[Noisebridge-discuss] noisebridge's birthday!

[Josh Myer]

On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Jonathan Lassoff <jof at thejof.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Moxie Marlinspike
> <moxie at thoughtcrime.org> wrote:
> >
> > I was planning on throwing an event elsewhere in early October that
> > might work well as a noisebridge anniversary if people were interested
> > in having it at noisebridge.
> >
> > The idea is inspired by a project I saw from folks in the UK.  The rough
> > concept would be this:
> >
> > People show up to the event at a specific time and pay $10 to get in.
> > The entire event is then deciding what to do with the money.  So if 100
> > people show, you've got $1000 to spend.  You could blow it all on booze
> > right then, buy a bouncycastle, invest in a fleet of kayaks, or
> > literally whatever people decide.
>
> Moxie, this sounds like a blast!
>
> A couple complications spring to mind:
>
>  - Noisebridge charging money to get in. I would think that some
> people would object to having to pay to get in. Perhaps if there was a
> separate, cordoned-off area, people could enjoy the space while paid
> attendees can still be differentiated.
>

What about selling people wristbands or another token of participation to
differentiate?  Cordoning off any area of noisebridge is liable to be
inconvenient for someone who needs access to ${FOO} \in { things that live
within the Nonparticipant Exclusion Zone }

Totally rad idea, technicalities notwithstanding.
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/jbm
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