<div>Actually, another tactic that has worked well for me and makes the face to face interaction easier is to walk in with a 6 pack of beer, start drinking one, and offer them to peeps in the space. When they ask if they owe you anything, I just tell them to throw $5 in the hat for NB, and it seems to work out. That way, you can dodge the "cold-calling" feeling that its easy to get by walking up to a total stranger and asking them to give cash.</div>
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<div>Sean<br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Rubin Abdi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rubin@starset.net">rubin@starset.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">20:28, November 24th, 2010, at Noisebridge there were...<br><br>Total people in the space 20<br>
People in a class 6<br>People jumping on a couch 4<br>Playing computer games in his corner 1<br>First time in the space 2<br>
Wanting to become a member 1<br>Had donated money to the space 0<br>Given money to NB in exchange for a drink 3<br>Due paying members 3<br>
Non-members who knew the space is low on funds 1<br>Non-members I've seen at past meetings 1<br><br>The point I am making here is you all can whine and moan on the list and<br>at the meetings about anything that's not ok with the space, but the<br>
majority of folks who use the space have no idea why. In fact it's a<br>safe bet to say that many people who use the space haven't got the<br>slightest clue how the space operates, what drives it, how they can<br>
help, if help is needed.<br><br>The issue isn't people are uneducated as to what's going on and the<br>needs of the space, but that there are so few of us who are ok with flat<br>out communicating face to face directly to others who come here.<br>
<br>Thirty minutes after I did this little census to prove a point to<br>Frantisek (and alienating 19 people by asking them "Are you a due paying<br>member?" and "When was the last time you donated a monetary value to the<br>
space?") someone from the class going on in the back came up and asked<br>me about becoming a member. After I saw his frustration in the becoming<br>a member process, I also pointed out that he could just simply donate<br>
money and not care about membership, at which he asked about Paypaling<br>in some cash.<br><br>Go ahead and have someone else print up your poster and stick it on the<br>door, but remember that maintaining a community requires real life<br>
interaction. And you can't create interaction without action, something<br>this mailing list has a hard time producing.<br><br>God bless.<br><font color="#888888"><br>--<br>Rubin Abdi<br><a href="mailto:rubin@starset.net">rubin@starset.net</a><br>
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