Thanks Ben<div><br></div><div>Useful info as an example of social enterprise, and probably material for a case study<br><div><br></div><div> the model is fantastic and precisely what I d like to see more of, especially when it comes to</div>
<div>organisations that advertise themselves as 'social enterprises'</div><div><br></div><div>Contributing at least some organisational resources go common use should be a condition of all social enterprises</div>
<div>or at least, should be brownie points for any publicly funded projects imho</div><div><br></div><div>Tons of public spaces funded by public money in Edinburgh, how come nobody is offering a room for </div><div>people to use in self managed, open way?</div>
<div><br></div><div>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</div><div><br></div><div>Of course well done to everyone for managing the use of the CCA open space so creatively and diligently</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks for that</div><div><br></div><div>let us se if we can replicate it elsewhere</div><div><br></div><div>PDM</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Benjamin Dembroski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ben@dembroski.net">ben@dembroski.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi All,<br>
<br>
I think the Electron Club is in a pretty unusual (and lucky) situation.<br>
<br>
Like Bob said, A few years ago the CCA approached a group of<br>
like-minded people to see if we were interested in using a the small<br>
space in the corner of the CCA. The jist of it was: They gave us use<br>
of the space, electrics, internet connection, some furniture, and some<br>
older computers to use. We could do pretty much anything we wanted,<br>
provided that a) it wasn't illegal and, b) was in some way publicly<br>
available.<br>
<br>
The rest was determined by the group. We made up a few more rules<br>
that about how the organisation would work, what it was for, and what<br>
kinds of activities were a no-no. That was it. The Electron Club was<br>
born!<br>
<br>
I think the only reason the CCA can justify donating the space to us &<br>
losing the rental income for the office space is that the EC hosts<br>
regular, free events that could be considered "Community Outreach".<br>
(Or whatever you want to call it.) So, in exchange for a the loss of a<br>
little rental income, the CCA gets a gaggle of motivated volunteers<br>
that do all sorts of interesting things for free that the CCA can lay<br>
claim to supporting. It can only help their applications for funding,<br>
and support. That's why it's so important to keep the room full and<br>
busy as much as possible.<br>
<br>
Use it or lose it, so the saying goes.<br>
<br>
I hope that sheds a little light on the conditions the EC operates under.<br>
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Ben D.<br>
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On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Bob <<a href="mailto:bob@citystrolls.com">bob@citystrolls.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Sounds like a good plan supporting groups already established. The electron<br>
> doesn't cost anything and was given over to artists and folk Si et al<br>
> working in IT, but there is no restrictions in what the space can be used<br>
> for so long as it ain't illegal. Be hard pushed to find a situation like<br>
> that in Edin, or anywhere else for that matter:). Good luck in your search.<br>
> Bob<br>
><br>
> On 17/08/2010 11:59, chris h wrote:<br>
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>>> Can someone provide some background as to what kind of deal does the<br>
>>> Electron Club enter into with CCA, and any suggestions of where to look<br>
>>> for something similar in Edinburgh?<br>
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>> The Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh has space and is under-utilised most of<br>
>> the week. There's an occasional tech-night event there and people there<br>
>> would be likely to be interested in carrying something like that forward.<br>
>> Probably some tidying up required.<br>
>> <a href="http://www.autonomous.org.uk" target="_blank">www.autonomous.org.uk</a><br>
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