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= Frequently Asked Questions = | = Frequently Asked Questions = | ||
== Do we really need to expand? == | |||
It's a judgment call, but there are a few arguments for further expansion. | |||
First of all it needs to be pointed out that every time we moved or expanded the space, our community grew along with it and quickly filled the available space. (We last expanded in January 2011 to double our space, and within a year already filled that space.) | |||
There are a number of things we can't currently do in our current space: | |||
* We can't hold workshops with more than 15 people | |||
* We can't set up any new infrastructure that requires a lot of space (such as more workbenches in the workshop) | |||
* We can't accommodate project work that requires a lot of space | |||
There's an argument to make that more space would also address some of our social problems: | |||
* We're now at a community size where not everyone knows everyone else any more, and certain social mechanisms stop working; for example some people may feel that tools get abused, or workspace does not get cleaned up, and it's not clear who was the culprit. | |||
* One way of coping with such a large community is to start segmenting it into subgroups, something we're already doing (biohackers, music hackspace, graphics hackspace, ...) | |||
* In a perfect world we would be able to give each larger subgroup their own space (for example their own room), and the ability to run it as they see fit (to set up their own rules for tool access, maintenance, etc); to re-introduce a sense of ownership. | |||
* Our current space in Cremer St does not accommodate such a subdivision. A larger space would help. | |||
== How will we finance a move? == | == How will we finance a move? == | ||
