[Noisebridge-discuss] Meeting notes 2011-09-13

Jake jake at spaz.org
Tue Sep 20 07:44:32 UTC 2011


i'll be here october 11th but i'm also bringing it up tomorrow.
if anyone feels like blocking banning a thief and liar, show up and let 
noisebridge know you care..about lying thieves.

-jake

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011, rachel lyra hospodar wrote:

> 
> If someone has been this big of a problem, I would prefer if the model we
> use to deal with them defaulted towards 'return of problem person allowed
> only after a meeting where they are discussed and have an advocate present'
> instead of a default setting where time erases all wounds.
> 
> If someone is accused of making women socially uncomfortable we go all
> ballistic on them, but if they steal our shit they get a simple time out? 
> This kind of bullshit behavior is just as alarming to me as Harassing the
> Womenfolk.  I want us to treat it as a Big Deal, and I don't feel safe with
> this person returning to the space until the meeting where we discuss the
> fallout from his actions AND HE MIGHT GET BANNED instead of allowed back in.
> 
> We are not toddlers, and timeouts are good for defusing tense feelings, not
> solving real problems.
> 
> I will be note taking october 11th, and that date works great for me. Jake?
> 
> I do NOT think jay should return before the meeting about him, regardless of
> when we have it.
> 
> mediumreality.com
> 
> On Sep 19, 2011 7:43 PM, "Danny O'Brien" <danny at spesh.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
> >
> >> yes I can see why you wouldn't want to be the only one propping up Jay,
> >> because I will ask the notetaker to record exactly who is objecting to
> >> banning Jay, and those people will be asked later why they thought it was
> >> necessary, after he returns for a second helping and takes the rest of
> the
> >> microscopes.
> >>
> >
> > In the interest of pointing out the potential compromise positions, I'd
> say
> > that if this one fails, it's entire possible to propose a second banz0ring
> > session on October 11th.
> >
> > That would give Jay an opportunity period from the 6th-11th to come in and
> > steal all the microscopes, of course.
> >
> > So if that period of what I will call "temporary microscopy saturnalia"
> > isn't acceptable, someone can also move to extend Jay's ban (or more
> > technically, insert an involuntary period of bannination between Jay's
> > voluntary one, with goes out of date on the 6th to the 11th) to cope with
> > this contingency.
> >
> > These two proposals would I think comply with all members' current
> concerns
> > that I am aware of, and perhaps give time to reconcile the hundred or so
> > more that will surely instantly arise to take their place.
> >
> > Blocking either proposal would of course be an indication of sour grapes
> and
> > microscope-hating anarchy (and not the good kind of anarchy, the baad baad
> > kind) and people doing so should be put on a list for all to see.
> >
> > I'm not going to be here for any of this stuff, being in an *actual* court
> > of law that week, but I'll put it in as a suggestion in tomorrow's notes
> > anyway.[1]
> >
> > I also, as I mentioned to a few people, I emailed Jay telling him that
> > there's a proposal to ban him, and advising him it's probably sensible for
> > him to stay the hell away from our amazing whirling dervish of an
> > organization for all time.
> >
> > Al, would you like me to suggest he check out Ace Monster Toys? [2]
> >
> > Hail Eris!
> >
> > d.
> > [1] Has anyone actually volunteered to be the note-taker at tomorrow's
> > meeting yet? Oh, noooooooo.
> > [2] I kid! I was going to send him down to Biocurious.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 19 Sep 2011, Rubin Abdi wrote:
> >
> >> Kelly wrote, On 2011-09-18 23:28:
> >>> Is there
> >>> someone who will be at the meeting next week to block / defer the ban
> for
> >>> future consideration?
> >>
> >> I know of others out there who feel the same, I would appreciate it I
> >> wasn't the only (vocal) one at this next meeting.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Rubin
> >> rubin at starset.net
> >>
> >>
> >
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