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--- public_diet [2008-07-12 06:13] – katerich
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 ===== CAFE motives, structure and infrastructure =====
-Motives for opening a cafe as an art project.
+  * Motives for opening a cafe as an art project.
-. HTTP  [[http://www.http.uk.net]]is located in the back of beyond from the point of
+HTTP  [[http://www.http.uk.net]] is located in the back of beyond from the point of
-    view of its visitors.
+view of its visitors.
-    Would like to give exhibition goers something more to chew on, such as
+It would like to give exhibition goers something more to chew on, such as
-    sustenance and conviviality, space for contemplation, information and reading.
+sustenance and conviviality, space for contemplation, information and reading.
-    Elongate visit.
+Elongate visit.
-. Useful service for local residents and studio occupants. The neighbourhood is
+Useful service for local residents and studio occupants. The neighbourhood is
-    changing, it's a way of connecting with the local community that's more fluid and
+changing, it's a way of connecting with the local community that's more fluid and
-    open, a softer and more everyday interface than the gallery.
+open, a softer and more everyday interface than the gallery.
-. Demonstrate an alternate economy and ecology: so many shops deal with just money.
+    Demonstrate an alternate economy and ecology: so many shops deal with just money.
     Promote free processes and experiences other than those governed by hegemonic global
     capitalism. Feral Trade is an economy based on other peoples' activities and how you
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 detour to Costa Coffee. Portuguese cafe in the other direction.
-    The cafe would not necessarily be linked to shows.
+The cafe would not necessarily be linked to shows.
-    The gallery has an exhibit approximately 3/4 of the year.
+The gallery has an exhibit approximately 3/4 of the year.
-    There are gaps between shows. In winter and gaps, the distributed library and Feral
+There are gaps between shows. In winter and gaps, the distributed library and Feral
-    Trade cafe could occupy the gallery space. People would visit for the library, or for meetings.
+Trade cafe could occupy the gallery space. People would visit for the library, or for meetings.
-    Library visitor numbers are low but it's the intensity of the experience that counts.
+Library visitor numbers are low but it's the intensity of the experience that counts.
     It would be a coup to overcome geography and keep the cafe open in winter.
     Without affecting global warming.
     Patio bonfires are worth looking into.
-    In winter it could be a kiosk, menu devised for creating heat or utilising refrigeration.
   * caretaking: human resources as they currently stand
-    When the gallery is open, there is someone always available to respond to visitors.
+When the gallery is open, there is someone always available to respond to visitors.
-    Sat and sun have more dedicated invigilation, fri can be more hectic.
+Sat and sun have more dedicated invigilation, fri can be more hectic.
-    Currently Ale (administration and coordination) does fri+sat, sun there is a paid invigilator.
+Currently Ale (administration and coordination) does fri+sat, sun there is a paid invigilator.
     * roles for cafe: preparation, service, cash-taking, cleaning up, stock management.
-    Cafe service role should be rotated amongst present core personnel.
+Cafe service role should be rotated amongst present core personnel.
-    This kind of distributed culture is integral to the way Furtherfield works as a group.
+This kind of distributed culture is integral to the way Furtherfield works as a group.
-    Cafe service should be continuous with natural office life. Disinvest food service of
+Cafe service should be continuous with natural office life. Disinvest food service of
-    lowered status, advance tea and coffee service as a communications medium.
+lowered status, advance tea and coffee service as a communications medium.
-    Weekly stock management would be 1 person's responsibility.
+Weekly stock management would be 1 person's responsibility.
-    Probably Ale who deals with this kind of thing anyway.
+Probably Ale who deals with this kind of thing anyway.
   * physical setup: service and storage spaces, equipment investment, utensil choices
+Initial investment would be an advantage.
-    Decking. Sound the landlord out on this between rent payments.
+Decking. Sound the landlord out on this between rent payments.
-    Landlord relations are distantly friendly. There is a janitor who keeps a close eye
+Landlord relations are distantly friendly. There is a janitor who keeps a close eye
-    on the compound. If landlord rejects decking plans, the parking spaces in front are
+on the compound. If landlord rejects decking plans, the parking spaces in front are
-    legally HTTP's, paid for within rent. Cafe could serve from here.
+legally HTTP's, paid for within rent. Cafe could serve from here.
-    Is the back garden an alt possibility?
+Is the back garden an alt possibility?
     Liability would need to be thought through either way.
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   * publicity
-    Cafe would have its own publicity strand, as a HTTP project.
+Cafe would have its own publicity strand, as a HTTP project.
-    Also promoted as background for exhibitions.
+Also promoted as background for exhibitions.
   * operating models (positive and negative)
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     Run by a collective of artists etc who also run the Here Shop and Gallery over the road.
     High proportion of customers are their extended social networks who probably live
-    within a few blocks of the cafe. People go for the sociability, decor, free wireless,
+    within a few blocks. People go for the sociability, decor, free wireless,
-    good tea and coffee, cultural contagion plus pleasure of investing in own social networks.
+    good tea and coffee, cultural contagion plus pleasure of investing in own social
+    networks.
-    Leila's Shop, Shoreditch. review covers the for & againsts pretty effectively:
+    Leila's Shop, Shoreditch. Review covers the for & againsts pretty effectively:
     http://londonreviewofbreakfasts.blogspot.com/2008/04/leilas-shop-shoreditch.html
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     Use existing premises regulations as a template/ jelly mould for evasion or
-    compliance. Produce a Regulatory reading menu as research result / art project.
+    compliance. Produce a Regulatory reading menu as research project.
 ===== HTTP structure  =====
-Current conditions
+  * Current conditions
-    Umbrella company is Catlow & Garrett (unincorporated partnership).
+Umbrella company is Catlow & Garrett (unincorporated partnership). Tax entity, deals with rent and overheads, PAYE.
-    Tax entity, deals with rent and overheads, PAYE.
+HTTP & Furtherfield are not for profits with written constitutions.
-    HTTP & Furtherfield are not for profits with written constitutions.
+Furtherfield has an advisory board and is funded by ACE.
-    Furtherfield has an advisory board and is funded by ACE.
+HTTP is a furtherfield.org project.
-    HTTP is a furtherfield.org project.
+HTTP compound is zoned as mixed / live-work.
-    HTTP compound is zoned a s mixed / live-work.
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   -    Tea from Bangladesh (TBC)
   -    Cola from Bristol.
+  -    Salt from Gujarat
   Other organisational contenders
   -    Fo.am Brussels. Grappa, Latvian cured meats, computer chocolate biscuits.
   -    Mejor Vida Corporation, Mexico City. Hot chocolate
-  -    Irational.org  food for free apple mush
+  -    Irational.org, Bristol. Food for Free apple mush
 ===== OUTPUTS =====