Re: hola! (fwd)

[Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>]

 > From: Peter Smith <http://www.gmail.com/~psmithsf>
 > Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 08:36:43 -0700
 > 
 > I didn't hear about Faber's -- well, other than the fact that it burned
 > down, etc. I know the guy, Justin, running his new bike shop, Ghisallo's
 > Cyclery, on 3rd, used to hang/work over there -- before it burned down.
 > Think he was part of the campaign to raise funds for restoring it, etc.
 > 
 > the meetup discussion board is cool, but yeah i think not many people read
 > it. i just want a way to encourage more interaction between all members --
 > and part of that is being able to exachange services, do volunteer work,
 > etc. -- basically, a kind of craigslist only for co-op members. i've had
 > this idea since forever but there are, of course, always complications.
 > maybe i need a more fully-formed idea and then i can start seeing what
 > people think.
 > 
 > as an example, i want to buy a car. i should be able to let co-op folks
 > know that, if they opted-in/wanted to, that i'm looking to buy a car. other
 > members might want to get rid of a car -- why not sell it to someone you at
 > least sort-of know by association. there are pluses and minuses, so....up
 > to what point can/should the co-op help members....do stuff, directly
 > related to the co-op or otherwise? that's the question i haven't figured
 > out yet.
 > 
 > i'm not personally still doing Airbnb at the current place, but i think CJ
 > is -- oddly enough. :)
 > 
 > i'm kinda hoping things go well for me finally/personally/financially over
 > the next month or two, which would allow me to get into my own apt again,
 > at which point it would hopefully once again become happy hippie house. :)
 >  but i'm not sure if that'll happen. I put a few markers on my calendar --
 > may 15, june 1 and 15, to remind me to keep 'the nephew' in mind if/when my
 > living situ changes. assuming i have my own place, newphew would be cool to
 > stay with me for free for however long. my past hippie house/apt was
 > usually a few people crashing in the same room, tho, so not sure he'd be
 > into that.
 > 
 > a friend of mine just got laid off from his memory design firm, so i could
 > end up moving in w/ him, too, just to help him save money, etc. lots up in
 > the air.
 > 
 > yeah! was cool seeing Robert at the station. i'm not sure where i was going
 > to or coming from...kinda weird that i was down there so early.... :)  i've
 > been walking 10+ mi a day, getting in shape, etc., but still it's weird
 > that i was at Diridon so early, and from that direction.
 > 
 > anyways, hope all is well. see u at the next trivia gig if you're there!
 > 
 > --peter
 > 960-467-3501
 > 
 > On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 6:14 AM, Noelle
 > <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>wrote:
 > 
 > > On Tue, 1 Apr 2014, Peter Smith wrote:
 > >  > hi Noelle,
 > >  >
 > >  > thought i might see you at trivia the other night but we were kinda 
 > >  > late
 > >  > and a bunch of folks left for the biz meeting. maybe next time!
 > >  >
 > > too bad, I usually am on the trivia team, I wanted to go to biz meeting to
 > > find out what was going on. Did you hear about Faber's Cyclery site? We
 > > thought that might be good,however,developer is not very cooperative in
 > > lots of ways.
 > >  > do you know if anyone has any way to communicate to all members, say,
 > > thru
 > >  > the newsletter, or some other way?
 > >
 > > well, there is the Meetup discussion board, but I don't know if anyone
 > > reads that.
 > > You could ask Melissa Borghlum who sends out the newsletters?
 > >
 > >  >
 > >  > i know 'official communications' can go into the newletter, but what if
 > >  > someone wants to, say, give away a leafblower but they want to give it
 > > to a
 > >  > Co-oper??
 > >  >
 > >  > --peter
 > >  > 960-467-3501
 > >
 > > Are you still doing Airbnb? Robert's 18 year old nephew may stay with us
 > > this summer if he gets an internship w/ R's company. Problem is he will
 > > have to stay in our living room which doesn't have a door. I can't have
 > > him stay in room with my work laptop because it has real patient info on
 > > it and I can only use the room as an office. In case he wants a break from
 > > staying with us, what would you charge for a room at your place?
 > > Robert said he saw you at Caltrain station
 > > NG