[Noisebridge-discuss] Pony & membership

[Zach Hanna]

As a silent lurker on the list considering membership / contributions
to the space,
"Storage for personal projects / tools" would be my #1 requirement for
joining a space.
And as my projects are of the nature of servers / virtualization
environments / keyboard / LCD monitor etc that need to be worked on
for a while before going into a telco hotel (colocation) they might
not do so well going in and out of buckets/lockers all the time.
I have looked at different coworking spaces and it seems most of them
do not offer this and I may have to rent private office space to the
tune of $5-600/mo for 100sf, which isn't exactly in the community /
sharing / hacking spirit and seems kind of wasteful for 1 person to
suck up all those resources singlehandedly.
If nb could offer that it would be pretty nearly seal the deal.

-Z-


On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 4:50 PM, jim<jim at well.com> wrote:
>
>
>   i heard a rumor that NB may be going to labeled
> "buckets" rather than shelves. don't know the impact
> (might allow more stuff stored).
>   seems good to firm up policies re members and
> offer a bit more than the opportunity to block:
> storage, keys, possibly other things seem possibly
> good members-only perks.
>   we might get more people "pony"ing up if they
> perceive benefits come to those who pay.
>   having the place as open and welcoming as
> possible to non-members also seems a good thing.
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2009-09-07 at 14:04 -0700, John Magolske wrote:
>> * Sai Emrys <noisebridge at saizai.com> [090907 12:47]:
>> > just to point out another resource/privilege that's currently
>> > members-only: shelf space.
>>
>> There was an informal consensus when we began having shelves for
>> individuals (before we had a defined consensus process IIRC) that a
>> member gets to write their name on one shelf so as to have a place
>> to stash their tools, projects in process, etc, differentiating said
>> items from commonly shared tools and hackable stuff.
>>
>> I do hope that we continue with this policy going forward. The new
>> space is larger, but it is finite. There will likely not be enough
>> shelves for any and all visitors who'd like one. Already there are Nb
>> members who don't have a shelf at 83c as there are no vacant shelves
>> left. An informal "homesteading" policy around this strikes me as
>> leading to sub-optimal dynamics where people are able to secure shelf
>> space based solely on their ability to grab sooner and more decisively
>> than others.
>>
>> > Re. the new member FAQ, this line seems inaccurate from my undesrtanding:
>> > >     * Participation in consensus decision making about issues
>> > >     and matters dealing with the space during our weekly meetings.
>> > Doesn't everyone present participate, and it's just members can also
>> > block?
>>
>> I like Mitch's take that consensus is not so much about blocking,
>> but more about dialog and conversation between holders of differing
>> opinions regarding how things should be done so that we don't *need*
>> to block. Blocking is a last resort.
>>
>> But blocking a conveniently discrete and definable action. And by now,
>> everyone has repeated "...the only privilege membership provides is
>> the ability to block" so often & with such conviction that these words
>> seem to carry the weight of being engraved in stone by the hand of
>> $deity.
>>
>> Of course any member can talk to anyone else on the planet to gain
>> perspective on a given issue we're working through at Nb. And there
>> are people who've brought a lot to the community over time but haven't
>> gone through the actual process of becoming a member (sometimes due to
>> financial constraints). But is the discussion/dialog/debate portion
>> of our consensus process (the major portion) truly open to anyone who
>> happens to walk through the door Tuesday evening?
>>
>> - John
>>
>>
>
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