Over this past weekend we spent almost 20 hours working on giving the new office a paint job. Thanks to the help of over a dozen volunteers, we made quick work of over 5000 square feet of wall that needed painting, and the new spot looks AMAZING!

Big thanks to:

• Becky Clawson
• Greg Wilder
• Chris Dawson
• Kevin Fitzpatrick
• Alexis Siemons
• Lori Hylan-Cho
• Colin Weir
• Randy Zauhar
• Tricia Canney
• Johnny Goldstein
• Maddy Goldstein
• Kevin Lee
• Chris Morrell
• Roz Duffy
• Mac Morgan

And SUPER special thanks go to Kara LaFleur for not only painting during all of the shifts, but for providing IndyHaul, her Subaru Forrester that was used for many, many trips to Home Depot to replenish paint reserves.

And finally, to Natalie Nagele and Dana Vachon for planning the entire event including picking colors, designing their placement on the walls, and getting the paint, and most of all for Dana being an extremely successful foreman (forewoman?) and really doing a great job of managing tasks. It was phenomenal to spend my weekend working on getting paint on walls, and being able to reply to almost any question “I don’t know, you should probably ask Dana”.

Great job everybody, thanks for all of your hard work!

This upcoming weekend, we are planning three painting sessions. Colors have been picked out and organized. Supplies have been gathered. It’s time to make IndyHall look amazing.

Dana has organized three sessions this weekend, and we’re looking for volunteers to help out.

Session 1: Saturday 9am-12:30pm

Session 3: Sunday, 9am-2:30pm

We have all the paint, a bunch of rollers and some trays, but if you have your own roller, or other painting supplies, feel  free to bring them along. And of course, dress appropriately.

As with the desk building party, you’ll need to call to get into the building. Please send us an email to let us know you’ll be attending, which session(s), and we’ll respond with instructions on how to get inside.

We put a very short deadline on this, since our efforts are moving quickly, and asked that people step up by the end of the day on Monday, March 9th.

That was yesterday. And everybody want’s to know how we did.

The Results

We did pretty well.

13 New Members (all levels)
4 Upgrades (all to full time…are there any basic members looking to go lite?)
9 Pre-paid current members

Many members, existing and new, also pledged their support for the move by prepaying anywhere from 2 to 12 months!

This is all in three days. It’s all thanks to every one of you. Well done.

But it’s not over.

Now What?

You said you wanted IndyHall to grow. You proved it to us by opening your wallets, which really means a lot to us and this community. We welcome all of the new members, and look forward to having you joining us very soon.

Geoff and I are going to be taking the next steps towards the new space, and making each step forward with your backing and support to guide us. We’re also thinking carefully about the use of 32 Strawberry St, and a variety of models to continue to make it a community resource and sustain the property there.

Most Importantly:

The membership drive isn’t over. We’re still signing members at all levels, and the more commitments we have before May 1st, the better off IndyHall will be. We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us, and we need as much support as we can to make it happen.

Keep your eyes peeled here (and on twitter) for more news as it comes forward. We’ll keep you updated at every turn.

And thank you.