[Noisebridge-discuss] mercury on the table?

[Al Billings]

And here I was still thinking that we ran by consensus, not majority  
voting. Did we change our rules?



On Jul 2, 2009, at 6:36 PM, Josh Myer <josh at joshisanerd.com> wrote:

> It was under a quarter cc of Hg.  I have seen it and held it in my
> hands.  It's still in the space in a sealed tupperware container
> inside a sealed ziploc baggie, if you would like to inspect it for
> yourself.  It is an inconsequential amount of mercury, short of
> putting it in a vaporizer and huffing it.
>
> While it is worrisome that this happened without anyone knowing (or
> accepting responsibility), the overall reaction seems to have been
> uninformed and driven by fear, instead of respect for the materials
> involved.  We have lessons to learn, but none of them are specific to
> mercury, its vapors, or its cleanup.  We should discuss those lessons,
> but this thread is the wrong place for it, and at this time the
> reaction to this incident still a sore spot among too many people.
>
> As for actions to be taken, no one I view as reasonable has felt the
> need for anything more than the cleanup that was performed and some
> preparedness in case we need another cleanup.  This seems to be the
> majority view among our membership and guests/friends of the space.
>
> As I don't believe there's anything to discuss, nor any action to be
> taken, this email thread is dead to me, and to any reasonable user of
> our space.
>
> Everyone is welcome to their own conclusions and actions, but my
> understanding is that vast majority of us don't feel the need for any
> further discussion or action.  Those of you who disagree are welcome
> to form your own mailing list and stop wasting the time and goodwill
> of 300 people.
>
> Cuddles and bunnies,
> -- 
> Josh Myer   650.248.3796
>  josh at joshisanerd.com
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