[KwartzLab] Fwd: Your Awesome Foundation Application!

[Robert Gissing]

you are right Doug...i was just venting because of the litigious nonsense we
have to put up with. Gus

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 11:36 AM, doug moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:

> I am merely repeating what Brenda said, and she'll be voting. Her
> perspective is due to being a school principal. The school board has
> been burned too many times by lawsuits, so stuff we did at school as
> kids is now considered too risky to allow. I am not a lawyer, so I
> don't know what our legal liability is for an event like this.  I know
> the legal environment is different here than in the states. Here, they
> shut down the Elora quarry swimming hole and banned the sale of
> firecrackers.  Anyway, we should be prepared to say something about
> safety.  We should sound like we know what we are talking about, we
> should make the event reasonably safe, and we should take reasonable
> steps to protect KwLab from legal liability (if necessary).  We are
> not required to say that we will hand out gloves in order to win the
> grant, Brenda merely offered that as a suggestion (and she realizes
> she is not an expert on soldering safety).
>
> Doug.
>
> On 2 September 2011 10:43, Robert Gissing <rgissing at gmail.com> wrote:
> > gloves?  makerfaire had thousands of people, and many of them kids, who
> > soldered their badges.  I think if we had soldering stations with
> > "qualified" people who know how to solder, we could avoid the false sense
> of
> > security that the use of gloves creates.  parents have to be with their
> kids
> > too.  we are not a babysitting service either.  maybe we set an age
> limit.
> >
> > Gus - who burned himself with a soldering iron, and let his kids burn
> > themselves with a soldering iron...we only burned ourselves once.
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 10:21 AM, doug moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> I discussed this application with a certain Awesome Foundation
> >> trustee.  For a wide open public event like this, with kids involved,
> >> we need to be concerned about safety, and we should prepare a safety
> >> plan for our pitch.  For example:
> >>  * Scroll saw blades sound cheap and effective, but they are
> >> dangerous, and Brenda has seen several blade related injuries (one
> >> requiring hospitalization) during public pumpkin carves.  There are
> >> commercially available pumpkin carving knives made of plastic. The
> >> advantage is that they won't cut through tendon.
> >>  * Soldering irons are dangerous.  Maybe we should supply gloves.
> >>
> >> Don't forget that Cate offered to preview our pitch and make
> >> recommendations on how to improve it.
> >>
> >> Doug.
> >>
> >> On 1 September 2011 15:19, Darcy Casselman <dscassel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I've submitted the KW Awesome Foundation proposal
> >> >
> >> > Darcy.
> >> >
> >> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> > From: The Awesome Foundation <contact at awesomefoundation.org>
> >> > Date: Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:17 PM
> >> > Subject: Your Awesome Foundation Application!
> >> > To: president at kwartzlab.ca
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Hi Kwartzlab,
> >> >
> >> > We just wanted to send you this (automated) email to let you know that
> >> > we have received your Awesome Foundation application. Unfortunately,
> >> > we are not able to personally respond to all of our applicants, but be
> >> > sure to follow our Twitter account at http://twitter.com/awesomefound
> >> > and our blog at http://awesomefoundation.org/blog/ for information
> >> > about grants from all of our chapters as well as future application
> >> > deadlines.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your interest in the Awesome Foundation!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ### For your reference, your application is below ###
> >> >
> >> > Hacky Hallowe'en!
> >> > By Kwartzlab (president at kwartzlab.ca)
> >> >
> >> > URL: http://kwartzlab.ca
> >> > Chapter: Kitchener-Waterloo
> >> > Received: 2011-09-01 19:17:28 UTC
> >> >
> >> > Project Description:
> >> >
> >> > Kwartzlab is a membership-driven technology & arts-oriented community
> >> > workshop (or: maker space) aimed to foster a creative, co-operative
> >> > community with a wide range of disciplines. Our ultimate goal is the
> >> > pooling of knowledge, experience and physical resources to enable
> >> > anyone, (regardless of background) to bring their own ideas and
> >> > projects into reality.
> >> >
> >> > Hacky Hallowe'en will give members of the public a chance to carve
> >> > their pumpkins and build a device to go inside their jack-o-lanterns
> >> > that makes it light up using LEDs!
> >> >
> >> > We'll hold the event in a public space, like Waterloo or Kitchener's
> >> > public square on a Sunday afternoon before Hallowe'en.
> >> >
> >> > How you would use the money:
> >> >
> >> > We'll buy the materials (electronic components, batteries) and tools
> >> > (soldering irons) to make the light-up devices.  We'll also get
> >> > kid-safe pumpkin carving tools.  Money will also be needed to
> >> > publicize the event.
> >> >
> >> > ### That's it! Thanks again! ###
> >> >
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