[Noisebridge-discuss] (no subject)

[Al Billings]

On Oct 18, 2009, at 10:38 AM, Bill Pollock wrote:

> Hi enki,
>
> One thing that I liked about the camp Engels was that they didn't  
> come off as policing. They were there to help and to keep an eye on  
> things. And when everyone was trashed at least one of them was  
> sober. And when a problem arose they could be counted on to step in.

  Don't we call them "rangers" at Burning Man?

> Certainly, these were time-limited, temporary roles, and the  
> parallel isn't a direct one. If NB were to consider such a thing I  
> imagine the roles might last only a few hours as in "I'll be at  
> space from 4 to 7 today and I'll wear the angel badge." in other  
> words, the role would rotate and could and should be adopted by  
> every member as part of one's contribution to the space. Maybe it  
> might be looked upon as a kind of designated driver.
>
> Believe me, as anyone who knows me well will attest, I am no fan of  
> authority. However, I'm concerned that the problems that I'm reading  
> about could spiral out of hand and threaten the success of  
> Noisebridge.
>
> When the space was small everyone saw everything. That's not the  
> case now though and it seems to me that something like a rotating,  
> super Noisebridge janitor might help.

I really doubt that appointing cops for NB is going to make consensus.  
Who gets to choose them? What circumstances bring them about? What  
happens if I simply ignore them?

Al