Due to the urgency of the situation, we have to bring the closing date for this forward to Thursday 23rd at 12 noon.
That is very soon! We need to get a new building manager very very soon!!
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- Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:54 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Apply now to be the building manager!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7039
- Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:46 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: PRIJECTOR NEEDED for 25-26th Sept
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4782
Re: PRIJECTOR NEEDED for 25-26th Sept
What's the event?
- Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:04 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Apply now to be the building manager!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7039
Apply now to be the building manager!
Starting in early October, the Forest needs a new Building Manager. The position is for around 27 hours per week. Main duties: Promote, manage and rent facilities such as the Cave, Bristo Hall and the Screen printing room. Organise, manage and maintain the forest's equipment. Maintain the building b...
- Sun Sep 19, 2010 4:44 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: ARGH a jukebox interface appears
- Replies: 24
- Views: 35953
Re: ARGH a jukebox interface appears
After much faffing about, I managed to stick a new plug on the end of that network cable. So the scrobbles should be scrobbled. And the interface should interface. You getting on alright with applescript, Iain?
- Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:55 am
- Forum: The Building
- Topic: Proposal for the front room
- Replies: 14
- Views: 19207
Re: Proposal for the front room
like the poster. great photo!
- Sat Sep 11, 2010 9:45 am
- Forum: Minutes
- Topic: Artist Facilities Working Group meeting 9th September 2010
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14978
Re: Artist Facilities Working Group meeting 9th September 20
Yo Stevie, I'm up for helping with grants if poss....
- Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:20 am
- Forum: Facilities
- Topic: Proposal: Pigeonholes
- Replies: 14
- Views: 27481
Re: Proposal: Pigeonholes
Pigeonholes in the hall is terrible system. Random people look through them. Shit goes missing. Terrible!
- Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:41 pm
- Forum: The Building
- Topic: Zoetrope update, new submissions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8390
- Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:40 pm
- Forum: The Building
- Topic: Proposal for the front room
- Replies: 14
- Views: 19207
Re: Proposal for the front room
Like the diagram!
Sounds like a decent idea. I think it would help to reduce draft from the doorway in winter. This would, of course, be nice.
Sounds like a decent idea. I think it would help to reduce draft from the doorway in winter. This would, of course, be nice.
- Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:37 pm
- Forum: The Building
- Topic: Proposal: action room
- Replies: 17
- Views: 23383
Re: Proposal: action room
Support removal of ugly/unclean carpet.
If it is a decent wooden floor it might be a shame to paint it, no? A natural, varnished wooden floor is a joyous thing!
If it is a decent wooden floor it might be a shame to paint it, no? A natural, varnished wooden floor is a joyous thing!
- Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:31 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Another mention in the Guardian
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3264
Another mention in the Guardian
We get a mention here, as part of Sophie Cooke's perfect day:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/a ... ays-out-uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/a ... ays-out-uk
- Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:15 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: volunteers tonight
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8470
Re: volunteers tonight
I'm free between 7 and 10 if there's something I can do then?
- Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:39 pm
- Forum: Facilities
- Topic: Trad Musicians seek trendy showcase space...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8593
Re: Trad Musicians seek trendy showcase space...
Under 18s not a problem when we're not licensed. September = no problem. To book the cafe for an event, you need to come in and ask at the counter for the events book. If the night you want is available, write your event in the book and you're sorted. Make sure to read the info that's attached to th...
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:35 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Financial plan: Can you help out the Glasgow Social Centre?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15093
Re: Financial plan: Can you help out the Glasgow Social Cent
Oh, here is a visually unappealing version: http://theforest.org.uk/drupal5/grow-your-own-forest The main keys to success: Get cheap rent and sell everything for at least three times what it cost you. Also, if you do proper stockcheck/counting/accounting of everything, you will probably get a lot le...
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:31 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Financial plan: Can you help out the Glasgow Social Centre?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15093
Re: Financial plan: Can you help out the Glasgow Social Cent
I can't seem to find the original "how we started" webpage. Anyone know where that's gone?
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:53 am
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: vandalism in the gallery
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18328
Re: vandalism in the gallery
I did it. Took about an hour. One is torn, one has broken thread, two are missing.
- Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:03 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: upgrading broadband
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40331
Re: upgrading broadband
Just got off the phone with highly annoying BT legalspeak person. They flatly refuse to give any ground on the contract. They are sending me an official statement of their legal position and telling me I should take it up with the telecoms regulator. So that, I suppose, is what I will do.
- Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:40 am
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: early shift of help!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4760
Re: early shift of help!
Sorry I won't be there. I feel like an absolute spanner for just dumping those bog roll holders last night and not sticking around to fit them. I was only thinking of my empty stomach! Hopefully someone will have time to do it this morning. They're in the new cupboard in the new loo. Off to work now...
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 12:58 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Weekly programme 26th-31st July
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6160
Re: Weekly programme 26th-31st July
sounds fine
- Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:05 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: forest widget for mac peoples
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7336
Re: forest widget for mac peoples
I was trying to set it up on the G3s in the action room but wouldn't work. They're running 10.4.11, so I dunno if it would work for you Dirk. How many mega cycles is your G4 chip? If it's 867MHz or above, you could update to Leopard, which is a big improvement on Tiger. Will make your laptop useable...
- Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:34 am
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: ARGH a jukebox interface appears
- Replies: 24
- Views: 35953
Re: ARGH a jukebox interface appears
This be very good! Are you on it? Do you need admin access to the iMac, or do you have that already?
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:32 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: aren't our friends amazing?!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3687
Re: aren't our friends amazing?!
that girl is a machine!
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:57 pm
- Forum: The Building
- Topic: bathroom supplies
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14856
Re: bathroom supplies
Can anyone tell me what we pay currently for loo roll? It may be that we could save money by switching to the other type.
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:44 am
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: G4 iMac for action room?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8499
Re: G4 iMac for action room?
Does anyone know the whereabouts of the G4 (big, grey Powermac) we already have? This has ample power and already got Gimp installed. If we can get this set up somewhere, we shouldn't need anything else.
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:49 am
- Forum: Facilities
- Topic: Action room clearout - 18th July
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14594
Re: Action room clearout - 18th July
Sweet. Seriously nice job!
- Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:37 pm
- Forum: The Building
- Topic: bathroom supplies
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14856
bathroom supplies
We need loo roll & soap dispensers for the new loos.. I've always liked coreless toilet rolls for eco-friendliness, always thought we should have that shit in the forest. How about these double action dispensers for coreless boys, only £8.80 each? http://www.caboodle.co.uk/NETCatProductPage.process?...
- Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:44 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: G4 iMac for action room?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8499
G4 iMac for action room?
Just wondering if we should get another iMac for the action room. I'm planning to come & fix up pinky so he works a bit faster, but we could probably use another one with a bit more power. There's a G4 coming up on eBay tomorrow which is in Dalkeith so I could go & collect it instead of paying posta...
- Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:03 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: forest speaks , total kunst yahoo groups
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11862
Re: forest speaks , total kunst yahoo groups
The georg thread was on theforestspeaks. Should still exist. theforestcafe turned into private committee discussion and was a members only group
- Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:21 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Drink?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9071
Re: Drink?
me too. 'bout 7.45
- Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:18 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: forest widget for mac peoples
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7336
forest widget for mac peoples
Contemplating the nature and purpose of life, it occurred to me that what the world really needs is a forest dashboard widget so that Mac users can get the latest forest news pumped straight to their desktop. If you use a Mac and you want forest news, let me know either here or in a pm and I'll send...
- Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:09 pm
- Forum: The Building
- Topic: maybe useful storage thing?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2387
maybe useful storage thing?
Anyone got a use for this? It's out of my kitchen. Is about waist high and quite deep. The drawers go all the way back.
- Mon Jul 05, 2010 2:38 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: We could always ask Standard Life for another computer?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21295
Re: We could always ask Standard Life for another computer?
Good.... as long as they don't mind that we already lost their laptop!
- Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:22 pm
- Forum: Front of House/Gallery
- Topic: Back to Forest
- Replies: 26
- Views: 52445
Re: Back to Forest
I'm very much in favour of the doing more with less policy. It's at the heart of forest ethos. And at the moment we need to save money any way we can.
- Sun Jun 27, 2010 1:40 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: bb private messages reply all
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17435
Re: bb private messages reply all
If there's a bb update available then we should get it installed, for security reasons if nothing else.
- Fri Jun 25, 2010 9:28 am
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: upgrading broadband
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40331
Re: upgrading broadband
Thanks Mike.
I just found out BT have us signed up to a 2 year contract for broadband since February! This was done without authorization so I'm making a complaint in an attempt to extricate us.
I just found out BT have us signed up to a 2 year contract for broadband since February! This was done without authorization so I'm making a complaint in an attempt to extricate us.
- Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:40 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: upgrading broadband
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40331
Re: upgrading broadband
For £21.97 per month (extra £4) we can get a faster upload speed (2.5 instead of 1.3 meg) and one static IP address. Anyone think this would be worthwhile?
- Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:32 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: upgrading broadband
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40331
Re: upgrading broadband
New router?Our new router is running dd-wrt so I should be able to get some pretty decent figures soon
- Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:32 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: upgrading broadband
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40331
Re: upgrading broadband
I just called Be again. They're offering genuinely no limits (they say), up to 20meg broadband for £17.88 per month. I'm thinking we should just go for this. Be have a good reputation and it sounds like BT have been pretty shit lately? And Be is cheaper. They will also give us a free router, which m...
- Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:54 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: upgrading broadband
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40331
Re: upgrading broadband
Thanks.
- Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:05 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: upgrading broadband
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40331
Re: upgrading broadband
I'd still like to know how many gigabytes we download per month, to be sure we won't fall afoul of any fair usage policies. Can anyone measure this and give me a rough figure? Also, can anyone confirm that the slow speeds are due to lack of bandwidth and not the limitations of some ancient piece of...
- Sat Jun 05, 2010 1:07 pm
- Forum: Sales and Distribution
- Topic: the golden hour book II - sales and distro
- Replies: 29
- Views: 49228
Re: the golden hour book II - sales and distro
Let me know if you want a hand...
- Fri Jun 04, 2010 4:12 pm
- Forum: Sales and Distribution
- Topic: the golden hour book II - sales and distro
- Replies: 29
- Views: 49228
Re: the golden hour book II - sales and distro
Ryan, have you ever heard of spreadsheets? Google docs?
- Mon May 17, 2010 10:48 am
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Forest Vibe - Out Now!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4904
Re: Forest Vibe - Out Now!
this is, indeed, a magnificent piece of work!
- Mon May 17, 2010 10:47 am
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: BTS meeting this Thursday
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1622
BTS meeting this Thursday
Hey!
The next Behind the Scenes working group meeting will be on Thursday 20th May at 8pm.
Be there if you want to be involved in: grants, shop, paperwork, technology, volunteering.
It will be exciting. It will be fun. You will never forget it.
The next Behind the Scenes working group meeting will be on Thursday 20th May at 8pm.
Be there if you want to be involved in: grants, shop, paperwork, technology, volunteering.
It will be exciting. It will be fun. You will never forget it.
- Wed May 12, 2010 8:42 am
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: upgrading broadband
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40331
Re: upgrading broadband
I'd still like to know how many gigabytes we download per month, to be sure we won't fall afoul of any fair usage policies. Can anyone measure this and give me a rough figure? Also, can anyone confirm that the slow speeds are due to lack of bandwidth and not the limitations of some ancient piece of ...
- Mon May 10, 2010 10:20 am
- Forum: Facilities
- Topic: big IDEA: Jukebox in the Cafe
- Replies: 25
- Views: 36751
Re: big IDEA: Jukebox in the Cafe
I've been thinking it might be good to get an old jukebox or radiogram and fit it with a touch screen monitor hooked up to a computer. Would cost money, though - including around £200 for the monitor. I'd use an old Mac Mini, but I'm sure most people would prefer to set up a Linux box again. And the...
- Sat May 08, 2010 7:23 pm
- Forum: Facilities
- Topic: big IDEA: Jukebox in the Cafe
- Replies: 25
- Views: 36751
Re: big IDEA: Jukebox in the Cafe
I looked at a lot of alternative media players before setting up iTunes on that one. Unfortunately they're all crap by comparison. I tested out the most promising one but it was clunky and buggy and a pain. If you're having specific issues, why not let me know? There might be a simple solution. Alte...
- Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:07 pm
- Forum: Workshops
- Topic: Project idea - Drums?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 34960
Re: Project idea - Drums?
drums = pain
Re: oh no
At least you got your avatar back.
- Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:53 am
- Forum: Kitchen
- Topic: new can opener and salad spinner please
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8780
Re: new can opener and salad spinner please
I could go on a candle run sometime next week. Want to come along & help?