Danny K Log
June 20th, 2014
Cleaned and organized bathroom, back storage area and 3DPrinter area.
Worked with Brenna and Gabriel on making screen printing supplies. We made a screen and worked on a tool for spreading emulsion on the screen.
June 19th, 2014
Cleaned and organized the hablab living room, kitchen and 3DPrinter area. I am planning on tackling the bathroom and back storage room, which has gotten very messy since its initial organization a few weeks ago, tomorrow.
June 18th, 2014
Helped stain the solar cabin.
June 16th, 2014
Prepared and packed food and supplies for the trip to the brick press workshop in Wisconsin. Here is a list of food packed for this camping trip for any future OSE field trips [1]. I decided not to go on this trip in order to increase space in the van, and so that I could assist in projects at Factor E. I also wanted to spend some time organizing and cleaning the hablab so that it can be the most functional space possible during the rest of the summer.
Went with DPV participants Brenna Fitzpatrick, Jeff Adams and Gabriel Elkind to purchase more carsiding for the solar cabin, as well as stain that will be used for the cabin and the deck of the pool once it is constructed.
June 15th, 2014
Shopped for food and supplies for Monday's DPV trip to the brick press build workshop in Wisconsin [2].
- Factor E now has three tents (2x 2 person, 1x 4 person), two coolers and a two burner camping stove.
June 14th, 2014
Picked up DPV participant Victor Macul from the airport.
Worked on Summer 2014 Recipe Book [3].
June 13th, 2014
Facilitated second community meeting of 2014. Checked in about successes of week two, and things we're looking forward to in the following week. I led a discussion about work shift chores, and made sure everyone was aware of specifics of certain chores. We talked about some ways to increase sanitation in the hablab in order to help fight off some of the sicknesses that have been going around. Based on this discussion with DPV participants comments, it was decided to add one more living room clean per week, and to break up trash and compost clean into separate shifts so that the compost bin can be cleaned more often. Here are the notes I had for specific shifts:
- Living room organize/ vacuum: This task involves vacuuming the floor, putting misplaced items in their proper locations, and organizing things on the table tops.
- When cleaning the kitchen, use buckets and sponge under sink to first wash counters with simple green (or any other degreaser available), and then to wash the counters, and any other commonly touched surfaces with bleach and water.
- When cleaning the bathroom, use the larger bucket and sponge under the sink to clean first with simple green and water, and then with bleach and water. The counters, showers, toilets and all commonly touched surfaces should be cleaned in this way.
Minutes from the meeting were recorded by Stephen Whiting and can be found here [ It was a great meeting and an excellent end to week two.
June 12th, 2014
Shopped for food. Updated summer 2014 food spending report [4].
June 11th, 2014
Contacted references for potential DPV participant.
Helped briefly to measure and prepare the foundation for the hexagonal gazebo outside the hablab. Project was put on hold due to the hexyurt roof's lack of structural integrity.
June 10th, 2014
Connected with summer DPV participant Victor Macul about his Factor E arrival date.
Updated summer food spending report with most recent purchases [5].
Went with Marcin to pick up the new OSE van that will be used to take DPV participants to June's brick press workshop in Wisconsin.
Picked up summer DPV participant Guillaume Coudray from Kansas City airport.
June 9th, 2014
Met with Marcin. Discussed projects from DPV week one, food and supplies budget, situation with our search for a 15 passenger van, and updated Hospitality Manual Presentation, adding a section about workshift and a table of contents.
Shopped for food and updated food spending report [6].
Connected with Summer DPV participants Edo Licina, Jose Quevado and Craig Calkins about their arrivals at Factor E.
June 8th, 2014
Picked up DPV participant Greg Buckland from the airport.
Helped build hablab cob oven
June 6th, 2014
Held and facilitated the first Summer 2014 community council meeting. Discussed community agreements, adjustments to the daily work schedule, meal times, collaborating with the local community, planning a community potluck. See this google doc for minutes of the meeting. They were recorded by DPV participant Sam Turner [7].
Updated Summer 2014 recipe book [8].
Added page to Hospitality Manual Presentation about Community Agreements [9].
June 5th, 2014
Refilled propane tanks.
June 4th, 2014
Shopped for food [10]
Talked to Marcin about moving the community meeting from Sunday to Friday (June 6th).
June 3rd, 2014
Assigned work shifts to summer DPV participants [11].
Assisted in hablab raised bed construction.
Continued researching 15 person vans. Contacted Jim at Mid America Coach in KC regarding vans and bussses.
Connected with summer DPV participants regarding a group meeting set for Sunday June 8, and their experience at Factor E so far.
June 2nd, 2014
Broke cleaning + organizing tasks into distinct work shifts [12]. Summer DPV partipants will be delegated 3 hours worth of work shifts a week.
Researched 15 person vans, emailed and called sellers found online.
Updated hospitality manual presentation. Added sections about food preparation and purchasing [13]. Created a recipe book on google docs that I added to the Hospitality manual. This will be where the meals and recipes prepared each day will be logged so that future hospitality leaders can use it for reference.[14].
June 1st, 2014
Organized airport pickups [15]
Worked on food spending report [16] - more to input still.
May 31st, 2014
Met with Marcin:
Discussed room assignments [17], purchasing new oven and finding a van for 15 people.
Prepared rooms for summer DPV participants' arrivals.
Worked on organizing shelves in back of hablab. Inventoried in Hospitality Manual Presentation [18]
Shopped for food [19]
May 30th, 2014
Arrived at Factor E