[Noisebridge-discuss] (no subject)

[Bill Pollock]

We're not talking about cops. We're talking about members stepping up to make sure that the space doesn't fall apart. 

Bill
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-----Original Message-----
From: Al Billings <albill at openbuddha.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:21:36 
To: <bill at nostarch.com>
Cc: <paul at boehm.org>; <Christoph.Maier at noisebridge.net>; <noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>
Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] (no subject)


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