[Noisebridge-discuss] There are twenty people at Noisebridge

[Sean Cusack]

Actually, another tactic that has worked well for me and makes the face to
face interaction easier is to walk in with a 6 pack of beer, start drinking
one, and offer them to peeps in the space. When they ask if they owe you
anything, I just tell them to throw $5 in the hat for NB, and it seems to
work out. That way, you can dodge the "cold-calling" feeling that its easy
to get by walking up to a total stranger and asking them to give cash.

Sean
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:

> 20:28, November 24th, 2010, at Noisebridge there were...
>
> Total people in the space                         20
> People in a class                                  6
> People jumping on a couch                          4
> Playing computer games in his corner               1
> First time in the space                            2
> Wanting to become a member                         1
> Had donated money to the space                     0
> Given money to NB in exchange for a drink          3
> Due paying members                                 3
> Non-members who knew the space is low on funds     1
> Non-members I've seen at past meetings             1
>
> The point I am making here is you all can whine and moan on the list and
> at the meetings about anything that's not ok with the space, but the
> majority of folks who use the space have no idea why. In fact it's a
> safe bet to say that many people who use the space haven't got the
> slightest clue how the space operates, what drives it, how they can
> help, if help is needed.
>
> The issue isn't people are uneducated as to what's going on and the
> needs of the space, but that there are so few of us who are ok with flat
> out communicating face to face directly to others who come here.
>
> Thirty minutes after I did this little census to prove a point to
> Frantisek (and alienating 19 people by asking them "Are you a due paying
> member?" and "When was the last time you donated a monetary value to the
> space?") someone from the class going on in the back came up and asked
> me about becoming a member. After I saw his frustration in the becoming
> a member process, I also pointed out that he could just simply donate
> money and not care about membership, at which he asked about Paypaling
> in some cash.
>
> Go ahead and have someone else print up your poster and stick it on the
> door, but remember that maintaining a community requires real life
> interaction. And you can't create interaction without action, something
> this mailing list has a hard time producing.
>
> God bless.
>
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