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 Practical Practical
  
-1. HTTP is located in the back of beyond - a business park in the residential London borough of Haringey [[http://www.haringey.gov.uk]] - from the point of view of its public. A cafe would offer exhibition visitors something to chew on alongside the art: sustenance and conviviality, enriched space for contemplation, information and reading.+1. HTTP is located in the back of beyond - a business park in the residential London borough of Haringey [[http://www.haringey.gov.uk]] - from the point of view of its public. A cafe would offer visitors something to chew on alongside the art: sustenance and conviviality, enriched space for contemplation, information and reading.
 Elongate visit. Elongate visit.
  
-2. Additionally provide a service for local residents and studio occupants. A way of connecting with the local community that's more fluid and open, a softer and more everyday interface than the gallery. The neighbourhood is changing - cafe would be an interface to that.+2. A service for local residents and studio occupants. The neighbourhood is changing - incoming small business and studios - the cafe would be an interface to that. A means of connecting with the local community that's more fluid and open, a softer and more everyday interface than the gallery. 
  
 Conceptual  Conceptual 
  
-    Demonstrate an alternate economy and ecology. +    http: The cafe will demonstrate an alternate economy and ecology, that promotes free    
-    Promote free processes and experiences other than those governed by hegemonic global +    processes and experiences other than those governed by hegemonic global 
     capitalism: so many shops deal with just money.      capitalism: so many shops deal with just money. 
     Feral Trade is an economy based on other peoples' activities and how you get from A to B.      Feral Trade is an economy based on other peoples' activities and how you get from A to B. 
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 Economic Economic
  
-Profit is not a necessary motivation, which opens up the territory considerably.+Profit is not a necessary motive, which opens up the operating territory considerably.
  
   * income scenario    * income scenario 
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    Feral Trade runs at a fabulous loss, in business terms.    Feral Trade runs at a fabulous loss, in business terms.
-   It operates in an absence of the principle of least effort, +   It operates in an absence of the principle of least effort, excluding it from basic  
-   excluding it from basic capitalist forms of success. +   capitalist measure of success. 
    The investment is in the network.     The investment is in the network. 
    
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 Gallery hours are currently 12-5PM Fri-Sun, possibly extending to Thurs. Gallery hours are currently 12-5PM Fri-Sun, possibly extending to Thurs.
-Current average 15-20 visitors per weekend, mainly arriving via Manor House tube. +Average 15-20 visitors per weekend, mainly arriving via Manor House tube. 
 There is no cafe between the tube and HTTP although it is possible to take a  There is no cafe between the tube and HTTP although it is possible to take a 
 detour to Costa Coffee, a commercial chain in the business mall on Green Lanes.  detour to Costa Coffee, a commercial chain in the business mall on Green Lanes. 
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 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.+    http: It would be a coup to overcome geography and keep the cafe open in winter.
     Without affecting global warming.      Without affecting global warming. 
-    Patio bonfires are worth looking into.+     
 +Patio bonfires are worth looking into.
  
   * caretaking: human resources as they currently stand   * caretaking: human resources as they currently stand
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 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.
 Saturday and Sunday have dedicated invigilation, Fridays can be more hectic. Saturday and Sunday have dedicated invigilation, Fridays can be more hectic.
-Currently Ale (Furtherfield administration and coordination) does Fri-Sat; Sunday they pay an invigilator. +Currently Ale (Furtherfield administration and coordination) does Fri-Sat; Sundays there is an outside invigilator. 
  
-Hazards: At what scale would the cafe interfere with the basic running of other office activity?+Hazards: At what scale would the cafe interfere with other office activity?
  
     * roles for cafe.      * roles for cafe. 
  
 **Service:** preparation, waiting, cash-taking. **Service:** preparation, waiting, cash-taking.
-Cafe service role would be rotated amongst present core personnel.  +Cafe service role would 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.
 http://www.furtherfield.org/about.php http://www.furtherfield.org/about.php
-Cafe service should be continuous with / accessory to natural office life and disinvest food service of any lowered status. Instead advance tea and coffee service as an active communications medium / interpretation of aristotlean ideas of [[householding]], which can be defined as production for use as opposed to production for gain. +Cafe service should be accessory to natural office life, disinvesting refreshment service of any lowered status. Instead take tea and coffee service as an interpretation of aristotlean idea of [[householding]]: production for use instead of for gain. 
  
-**Management:** Feral Trade would remain involved in the politics and practicalities of supply. +**Management:** Feral Trade would remain involved in the politics and practicalities of supply. 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   * physical setup: service and storage spaces, equipment investment, utensil choices
  
-Initial investment would be an advantage (equipment, utensils, presentation media). +Initial investment will be necessary (equipment, utensils, presentation media). 
-Stock would be expected to cover itself.+At a minimum, tables, chairs, umbrellas and signage to communicate cafe presence to the nighbourhood.
          
-Decking that runs along the side of HTTP building would be prime seating area. Sound the landlord out on this between rent payments. +The decking along the side of HTTP building is potentially prime seating area. HTTP to 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 
-formally HTTP's, included in rent. Cafe could serve from here with guests seating themselves informally. +formally HTTP's, included in their rent. Cafe could serve from here with guests seating themselves informally (on the decking).
-Is the back garden an alt possibility? +
- +
-Tables, chairs, umbrellas, signage would be important to communicate cafe presence to the nighbourhood.+
  
     Liability would need to be thought through or ignored.     Liability would need to be thought through or ignored.
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 Also promoted as background for exhibitions. Also promoted as background for exhibitions.
  
-  * operating models (positive and negative)+  * other models (positive and negative)
  
     Cafe Kino http://www.cafe-kino.com/about/index.htm, Bristol.      Cafe Kino http://www.cafe-kino.com/about/index.htm, Bristol. 
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 =====  REGULATION ===== =====  REGULATION =====
  
-Use existing [[uk_premises_regulations]] as a template/ jelly mould for evasion or compliance.  +[[uk_premises_regulations]] 
 +    Use existing regulations as a template/ jelly mould for evasion or compliance. 
     Produce a Regulatory reading menu as research project.      Produce a Regulatory reading menu as research project. 
  
 ===== HTTP structure  ===== ===== HTTP structure  =====
- 
-  * Current conditions 
  
 Umbrella company is Catlow & Garrett, a partnership and tax entity, deals with rent and overheads, PAYE etc. Umbrella company is Catlow & Garrett, a partnership and tax entity, deals with rent and overheads, PAYE etc.
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    - compliance with or skirting the regulatory perimeters [[uk_premises_regulations]]    - compliance with or skirting the regulatory perimeters [[uk_premises_regulations]]
-   - shelf life: essential for a slow-sales charter+   - shelf life: to avoid sales incentive or waste
    - the facility of the food item to host information, including    - the facility of the food item to host information, including
    - information on source: relations with land embodied by the transport of its produce    - information on source: relations with land embodied by the transport of its produce
-   - information on carriage: network relations, trade relations of delivery, embodied by courier.+   - information on carriage: network relations, trade relations in delivery, embodied by courier/s.
    - seasonality, including transportation seasons    - seasonality, including transportation seasons
    - localness    - localness
  
-   Expand understanding of localness beyond the territorially bounded, landlocked model  +   Expand understanding of localness beyond the territorially bounded, landlocked  
-   of the village, to a shared set of connections with known transit routes, +   village model, to a shared set of connections and navigable transit routes, 
    like the scale-free hubs of the internet.     like the scale-free hubs of the internet. 
  
 [[common_products]] [[common_products]]
  
-   The commodity, as object produced for sale on the market, conceals its relationships  
-   except for the money relation. The product of the commons is filled with  
-   human relations, including possibly unpleasant ones (Peter Linebaugh). 
    Ingredients and products with questionable ethics can be included, along with their     Ingredients and products with questionable ethics can be included, along with their 
    source information. The main thing is to expand the product monologue to articulate a     source information. The main thing is to expand the product monologue to articulate a 
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