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<DIV> On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Tom Lowenthal <<A href="mailto:me@tomlowenthal.com">me@tomlowenthal.com</A>> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<DIV>> When we're thinking about another activity, considering whether it's a<BR>> good fit for Noisebridge, the most important question we should ask<BR>> is:<BR>><BR>>> "Does this enable or interfere with Noisebridge as place where diverse sorts<BR>>> of people feel safe and comfortable working on and talking about their technical-<BR>>> -creative projects.?"</DIV>
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<DIV>i'm not sure if this is Tom's sentence. If this sentence intended as a mission statement, some pluses and minuses:</DIV>
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<DIV>plus- the word "enable" here is key. Safety is essential, but we don't say somebody sitting in a corner reading comic books is an appropriate activity for noisebridge, simply because it's non-threatening and non-interfering. <SPAN id=9b51e23a98424edfba6f7735edac428c>Sitting in a corner reading comic books </SPAN>does not ENABLE nb to be a place to work on and talk about technical projects.</DIV>
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<DIV>minus- the statement seems inadequate because, if someone is working on a technical project, that does not "enable" either-- it might even disable someone else from working on something, if they are occupying a limit resource (and thus preventing someone else from using that resource). </DIV>
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<DIV>minus- Social hacking seems missing. </DIV></BODY></HTML>