Possibly just due to the sucessive distortions of "Chinese Whispers" I was misinformed on boundaries & also misunderstood what the Maker Lab will be. The huge building(s) along Lyons street belong to a self-storage facility. The relevant border is a fence that runs between that & the buildings to the North, probably the one near the extension of Whitehall St since the trucks parked south of there (on Google Maps) are probably using the self-storage place. (Very few people store themselves at these places). The proposed or existing? Maker Lab is where the meeting on Tuesday 26th will take place- the downstairs part of unit 7, number 91 Moreland St on the corner of Moreland & Parker streets. And what it is or will be is a co-working space somewhat like Electron Workshop at 31 Arden St, North Melbourne. It would be a fun, interesting base for activities that can justify spending say, $300 per month for a desk & use of joint facilities. It may also be useful for short term use when a project needs what is available there. And maybe like Electron Workshop a venue for public meetings, courses etc. It won't be a likely alternative base for many hacker/maker projects that perhaps can't be done at the egmakerspace.org because there's a hospital in the same building, at hackmelbourne.org because there's residents metres away or at http://www.hobsonsnet.com/about-us.php because they're fully committed recreating the segue from cottage industry into the industrial revolution. I'll still be watching the area with interest particularly the newly severed rail(way/road) which is a separate issue (pity it doesn't go to Scienceworks but boats can along the Maribynong River!) --- On Sat, 16/2/13, David E Payne <spyder.king@yahoo.com.au> wrote: SNIP
The first of a series of discussions about this project starts at the site on Tuesday 26th of February, 6:30-7:30pm. This is being organised via Eventbrite https://footscraymakerlab1.eventbrite.com.au/