[Noisebridge-discuss] Lack of due process when Cynthia forced to leave
Will Sargent
will.sargent at gmail.com
Fri May 4 00:35:44 UTC 2012
Everything should be in the meeting notes.
Will.
On Thursday, May 3, 2012, Jake wrote:
> yes because whenever people say something is too horrible to possibly
> discuss in an open listserve, where we talk about everything else, it just
> sounds like there's really nothing to say and they're trying to cover the
> lack of justification for what they did with secrecy.
>
> let's hear it.
>
> On Thu, 3 May 2012, Joseph Brenner wrote:
>
> The people who were actually there and made the call, did not want to
> discuss it on list, they wanted to save it for the meeting.
>
> Would hashing things out a second time here, for the people who don't
> go to meetings, actually help in any way?
>
>
> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com>
> wrote:
>
> Irony is lost on this one.
>
> How about this, "Will someone, for the love of FUCKING GOD or ALLAH or
> SATAN
> or STALLMAN tell me what the fuck she did wrong?"
>
> Feynman, help us.
>
>
> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
>
> except that it's not funny, and Jesse's actions are making noisebridge
> look bad. and getting the police to come over.
>
>
> On Thu, 3 May 2012, Corey McGuire wrote:
>
> You know...it's funny. I still have no idea what she did wrong.
>
> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 3:43 PM, rachel lyra hospodar
> <rachelyra at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The last time I talked to her about it, Erica was no longer feeling
> welcome because Jesse (the same jesse) told her she wasn't
> enough of a hacker and she should leave.
>
> This after she had to ask him to stop calling her at 3am.
>
> R.
>
> On May 3, 2012 3:02 PM, "Jake" <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
> I couldn't have said it better myself.
>
> Why is Erica no longer feeling welcome?
>
> I have to say, I have noticed that some people (including
> Jesse for sure)
> seem to be fulfilling my prediction that we could swing around
> into the
> reactionary zone after we started dealing with the occupiers.
>
> Please re-read the below and let's not make the same mistakes
> again.
> Calling the police is a LAST RESORT and shows bad judgement on
> the part of
> the people who did it.
>
> What would Jesse or Will have done if a couple of female
> members told them
> to leave?
>
> Carl said:
> You know I don't post here all that much, but I really felt
> that I had
> to respond to this...
>
> I've read through all of the comments about what transpired
> with
> Cynthia, on the discuss list and the meeting notes. Although
> I haven't
> been present at Noisebridge during the past week, from what
> I've read so
> far, I am really not pleased about how people involved in this
> situation
> treated her. (This would include Jesse, Will, and apparently
> a third
> man.)
>
> First of all, calling the police really should not be done
> unless:
>
> 1. Someone is harming or threatening harm to another person,
> causing
> damage to the space, stealing, or otherwise causing trouble or
> performing an illegal activity.
>
> 2. A person who has been officially banned from the space
> refuses to
> leave. And by "official", I mean a due process has been
> followed
> whereas a previous discussion and consensus was taken to ban a
> particular person.
>
> 3. AND ONLY AFTER the Noisebridge community are unable to
> handle the
> situation on our own should we get the police involved.
>
>
> I find it troubling when individuals take it upon themselves
> to forcibly
> remove people from the space, who by all accounts of what I've
> read, did
> NOT cause any trouble prior to being asked to leave. I
> believe it was
> wrong for Jesse and Will to have done what they did in this
> case, prior
> to taking it up at a meeting where the members could discuss
> and make a
> decision as to whether to ban Cynthia from the space, AND ONLY
> AFTER
> this discussion and consensus would it be appropriate to ask
> someone to
> not return. (and as she brought up, informing her of this
> could have
> been done through email prior to her arrival in order to avoid
> this
> confrontation.)
>
> I am also troubled by the flippant and immature responses on
> this list
> about Cynthia being "crazy". Her past talk of legal actions
> against
> Te
>
>
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