[Noisebridge-discuss] Filth and residents, topics for Tuesday

[jim]

    In my experience with groups such as ours, there's 
a core of people who care and do most of the work. If 
the core is attractive (==happy and positive with some 
achievable goals), others in the group join in doing 
tasks; if the core is unattractive (i.e. bad morale), 
fewer others join in. 
    My feeling is that the core people should be 
mindful of themselves (who's in our core?) and make an 
effort to stay happy. I think we're doing pretty well 
in terms of being positive.  
    It might make sense that there are core meetings, 
probably ad hoc, open to anyone who wants to be part 
of the core. (and be wary of identifying the core, as 
it can easily appear elitist to others with poisonous 
affect). 
    As an example of one kind of influence: i've got 
in mind a number of things to do to help noisebridge 
be a better place (including cleaning the two toilet 
rooms, among other things). It would be a big help if 
there were even one other who would be explicitly 
supportive of me and my hopes for doing something or 
another--even if just an email nag to remind me to 
do and then report/brag (e.g. "you asshole! you said 
you were gonna clean the toilet rooms last week and 
they're totally filthy! hurry up! get down there 
today!" i'd be grateful to get such an email and 
would likely get a laugh out of it.). 




On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 08:42 -0700, Albert Sweigart wrote:
> The problem is that in practice, nobody practices it. Noisebridge is
> large enough that people assume someone else will take care of it (and
> after a couple days of sitting in the sink, someone will). Also, I
> thought the sink on the left did have a garbage disposal. Is that not
> working?
> 
> -Al
> 
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com> wrote:
> > What happened to the "Use a dish, wash your dish, wash another dish"
> > policy?  It works so well when it is in practice.  Rebbecca and I use it at
> > home.
> >
> > It would be nice if the sink had a garbage disposal.  I know part of the
> > problem is noone wants to empty the crap traps without wearing a hazmat
> > suit.
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I suggest simply breaking any broken dishes left in the sink; this will
> >> solve the dirty dish problem and have the added benefit of relieving stress.
> >> Also, I believe that when you said "a smaller bucket for composting
> >> ... can periodically emptied into
> >> the main compost bin" you actually meant "a smaller bucket for composting
> >> ... SHOULD RELIGIOUSLY BE emptied into the main compost bin."  Please don't
> >> nobody forget that we have an ongoing rat problem.
> >> --S
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Albert Sweigart <asweigart at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> So people are once again using Noisebridge as a place to live and
> >>> crash on a regular basis, which is not what the Noisebridge space is
> >>> for. I've dismantled a bed that was set up in the laser cutter room,
> >>> and also placed notes on bags of people's personal things (clothes,
> >>> etc. personal stuff that they need to keep at their house).
> >>>
> >>> Also that place is really filthy (moreso than usual). I've moved the
> >>> green composting bin into the elevator room. There's a smaller bucket
> >>> for composting in the kitchen, and it can periodically emptied into
> >>> the main compost bin. We need to get a cover for it since right now
> >>> it's just open air'd. And the dishes are consistently piling up in the
> >>> sink more often than not. I'll bring this stuff up at the meeting if
> >>> anyone wants to talk more about it.
> >>>
> >>> -Al
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> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Shannon Lee
> >> (503) 539-3700
> >>
> >> "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
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