[Noisebridge-discuss] unannounced groups of non-members at Noisebridge (esp. kids)

[nils at shkoo.com]

Yes, and I don't Christie's problem is necessarily children specific. I 
think that adults who have unrealistic expectations that things should be 
made safe for them and that we should should cater to their every need are 
not welcome at noisebridge either.

I don't think it's a children versus adults thing; I think it's a 
respectful and mature versus non-respectful and immature thing.

-nils

On Mon, 1 Jun 2009, aestetix aestetix wrote:

> I don't think an anti-kid policy is necessary. However, I also don't think
> we should be extremely publicly outgoing. Having one kid around (and
> specifically a member's) is one thing, having 20 kids around expecting an
> episode of Clifford the Big Red Hacker is totally different.
>
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Al Billings <albill at openbuddha.com> wrote:
>
>> On 6/1/09 3:20 PM, Christie Dudley wrote:
>>
>>> You hit the nail on the head as to what I was thinking, aestetix.  I just
>>> spent the weekend peeling children off of heavy sharp metal balls only to
>>> have their parents complain to me that their children not be treated thus
>>> (if they even notice).  I say our obs should not be treated thus.  We pretty
>>> much came to the consensus that the orbs were not for children, and it was a
>>> mistake to ever think otherwise.
>>>
>>> Noisebridge is not FOR children.  It is for hackers.  Helping people to
>>> understand this prevents Bad Things.
>>>
>>
>> And I'll repeat what I said in channel the other day. When my 13 year old
>> daughter is in town, I'm going to feel free to bring her by Noisebridge
>> unless we, in consensus, make a no kids policy that includes the children of
>> members. I know Grey feels the same as well with his kids.
>>
>> Al
>>
>>
>