[Noisebridge-discuss] mercury on the table?

[nils at shkoo.com]

I think josh is invoking "let's be excellent to each other and quit 
wasting everyone's time", not "let's follow our proper beurocratic 
procedure for making official decisions".

-nils

On Thu, 2 Jul 2009, Al Billings wrote:

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