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

[Elijah Post]

The aforementioned is supposed to be part of a thread. Delete if it comes
out of context. My email is weird.

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Elijah Post <elijahpost at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have helped with Replicator Wednesdays every week since it started, and
> have been very active in promoting Noisebridge, personally introducing
> countless people to the space, many of whom have been return visitors to the
> space. I consider this space to be my personal refuge/haven where I can feel
> safe to be myself and be with some of the coolest people ever. I don't know
> what I, my girlfriend, or anyone else I've introduced this space to would do
> without noisebridge.
>
> ...And I'm not a member. Not because I want to freeload or cause
> disruptions, because I like many others haven't enough money. If I could, I
> would in a heartbeat. I, and the rest of the non-member portion of
> noisebridge make up a great deal of the space, and the donations generated.
> We'd be kicked out essentially for not having enough money even though we
> generate a healthy sum of money for the space and make it the most excellent
> place it is.
>
> Kick the likes of me out, for what again?
>
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Elijah Post <elijahpost at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have helped with Replicator Wednesdays every week since it started, and
>> have been very active in promoting Noisebridge, personally introducing
>> countless people to the space, many of whom have been return visitors to the
>> space. I consider this space to be my personal refuge/haven where I can feel
>> safe to be myself and be with some of the coolest people ever. I don't know
>> what I, my girlfriend, or anyone else I've introduced this space to would do
>> without noisebridge.
>>
>> ...And I'm not a member. Not because I want to freeload or cause
>> disruptions, because I like many others haven't enough money. If I could, I
>> would in a heartbeat. I, and the rest of the non-member portion of
>> noisebridge make up a great deal of the space, and the donations generated.
>> We'd be kicked out essentially for not having enough money even though we
>> generate a healthy sum of money for the space and make it the most excellent
>> place it is.
>>
>> Kick the likes of me out, for what again?
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Ryan Rawson <ryanobjc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Even easier... Buzzer doesn't work after a certain time.
>>> On Oct 13, 2011 7:04 PM, "Will Sargent" <will.sargent at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Serious face: Noisebridge can't be members only.  There is too much
>>>> that
>>>> > non-members offer to the space.  The only qualification for opening
>>>> access
>>>> > to Noisebridge should be, "Don't be a dick."
>>>>
>>>> > I think open admittance with a strong, "Anti-Dick" policy is the best
>>>> > noisebridge can hope for.
>>>>
>>>> I don't see a problem with Noisebridge having a members only "after
>>>> hours" policy.  It seems like most of the problems come from that
>>>> area.  Easy to implement as well; you either are a member and have a
>>>> key to get in after hours, or you don't.
>>>>
>>>> > Maybe noisebridge should have a policy to boot anyone, for a day, who
>>>> has
>>>> > partaken in dick-like activity.  Any time there is a sleeper, a
>>>> conflict,
>>>> > destruction of property in a positively negative way, or otherwise
>>>> dickish
>>>> > behavior, kick out the offending party for 24 hours.
>>>>
>>>> There's the usual arguments about "who decides", how do you identify
>>>> the people in question, communicate the ban, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Whitelists are better than blacklists.
>>>>
>>>> Will.
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