
* shower
* restrooms, sufficient for space usage.
* kitchen space
* eating space
* event space
* multiple classroom / presentation spaces

==nice to have==

Food Not Bombs

2014-05-07T19:03:20Z

Hfinkels:

Food Not Bombs is an all-volunteer collective dedicated to creating a world based on cooperation, sharing and sustainability. We see that there is plenty of food produced, but it is not distributed equitably. We recover healthful, nutritious, vegetarian food that would otherwise be discarded, and cook and serve it to people in immediate need. We are an alternative food distribution network intent on building a sustainable community food-sharing program.

Food Not Bombs was formed in Boston in 1980 by activists in the anti-nuclear movement. It has blossomed into a world-wide grassroots political movement of over 200 autonomous collectives, sharing our unifying principles of non-violence, consensus decision-making and vegetarianism.

East Bay Food Not Bombs started in February, 1991, with people from Seeds of Peace, Copwatch, and the Berkeley Free Clinic pitching in to get it going. We began serving food in People’s Park, Lafayette Park, and at anti-Gulf War rallies. By the beginning of that summer the Gulf War had ended, and all hell broke loose in People’s Park. That historic piece of land in Berkeley became our focus.

We still serve five days a week all year at People’s Park, in addition to two meals in Oakland. On Saturday, we do a food give away of our surplus food, and fresh-picked farmers market donatations at Oldman’s Park at ~12th and Jefferson in Oakland.

By giving away free food ion public, Food Not Bombs brings the hungry and poor into the public eye, calling attention to our society that spends billions on unconscionable wars, but fails to provide basic necessities to its members.

We cook in solidarity with other progressive groups at countless demonstrations, cultural events, and gatherings over the years, including recently, Anti-war efforts in the streets, CopWatch events, Biodiesel Collective Benefits, Reclaim the Streets, Mayday, Critical Resistance and events speaking to the insidious nature of the prison-industrial complex. Planners of the event will often ask us to provide snacks, a meal, or more. Sometimes, if there’s a demo for a cause that’s close to our hearts we’ll just show up with a pot of hot food or bagels and lemonade.

Starving artists, poor radicals, punks, homeless people, mothers with young children, college students, Berkeley tourists, and even local storekeepers eat with us. For more than twelve years East Bay Food Not Bombs has enjoyed the support of the community, and seldom has been hassled by the police.

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