Ideas

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Structure

How the hackerspace is managed

Form a corporation to hold money
Establish a bank account
Become a 501c3 non profit educational organization
- ~~Costs ($300)1~~
- Cost: $750 based on 5 year projection
~~decide on officers and start paperwork~~
- Officers are decided, paperwork started
~~Decide on dues~~
- ~~All same price $$~~
- Dues decided: $50 normal, $35 + 6hrs required time donation w/ student discount
Members sign agreement to bylaws and insurance
Pay through PayPal
- Done: Setup 11/24 for donations paypal@interlockroc.org
~~Decide whether to create a holding company for dues prior to 501(c)(3) completion~~
- Incorporation papers submitted on 11/25/09
Gather focus groups (e.g. home brewing, print screeners, photographers, network security) see classes
newsletter (blog, email, whatever)

We need a way to determine who has access to what (no system should be accessible to only a single administrator)
W also need a secure way to share login information
- PGP/GPG is a popular option but OS X support is severely lacking

Weekly open house
Flash mobs
Computer repair clinic
LAN parties
Parts swap
Group partnerships
- Rochester 2600
- Rochester Hackers
- Make Club
- OWASP
Geeky art exhibitions and gallery
Bike rides
Trips to nearby hackerspaces
Rake leaves
Kids robotic group
Bike repair
Computer repair
We sponsor events
United Rochester Hackers Convention(Multi-group uber meeting with OWASP, SPARSA, Geek Rochester, Pythonistas, Rochester Hackers, Rochester 2600, Make Club)
Lightning talks - 5 minutes to talk on one subject and move on

Programming
- Python
- Perl
- Ruby
- JAVA
- C++
Soldering
Arduino
Bookbinding? (Brian B. knows a bit about this)
3d printing, CNC routing, Pen plotter tinkering
Screen Printing
Homebrewing (beer)?
Bike repair and modding (Spoke POV kits, DIY headlamps)
DIY Instruments (cigar box ukulele, diy piezo pickups, theremins)
Photography
- controlling dSLRs via computers
- writing scripts for CHDK
- alternate firmware for many point and shoot digicams
Consumer router "hacking" (dd-wrt or tomato firmware flashing, how to optimize settings for your bittorrenting pleasure)
Programming in Processing, and interfacing with the Arduino
Welding
Amateur radio related topics
Network Security/Forensics
Visual Data Analysis Secviz.org
Linux (maybe partner with the Linux User Group of Rochester (LUGOR)
Learning about home renovation projects
Kids hardware classes (bristlebots)
Metasploit
VMware

breadboards
projector
servers
- xserve (want ---- BW 19:07, 27 November 2009 (UTC))
rack
monitors
computers and computer accessories
propane and propane accessories (blow torches etc)
bittorrent tracker
SILC/IRC server - I am willing to donate this. ---- BW 00:20, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
workbenches w/ power strips and good lighting
Reprap (more of a want than a need)
Laser Cutter (more of a lust...)
TF2/LFD/LFD2 Server? (Def more of a lust)
small drill press
tools
- soldering irons
CNC machine
Circuit fabrication equipment
Test equipment... tone generators, oscilloscopes, multimeters

grill
beer
dark room
lockers, or other (secure) storage spaces
utility sink
bike parking
crash pad for powernaps (comfy [expensive] furniture from Studio One Up)
robotic pet for artificial companionship
spray booth
big ol' whiteboard (DIY with plexiglass or Dry erase paint)
refrigerator
Commercial Grade coffee maker (possibly one of these, or at least one of these. Alternatively this) Keep in mind that the Keurig has a higher per-cup cost, wheras the Bunn units are dirt cheap, after the initial outlay of a lot of money. --Fvox13 06:15, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Bookshelves... people can donate books, but we'll have to set some guidelines or well get a whole room full of "Windows 95 for dummies" and other useless titles