The new version of the Precious Plastic Machines went live yesterday, along with the new website and all that jazz: https://preciousplastic.com/

My face is on that front page!

It was a super fun project to get involved in, and now we're trying to get a similar thing off the ground here in Montreal. I'm hopeful, but the team seems a little unfocused? Lot of people, ideas and goodwill but not so much concrete direction, actions and skills. It's at times like this I wish I had a little more technical skills in the workshop to advance things. Because I'm doing what I can in the planning, business, social media etc but without the working machines it's all moot. And all the current machines we have are broken/disassembled. It's also a bit frustrating how there seems to be a lot of planning about setting things up "properly". For example there is pushback against setting up in a makerspace because they will take a percentage off revenue from classes we might give as opposed to no classes because we don't really have a space right now.

I'm learning a lot about setting up a non-profit, with bylaws and all that. And I don't really have anything else going on anyway so no harm no foul. I'll give it my all, and if it ends up being a bust I can always jump ship and try starting it on my own with a couple competent people. I just figured it might be easier to join an existing team vs starting my own project like I usually do. We'll see!