<div dir="ltr">Anyone want to meetup and talk through the problems?� <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 8:11 PM, <a href="mailto:Romy@snowyla.com">Romy@snowyla.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:romy@snowyla.com" target="_blank">romy@snowyla.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Wow that article is pretty negative. I hope it isn't as bad but maybe I'm just oblivious....�</div>
<div><br></div><div>I've had bad sexism issues in other hackerspaces and in the tech community but I have had a generally good time at noisebridge .. I feel like the space has more feminists than most tech spaces ... It's as nice as sudoroom!�</div>
<div><br></div><div>I hope we can solve these issues but noisebridge is a lot more female friendly than a lot of other startup and tech spaces. Tech is pretty sexist sometimes but noisebridge is a place where people at least discuss feminism and sexism. I've been told countless times that there is no sexism in time ...</div>
<div><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Oct 4, 2013, at 6:24 PM, Ronald Cotoni <<a href="mailto:setient@gmail.com" target="_blank">setient@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite">
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<br></div>With articles like this we have a massively negative image, as we should for not adequately dealing with these issues.� I know we have all these people who don't want things to change but do you want more articles like this?� Do you want noisebridge to be the laughing stock (it is now) of all the hackerspaces in the world and giving a bad name to hackerspaces.� Do you want hackerspace to become dirty like the word "hacker"?� Lets actually come up with creative and GOOD solutions to fix this permanently and make noisebridge a safe place.� We can do it in TWO WEEKS (for consensus).�� Lets do it!� Too bad I am not a member.�� Ah well.� <br>
<br></div>Some suggestions would be to have membership actually have some sort of duties to the community.� Now this doesn't have to be a rule but you know, to be excellent to your community would be to set a good example for everyone else around the space.� Being present and making sure everyone feels safe.� Have some pride in your hackerspace and help to keep it safe.�� I try to do this whenever I am in the space even though I am not a member.�� <br>
<br></div>Anyone else have ideas?� <br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><br>-- <br>Ronald Cotoni<div>Systems Engineer</div>
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