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And it also helps for people to point out to people, as I do when I'm leading Circuit Hacking Monday workshops (or when there's any event going on), that NB is a non-profit and depends on member dues and donations to survive -- and then point out the donation jars. This generates several dollars each time I do it. <BR>
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And, thanks, Mike, for supporting NB in all the ways.<BR>
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Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:22:43 -0800<BR>From: mike@mindmech.com<BR>To: rubin@starset.net<BR>CC: noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net<BR>Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] There are twenty people at Noisebridge<BR><BR>Hey Rubin,<BR><BR>You didn't alienate me or anyone in the machine learning group<BR>when you took a census. I appreciated it, and it encourages me<BR>to become a member. You should probably do that shit more often.<BR><BR>I used to think it was ok to just put in my time to teach stuff for the<BR>ML group and that would be my contribution to NB, but realize now<BR>that I should probably stop being a cheap prick and become a<BR>member. So guilt away, it probably works!<BR> <BR> mike<BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=ecxgmail_quote>On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Rubin Abdi <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:rubin@starset.net">rubin@starset.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=ecxgmail_quote>20:28, November 24th, 2010, at Noisebridge there were...<BR><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>_______________________________________________<BR>Noisebridge-discuss mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net">Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</A><BR><A href="https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss" target=_blank>https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss</A><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR>_______________________________________________ Noisebridge-discuss mailing list Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss </body>
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