From mattr at biofuels.coop Wed Aug 13 00:01:51 2008 From: mattr at biofuels.coop (Matthew Rudolf) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:01:51 -0400 Subject: [Biofuels Workers] parking Message-ID: <6AEA69C6-ADB2-45D7-9417-497ABC7E4B6C@biofuels.coop> Biofuels Worker Members- Please only park on the side of the co-op closest to the Tami tank. This is important to keep evening noise to a minimum for our nearby neighbors Rachel and Scott. Thank you, Matt From alovert at b100.org Thu Aug 14 18:00:53 2008 From: alovert at b100.org (girl Mark) Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:00:53 -0400 Subject: [Biofuels Workers] Special workparty at Piedmont Biofuels co-op this Tuesday/some things we're looking for Message-ID: <48A4AB15.8020308@b100.org> Hello everybody, I have been volunteering all summer as intern coordinator at Piedmont, and helping with facility upgrades at the site. Right now we're have a two or three week break between internships, which means that the yellow modular home that interns Joanna and Marc lived in will be empty. The house has a couple of problem with kitchen and bathroom floor rot, and we have to repair it while the house is empty. Once those repairs are complete it's going to be a spectacular living space for our hardworking interns. I would desperately like some help doing demolition next week. It will be easy and fun, and we'll have good food, and you don't need construction experience. We can do it during Tuesday night fuel making, and need a few extra people to come out for that, or I can work with you at another time early next week. I'm also looking for donations of some housewares, tools, and building supplies for the next internship. The demolition will involve an tearing out two small floors made out of mobile home particleboard, tearing out a counter and moving appliances, taking out some carpet, and removing a sinking bathtub. We have tools, but if you have crowbars, flat bars, hammers, sledgehammers, and sawzalls, please bring them. We have a few respirators for the dust, and if you have your own, please bring them. I will provide work gloves. Bring an iPod with demolition-friendly music, I have a stereo for us. I will bring a small grill and we can grill up some meat and veggie burgers. BYOB if you'd like. If you have not been out to Tuesday night fuel making in a while, the co-op is looking spectacular, thanks to the efforts of volunteers and the summers interns in the past 10 weeks. Since we get a lot of our income through Sunday tours, your work on beautifying and finishing projects in our physical campus has been extremely valuable in addition to looking good and improving morale for interns, volunteers, and staff. Partial list of work that you volunteer worker-members have done this summer: The co-op main building, the grease warming zone, and the outbuildings are all freshly painted, limewashed, finished, and otherwise beautified. The screen porch at the White house/reactor building is now finally screened in, which means that interns and staff have been making full use of it during the hot summer. And, fuelmaking has been working smoothly with many new volunteers getting trained and learning the ropes. All of this is really worth seeing in person if you have not been here for awhile, so come on out the next chance you get. I would like to keep up the momentum by turning some attention to the Yellow House. The Yellow House is the intern housing next door, which is owned by Abundance Foundation and eventually will belong to the co-op. We have been formalizing the internship program, and that requires providing quality housing and a good 'room and board' plan for interns. Here are a few things that I would like for next fall's internship, and especially for next weeks demolition: - help this Tuesday night, starting at 5:30 (or earlier- email me). Come next door to the yellow house that is to the east of the co-op main building. You can pull into the driveway from the road to get to the front of the house and park there. - help with remaining demolition at any other time between Monday morning and Thursday night, of next week. Email me first- if you have a day off and would like to come shoot the breeze about biodiesel and demolish some bad stuff. - some roofing materials (email me for info on what we need) - any useful lumber over 5' long, we have many projects coming up that need supplies like this - plywood or floor or roof decking materials - small roll of floor covering for replacing the kitchen linoleum I'm also looking for donations of some housewares for future interns housing/"room and board": We provide furnishings for them, and I would like to outfit the interns' kitchen better. Does anyone have, laying around in an attic somewhere: - a cast iron pan or two - a couple of medium and large size cooking pots - small microwave - blender (for food, not biodiesel) - desk lamps - shelving/utility shelves or bookshelves. Please contact me before bringing shelving as we have specific needs for that. Big stuff I'm looking for, for the co-op and internship: - small refrigerator (we're looking for two- a small "counter" (like dorm type) fridge because staff don't have their own kitchen, and a narrow kitchen one to replace one that's failing at the White) - metal folding chairs for future classes at the co-op- Matt's teaching classes in the next few months and we need about 15 more folding chairs of our own so we can stop borrowing/renting - For the main building's yard area: picnic table, functional outdoor table/lawnchairs set, or "park" bench. We don't have much outdoor seating on campus. I'd like to have more workparties/barbeque type workday events in the future. - working dishwasher for the lab we're putting in at the Reactor Room, for glassware and sample jars - old InSinkErator type sink garbage disposal, for chopping up food scraps for a compost project this fall - hand tools or power tools you'd like to donate to the co-op, that can be used by the interns (and volunteers) during future semesters. We especially need a socket set and combination wrenches, copper pipe soldering gear or other plumbing tools, and a jigsaw. - while I'm making a (maybe unrealistic) wish list, how about a propane barbeque (it doesn't have to work, I can fix it, it's also for volunteer event/workparties) or a working electric lawnmower... Email me if you have anything like this to donate, or would like to work with me on the demolition at a time other than Tuesday Fuelmaking night. Thank you in advance for any of this and your help! girl Mark "formerly a carpenter, now a gimp' Alovert Co-op Intern Co-ordinator alovert at b100.org From barronms at gmail.com Thu Aug 14 21:06:34 2008 From: barronms at gmail.com (matthew barron) Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:06:34 -0400 Subject: [Biofuels Workers] Special workparty at Piedmont Biofuels co-op this Tuesday/some things we're looking for In-Reply-To: <48A4AB15.8020308@b100.org> References: <48A4AB15.8020308@b100.org> Message-ID: <94ed67f50808141806v68f3e93akaf3ae515b38505ba@mail.gmail.com> girl Mark, I have two fridges...one dorm and another that is from my kitchen. They both work well, but I have no way of getting the bigger one to the coop. I also have a small microwave. I live a little less than an hour away. Let me know if anyone can run this way and pick some stuff up. Otherwise I can run the smaller of the two things out there. I would love to get rid of my big fridge though. Matt Barron On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 6:00 PM, girl Mark wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I have been volunteering all summer as intern coordinator at > Piedmont, and helping with facility upgrades at the site. Right now > we're have a two or three week break between internships, which means > that the yellow modular home that interns Joanna and Marc lived in will > be empty. The house has a couple of problem with kitchen and bathroom > floor rot, and we have to repair it while the house is empty. Once those > repairs are complete it's going to be a spectacular living space for our > hardworking interns. > > I would desperately like some help doing demolition next week. It > will be easy and fun, and we'll have good food, and you don't need > construction experience. We can do it during Tuesday night fuel making, > and need a few extra people to come out for that, or I can work with you > at another time early next week. I'm also looking for donations of some > housewares, tools, and building supplies for the next internship. > > The demolition will involve an tearing out two small floors made out > of mobile home particleboard, tearing out a counter and moving > appliances, taking out some carpet, and removing a sinking bathtub. We > have tools, but if you have crowbars, flat bars, hammers, sledgehammers, > and sawzalls, please bring them. We have a few respirators for the > dust, and if you have your own, please bring them. I will provide work > gloves. Bring an iPod with demolition-friendly music, I have a stereo > for us. > > I will bring a small grill and we can grill up some meat and veggie > burgers. BYOB if you'd like. > > If you have not been out to Tuesday night fuel making in a while, the > co-op is looking spectacular, thanks to the efforts of volunteers and > the summers interns in the past 10 weeks. Since we get a lot of our > income through Sunday tours, your work on beautifying and finishing > projects in our physical campus has been extremely valuable in addition > to looking good and improving morale for interns, volunteers, and staff. > > Partial list of work that you volunteer worker-members have done > this summer: The co-op main building, the grease warming zone, and > the outbuildings are all freshly painted, limewashed, finished, and > otherwise beautified. The screen porch at the White house/reactor > building is now finally screened in, which means that interns and staff > have been making full use of it during the hot summer. And, fuelmaking > has been working smoothly with many new volunteers getting trained and > learning the ropes. > > All of this is really worth seeing in person if you have not been > here for awhile, so come on out the next chance you get. I would like > to keep up the momentum by turning some attention to the Yellow House. > The Yellow House is the intern housing next door, which is owned by > Abundance Foundation and eventually will belong to the co-op. We have > been formalizing the internship program, and that requires providing > quality housing and a good 'room and board' plan for interns. > > Here are a few things that I would like for next fall's internship, and > especially for next weeks demolition: > > - help this Tuesday night, starting at 5:30 (or earlier- email me). Come > next door to the yellow house that is to the east of the co-op main > building. You can pull into the driveway from the road to get to the > front of the house and park there. > - help with remaining demolition at any other time between Monday > morning and Thursday night, of next week. Email me first- if you have a > day off and would like to come shoot the breeze about biodiesel and > demolish some bad stuff. > - some roofing materials (email me for info on what we need) > - any useful lumber over 5' long, we have many projects coming up that > need supplies like this > - plywood or floor or roof decking materials > - small roll of floor covering for replacing the kitchen linoleum > > I'm also looking for donations of some housewares for future interns > housing/"room and board": We provide furnishings for them, and I would > like to outfit the interns' kitchen better. Does anyone have, laying > around in an attic somewhere: > > - a cast iron pan or two > - a couple of medium and large size cooking pots > - small microwave > - blender (for food, not biodiesel) > - desk lamps > - shelving/utility shelves or bookshelves. Please contact me before > bringing shelving as we have specific needs for that. > > > Big stuff I'm looking for, for the co-op and internship: > > - small refrigerator (we're looking for two- a small "counter" (like > dorm type) fridge because staff don't have their own kitchen, and a > narrow kitchen one to replace one that's failing at the White) > - metal folding chairs for future classes at the co-op- Matt's teaching > classes in the next few months and we need about 15 more folding chairs > of our own so we can stop borrowing/renting > - For the main building's yard area: picnic table, functional outdoor > table/lawnchairs set, or "park" bench. We don't have much outdoor > seating on campus. I'd like to have more workparties/barbeque type > workday events in the future. > - working dishwasher for the lab we're putting in at the Reactor Room, > for glassware and sample jars > - old InSinkErator type sink garbage disposal, for chopping up food > scraps for a compost project this fall > - hand tools or power tools you'd like to donate to the co-op, that can > be used by the interns (and volunteers) during future semesters. We > especially need a socket set and combination wrenches, copper pipe > soldering gear or other plumbing tools, and a jigsaw. > - while I'm making a (maybe unrealistic) wish list, how about a propane > barbeque (it doesn't have to work, I can fix it, it's also for volunteer > event/workparties) or a working electric lawnmower... > > Email me if you have anything like this to donate, or would like to work > with me on the demolition at a time other than Tuesday Fuelmaking night. > > Thank you in advance for any of this and your help! > > > girl Mark "formerly a carpenter, now a gimp' Alovert > Co-op Intern Co-ordinator > alovert at b100.org > _______________________________________________ > Workers mailing list > Workers at lists.biofuels.coop > http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers > -- "Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.emji.net/pipermail/workers/attachments/20080814/8eb7f9ca/attachment-0001.htm From alovert at b100.org Thu Aug 14 21:56:10 2008 From: alovert at b100.org (girl Mark) Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:56:10 -0400 Subject: [Biofuels Workers] Special workparty at Piedmont Biofuels co-op this Tuesday/some things we're looking for In-Reply-To: <94ed67f50808141806v68f3e93akaf3ae515b38505ba@mail.gmail.com> References: <48A4AB15.8020308@b100.org> <94ed67f50808141806v68f3e93akaf3ae515b38505ba@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <48A4E23A.8010204@b100.org> Awesome, thank you very much!!!!!! What direction do you live in, and what's your schedule like? Maybe another member can help, or I can certainly come get it sometime (it takes some truck coordinating on our one-truck co-op, but we can work it out). I'll have to measure the 'narrow fridge' space tomorrow so I know what exactly we're looking for there. Thanks again! Mark matthew barron wrote: > girl Mark, > > I have two fridges...one dorm and another that is from my kitchen. > They both work well, but I have no way of getting the bigger one to > the coop. I also have a small microwave. I live a little less than an > hour away. Let me know if anyone can run this way and pick some stuff > up. Otherwise I can run the smaller of the two things out there. I > would love to get rid of my big fridge though. > > Matt Barron > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 6:00 PM, girl Mark > wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > I have been volunteering all summer as intern coordinator at > Piedmont, and helping with facility upgrades at the site. Right now > we're have a two or three week break between internships, which means > that the yellow modular home that interns Joanna and Marc lived in > will > be empty. The house has a couple of problem with kitchen and bathroom > floor rot, and we have to repair it while the house is empty. Once > those > repairs are complete it's going to be a spectacular living space > for our > hardworking interns. > > I would desperately like some help doing demolition next week. It > will be easy and fun, and we'll have good food, and you don't need > construction experience. We can do it during Tuesday night fuel > making, > and need a few extra people to come out for that, or I can work > with you > at another time early next week. I'm also looking for donations of > some > housewares, tools, and building supplies for the next internship. > > The demolition will involve an tearing out two small floors made out > of mobile home particleboard, tearing out a counter and moving > appliances, taking out some carpet, and removing a sinking > bathtub. We > have tools, but if you have crowbars, flat bars, hammers, > sledgehammers, > and sawzalls, please bring them. We have a few respirators for the > dust, and if you have your own, please bring them. I will provide work > gloves. Bring an iPod with demolition-friendly music, I have a stereo > for us. > > I will bring a small grill and we can grill up some meat and veggie > burgers. BYOB if you'd like. > > If you have not been out to Tuesday night fuel making in a > while, the > co-op is looking spectacular, thanks to the efforts of volunteers and > the summers interns in the past 10 weeks. Since we get a lot of our > income through Sunday tours, your work on beautifying and finishing > projects in our physical campus has been extremely valuable in > addition > to looking good and improving morale for interns, volunteers, and > staff. > > Partial list of work that you volunteer worker-members have done > this summer: The co-op main building, the grease warming zone, and > the outbuildings are all freshly painted, limewashed, finished, and > otherwise beautified. The screen porch at the White house/reactor > building is now finally screened in, which means that interns and > staff > have been making full use of it during the hot summer. And, fuelmaking > has been working smoothly with many new volunteers getting trained and > learning the ropes. > > All of this is really worth seeing in person if you have not been > here for awhile, so come on out the next chance you get. I would like > to keep up the momentum by turning some attention to the Yellow House. > The Yellow House is the intern housing next door, which is owned by > Abundance Foundation and eventually will belong to the co-op. We have > been formalizing the internship program, and that requires providing > quality housing and a good 'room and board' plan for interns. > > Here are a few things that I would like for next fall's > internship, and > especially for next weeks demolition: > > - help this Tuesday night, starting at 5:30 (or earlier- email > me). Come > next door to the yellow house that is to the east of the co-op main > building. You can pull into the driveway from the road to get to the > front of the house and park there. > - help with remaining demolition at any other time between Monday > morning and Thursday night, of next week. Email me first- if you > have a > day off and would like to come shoot the breeze about biodiesel and > demolish some bad stuff. > - some roofing materials (email me for info on what we need) > - any useful lumber over 5' long, we have many projects coming up that > need supplies like this > - plywood or floor or roof decking materials > - small roll of floor covering for replacing the kitchen linoleum > > I'm also looking for donations of some housewares for future interns > housing/"room and board": We provide furnishings for them, and I would > like to outfit the interns' kitchen better. Does anyone have, laying > around in an attic somewhere: > > - a cast iron pan or two > - a couple of medium and large size cooking pots > - small microwave > - blender (for food, not biodiesel) > - desk lamps > - shelving/utility shelves or bookshelves. Please contact me before > bringing shelving as we have specific needs for that. > > > Big stuff I'm looking for, for the co-op and internship: > > - small refrigerator (we're looking for two- a small "counter" (like > dorm type) fridge because staff don't have their own kitchen, and a > narrow kitchen one to replace one that's failing at the White) > - metal folding chairs for future classes at the co-op- Matt's > teaching > classes in the next few months and we need about 15 more folding > chairs > of our own so we can stop borrowing/renting > - For the main building's yard area: picnic table, functional outdoor > table/lawnchairs set, or "park" bench. We don't have much outdoor > seating on campus. I'd like to have more workparties/barbeque type > workday events in the future. > - working dishwasher for the lab we're putting in at the Reactor Room, > for glassware and sample jars > - old InSinkErator type sink garbage disposal, for chopping up food > scraps for a compost project this fall > - hand tools or power tools you'd like to donate to the co-op, > that can > be used by the interns (and volunteers) during future semesters. We > especially need a socket set and combination wrenches, copper pipe > soldering gear or other plumbing tools, and a jigsaw. > - while I'm making a (maybe unrealistic) wish list, how about a > propane > barbeque (it doesn't have to work, I can fix it, it's also for > volunteer > event/workparties) or a working electric lawnmower... > > Email me if you have anything like this to donate, or would like > to work > with me on the demolition at a time other than Tuesday Fuelmaking > night. > > Thank you in advance for any of this and your help! > > > girl Mark "formerly a carpenter, now a gimp' Alovert > Co-op Intern Co-ordinator > alovert at b100.org > _______________________________________________ > Workers mailing list > Workers at lists.biofuels.coop > http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers > > > > > -- > "Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape > those who dream only by night." > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Workers mailing list > Workers at lists.biofuels.coop > http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers > From barronms at gmail.com Fri Aug 15 00:12:38 2008 From: barronms at gmail.com (matthew barron) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:12:38 -0400 Subject: [Biofuels Workers] Special workparty at Piedmont Biofuels co-op this Tuesday/some things we're looking for In-Reply-To: <48A4E23A.8010204@b100.org> References: <48A4AB15.8020308@b100.org> <94ed67f50808141806v68f3e93akaf3ae515b38505ba@mail.gmail.com> <48A4E23A.8010204@b100.org> Message-ID: <94ed67f50808142112j17cf1854qe183d3f98b8ffabe@mail.gmail.com> I live in Seagrove, a little to the west of you guys. Some of the coop people have been out to my place though they may not remember the way. I can measure the fridge and get you the size. I am not sure that I would call it narrow. I teach school so my schedule is pretty full until about 6 or so in the evenings. I am here all weekend though. Let me know the dimensions that would work for you and I'll measure the fridge. If you don't need the fridge there, ask around and see if anyone else would like it. I can bring the other things any weekend. It's been a while since I was last at the coop and I need to get back over that way. Matt On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 9:56 PM, girl Mark wrote: > Awesome, thank you very much!!!!!! > > What direction do you live in, and what's your schedule like? Maybe > another member can help, or I can certainly come get it sometime (it > takes some truck coordinating on our one-truck co-op, but we can work > it out). I'll have to measure the 'narrow fridge' space tomorrow so I > know what exactly we're looking for there. > > Thanks again! > Mark > > > matthew barron wrote: > > girl Mark, > > > > I have two fridges...one dorm and another that is from my kitchen. > > They both work well, but I have no way of getting the bigger one to > > the coop. I also have a small microwave. I live a little less than an > > hour away. Let me know if anyone can run this way and pick some stuff > > up. Otherwise I can run the smaller of the two things out there. I > > would love to get rid of my big fridge though. > > > > Matt Barron > > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 6:00 PM, girl Mark > > wrote: > > > > Hello everybody, > > > > I have been volunteering all summer as intern coordinator at > > Piedmont, and helping with facility upgrades at the site. Right now > > we're have a two or three week break between internships, which means > > that the yellow modular home that interns Joanna and Marc lived in > > will > > be empty. The house has a couple of problem with kitchen and > bathroom > > floor rot, and we have to repair it while the house is empty. Once > > those > > repairs are complete it's going to be a spectacular living space > > for our > > hardworking interns. > > > > I would desperately like some help doing demolition next week. It > > will be easy and fun, and we'll have good food, and you don't need > > construction experience. We can do it during Tuesday night fuel > > making, > > and need a few extra people to come out for that, or I can work > > with you > > at another time early next week. I'm also looking for donations of > > some > > housewares, tools, and building supplies for the next internship. > > > > The demolition will involve an tearing out two small floors made out > > of mobile home particleboard, tearing out a counter and moving > > appliances, taking out some carpet, and removing a sinking > > bathtub. We > > have tools, but if you have crowbars, flat bars, hammers, > > sledgehammers, > > and sawzalls, please bring them. We have a few respirators for the > > dust, and if you have your own, please bring them. I will provide > work > > gloves. Bring an iPod with demolition-friendly music, I have a stereo > > for us. > > > > I will bring a small grill and we can grill up some meat and veggie > > burgers. BYOB if you'd like. > > > > If you have not been out to Tuesday night fuel making in a > > while, the > > co-op is looking spectacular, thanks to the efforts of volunteers and > > the summers interns in the past 10 weeks. Since we get a lot of our > > income through Sunday tours, your work on beautifying and finishing > > projects in our physical campus has been extremely valuable in > > addition > > to looking good and improving morale for interns, volunteers, and > > staff. > > > > Partial list of work that you volunteer worker-members have done > > this summer: The co-op main building, the grease warming zone, and > > the outbuildings are all freshly painted, limewashed, finished, and > > otherwise beautified. The screen porch at the White house/reactor > > building is now finally screened in, which means that interns and > > staff > > have been making full use of it during the hot summer. And, > fuelmaking > > has been working smoothly with many new volunteers getting trained > and > > learning the ropes. > > > > All of this is really worth seeing in person if you have not been > > here for awhile, so come on out the next chance you get. I would > like > > to keep up the momentum by turning some attention to the Yellow > House. > > The Yellow House is the intern housing next door, which is owned by > > Abundance Foundation and eventually will belong to the co-op. We have > > been formalizing the internship program, and that requires providing > > quality housing and a good 'room and board' plan for interns. > > > > Here are a few things that I would like for next fall's > > internship, and > > especially for next weeks demolition: > > > > - help this Tuesday night, starting at 5:30 (or earlier- email > > me). Come > > next door to the yellow house that is to the east of the co-op main > > building. You can pull into the driveway from the road to get to the > > front of the house and park there. > > - help with remaining demolition at any other time between Monday > > morning and Thursday night, of next week. Email me first- if you > > have a > > day off and would like to come shoot the breeze about biodiesel and > > demolish some bad stuff. > > - some roofing materials (email me for info on what we need) > > - any useful lumber over 5' long, we have many projects coming up > that > > need supplies like this > > - plywood or floor or roof decking materials > > - small roll of floor covering for replacing the kitchen linoleum > > > > I'm also looking for donations of some housewares for future interns > > housing/"room and board": We provide furnishings for them, and I > would > > like to outfit the interns' kitchen better. Does anyone have, laying > > around in an attic somewhere: > > > > - a cast iron pan or two > > - a couple of medium and large size cooking pots > > - small microwave > > - blender (for food, not biodiesel) > > - desk lamps > > - shelving/utility shelves or bookshelves. Please contact me before > > bringing shelving as we have specific needs for that. > > > > > > Big stuff I'm looking for, for the co-op and internship: > > > > - small refrigerator (we're looking for two- a small "counter" (like > > dorm type) fridge because staff don't have their own kitchen, and a > > narrow kitchen one to replace one that's failing at the White) > > - metal folding chairs for future classes at the co-op- Matt's > > teaching > > classes in the next few months and we need about 15 more folding > > chairs > > of our own so we can stop borrowing/renting > > - For the main building's yard area: picnic table, functional outdoor > > table/lawnchairs set, or "park" bench. We don't have much outdoor > > seating on campus. I'd like to have more workparties/barbeque type > > workday events in the future. > > - working dishwasher for the lab we're putting in at the Reactor > Room, > > for glassware and sample jars > > - old InSinkErator type sink garbage disposal, for chopping up food > > scraps for a compost project this fall > > - hand tools or power tools you'd like to donate to the co-op, > > that can > > be used by the interns (and volunteers) during future semesters. We > > especially need a socket set and combination wrenches, copper pipe > > soldering gear or other plumbing tools, and a jigsaw. > > - while I'm making a (maybe unrealistic) wish list, how about a > > propane > > barbeque (it doesn't have to work, I can fix it, it's also for > > volunteer > > event/workparties) or a working electric lawnmower... > > > > Email me if you have anything like this to donate, or would like > > to work > > with me on the demolition at a time other than Tuesday Fuelmaking > > night. > > > > Thank you in advance for any of this and your help! > > > > > > girl Mark "formerly a carpenter, now a gimp' Alovert > > Co-op Intern Co-ordinator > > alovert at b100.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Workers mailing list > > Workers at lists.biofuels.coop > > http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape > > those who dream only by night." > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Workers mailing list > > Workers at lists.biofuels.coop > > http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers > > > _______________________________________________ > Workers mailing list > Workers at lists.biofuels.coop > http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers > -- "Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.emji.net/pipermail/workers/attachments/20080815/96bb21b9/attachment-0001.htm From david at biofuels.coop Fri Aug 15 11:21:49 2008 From: david at biofuels.coop (David Thornton) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:21:49 -0400 Subject: [Biofuels Workers] Special workparty at Piedmont Biofuels co-op this Tuesday/some things we're looking for In-Reply-To: <94ed67f50808141806v68f3e93akaf3ae515b38505ba@mail.gmail.com> References: <48A4AB15.8020308@b100.org> <94ed67f50808141806v68f3e93akaf3ae515b38505ba@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hey Matt, I can help out with picking up the full size fridge. I have to make a stop in Randolph County next week. Give me a call and we can set up a time. 919 770 0300 David On Aug 14, 2008, at 9:06 PM, matthew barron wrote: > girl Mark, > > I have two fridges...one dorm and another that is from my kitchen. > They both work well, but I have no way of getting the bigger one to > the coop. I also have a small microwave. I live a little less than > an hour away. Let me know if anyone can run this way and pick some > stuff up. Otherwise I can run the smaller of the two things out > there. I would love to get rid of my big fridge though. > > Matt Barron > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 6:00 PM, girl Mark wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I have been volunteering all summer as intern coordinator at > Piedmont, and helping with facility upgrades at the site. Right now > we're have a two or three week break between internships, which means > that the yellow modular home that interns Joanna and Marc lived in > will > be empty. The house has a couple of problem with kitchen and bathroom > floor rot, and we have to repair it while the house is empty. Once > those > repairs are complete it's going to be a spectacular living space > for our > hardworking interns. > > I would desperately like some help doing demolition next week. It > will be easy and fun, and we'll have good food, and you don't need > construction experience. We can do it during Tuesday night fuel > making, > and need a few extra people to come out for that, or I can work > with you > at another time early next week. I'm also looking for donations of > some > housewares, tools, and building supplies for the next internship. > > The demolition will involve an tearing out two small floors made out > of mobile home particleboard, tearing out a counter and moving > appliances, taking out some carpet, and removing a sinking > bathtub. We > have tools, but if you have crowbars, flat bars, hammers, > sledgehammers, > and sawzalls, please bring them. We have a few respirators for the > dust, and if you have your own, please bring them. I will provide work > gloves. Bring an iPod with demolition-friendly music, I have a stereo > for us. > > I will bring a small grill and we can grill up some meat and veggie > burgers. BYOB if you'd like. > > If you have not been out to Tuesday night fuel making in a while, > the > co-op is looking spectacular, thanks to the efforts of volunteers and > the summers interns in the past 10 weeks. Since we get a lot of our > income through Sunday tours, your work on beautifying and finishing > projects in our physical campus has been extremely valuable in > addition > to looking good and improving morale for interns, volunteers, and > staff. > > Partial list of work that you volunteer worker-members have done > this summer: The co-op main building, the grease warming zone, and > the outbuildings are all freshly painted, limewashed, finished, and > otherwise beautified. The screen porch at the White house/reactor > building is now finally screened in, which means that interns and > staff > have been making full use of it during the hot summer. And, fuelmaking > has been working smoothly with many new volunteers getting trained and > learning the ropes. > > All of this is really worth seeing in person if you have not been > here for awhile, so come on out the next chance you get. I would like > to keep up the momentum by turning some attention to the Yellow House. > The Yellow House is the intern housing next door, which is owned by > Abundance Foundation and eventually will belong to the co-op. We have > been formalizing the internship program, and that requires providing > quality housing and a good 'room and board' plan for interns. > > Here are a few things that I would like for next fall's internship, > and > especially for next weeks demolition: > > - help this Tuesday night, starting at 5:30 (or earlier- email me). > Come > next door to the yellow house that is to the east of the co-op main > building. You can pull into the driveway from the road to get to the > front of the house and park there. > - help with remaining demolition at any other time between Monday > morning and Thursday night, of next week. Email me first- if you > have a > day off and would like to come shoot the breeze about biodiesel and > demolish some bad stuff. > - some roofing materials (email me for info on what we need) > - any useful lumber over 5' long, we have many projects coming up that > need supplies like this > - plywood or floor or roof decking materials > - small roll of floor covering for replacing the kitchen linoleum > > I'm also looking for donations of some housewares for future interns > housing/"room and board": We provide furnishings for them, and I would > like to outfit the interns' kitchen better. Does anyone have, laying > around in an attic somewhere: > > - a cast iron pan or two > - a couple of medium and large size cooking pots > - small microwave > - blender (for food, not biodiesel) > - desk lamps > - shelving/utility shelves or bookshelves. Please contact me before > bringing shelving as we have specific needs for that. > > > Big stuff I'm looking for, for the co-op and internship: > > - small refrigerator (we're looking for two- a small "counter" (like > dorm type) fridge because staff don't have their own kitchen, and a > narrow kitchen one to replace one that's failing at the White) > - metal folding chairs for future classes at the co-op- Matt's > teaching > classes in the next few months and we need about 15 more folding > chairs > of our own so we can stop borrowing/renting > - For the main building's yard area: picnic table, functional outdoor > table/lawnchairs set, or "park" bench. We don't have much outdoor > seating on campus. I'd like to have more workparties/barbeque type > workday events in the future. > - working dishwasher for the lab we're putting in at the Reactor Room, > for glassware and sample jars > - old InSinkErator type sink garbage disposal, for chopping up food > scraps for a compost project this fall > - hand tools or power tools you'd like to donate to the co-op, that > can > be used by the interns (and volunteers) during future semesters. We > especially need a socket set and combination wrenches, copper pipe > soldering gear or other plumbing tools, and a jigsaw. > - while I'm making a (maybe unrealistic) wish list, how about a > propane > barbeque (it doesn't have to work, I can fix it, it's also for > volunteer > event/workparties) or a working electric lawnmower... > > Email me if you have anything like this to donate, or would like to > work > with me on the demolition at a time other than Tuesday Fuelmaking > night. > > Thank you in advance for any of this and your help! > > > girl Mark "formerly a carpenter, now a gimp' Alovert > Co-op Intern Co-ordinator > alovert at b100.org > _______________________________________________ > Workers mailing list > Workers at lists.biofuels.coop > http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers > > > > -- > "Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape > those who dream only by night." > _______________________________________________ > Workers mailing list > Workers at lists.biofuels.coop > http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.emji.net/pipermail/workers/attachments/20080815/b87591af/attachment.htm From mattr at biofuels.coop Fri Aug 15 17:13:03 2008 From: mattr at biofuels.coop (Matthew Rudolf) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:13:03 -0400 Subject: [Biofuels Workers] Special workparty at Piedmont Biofuels co-op this Tuesday/some things we're looking for In-Reply-To: References: <48A4AB15.8020308@b100.org> <94ed67f50808141806v68f3e93akaf3ae515b38505ba@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: thanks David. On Aug 15, 2008, at 11:21 AM, David Thornton wrote: > Hey Matt, > > I can help out with picking up the full size fridge. I have to make > a stop in Randolph County next week. Give me a call and we can set > up a time. 919 770 0300 > > David > > On Aug 14, 2008, at 9:06 PM, matthew barron wrote: > >> girl Mark, >> >> I have two fridges...one dorm and another that is from my kitchen. >> They both work well, but I have no way of getting the bigger one >> to the coop. I also have a small microwave. I live a little less >> than an hour away. Let me know if anyone can run this way and pick >> some stuff up. Otherwise I can run the smaller of the two things >> out there. I would love to get rid of my big fridge though. >> >> Matt Barron >> >> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 6:00 PM, girl Mark wrote: >> Hello everybody, >> >> I have been volunteering all summer as intern coordinator at >> Piedmont, and helping with facility upgrades at the site. Right now >> we're have a two or three week break between internships, which means >> that the yellow modular home that interns Joanna and Marc lived in >> will >> be empty. The house has a couple of problem with kitchen and >> bathroom >> floor rot, and we have to repair it while the house is empty. Once >> those >> repairs are complete it's going to be a spectacular living space >> for our >> hardworking interns. >> >> I would desperately like some help doing demolition next week. It >> will be easy and fun, and we'll have good food, and you don't need >> construction experience. We can do it during Tuesday night fuel >> making, >> and need a few extra people to come out for that, or I can work >> with you >> at another time early next week. I'm also looking for donations of >> some >> housewares, tools, and building supplies for the next internship. >> >> The demolition will involve an tearing out two small floors made out >> of mobile home particleboard, tearing out a counter and moving >> appliances, taking out some carpet, and removing a sinking >> bathtub. We >> have tools, but if you have crowbars, flat bars, hammers, >> sledgehammers, >> and sawzalls, please bring them. We have a few respirators for the >> dust, and if you have your own, please bring them. I will provide >> work >> gloves. Bring an iPod with demolition-friendly music, I have a stereo >> for us. >> >> I will bring a small grill and we can grill up some meat and veggie >> burgers. BYOB if you'd like. >> >> If you have not been out to Tuesday night fuel making in a >> while, the >> co-op is looking spectacular, thanks to the efforts of volunteers and >> the summers interns in the past 10 weeks. Since we get a lot of our >> income through Sunday tours, your work on beautifying and finishing >> projects in our physical campus has been extremely valuable in >> addition >> to looking good and improving morale for interns, volunteers, and >> staff. >> >> Partial list of work that you volunteer worker-members have done >> this summer: The co-op main building, the grease warming zone, and >> the outbuildings are all freshly painted, limewashed, finished, and >> otherwise beautified. The screen porch at the White house/reactor >> building is now finally screened in, which means that interns and >> staff >> have been making full use of it during the hot summer. And, >> fuelmaking >> has been working smoothly with many new volunteers getting trained >> and >> learning the ropes. >> >> All of this is really worth seeing in person if you have not been >> here for awhile, so come on out the next chance you get. I would >> like >> to keep up the momentum by turning some attention to the Yellow >> House. >> The Yellow House is the intern housing next door, which is owned by >> Abundance Foundation and eventually will belong to the co-op. We have >> been formalizing the internship program, and that requires providing >> quality housing and a good 'room and board' plan for interns. >> >> Here are a few things that I would like for next fall's >> internship, and >> especially for next weeks demolition: >> >> - help this Tuesday night, starting at 5:30 (or earlier- email >> me). Come >> next door to the yellow house that is to the east of the co-op main >> building. You can pull into the driveway from the road to get to the >> front of the house and park there. >> - help with remaining demolition at any other time between Monday >> morning and Thursday night, of next week. Email me first- if you >> have a >> day off and would like to come shoot the breeze about biodiesel and >> demolish some bad stuff. >> - some roofing materials (email me for info on what we need) >> - any useful lumber over 5' long, we have many projects coming up >> that >> need supplies like this >> - plywood or floor or roof decking materials >> - small roll of floor covering for replacing the kitchen linoleum >> >> I'm also looking for donations of some housewares for future interns >> housing/"room and board": We provide furnishings for them, and I >> would >> like to outfit the interns' kitchen better. Does anyone have, laying >> around in an attic somewhere: >> >> - a cast iron pan or two >> - a couple of medium and large size cooking pots >> - small microwave >> - blender (for food, not biodiesel) >> - desk lamps >> - shelving/utility shelves or bookshelves. Please contact me before >> bringing shelving as we have specific needs for that. >> >> >> Big stuff I'm looking for, for the co-op and internship: >> >> - small refrigerator (we're looking for two- a small "counter" (like >> dorm type) fridge because staff don't have their own kitchen, and a >> narrow kitchen one to replace one that's failing at the White) >> - metal folding chairs for future classes at the co-op- Matt's >> teaching >> classes in the next few months and we need about 15 more folding >> chairs >> of our own so we can stop borrowing/renting >> - For the main building's yard area: picnic table, functional outdoor >> table/lawnchairs set, or "park" bench. We don't have much outdoor >> seating on campus. I'd like to have more workparties/barbeque type >> workday events in the future. >> - working dishwasher for the lab we're putting in at the Reactor >> Room, >> for glassware and sample jars >> - old InSinkErator type sink garbage disposal, for chopping up food >> scraps for a compost project this fall >> - hand tools or power tools you'd like to donate to the co-op, >> that can >> be used by the interns (and volunteers) during future semesters. We >> especially need a socket set and combination wrenches, copper pipe >> soldering gear or other plumbing tools, and a jigsaw. >> - while I'm making a (maybe unrealistic) wish list, how about a >> propane >> barbeque (it doesn't have to work, I can fix it, it's also for >> volunteer >> event/workparties) or a working electric lawnmower... >> >> Email me if you have anything like this to donate, or would like >> to work >> with me on the demolition at a time other than Tuesday Fuelmaking >> night. >> >> Thank you in advance for any of this and your help! >> >> >> girl Mark "formerly a carpenter, now a gimp' Alovert >> Co-op Intern Co-ordinator >> alovert at b100.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Workers mailing list >> Workers at lists.biofuels.coop >> http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers >> >> >> >> -- >> "Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape >> those who dream only by night." >> _______________________________________________ >> Workers mailing list >> Workers at lists.biofuels.coop >> http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers > > _______________________________________________ > Workers mailing list > Workers at lists.biofuels.coop > http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers From barronms at gmail.com Sat Aug 16 00:53:36 2008 From: barronms at gmail.com (matthew barron) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:53:36 -0400 Subject: [Biofuels Workers] Special workparty at Piedmont Biofuels co-op this Tuesday/some things we're looking for In-Reply-To: References: <48A4AB15.8020308@b100.org> <94ed67f50808141806v68f3e93akaf3ae515b38505ba@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <94ed67f50808152153h6e45a425w849d592969a964ae@mail.gmail.com> David, Let me know what would be a good day next week to come over and get the fridges and stuff. I can be here after school hours next week. I'll call you to set something up. Thanks again, matt On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Matthew Rudolf wrote: > thanks David. > > On Aug 15, 2008, at 11:21 AM, David Thornton wrote: > > Hey Matt, > > > > I can help out with picking up the full size fridge. I have to make > > a stop in Randolph County next week. Give me a call and we can set > > up a time. 919 770 0300 > > > > David > > > > On Aug 14, 2008, at 9:06 PM, matthew barron wrote: > > > >> girl Mark, > >> > >> I have two fridges...one dorm and another that is from my kitchen. > >> They both work well, but I have no way of getting the bigger one > >> to the coop. I also have a small microwave. I live a little less > >> than an hour away. Let me know if anyone can run this way and pick > >> some stuff up. Otherwise I can run the smaller of the two things > >> out there. I would love to get rid of my big fridge though. > >> > >> Matt Barron > >> > >> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 6:00 PM, girl Mark wrote: > >> Hello everybody, > >> > >> I have been volunteering all summer as intern coordinator at > >> Piedmont, and helping with facility upgrades at the site. Right now > >> we're have a two or three week break between internships, which means > >> that the yellow modular home that interns Joanna and Marc lived in > >> will > >> be empty. The house has a couple of problem with kitchen and > >> bathroom > >> floor rot, and we have to repair it while the house is empty. Once > >> those > >> repairs are complete it's going to be a spectacular living space > >> for our > >> hardworking interns. > >> > >> I would desperately like some help doing demolition next week. It > >> will be easy and fun, and we'll have good food, and you don't need > >> construction experience. We can do it during Tuesday night fuel > >> making, > >> and need a few extra people to come out for that, or I can work > >> with you > >> at another time early next week. I'm also looking for donations of > >> some > >> housewares, tools, and building supplies for the next internship. > >> > >> The demolition will involve an tearing out two small floors made out > >> of mobile home particleboard, tearing out a counter and moving > >> appliances, taking out some carpet, and removing a sinking > >> bathtub. We > >> have tools, but if you have crowbars, flat bars, hammers, > >> sledgehammers, > >> and sawzalls, please bring them. We have a few respirators for the > >> dust, and if you have your own, please bring them. I will provide > >> work > >> gloves. Bring an iPod with demolition-friendly music, I have a stereo > >> for us. > >> > >> I will bring a small grill and we can grill up some meat and veggie > >> burgers. BYOB if you'd like. > >> > >> If you have not been out to Tuesday night fuel making in a > >> while, the > >> co-op is looking spectacular, thanks to the efforts of volunteers and > >> the summers interns in the past 10 weeks. Since we get a lot of our > >> income through Sunday tours, your work on beautifying and finishing > >> projects in our physical campus has been extremely valuable in > >> addition > >> to looking good and improving morale for interns, volunteers, and > >> staff. > >> > >> Partial list of work that you volunteer worker-members have done > >> this summer: The co-op main building, the grease warming zone, and > >> the outbuildings are all freshly painted, limewashed, finished, and > >> otherwise beautified. The screen porch at the White house/reactor > >> building is now finally screened in, which means that interns and > >> staff > >> have been making full use of it during the hot summer. And, > >> fuelmaking > >> has been working smoothly with many new volunteers getting trained > >> and > >> learning the ropes. > >> > >> All of this is really worth seeing in person if you have not been > >> here for awhile, so come on out the next chance you get. I would > >> like > >> to keep up the momentum by turning some attention to the Yellow > >> House. > >> The Yellow House is the intern housing next door, which is owned by > >> Abundance Foundation and eventually will belong to the co-op. We have > >> been formalizing the internship program, and that requires providing > >> quality housing and a good 'room and board' plan for interns. > >> > >> Here are a few things that I would like for next fall's > >> internship, and > >> especially for next weeks demolition: > >> > >> - help this Tuesday night, starting at 5:30 (or earlier- email > >> me). Come > >> next door to the yellow house that is to the east of the co-op main > >> building. You can pull into the driveway from the road to get to the > >> front of the house and park there. > >> - help with remaining demolition at any other time between Monday > >> morning and Thursday night, of next week. Email me first- if you > >> have a > >> day off and would like to come shoot the breeze about biodiesel and > >> demolish some bad stuff. > >> - some roofing materials (email me for info on what we need) > >> - any useful lumber over 5' long, we have many projects coming up > >> that > >> need supplies like this > >> - plywood or floor or roof decking materials > >> - small roll of floor covering for replacing the kitchen linoleum > >> > >> I'm also looking for donations of some housewares for future interns > >> housing/"room and board": We provide furnishings for them, and I > >> would > >> like to outfit the interns' kitchen better. Does anyone have, laying > >> around in an attic somewhere: > >> > >> - a cast iron pan or two > >> - a couple of medium and large size cooking pots > >> - small microwave > >> - blender (for food, not biodiesel) > >> - desk lamps > >> - shelving/utility shelves or bookshelves. Please contact me before > >> bringing shelving as we have specific needs for that. > >> > >> > >> Big stuff I'm looking for, for the co-op and internship: > >> > >> - small refrigerator (we're looking for two- a small "counter" (like > >> dorm type) fridge because staff don't have their own kitchen, and a > >> narrow kitchen one to replace one that's failing at the White) > >> - metal folding chairs for future classes at the co-op- Matt's > >> teaching > >> classes in the next few months and we need about 15 more folding > >> chairs > >> of our own so we can stop borrowing/renting > >> - For the main building's yard area: picnic table, functional outdoor > >> table/lawnchairs set, or "park" bench. We don't have much outdoor > >> seating on campus. I'd like to have more workparties/barbeque type > >> workday events in the future. > >> - working dishwasher for the lab we're putting in at the Reactor > >> Room, > >> for glassware and sample jars > >> - old InSinkErator type sink garbage disposal, for chopping up food > >> scraps for a compost project this fall > >> - hand tools or power tools you'd like to donate to the co-op, > >> that can > >> be used by the interns (and volunteers) during future semesters. We > >> especially need a socket set and combination wrenches, copper pipe > >> soldering gear or other plumbing tools, and a jigsaw. > >> - while I'm making a (maybe unrealistic) wish list, how about a > >> propane > >> barbeque (it doesn't have to work, I can fix it, it's also for > >> volunteer > >> event/workparties) or a working electric lawnmower... > >> > >> Email me if you have anything like this to donate, or would like > >> to work > >> with me on the demolition at a time other than Tuesday Fuelmaking > >> night. > >> > >> Thank you in advance for any of this and your help! > >> > >> > >> girl Mark "formerly a carpenter, now a gimp' Alovert > >> Co-op Intern Co-ordinator > >> alovert at b100.org > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Workers mailing list > >> Workers at lists.biofuels.coop > >> http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> "Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape > >> those who dream only by night." > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Workers mailing list > >> Workers at lists.biofuels.coop > >> http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Workers mailing list > > Workers at lists.biofuels.coop > > http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers > > _______________________________________________ > Workers mailing list > Workers at lists.biofuels.coop > http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers > -- "Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.emji.net/pipermail/workers/attachments/20080816/f0b267b7/attachment-0001.htm From dlane20 at nc.rr.com Mon Aug 18 09:07:37 2008 From: dlane20 at nc.rr.com (dlane20 at nc.rr.com) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 9:07:37 -0400 Subject: [Biofuels Workers] Special workparty at Piedmont Biofuels co-op this Tuesday/some things we're looking for Message-ID: <9052764.2758401219064857255.JavaMail.root@cdptpa-web18-z02> Hey, I plan on coming out to help with the demo and I'll bring a load of some good scrap lumber I don't need from the pile in my yard. I also have power tools I can bring as well. Let me know if you have sourced a grill already, I noticed someone is throwing away a gas grill this morning down the street from me. It looked okay from the outside and I can try and grab it if needed and if its still there by the time I get home. All this hinges on me being able to fix my truck tonight, so hopefully that will go as planned. Thanks, David ---- girl Mark wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I have been volunteering all summer as intern coordinator at > Piedmont, and helping with facility upgrades at the site. Right now > we're have a two or three week break between internships, which means > that the yellow modular home that interns Joanna and Marc lived in will > be empty. The house has a couple of problem with kitchen and bathroom > floor rot, and we have to repair it while the house is empty. Once those > repairs are complete it's going to be a spectacular living space for our > hardworking interns. > > I would desperately like some help doing demolition next week. It > will be easy and fun, and we'll have good food, and you don't need > construction experience. We can do it during Tuesday night fuel making, > and need a few extra people to come out for that, or I can work with you > at another time early next week. I'm also looking for donations of some > housewares, tools, and building supplies for the next internship. > > The demolition will involve an tearing out two small floors made out > of mobile home particleboard, tearing out a counter and moving > appliances, taking out some carpet, and removing a sinking bathtub. We > have tools, but if you have crowbars, flat bars, hammers, sledgehammers, > and sawzalls, please bring them. We have a few respirators for the > dust, and if you have your own, please bring them. I will provide work > gloves. Bring an iPod with demolition-friendly music, I have a stereo > for us. > > I will bring a small grill and we can grill up some meat and veggie > burgers. BYOB if you'd like. > > If you have not been out to Tuesday night fuel making in a while, the > co-op is looking spectacular, thanks to the efforts of volunteers and > the summers interns in the past 10 weeks. Since we get a lot of our > income through Sunday tours, your work on beautifying and finishing > projects in our physical campus has been extremely valuable in addition > to looking good and improving morale for interns, volunteers, and staff. > > Partial list of work that you volunteer worker-members have done > this summer: The co-op main building, the grease warming zone, and > the outbuildings are all freshly painted, limewashed, finished, and > otherwise beautified. The screen porch at the White house/reactor > building is now finally screened in, which means that interns and staff > have been making full use of it during the hot summer. And, fuelmaking > has been working smoothly with many new volunteers getting trained and > learning the ropes. > > All of this is really worth seeing in person if you have not been > here for awhile, so come on out the next chance you get. I would like > to keep up the momentum by turning some attention to the Yellow House. > The Yellow House is the intern housing next door, which is owned by > Abundance Foundation and eventually will belong to the co-op. We have > been formalizing the internship program, and that requires providing > quality housing and a good 'room and board' plan for interns. > > Here are a few things that I would like for next fall's internship, and > especially for next weeks demolition: > > - help this Tuesday night, starting at 5:30 (or earlier- email me). Come > next door to the yellow house that is to the east of the co-op main > building. You can pull into the driveway from the road to get to the > front of the house and park there. > - help with remaining demolition at any other time between Monday > morning and Thursday night, of next week. Email me first- if you have a > day off and would like to come shoot the breeze about biodiesel and > demolish some bad stuff. > - some roofing materials (email me for info on what we need) > - any useful lumber over 5' long, we have many projects coming up that > need supplies like this > - plywood or floor or roof decking materials > - small roll of floor covering for replacing the kitchen linoleum > > I'm also looking for donations of some housewares for future interns > housing/"room and board": We provide furnishings for them, and I would > like to outfit the interns' kitchen better. Does anyone have, laying > around in an attic somewhere: > > - a cast iron pan or two > - a couple of medium and large size cooking pots > - small microwave > - blender (for food, not biodiesel) > - desk lamps > - shelving/utility shelves or bookshelves. Please contact me before > bringing shelving as we have specific needs for that. > > > Big stuff I'm looking for, for the co-op and internship: > > - small refrigerator (we're looking for two- a small "counter" (like > dorm type) fridge because staff don't have their own kitchen, and a > narrow kitchen one to replace one that's failing at the White) > - metal folding chairs for future classes at the co-op- Matt's teaching > classes in the next few months and we need about 15 more folding chairs > of our own so we can stop borrowing/renting > - For the main building's yard area: picnic table, functional outdoor > table/lawnchairs set, or "park" bench. We don't have much outdoor > seating on campus. I'd like to have more workparties/barbeque type > workday events in the future. > - working dishwasher for the lab we're putting in at the Reactor Room, > for glassware and sample jars > - old InSinkErator type sink garbage disposal, for chopping up food > scraps for a compost project this fall > - hand tools or power tools you'd like to donate to the co-op, that can > be used by the interns (and volunteers) during future semesters. We > especially need a socket set and combination wrenches, copper pipe > soldering gear or other plumbing tools, and a jigsaw. > - while I'm making a (maybe unrealistic) wish list, how about a propane > barbeque (it doesn't have to work, I can fix it, it's also for volunteer > event/workparties) or a working electric lawnmower... > > Email me if you have anything like this to donate, or would like to work > with me on the demolition at a time other than Tuesday Fuelmaking night. > > Thank you in advance for any of this and your help! > > > girl Mark "formerly a carpenter, now a gimp' Alovert > Co-op Intern Co-ordinator > alovert at b100.org > _______________________________________________ > Workers mailing list > Workers at lists.biofuels.coop > http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers From mattr at biofuels.coop Tue Aug 19 22:58:02 2008 From: mattr at biofuels.coop (Matthew Rudolf) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:58:02 -0400 Subject: [Biofuels Workers] Thank You... Message-ID: <549A6662-310E-4688-8CFD-451E422F650A@biofuels.coop> ...to everyone who came out tonight to help with the demolition work at the intern house. Although it was a bit disheartening to see the true extent of the water damage and mold in the Yellow house, it was inspiring to see so many people jumping in to help out with the work. A special thank you to girl Mark, Greg and Tim for masterminding tonight's work party. Matt From dlane20 at nc.rr.com Fri Aug 22 15:38:04 2008 From: dlane20 at nc.rr.com (David Lane) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:38:04 -0400 Subject: [Biofuels Workers] Thank You... References: <549A6662-310E-4688-8CFD-451E422F650A@biofuels.coop> Message-ID: <000501c9048e$988ffc50$0201a8c0@getawarrant1st> Matt, Any work going on at the house still on Saturday? If so, then let me know the start time since I'm available from anytime in the morning till 1:30 or so. Thanks, David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Rudolf" To: "Workers List" Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:58 PM Subject: [Biofuels Workers] Thank You... > ...to everyone who came out tonight to help with the demolition work > at the intern house. Although it was a bit disheartening to see the > true extent of the water damage and mold in the Yellow house, it was > inspiring to see so many people jumping in to help out with the > work. A special thank you to girl Mark, Greg and Tim for > masterminding tonight's work party. > > Matt > _______________________________________________ > Workers mailing list > Workers at lists.biofuels.coop > http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers From alovert at b100.org Fri Aug 22 16:42:31 2008 From: alovert at b100.org (girl Mark) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:42:31 -0400 Subject: [Biofuels Workers] construction workday updates- next steps, and Saturday. In-Reply-To: <000501c9048e$988ffc50$0201a8c0@getawarrant1st> References: <549A6662-310E-4688-8CFD-451E422F650A@biofuels.coop> <000501c9048e$988ffc50$0201a8c0@getawarrant1st> Message-ID: <48AF24B7.9070103@b100.org> Hi guys, Matt and Damian are going to be there on Saturday, and could definitely use more help. We will fire up the charcoal grill again and, among other things, provide more Moncure's Finest Burgers (Ray's butcher shop provided the secret recipe that Greg used last week by the way- kind of a funny story) and I'll make a pot of chocolate chili. If you guys could get there tomorrow I think we can get Matt and others there at 9 tomorrow. lots and lots of good progress happened in the last few days. We did some more demolition, bleached the mold that's left, met with the contractor, and figured out the next few steps that need doing, hired Damian to work on the project in between workparties, and Damian is starting work on putting down flooring. we figured out how to make the kitchen a bit bigger so that the space is more easily used by groups that come for SEI workshops, future staffers and others on site, and we can relieve some of the pressure that's currently on the White house residents when volunteers/staff/campers come. The place will slowly get transformed from being a trailer to being more like a quality home. We figured out that we can do some of the work in stages, which makes it manageable. We also have a truck shortage this weekend (Matt's about to take the co-op Dually truck on the road for a Clean Tech educational trailer tour and it's heavily in use by the rest of the co-op till he leaves). If anyone can come down with a truck, we need to do a Lowes' run for wood. We also need to do dump runs with the debris, which is mostly packaged into half-drums with handy carry handles, so this isn't a difficult job (and we have respirators and work gloves). Mostly, we need trucks and bodies for this. I think it's about two trucks' worth of dump run. We have an extra Chatham County landfill sticker we can use. Projects: do dump runs before it rains on the debris that's outside. Damian and I already did one dump run. we're starting with the kitchen and will then proceed to the adjoining closet and bathroom. The kitchen is mostly prepped for flooring already, with one more round of cabinets to remove. The bathroom/closet take out water heater, cap off plumbing, and remove remaining rot behind/underneath it. Apply bleach (with pump-sprayer) to that area several times and let dry. "sister" some good 2x6 to the damaged joists purchase and cut T&G plywood for replacing the flooring remove remaining cabinets and range hood (we're moving the stove over to another wall, so as to make the kitchen a bit bigger) move range plug circuit over to another wall (easy) attach some real electrical boxes to the walls - currently the place has 'mobile home boxes' ,which aren't really boxes, and might be hazardous in the long run (there's not much of a connection in the kind of crush connectors that they tend to use) insulate walls and start on drywall mow backyard. I don't know if we can get a functional lawnmower by then (last person who used Lyle's gas mower was a child, so it's hard to tell if it's broken or just out of gas). If anyone can bring a small mower and knock down the weeds it'll make construction-related comings and goings easier. UPDATED WISH LIST: -We'll need to replace the old kitchen cabinets and some countertops as well- if anyone has this stuff sitting around in a garage somewhere, let us know, otherwise we'll recycle some from the Habitat Home Store. I have a router and can do formica counters, but it's expensive. If you have MDF or any kind of white/light colored formica left from another project we could use it in the kitchen. -flooring: We'll need some vinyl or other roll flooring to re-do the kitchen (we just need a small remnant- probably 5' by 8' if even that) -wood flooring, to be installed in the future: We'd like to put down real hardwood floor in the master bedroom in the future (carpet really sucks in places prone to mold)- please, keep your eyes peeled for salvage deals on recycled hardwood flooring or gym flooring that we can buy in the future. -lawn mower, I'm hoping we can get an electric one on site someday -shop vac. there's one huge filthy shop vac on site that usually gets used for oil spills. It'd be nice to have a second one in a more manageable size for non-oily stuff like construction projects. Anyone got an old one to donate? - some roofing materials for Yellow House porch (email me for info on what we need) - any useful lumber over 5' long, we have many projects coming up that need supplies like this - plywood or floor or roof decking materials - small roll of floor covering for replacing the kitchen linoleum Donations of some housewares for future interns housing/"room and board": We provide furnishings for them, and I would like to outfit the interns' kitchen better. Does anyone have, laying around in an attic somewhere: - a cast iron pan or two - a couple of medium and large size cooking pots - blender (for food, not biodiesel) - desk lamps - shelving/utility shelves or bookshelves Big stuff I'm looking for, for the co-op and internship: - metal folding chairs for future classes at the co-op- Matt's teaching classes in the next few months and we need about 15 more folding chairs of our own so we can stop borrowing/renting - For the main building's yard area: picnic table, functional outdoor table/lawnchairs set, or "park" bench. We don't have much outdoor seating on campus. I'd like to have more workparties/barbeque type workday events in the future. - working dishwasher for the lab we're putting in at the Reactor Room, for glassware and sample jars - old InSinkErator type sink garbage disposal, for chopping up food scraps for a compost project this fall - hand tools or power tools you'd like to donate to the co-op, that can be used by the interns (and volunteers) during future semesters. We especially need a socket set and combination wrenches, copper pipe soldering gear or other plumbing tools, and a jigsaw. Thanks very much for all the volunteers and help last weekend, you guys were really great. We had a really good turnout and I think it was fun for everyone, especially the grill/cookout part. We really have to incorporate food into these work parties more often in the future. I might be at the site doing biodiesel stuff in the backyard for part of the day (and maybe helping with the grilling), so stop by and say hi if you'd like. Mark David Lane wrote: > Matt, > > Any work going on at the house still on Saturday? If so, then let me know > the start time since I'm available from anytime in the morning till 1:30 or > so. > > Thanks, > > David > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Rudolf" > To: "Workers List" > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:58 PM > Subject: [Biofuels Workers] Thank You... > > > >> ...to everyone who came out tonight to help with the demolition work >> at the intern house. Although it was a bit disheartening to see the >> true extent of the water damage and mold in the Yellow house, it was >> inspiring to see so many people jumping in to help out with the >> work. A special thank you to girl Mark, Greg and Tim for >> masterminding tonight's work party. >> >> Matt >> _______________________________________________ >> Workers mailing list >> Workers at lists.biofuels.coop >> http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers >> > > _______________________________________________ > Workers mailing list > Workers at lists.biofuels.coop > http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers > > From mattr at biofuels.coop Fri Aug 22 18:30:59 2008 From: mattr at biofuels.coop (Matthew Rudolf) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:30:59 -0400 Subject: [Biofuels Workers] construction workday updates- next steps, and Saturday. In-Reply-To: <48AF24B7.9070103@b100.org> References: <549A6662-310E-4688-8CFD-451E422F650A@biofuels.coop> <000501c9048e$988ffc50$0201a8c0@getawarrant1st> <48AF24B7.9070103@b100.org> Message-ID: Thanks for this great update Mark. I will be there to help lead the next steps of the construction project. I checked out the kitchen, closet and master bath today and all look to be free and clear of mold at this point, with the very noticeable exception of the hot water heater area, so that is going to be our next step. I will be arriving at the Yellow house by 9am to get started. I'll see y'all there. Matt On Aug 22, 2008, at 4:42 PM, girl Mark wrote: > Hi guys, > > Matt and Damian are going to be there on Saturday, and could > definitely > use more help. We will fire up the charcoal grill again and, among > other > things, provide more Moncure's Finest Burgers (Ray's butcher shop > provided the secret recipe that Greg used last week by the way- > kind of > a funny story) and I'll make a pot of chocolate chili. If you guys > could > get there tomorrow I think we can get Matt and others there at 9 > tomorrow. > > lots and lots of good progress happened in the last few days. We did > some more demolition, bleached the mold that's left, met with the > contractor, and figured out the next few steps that need doing, hired > Damian to work on the project in between workparties, and Damian is > starting work on putting down flooring. we figured out how to make the > kitchen a bit bigger so that the space is more easily used by groups > that come for SEI workshops, future staffers and others on site, > and we > can relieve some of the pressure that's currently on the White house > residents when volunteers/staff/campers come. The place will slowly > get > transformed from being a trailer to being more like a quality home. We > figured out that we can do some of the work in stages, which makes it > manageable. > > We also have a truck shortage this weekend (Matt's about to take the > co-op Dually truck on the road for a Clean Tech educational trailer > tour > and it's heavily in use by the rest of the co-op till he leaves). If > anyone can come down with a truck, we need to do a Lowes' run for > wood. > We also need to do dump runs with the debris, which is mostly packaged > into half-drums with handy carry handles, so this isn't a difficult > job > (and we have respirators and work gloves). Mostly, we need trucks and > bodies for this. I think it's about two trucks' worth of dump run. We > have an extra Chatham County landfill sticker we can use. > > Projects: > do dump runs before it rains on the debris that's outside. Damian > and I > already did one dump run. > > we're starting with the kitchen and will then proceed to the adjoining > closet and bathroom. The kitchen is mostly prepped for flooring > already, > with one more round of cabinets to remove. The bathroom/closet > take out water heater, cap off plumbing, and remove remaining rot > behind/underneath it. Apply bleach (with pump-sprayer) to that area > several times and let dry. > "sister" some good 2x6 to the damaged joists > purchase and cut T&G plywood for replacing the flooring > remove remaining cabinets and range hood (we're moving the stove > over to > another wall, so as to make the kitchen a bit bigger) > move range plug circuit over to another wall (easy) > attach some real electrical boxes to the walls - currently the > place has > 'mobile home boxes' ,which aren't really boxes, and might be hazardous > in the long run (there's not much of a connection in the kind of crush > connectors that they tend to use) > insulate walls and start on drywall > mow backyard. I don't know if we can get a functional lawnmower by > then > (last person who used Lyle's gas mower was a child, so it's hard to > tell > if it's broken or just out of gas). If anyone can bring a small mower > and knock down the weeds it'll make construction-related comings and > goings easier. > > UPDATED WISH LIST: > > -We'll need to replace the old kitchen cabinets and some > countertops as > well- if anyone has this stuff sitting around in a garage > somewhere, let > us know, otherwise we'll recycle some from the Habitat Home Store. I > have a router and can do formica counters, but it's expensive. If you > have MDF or any kind of white/light colored formica left from another > project we could use it in the kitchen. > -flooring: We'll need some vinyl or other roll flooring to re-do the > kitchen (we just need a small remnant- probably 5' by 8' if even that) > -wood flooring, to be installed in the future: We'd like to put down > real hardwood floor in the master bedroom in the future (carpet really > sucks in places prone to mold)- please, keep your eyes peeled for > salvage deals on recycled hardwood flooring or gym flooring that we > can > buy in the future. > -lawn mower, I'm hoping we can get an electric one on site someday > -shop vac. there's one huge filthy shop vac on site that usually gets > used for oil spills. It'd be nice to have a second one in a more > manageable size for non-oily stuff like construction projects. Anyone > got an old one to donate? > > - some roofing materials for Yellow House porch (email me for info on > what we need) > - any useful lumber over 5' long, we have many projects coming up that > need supplies like this > - plywood or floor or roof decking materials > - small roll of floor covering for replacing the kitchen linoleum > > Donations of some housewares for future interns housing/"room and > board": We provide furnishings for them, and I would like to outfit > the > interns' kitchen better. Does anyone have, laying around in an attic > somewhere: > - a cast iron pan or two > - a couple of medium and large size cooking pots > - blender (for food, not biodiesel) > - desk lamps > - shelving/utility shelves or bookshelves > > Big stuff I'm looking for, for the co-op and internship: > > - metal folding chairs for future classes at the co-op- Matt's > teaching > classes in the next few months and we need about 15 more folding > chairs > of our own so we can stop borrowing/renting > > - For the main building's yard area: picnic table, functional outdoor > table/lawnchairs set, or "park" bench. We don't have much outdoor > seating on campus. I'd like to have more workparties/barbeque type > workday events in the future. - working dishwasher for the lab we're > putting in at the Reactor Room, for glassware and sample jars > > - old InSinkErator type sink garbage disposal, for chopping up food > scraps for a compost project this fall > > - hand tools or power tools you'd like to donate to the co-op, that > can > be used by the interns (and volunteers) during future semesters. We > especially need a socket set and combination wrenches, copper pipe > soldering gear or other plumbing tools, and a jigsaw. > > > Thanks very much for all the volunteers and help last weekend, you > guys > were really great. We had a really good turnout and I think it was fun > for everyone, especially the grill/cookout part. We really have to > incorporate food into these work parties more often in the future. > > I might be at the site doing biodiesel stuff in the backyard for > part of > the day (and maybe helping with the grilling), so stop by and say > hi if > you'd like. > > Mark > > > > David Lane wrote: >> Matt, >> >> Any work going on at the house still on Saturday? If so, then let >> me know >> the start time since I'm available from anytime in the morning >> till 1:30 or >> so. >> >> Thanks, >> >> David >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Matthew Rudolf" >> To: "Workers List" >> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:58 PM >> Subject: [Biofuels Workers] Thank You... >> >> >> >>> ...to everyone who came out tonight to help with the demolition work >>> at the intern house. Although it was a bit disheartening to see the >>> true extent of the water damage and mold in the Yellow house, it was >>> inspiring to see so many people jumping in to help out with the >>> work. A special thank you to girl Mark, Greg and Tim for >>> masterminding tonight's work party. >>> >>> Matt >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Workers mailing list >>> Workers at lists.biofuels.coop >>> http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Workers mailing list >> Workers at lists.biofuels.coop >> http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Workers mailing list > Workers at lists.biofuels.coop > http://lists.emji.net/mailman/listinfo/workers