[Noisebridge-discuss] noisebridge's birthday!

Moxie Marlinspike moxie at thoughtcrime.org
Sun Sep 12 17:24:28 UTC 2010



On 09/12/2010 01:02 AM, Jonathan Lassoff wrote:
> 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.

I think this is easy enough to handle.  Since participants would need
some kind of "voting" tool (colored cards or something else), we could
just have people pay for that without requiring paid access to the
entire space.

Still, I'm thinking that this event would "take over" the space in other
ways.  Since it potentially gets more interesting with the more money
you collect, I would want to promote the fuck out of the event in order
to get a lot of folks there.  I'm imagining a
push-the-furniture-out-of-the-way party environment with music playing
over a bustling crowd.  Noisebridge could even sell drinks or something
as a fundraiser for the space.

>  - Would the purchase(s) be made immediately? I would think that it
> could be difficult to rent a bouncyhouse, band, clowns, etc. on short
> notice.

I think it depends on the purchase.  Some purchases could be made
immediately, others would have to be delayed.  Proposals would have to
include details on things like (for instance) where the purchased
bouncycastle would be stored, who could use it at what time, etc.  Folks
in London did a similar kind of experiment once and actually ended up
purchasing a really small parcel of land outside of town, for which
everyone who was in attendance is now like 1/200th owner of and can do
whatever they want on.

- moxie

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