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

[Rameen]

I agree with Al. This would "legitimize" regulars who stay after hours. If
someone's new, and really interested, it shouldn't take long to find
signatures. Until then people are able to come during "business" hours. If
someone's with a member-friend or visiting for an event, then it's easy to
make a guestly exception. Talking to people makes it readily obvious if they
are here to hack or otherwise. Also, when people think they are being
observed, then it's less likely they will do anything that needs to be
hidden.

We hack in an eclectic and somewhat dangerous area of the world. We should
be prepared to respond to issues of safety, integrity, and excellence, even
if it means being slightly less radically accepting and open.

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Al Sweigart <asweigart at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've got the solution to that side too.
>
> If it's just the $80/$40 membership dues that is keeping people from
> becoming members in the membership binder, then the hiatus membership
> hack would work perfectly. We could hold off implementing it for four
> or five weeks to give people time to put their names in the binder.
> People who are regulars wouldn't have any problem at all finding
> signatures.
>
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Andy Isaacson <adi at hexapodia.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 02:03:21PM -0700, rachel lyra hospodar wrote:
> >> Maybe you find it odd that I think it would be an asshole move to kick
> >> people out at midnight,
> >
> > I think it would be a *terrible* idea to try to kick non-members
> > (whatever the heck that means) out at midnight.  That's the peak of
> > productivity at Noisebridge.  Pretty much every time I'm there at
> > midnight there are dozens of people happily hacking away on useful
> > projects; it doesn't quiet down until much later.
> >
> > Most of the people who do cool shit at Noisebridge aren't "members".
> > This is a big part of our secret sauce.
> >
> >> I am not burning bridges, but trying to make it clear how fundamental I
> >> believe radical inclusivity is to Noisebridge. It is part of what we
> >> do, and it is part of why I am here.
> >
> > Our radical inclusivity's a huge part of why I'm here, too.
> >
> > -andy
> >
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