[6267] in APO Printshop
Re: Vice on table
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Catherine Olsson)
Fri Jan 28 15:44:44 2011
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:44:39 -0500
From: Catherine Olsson <catherio@MIT.EDU>
To: apo-printshop@mit.edu
CC: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.mit.edu>,
Charley Hamilton <charley.hamilton@gmail.com>, PiperXP@gmail.com,
Mitchell E Berger <mitchb@mit.edu>, rhkeeler@mit.edu,
"apo-president@mit.edu" <apo-president@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1101281528050.2384@buzzword-bingo.mit.edu>
A few remarks:
> One key issue in this discussion that needs to be considered by the
> Chapter is the continued use of the press. If AX is still interested
> in maintaining printing as a service, there are certain maintenance
> needs for the press hardware. That means that, although the press
> shop may spill into space beyond the idealized vision of what it
> should occupy, that may be space that's necessary in order to continue
> offering the service of direct-impression printing.
Yes, definitely. I apologize if it appears that I'm trying to mandate an
ideal view without due consideration - on the contrary, I'm trying to
understand as fully as possible the full space of options available to us.
At this point, given that there's a clear and direct conflict between
our ideal space layout and the press shop's needs, I'm only rallying so
hard to garner new ideas because I firmly believe it's /possible/ to
reconcile the two sets of needs. I would hate to see the chapter give up
the most important aspects of its new space vision, or for our most
valuable press operators to give up hours of their time, so I am trying
to look for any possible middle ground. I believe such middle ground
exists if we brainstorm thoroughly enough.
> That said,
> major decisions that impact AX's ability to continue offering a given
> service sometimes warrant unsolicited opinion from mold. The few
> times I got unsolicited advice from mold (as SVP& President), I
> thought hard about it because I knew it wasn't offered without a lot
> of consideration by the brother in question.
Another great point. I definitely appreciate the feedback. Without this
advice we wouldn't have any way to determine what our options truly are,
or the real ramifications of any of them.
On that point, if anyone else on this list has ideas for how the vice
could be accommodated, other than keeping a large, tall workbench with
little under-bench storage in the front office, I would *love* to hear them.
Thanks for your patience and sorry to prolong the idea-seeking phase so
much!
Yours in Laboriously Finding Solutions,
- catherio
