From freevoice@igc.apc.org Tue Jan 3 20:39:20 1995 Received: from mail.igc.apc.org (root@mail.igc.apc.org [192.82.108.38]) by fido.wps.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id UAA01501; Tue, 3 Jan 1995 20:39:16 -0800 Received: from igc2.igc.apc.org (igc2.igc.apc.org [192.82.108.39]) by mail.igc.apc.org (8.6.9/Revision: 1.54 ) with SMTP id UAA20771; Tue, 3 Jan 1995 20:39:35 -0800 Received: (from freevoice) by igc2.igc.apc.org (8.6.9/Revision: 1.5 ) id UAA07784; Tue, 3 Jan 1995 20:39:34 -0800 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 20:39:34 -0800 From: Freevoice Message-Id: <199501040439.UAA07784@igc2.igc.apc.org> To: deke@fido.wps.com Subject: BFC Cc: kevin.branstatter@afrc.ac.uk, maile@fido.wps.com, mdamore@moose.uvm.edu, sciww@fido.wps.com, u441280@uhccmvs.BITNET Status: OR FW Deke, How's it been going. Haven't heard from you lately. Here's an update on the Ben Fletcher Center. We've affected some middle sized repairs to the roof and have stemmed the tide of water for the winter. We have also cleared out and are making ready the first floor back, eventually home of the FNB kitchen, squatter/homeless showeres and washer/dryer, as well small office cubical for new and growing groups or a press. We have the walls of two of the SRO style apartments practically done and new wiring a nd insulation to go with them. As such, we will be moving out of the front room and into our rooms by the end of the week so that we will then be able to get the reading room ready. The public site internet project is goint ahead and should be online at BFC when I get back from california. This weekend we will be moving in the first shipments of books for the Books thru Bars activities which will also be increasing our reading material as well. We are currently also work! ing out with a youth rehab project to see about having them design and construct the FNB kitchen, and associated fixtures, which might help diversify the community with a vested interest in the center. Our prisoner friend has approached us about signing over the building to us in return for publishing, and this will hopefully make us a more permanent fixture. So all in all, things are moving ahead well, if not at lightening speed. Since we do not have central heating, we do not expect to officially op en our doors before March anyway, so we are making very good time. I finnally got some before photos taken (3 weeks after before), so next week I might be able to send you some photos of before and a little after. Hope all is well enough with you in SF and that I will see you later in the month. I'm seriously considering taking up Ray's request for help at the TWU, but I'm very dubious about working with him. In Solidarity, Josie, x341890