[Noisebridge-discuss] Fundraiser at Cellspace October 9th

[Christie Dudley]

See, that's the tricky thing.  I want to get money out of people who hang
out in cafes, read laughingsquid and generally don't contribute much
otherwise to the world around them.  If they do, then they can take the
extra step of coming to visit the space at some other time.  (5moF will
conveniently be the following week.)  I don't want to have to limit this
event to people who might otherwise contribute to Noisebridge (except
possibly in offering their oh-so-well-informed opinion that we should do
more parties).

Nobody present last night was one of these people. There were people who
behaved badly, but we will forgive them because they're cool people.

One of the pitfalls I see when people are trying to raise money is that they
hit up the same few active people over and over again.  I want to bring in
people who wouldn't otherwise donate to the space.  People who are cool to
hang out with, but don't fit our paradigm.

Of course, I feel like I'm saying this over and over again.  Is it not
making sense?  Am I helping clarify?  Or is the discussion just dragging on?

Christie
---
Pigs can fly given sufficient thrust.
    - RFC 1925


On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 5:02 PM, John Magolske <listmail at b79.net> wrote:

> First, I want to be clear that I found the FMoF event itself to be
> very interesting and enjoyable as usual (thanks!). This is more a
> general comment about how we use the space for large gatherings...
>
> * Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> [090918 16:07]:
> > Some of the group of kids who came in that were part of the whole
> > squeezebox/wash board contingent had very peaked interest about the
> > space and Noisebridge as a whole. My understanding was they were
> > invited in by a friend of a presenter when they ran into each other
> > in front of our building on the street.
> >
> > A number of them spoke of returning to Noisebridge for some of our
> > many classes after they viewed the list off of the wiki through my
> > laptop setup on the bar. One gentlemen talked about possibly coming
> > in during one of our Tuesday meetings to discuss us hosting a class
> > of his (don't remember what the class was as I had this discussion
> > with 4 other people I had just met who wanted to do the same).
> >
> > Every single one of them were also happy to make a donation to
> > the space when I pointed out the donation box at the bar and were
> > generally well behaved when interacting with me, which is more then
> > I could say about others utilizing our free open bar.
> >
> > If you felt that actions others were were executing in the space
> > were not excellent, as a member (and general human being) you have
> > the ability to ask them to stop and take it somewhere else.
>
> Yes, in retrospect I wish I would've said something. In this case I
> was engrossed in another conversation and a bit surprised to see what
> I saw. The behavior stopped, and I continued with my conversation
> (btw, I'm referring to the smashing & crashing of chairs that occurred
> *after* the music, not the music itself). So yes, 20/20 hindsight.
>
> In any case, I don't mean to debate the merits of those particular
> individuals or the folks they're associated with. More, it's a general
> concern to see how things might go with large gatherings + alcohol
> inebriation in the space with respect to kinetic drunken actions.
>
> T'was:
>
> * flyers posted for the event
> * door open to one & all
> * open bar
>
> The part of the equation I'd suggest changing is the open bar. If
> people want to BYOB that's fine, but I think feeding a crowd booze
> in our space is a really bad idea. Also, if we do flyer events, I'd
> hope it's done in a thoughtfully selective way that doesn't include
> telephone poles and cafés.
>
> John
>
>
> --
> John Magolske
> http://B79.net/contact
> _______________________________________________
> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/attachments/20090918/3425c9a8/attachment-0003.html>