[Noisebridge-discuss] There are twenty people at Noisebridge

[Mike Schachter]

Hey Rubin,

You didn't alienate me or anyone in the machine learning group
when you took a census. I appreciated it, and it encourages me
to become a member. You should probably do that shit more often.

I used to think it was ok to just put in my time to teach stuff for the
ML group and that would be my contribution to NB, but realize now
that I should probably stop being a cheap prick and become a
member. So guilt away, it probably works!

  mike



On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:

> 20:28, November 24th, 2010, at Noisebridge there were...
>
> 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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