[ELECTRON] making use of public spaces in Scotlad

[Paola Di Maio]

Thanks Ben

Useful info as an example of social enterprise, and probably material for a
case study

 the model is fantastic and precisely what I d like to see more of,
especially when it comes to
organisations that advertise themselves as 'social enterprises'

Contributing  at least some organisational resources go common use should be
a condition of all social enterprises
or at least, should be brownie points for  any publicly funded projects imho

Tons of public spaces funded by public money in Edinburgh, how come nobody
is offering a room for
people to use in self managed, open way?

I heard someone is auditing all the underused space and maybe we can make a
case for better administration of the same at some point

Of course well done to everyone for managing the use of the CCA open space
so creatively and diligently

Thanks for that

let us se if we can replicate it elsewhere

PDM


On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Benjamin Dembroski <ben at dembroski.net>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I think the Electron Club is in a pretty unusual (and lucky) situation.
>
> Like Bob said, A few years ago the CCA approached a group of
> like-minded people to see if we were interested in using a the small
> space in the corner of the CCA.  The jist of it was: They gave us use
> of the space, electrics, internet connection, some furniture, and some
> older computers to use.  We could do pretty much anything we wanted,
> provided that a) it wasn't illegal and, b) was in some way publicly
> available.
>
> The rest was determined by the group.  We made up a few more rules
> that about how the organisation would work, what it was for, and what
> kinds of activities were a no-no.  That was it.  The Electron Club was
> born!
>
> I think the only reason the CCA can justify donating the space to us &
> losing the rental income for the office space is that the EC hosts
> regular, free events that could be considered "Community Outreach".
> (Or whatever you want to call it.) So, in exchange for a the loss of a
> little rental income, the CCA gets a gaggle of motivated volunteers
> that do all sorts of interesting things for free that the CCA can lay
> claim to supporting.  It can only help their applications for funding,
> and support.   That's why it's so important to keep the room full and
> busy as much as possible.
>
> Use it or lose it, so the saying goes.
>
> I hope that sheds a little light on the conditions the EC operates under.
>
> --
> Ben D.
>
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Bob <bob at citystrolls.com> wrote:
> > Sounds like a good plan supporting groups already established. The
> electron
> > doesn't cost anything and was given over to artists and folk Si et al
> > working in IT, but there is no restrictions in what the space can be used
> > for so long as it ain't illegal. Be hard pushed to find a situation like
> > that in Edin, or anywhere else for that matter:). Good luck in your
> search.
> > Bob
> >
> > On 17/08/2010 11:59, chris h wrote:
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> >>> Can someone provide some background as to what kind of deal does the
> >>> Electron Club enter into with CCA, and any suggestions of where to look
> >>> for something similar in Edinburgh?
> >>
> >> The Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh has space and is under-utilised most
> of
> >> the week. There's an occasional tech-night event there and people there
> >> would be likely to be interested in carrying something like that
> forward.
> >> Probably some tidying up required.
> >> www.autonomous.org.uk
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