[sudo-discuss] Fwd: Planning for the Future of the Oakland Tool Lending Library

[Andrew]

The Oakland Tool Lending Library is awesome! We used them a bunch when we
were building The Vagabond Ballroom. I'm also really interested in this
plan to attach a maker space.

Here's a couple ideas:

1. Is there city money for funding educational resources that could be used
to cover the initial cost of starting the maker space portion of this
project?
2. Is there an existing non-profit that would like to become an umbrella
organization for the space?

--Andrew


On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Eddan Katz <eddan at clear.net> wrote:

> If anyone has some thoughts/ideas about the Oakland Tool Lending Library,
> especially in regards to the possibilities for an attached community
> center/maker space - let me know.
>
>
> sent from eddan.com
>
>
> *From:* "jon eldan" <eldanj at yahoo.com>
> *Date:* September 26, 2013, 9:33:12 AM PDT
> *To:* Eddan Katz <eddan at eddan.com>
> *Subject:* *Planning for the Future of the Oakland Tool Lending Library*
> *Reply-To:* jon eldan <eldanj at yahoo.com>
>
> Eddan,
>
> As I mentioned on our call yesterday, the library administrator and the
> office of At Large City Council Member Rebecca Kaplan have agreed to work
> with the Friends of the Tool Lending Library toward making a budget
> request from the City Council in January for a one-time expenditure to fund
> the expansion, or expansion and relocation, of the Tool Lending Library
> (TLL), in order to resolve the long-standing space, access and capacity
> issues with the TLL.
>
> To do that, we will need a concrete proposal (with budget numbers) that
> (1) addresses the current and future needs of the TLL (and possibly a
> community classroom/work space), and (2) identifies a specific City
> building (assuming a move) and the work necessary to make it ready to house
> the TLL.
>
> I along with some other members of the Friends of the Tool Lending Library
> are taking the lead on drafting a report that identifies the TLL's current
> and future needs and priorities, gathers community input, and makes a
> strong case for why we need to increase access and capacity.
>
> The library administration will work with the City's Real Estate
> Department to identify a space based on the criteria we have provided
> previously (1200-1500 square feet at ground level for easy access, with
> parking and reasonably close to a freeway and transit lines), and determine
> the cost of readying that space.
>
> One of the ways we could increase the value of this resource without
> necessarily increasing initial or ongoing costs to the City would be to
> relocate to a space large enough to accommodate an expanded TLL (1200-1500
> square feet), and also a complimentary space that could house a community
> classroom and/or a community work space/maker space.  My thinking is that
> the latter operation might be run by a non-profit organization, rather than
> the City (which presumably does not have the resources to take on and
> manage a work space).
>
> I note that I have discussed this last idea - a work space/maker space -
> in a City-owned building - only casually with city officials and the
> library administration.  While it always elicits a positive reaction, we
> have not sought nor received any official approval or interest.
>
>  ...
>
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