[Noisebridge-discuss] Hacker Dojo / NB reciprocal membership WAS: Hacker Dojo up and running, and in the mainstream news

[Tom Longson (nym)]

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Tom Longson (nym)





On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 11:38 AM, deleTed <arbzed at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am interested in taking up the cause and pursuing some kind of joint
> or reciprocal membership benefits arrangement between NB and the
> Hacker Dojo.  I'm on friendly terms with some of the Dojo cats, and
> I've raised the issue with them a couple of times before.  They seem
> generally amenable to it.
>
> I'm motivated to do this because Hacker Dojo is a short ride from my
> work, Noisebridge is a short ride from my home.  I could see myself
> participating in both communities, but paying to support two
> hackspaces simultaneously would exceed my budget.  I imagine there are
> other commuters in a similar situation.
>
> Part of the HackerDojo's model is that they're planning on charging a
> day-use fee for non-members who want to hang out at the space
> (although they have yet start doing that).  It would be swell if we
> could get the day-use fee waived for Noisebridge members.
>
> I'm stuck on what I can bring to the bargaining table, though... What
> can NB can offer Dojo members, other than goodwill, given that pretty
> much all of NB's resources are open to the general public?
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> dlt.
>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:17 PM, David Alexander Molnar
> <dmolnar at eecs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 8 Sep 2009, Jeffrey Malone wrote:
>>
>>> "We're aiming to make this a 24-hour place, and there's nothing like
>>> that," Lindsay said. "Other than Denny's, or something like that."
>>>
>>> I'm glad there's finally a place like this in the bay area!  No more
>>> hanging out at Denny's for those late night hacks!
>>
>> I wouldn't read much into a single quote from a news story.
>>
>> In any case, Noisebridge is regrettably too far for many people based in
>> the South Bay and peninsula. Here's hoping Hacker Dojo prospers. At least
>> some of the people involved are aware of Noisebridge. (To the point where
>> someone on their mailing list wanted to explore the possibilities of joint
>> membership options a while back...doesn't look like that person has showed
>> up here yet.)
>>
>> David Molnar
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