[Noisebridge-discuss] So, how many people live at noisebridge now?

jim jim at well.com
Sun Nov 14 20:44:44 UTC 2010


good ideas, seems to me. 
thanks! 


On Sun, 2010-11-14 at 11:21 -0800, Robert Fletcher wrote:
> I've found it increasingly difficult to find a place to hang my bike
> when I come into the space.  Yesterday when I left around 11pm the
> rack was packed, without nearly enough people in the space to account
> for them.  Would it be worthwhile to tag bikes with a date to see when
> they arrived in the space, and then get rid of them/hack them if they
> stick around for more than, say, 2 weeks?  (An idea ripped off from
> the bike kitchen.)
> 
> Regarding people who sleep in the space, we haven't seen any sign of
> Mr. SDL recently, have we?  Which would mean that our strategy of just
> letting people know that whatever they're doing is unwelcome actually
> works, with persistence.  Maybe it's enough to just wake them up, say,
> "Hey, what's your name?  Look it's really not cool to sleep here."
> Email the list with their name and tell people to watch out for future
> infringements, and get gradually more aggressive if it continues.
> Part of the problem may be that we let it become a problem before we
> do anything about it.  We should tell people up front the first time
> we see them sleeping there that Noisebridge isn't a hostel.  Not the
> third or fourth time.
> 
> Thanks for the update, Al.
> 
> -Rob
> 
> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 10:56 AM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
>         
>           thanks for the inventory.
>           how to help? i.e. we each come in at different
>         times at different frequencies. how to establish
>         patterns of abuse? e.g. who are the two sleepers?
>         which bikes have been hanging for weeks? I'm up
>         for helping to keep the spirit clean.
>           as to the door hinge, was it ever there? did
>         someone repurpose it to make a robot or to get
>         some other door to swing? seems a small thing
>         easily fixed: i'll try to remember to look and
>         measure and get a replacement.
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         On Sun, 2010-11-14 at 10:42 -0800, Albert Sweigart wrote:
>         > So here's a summary:
>         >
>         > Number of people sleeping at Noisebridge Sunday morning at
>         9:30 when I came in:
>         >     2 (maybe they didn't spend the night though)
>         >
>         > Number of these people who are members:
>         >     0
>         >
>         > Number of people who slept at Noisebridge last night but
>         left before I
>         > got there:
>         >     1
>         >
>         > Number of bikes I saw on the wall:
>         >     7
>         >
>         > Number of bike spaces we have:
>         >     14
>         >
>         > Number of these bikes that had both wheels attached:
>         >     6
>         >
>         >
>         > Enforcing the things that we all say we want kind of makes
>         me feel
>         > like an asshole, so if anyone else wants to volunteer I'd be
>         grateful.
>         > Actually, "enforcing" is an exaggeration, but I still feel
>         like a jerk
>         > just for pointing these things out. But these aren't
>         problems that go
>         > away on their own.
>         >
>         > Also, the lower hinge on the classroom Turing door is
>         missing. I took
>         > off the remaining hinge so it doesn't break off. Does anyone
>         know
>         > where the lower hinge is?
>         >
>         > -Al
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