Todo

Overall ToDo List

• Get more people involved in the discussion (mailing list)
  • Tweet, retweet, post to FB, etc..
  • spread flyers across campus (once students come back)
• Start talking about what we want
• Start looking for acceptable locations
• We need a name and a logo at some point :)
• Begin formal process - start paperwork for a non-profit entity
• Steal Write bylaws, find suckers board members
• Apply for 501.C3 tax exempt status
• Get a space rented under the non-profit entity
• Check on insurance
• Possible disclaimer forms
• Move in!
• Get the joint fixed up to meet our needs (shelving, storage, etc)
• Get people making projects

Name Suggestions

• Bloomington GRID (Group Research for Independent Development)
• sinHack (Southern Indiana Hackerspace)

Once we move into a location

• clean up the place as much as we need
• define areas for different activities (electronics/soldering, welding, ham area, server/rack space, storage areas)
• build shelves and storage
• get work spaces built (desks, work benches, ham shack, tool wall, etc)

Gear to acquire or build

• mini-fridge
• air conditioner
• space heater
• couch, chairs
• tables

• welding outfits - MIG or TIG, and a stick welder
• scrap steel (1/4" and 1/8") from JB salvage
• Laser cutter/etcher
• Rep-Rap rapid prototyper
• hydraulic ironworker for cutting & punching 1/4" and 1/8" steel
• acetylene torch outfit