[Noisebridge-discuss] Are people okay with people sleeping at the Noisebridge space?

[Liz Henry]

I really like our radical inclusion and openness. It's part of why I 
come to the space and support it with regular donations.  It makes me 
really proud to be part of Noisebridge.

I like the couches and like to lie down to work sometimes.  If people 
really want to get rid of them though I understand.

We could post up some resources for places to stay by the couches and 
the door/elevator.

If someone is disruptive or scary, we should go ahead and ban them 
without fussing too much about it. They could come to a meeting to ask 
to be let back. Why not keep the openness (which works well most of the 
time) and be willing to ban a little more often?

The intermittent thefts are a problem but honestly they seem less of a 
problem than they could be. I think lockers would be a fine idea, though 
we would need to develop some way to keep their use to people who are 
more or less currently coming to the space, and though someone may pick 
their locks.

By the way Al, things have been pretty nice and very active and friendly 
every time I've been in the space lately. You might give it a shot! I 
hadn't realized till recently that there is something of a surge around 
11pm or midnight when people come in to hack on stuff.  I certainly felt 
welcome and comfortable late at night earlier this week.



- Liz






On 10/13/11 1:48 PM, Rachel McConnell wrote:
> Jon, Gian, anyone: do you have any ideas for how to enforce a
> members-only policy, should we decide to try it?  The only one I've ever
> heard is, stop answering the doorbell.  Otherwise I think you have to
> depend on everyone to be a door-person and ask for the incoming person's
> ... membership card?  How would it work?
>
> Everyone who's against members-only, let's at least hear their ideas!
> Even if we choose not to make this change, the discussion is valuable.
>
> Rachel M
>
> On 10/13/11 1:44 PM, Jonathan Foote wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Gian Pablo Villamil
>> <gian.pablo at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>> Well, I'm seriously suggesting "members only"! :)
>>
>>
>> I am as well. As are a lot of other people who have resigned out of
>> exasperation (I'm close).
>>
>> Don't get rid of the couches. A space without a comfortable place to
>> hang out is not a place I want to visit, and I miss the ones that are
>> gone.
>>


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