[Noisebridge-discuss] Safety

[aestetix aestetix]

One of my personal policies for this is that if someone new comes in and
looks confused, I will give them a project to do. There are a lot of things
in various states of working, and things break all the time. Two things I
can cite immediately: jukebox and the touchscreen LCD panels.

If someone has a mission or purpose, then they'll feel more like they
belong. It also gives them a reason to walk up to a stranger and say hi
("hey, do you know where I can find a screwdriver? I am working on....").
Obviously this won't work for 100% everyone, but chances are people are
coming to NB because they heard about cool projects. IMHO, the best way to
handle n00bness is to throw them head-first into something positive and
productive.

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Michael Shiloh <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com
> wrote:

>
> I'm not saying it's bad. I'm just saying it needs to be discussed in the
> context of this topic and undertaken responsibly e.g. if you buzz the
> door, perhaps you should be responsible for greeting whoever comes in and
> ??
>
> On the positive side, if someone new comes it would be nice to have
> whoever buzzed them in say "welcome to NB! Can I show you around?" or
> whatever.
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