Moving

This page is deprecated as we are moved. For details on post-move TODOs, please see 3517 TODO.

In case you weren't clear, we are moving in on June 1. This means moving our... actually lots of metric tons of stuff. We will have at least a week after moving in that we still have our existing space, and we can start moving in some of our equipment up to a few weeks before move-in.

This is a call for volunteers and a repository for things you consider important about how we should execute the move. This is not the place to discuss the lease, who is in charge of the move, why we are moving (besides that this space is bigger, will be easier to deal with legally, and... is bigger), etc.

Can you help? Do you have a truck/large vehicle? Do you have want to show up and be fed and beered while you carry heavy objects? Do you want to feed and beer people while they carry heavy objects? This is your moment!

Volunteers

Moving Help

Gary Friedlander and wife
Thomas Fors can help with his hands
Bikeman Dan
Avner Shanan
Shawn Blaszak
Laurie Rich
Ryan Bouse
Steve Finkelman
Dave Mole
Eric Stein
Ishmael Rufus
Jim Burke (on Saturdays)
John Stoner
Carl Karsten
Sacha De'Angeli
Ben Hussey

Vehicles and Help

Ishmael Rufus can get a flatbed from I-Go and can help
David from Midwest Visuals has a 12 foot box truck with a lift gate. He would need gas reimbursed.
Shawn Blaszak has a sedan usable for transporting people and boxes
Thomas Fors has offered the use ofhis small car.
Gary Freidlander has a Honda Pilot with a roof rack and kayak trailer

Moving Supplies

Shawn Blaszak has access to free boxes and pallets from UL in Northbrook, IL (but would need someone with a truck/van to get the pallets down to the space)
Shawn Blaszak has a light-duty hand cart
Sacha De'Angeli has a hand cart, moving blanket, and straps
Steve Finkelman has a couple of dollies
Laurie Rich has Tuperware tubs she can loan and can get free boxes from her workplace
Carl Karsten has a self-lift stacker that could be picked up from Niles

Details? What?

We are moving from 3354 N Elston to 3517 N Elston. This is not very far, but we still have to pack stuff up and don't want to walk with everything because it is not *that* close.

Things that can be moved before June 1st (if possible)

Everything in the classroom
Everything up in the loft
the TARDIS
Spare electronics lab equipment not in use (the stuff stowed under the back corner work benches)
Everything stored in the garage that isn't part of the laser cutter setup
Refractory oven
hydraulic press
kiln
The unused IT equipment
Full member bins on a case-by-case basis if the owners OK it
The forge and anvil if Adrianna OKs it
looms & warping equipment
The IT equipment not currently in use
The Halloween stuff, black lights, and vacuum tubes.

Move Timeline

Move "Things that can be moved before June 1st" into the classroom staging area (if possible).
Get boxes
Pack the stuff in the classroom staging area into boxes and clearly label what is inside/where it will go
Mark large items in the space with a brightly colored sticker if they are to go before June 1st
Arrange a time that the new landlord will let us move stuff into the new space before June 1st