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On 2/15/2012 11:47 PM, rachel lyra hospodar wrote:
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<p>Re closing the space at 11pm.</p>
<p>I maintain that crippling our essential services is a lame way
to solve this problem, and I am frustrated with the
unwillingness of some to acknowledge the importance, to many
members of our membership and community, of late-night hacking.</p>
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It sounds like <b>closing the space at 11pm</b> will not happen,
and I really hope that's true, because if it does happen, I'll be
less of a part of Noisebridge than I already am. (I hung out at NB
practically every day for 2 months! Working, writing, cooking, being
a goofball. But that ended when I lost my spot in the Mission.) The
most amazing thing to me was the Always Open-ness of the space.
Prior to that, being semi-homeless at the time and an inveterate
night owl, I was relegated to what few options exist for those of
the vampire persuasion - say, Sparky's diner, where it's "pay your
waiter as you go", or the 24 Hour Starbucks (only one in the City)
at California and Spruce. I've always been a late-nighter. Fuck it,
let's not mince words, I've always been an all-nighter. I remember
being 14 years old in Mt. Rainier National Park reading Marvel comic
books til the sun came up at 6am, then going to sleep just as other
people were waking up. I loved that - still do. What can I say? I'm
backwards.<br>
<br>
Apologies if anyone has already suggested this (I simply haven't
been able to read the mass of messages over the past week or two) -
and this may be my one and only useful suggestion in this seemingly
endless debate - but maybe it would be a good idea to <b>close
Noisebridge for one week to all but a predetermined group of paid
up members and other central people</b>. During that week, you
could do a thorough cleaning and organizing of the space (without
throwing anyone's member materials out), install whatever new door
system you decide on, and then start fresh. You could warn people in
advance - like a 2-week notice starting tomorrow - to get their
stuff out if it's not legitimate member stuff (i.e. oogle backpacks,
troll bags, goblin suitcases), so there would be no legit excuse for
crapping one's diaper afterwards because one's
inappropriately-stashed-in-the-first-place crap gets (re)moved.<br>
<br>
It's not a cookie, mother, it's a <i>newton.</i><br>
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Carry on, then.<br>
<br>
<br>
TLongshanksLT <br>
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