Unexpected blessings
Feb 13, 2011
But that's exactly what happened when Mark Daniel emailed us from Cross Pointe Church in Duluth. His youth group found out about us, downloaded the blueprints from our website, decided 'we can do this', and put together as pretty of a hut as I've ever seen. what's more, they came down a few weeks back and assembled it out in the field.
They even had a small design improvement that I instantly fell in love with.
The picture to the left shows how we typically put together the ladder leading up to the loft. The ladder rungs are attached to two walls - the side wall and the front wall door entrance. In order to keep the ladder rungs flush to the surfaces they're attached to, we have to add another piece of stud the height of the ladder to the nearest side wall vertical.
Now, this is the improved ladder. The rungs are built directly into the side wall itself; cleverly, the lower rungs are oriented horizontally to provide steps, while the upper rungs are oriented vertically to provide grips. Sweet!Now you may be saying to yourself that this just shows how dumb we are in the Housers. And that may be true! But it's surprisingly difficult to see the obvious - and we're not too proud to say that our designs cannot be improved upon. Good work, Cross Pointe!
Plans
Jan 19, 2011
We might be a small, but we dream big. For the past year and a half, the Board of Directors has been working on ways to help more clients more ways. The most noticeable change has been our increased collaboration with outside groups, combined with a shift in focus towards client outreach activities. But there have been many other goals set, as well - how many shelters we wish to deploy each year, what new technologies we wish to research and deploy, etc etc.
If you're the type of person who finds planning documents exciting, hold on to your hat!
MH Board Meeting - 2010.11.14 - Planning Grid.pdf
Jason
Dec 10, 2010
Shelter 2.0 pics
Nov 15, 2010
Shelter 2.0 2.0
Nov 9, 2010
Back in July, we were going to have a demonstration build of a 'Shelter 2.0' (www.shelter20.com)shelter at our warehouse, but it had to be postponed -- the designer got delayed in Haiti, trying to help after the earthquake.
Well, he's back and we're ready! Come on down to the warehouse this Saturday, the 13th, at noon where we'll see how this innovative structure goes together.
When: 12-4pm, Nov 13, 2010
Where: 534 Permalume Pl, Atlanta, GA 30318
Bill, con't
Oct 2, 2010
From Frank Jeffers:
We thought we'd put together take up a collection to help Bill's spouse. If you can spare it, please consider donating.Not many of today's crop of Madhousers remember Bill Callison. He was one of our stalwarts early on. He lived a number of years at Stewart and managed the gencar. He also was along on the somewhat mad expedition to build the 10 x 10 hut at Union Agricultural Institute in North Georgia.
He utilized the increased capabilities of the 8x8 he lived in, and the capabilities of the gencar , to maintain a normal enough lifestyle he could stay employed in responsible jobs. Recently he managed an apartment house he lived in. A few days ago, attempting to intercede in what likely would only have been a $100 stick-up in the apartment building, he was shot and died soon afterward.
The first time I saw Bill was at Stewart Avenue, when he came hiking out of the woods, an immense pack on his back. That must have been 1993 or 1994, and so I knew him 16 years. He certainly will be sorely missed by everybody who knew him.
