[KwartzLab] Fwd: Your Awesome Foundation Application!

Fri Sep 2 14:01:49 EDT 2011

I'm out of town this weekend but I'd like to get together and work on the
pitch this Tuesday during open night. Anyone else?

We can also discuss safety & liability.

jb

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 10:36 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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