# What should HackLab do with the darkroom?

The purpose of this document is to share resources related to what to do with Hacklab's darkroom space.

If you've found this link, then you -- yes, you! -- are welcome to contribute to this document, and add facts that you find related helpful to any conversations or decisions.

The hope is that it can inform [this pol.is conversation](https://pol.is/2yscmwabsf).

* The overall process attempts to use the [ORID decision-making process][orid].
* Items marked with :e-mail: are from the email thread.

[orid]: http://www.betterevaluation.org/en/evaluation-options/orid

## Facts

* :e-mail: Mischa has a pottery kiln
* :e-mail: ventilation and fireproofing measures would be required for hot room conversion [Norm]
* :e-mail: Aaron uses the darkroom to do photolithography for microfluidics fabrication.
* HAM
* :e-mail: used to be a really nice ham shack in the current DIYBio area
* :e-mail: Andrew did a lot of work to move the coax cable to the new space
* :e-mail: the next ham shack area was overtaken with storage
* :e-mail: Andrew pulled the coax into his suite
* :e-mail: drunk people trashed the outdoor Ham antennae
* :e-mail: lots of darkroom equipment is Daria's
* :e-mail: the darkroom took considerable effort/money to build (thx to sen)
* :e-mail: Lighting upgrades,light sealing, proper (light-proof) ventilation, accurate temperature controlled water supply, timers/electrical

## Feelings

The points below are all from the :e-mail:. They've been added to the pol.is conversation. Please add new feelings directly to the pol.is convo linked at top

* I feel the darkroom is severely underutilized. [Mischa]
* I want it to be something that people actually actively use [Mischa]
* I want to galvanize the hacklab into doing something fun and awesome again. [Mischa]
* I don't want to say silence is consent. [Norm]
* I would love to be able to TIG weld at the lab. [Norm]
* I hope that the lab can still have a place for "dark" work. [Aaron]
* I believe that the workshop team must make the original workshop the greatest and most utilized space in the Lab, before expanding into new space. [MikeP]
* I believe between 1/4 to 1/3 of all space in out small workshop is uninhabited, (eg. garbage storage space) [MikeP]
* I feel that lately, workshop improvements has been made in a random sporadic manner. [MikeP]
* I feel that the darkroom is underutilized. [Dan Tapper]
* I feel the darkroom is an important resource for hacklabber. [Dan Tapper]
* I feel the darkroom users rarely attend the lab anymore. [Andrew Kilpatrick]
* I think we should be more careful than we've been with random expansions of other lab areas. [Andrew Kilpatrick]
* I didn't feel comfortable using the Ham shark in the classroom location. [Andrew Kilpatrick]
* I think having space that is dedicated to a use and not "encroached" by other uses is really important. [Andrew Kilpatrick]
* I don't think it would be safe to use the current darkroom as a hot room. [Andrew Kilpatrick]
* I feel that hot work could be done in the backyard, garage, or elsewhere. [Mark]
* I felt sad to see the Ham shack go. [Mark]
* I plan to use the darkroom in the future [Daria]
* I still feel the darkroom serve a valuable purpose [Daria]
* I feel the shop and hacklab in general has a clutter problem. [Daria]
* I feel that the Ham shack drew new members. [Mike Iszak]

## Ideas

* :e-mail: room for hot work (welding, plasma cutting, grinding, glassblowing, a pottery kiln, muffle oven, hot dip zinc plating, etc.) [Mischa]
* :e-mail: PCB etching [Mark]
* :e-mail: stay as a darkroom [Dan Tapper]
* :e-mail: some kind of room share where alternative projects could occur alongside the dark room. [Mark]
* :e-mail: convert tree house to ham shack [Mark]
* :e-mail: share darkroom space with silk-screen [Mark]
* :e-mail: share darkroom space with vinyl-cutter [Mark]
* :e-mail: run some more workshops [Daria]
* :e-mail: clean up and show love [Daria]
* :e-mail: the Ham radio kit can be put in a "Go Box" [Daria]

## Decisions

TBD