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Re: The Mini-Press Cart

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kristin Kuhn)
Tue Feb 3 17:00:15 2009

In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64L.0902031625430.15310@quick-statalib3.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:59:26 -0500
From: Kristin Kuhn <kkuhn@MIT.EDU>
To: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.mit.edu>
Cc: "Elizabeth Power!" <epower@mit.edu>, apo-tools@mit.edu, apo-svp@mit.edu,
        apo-printshop@mit.edu

I am planning to make/find this outline of what we wish to teach
people, so that is not the problem.

Basically, if Len doesn't want to do it... then we need to find an
active who is knowledgeable enough about tools, who Len trusts to make
the cart the way it needs to be made. The second part is key, there -
I imagine Len already has the cart designed, and it would be
troublesome for someone else to take it and perhaps mess it up...

What actives are tools-y? I think Matt is... anyone else?

We basically just need a tools chair, who is willing to create
aforesaid outline and be pantsful about dealing with this. Who are our
options? Do we even have any?

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Leonard H Tower Jr. <tower@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>   Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:22:43 -0500
>   From: Elizabeth Power! <epower@MIT.EDU>
>
>   so...I've been thinking....
>
>   (1) we need a tools training cause there are a lot of people who want to
>   learn more about building things
>   (2) Len needs people to help build it
>   (3) Building-Things Projects are awesome
>
>   so...
>   we should turn the cart building into a tools training or actual project!
>
>   (and then we can get the extra wood out of the office, and we can take it to
>   activities fairs and get more recruitments, and the world will be a happier
>   place!)
>
> liz
>
> great idea, but
>
> * no one has yet been able to give me an outline of what AX wishes
>  taught during tools training, or even a detailed list of goals
>
> * i don't have the time in the near future to develope such an
>  outline, and get the relevant officers to review it
>
> * it be better for a clued in active to offer tools training, as well
>  as passing on "how to do tools training" via a clue dump ands/or
>  whatever
>
> * i don't have the additional time to devote to really training while
>  building the cart
>
>  i just need one or two people to help cut the wood
>  i have a short list of people, i want to work with on this
>  and will ask wider if that doesn't work out
>
>  if they want to stay around and help after that,
>  and realise that this is a project, not a training exercise
>  fine
>
>  i will offer some tips and training, but it won't be an adequete
>  tools training
>
> yiLFS -len
>

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