[Noisebridge-discuss] Church as the safe haven for being loud, whenever a class is not in session?

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Based on personal experience, Church is not sound-proof and groups of
people just talking loudly have been asked to quiet down for events in the
main room.


But feel free to conduct further studies.


On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Andrew Byrne <andrew at pachakutech.com>wrote:

> interesting, and worth a try IMO.
>
> This decouples the hackertorium amp from it's normal use as a music
> plug-in; should it be moved with the noise into the back/DJ booth?
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 1:30 AM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
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>>
>>     ...yeah, but you're a good egg....
>>     Great idea.
>>     What do you think of making the DJ booth the
>> default loudness spot? Your idea suggests the
>> need for loudness with respect to a hacking
>> project of some kind, and mostly it seems such
>> a project would be a solo endeavor, yes? In the
>> few cases not, then Church could be the secondary
>> approved spot.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 2012-12-21 at 04:33 -0800, Robert "Finny" Merrill wrote:
>> > I've noticed that there is often a clash between people who like quiet
>> > and people who want to be loud (for whatever reason).
>> >
>> > This is usually an issue later in the night, as that tends to be the
>> > time which is attractive to both of those groups.
>> >
>> > I've been on both sides of this: I've been hacking on audio projects
>> > and found myself unable to do so because the necessary loudness was
>> > deemed unacceptable by other people in the space. I've also been
>> > distracted by people loudly socializing near the kitchen.
>> >
>> > So here's a thought: Move one of the two soundsystems into Church and
>> > make it the designated "safe place to be loud in noisebridge" whenever
>> > there is not a class in session. Note: This is not meant to imply that
>> > there are not reasonable limits on how loud one can be, nor is it
>> > meant to imply that the standards would change in any way for the rest
>> > of the space.
>> >
>> > Reasons why this idea came to mind:
>> > - Church's main entrance is around the corner from the rest of the
>> > space, on the far side from where most people are working late at
>> > night
>> > - Church is also right next to the kitchen, which is often a center of
>> loudness.
>> >
>> > Potential problems:
>> > - Presence of rowdyness in church potentially resulting in
>> > litter/damage that hinders its usability as a classroom
>> > - Proximity of church to neighbors possibly an issue?
>> >
>> > I am only an egg, so please let me know if these thoughts are in any
>> way foolish
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