[Noisebridge-discuss] smoking at noisebridge (was Re: Be Excellent to one another)

[Christie Dudley]

No one is employed at Noisebridge, so it can't be argued to be a workplace.

Christie
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Why I take the road less traveled?  Oh, that's easy.  I'm claustrophobic.


On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Chris Murphy <chrisnoisebridge at gmail.com>wrote:

> Does the SF smoking ban apply to Noisebridge? Is a 501c3 considered a
> workplace?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 28, 2009, at 12:33, Andy Isaacson <adi at hexapodia.org> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:52:30AM -0700, erik swedberg wrote:
> >> i wasn't at the meeting.
> >>
> >> was it a consensus that there is a moratorium on smoking tobacco on
> >> the fire escape?
> >
> > We didn't have "Consensus" in the official sense of our process --
> > that
> > requires a week of discussion time first, which we didn't have on this
> > issue.
> >
> > The general feeling I got from the discussion was that smoking on the
> > fire escape poses challenges and everyone present was happy to say "no
> > smoking on the fire escape".
> >
> > I think that kinda sucks, because I'm addicted to caffeine and have
> > some
> > idea how bad nicotine addiction must be when un-sated.  (Personally I
> > can't fathom the idea of intentionally inhaling oxidized particulate
> > matter, but to each his own [substance and matter of ingestion].)
> >
> > There weren't any smokers at the meeting willing to stand up to the
> > crowd and say "dudes, you're harshing my high".  I wouldn't have had
> > the
> > courage if I were in that position; the mob sentiment was running
> > pretty
> > high.  (And there may not have been any smokers present at all, the
> > meeting was sparsely attended.)
> >
> > I think we should try to find a reasonable resolution to the matter.
> > It's a shame we don't have a eastern balcony; it would be less visible
> > from the street and the prevailing breeze would pull smoke away from
> > rather than into Noisebridge.  As it stands, the only idea I can offer
> > smokers is to go down to the sidewalk, which is hardly my idea of a
> > good
> > time.
> >
> > Personally I would have no problem designating the "DJ booth" as the
> > smoker's ghetto, once stairs are installed (omglulz), the electronics
> > are removed, some sort of ventilation is installed, and any complaints
> > about smoke leaking out are addressed.  If smokers want to step up and
> > do that, I'll help... but I'm not going to lead.
> >
> > -andy
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