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

[deleTed]

Why don't we buy the Dojis burritos and Caltrain passes while we're at it.

dlt.

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Tom Longson (nym) <tomlong at gmail.com> wrote:
> Free Club Mate?
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> Cheers,
> Tom Longson (nym)
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> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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?
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>> Any thoughts?
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>> dlt.
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>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:17 PM, David Alexander Molnar
>> <dmolnar at eecs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
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>>> On Tue, 8 Sep 2009, Jeffrey Malone wrote:
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>>>> "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."
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>>>> 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!
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>>> I wouldn't read much into a single quote from a news story.
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>>> 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.)
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>>> David Molnar
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