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

[Christie Dudley]

Exactly.  I think there were about a dozen kids all weekend that I enjoyed
seeing run the orbs.  We had some good questions and some, not many, kids
came away with more understanding of robotics.  It's sad that the vast
majority prevents us from sharing with this worthy minority.

Then again, we all know hackerspaces aren't for all people or we wouldn't
have our membership process.  Parents who believe the world should revolve
around their child don't understand this.

Christie

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"I want us all to think about new and creative ways to engage young people
in science and engineering, whether it's science festivals, robotics
competitions, fairs that encourage young people to create and build and
invent -- to be makers of things, not just consumers of things."

- President Obama in address to National Academy of Sciences April 27, 2009


On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:34 PM, aestetix aestetix <aestetix at gmail.com>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
>>
>>
>
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