<div>Dearest Patrick,</div><div><br></div><div>I understand that you can't fathom that Noisebridge isn't a business. We've explained this to you several times over, but you continue to press the point, which is getting tiresome and annoying. The fact that you continue pushing on it suggests that you're having a hard time accepting the world around you as it is, instead of as you believe it should be. This is a common enough problem, and there are many ways to overcome it (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Stoicism, Buddhism, and even Christianity all have useful perspectives). </div>
<div><br></div><div>Moreover, your tone is inflammatory; you may mean it to be "friendly jabs," but it's not. It comes across as condescending, impatient, and whiny.</div><div><br></div><div>Noisebridge is not a business. Noisebridge will never be a business, no matter how much you poke and prod at it. You're not being helpful by pointing out that it's not a business and showing us all how to make it more like a business.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Please, spend time observing how Noisebridge runs itself, before trying to be helpful. If you can't come to Noisebridge wanting to understand how it works, and instead want to come and run the place, I invite you to find your own warehouse space, assemble your own group of like-minded people, and file your own 501(c)(3) paperwork. It seems like you believe you're much more capable to do this than any of us, and I would be thrilled to learn from your success.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Until then, please, relax, sit back, and roll with the vaguely-coherent chaos that is Noisebridge. If this disorder is unsettling or disturbing to you (which I believe it is), I think you'd benefit greatly from learning to accept it. And, if you can't, Noisebridge is probably a very negative place for you to be spending your time and energy, as we're not going to change for you.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cuddles and Bunnies,</div>
<div>--</div><div>/jbm</div>