[Noisebridge-discuss] Anti-sleepers / Livers at Noisebridge and Martin's drunkenness again.

[Eric W. Rasmussen]

Tonight as I was working in the Church, I heard someone snoring. I found 
that obnoxious asian guy sleeping in the DJ booth. I woke him up and 
asked him to leave. In the process, I found a guy named Jason sleeping 
on the couch.

I don't like doing this and it got very tense because the asian guy did 
NOT want to leave. Jason was cool about it. I let Jason slide on 
Saturday night. I received very little support from the other users. 
This is not appreciated.

If I can't get support from other users for enforcing this rule, then I 
won't do it. I don't like doing it and I was very respectful. I can't 
say the respect was reciprocated. The word "Fight" was mentioned.

I told them to come back on Tuesday night if they wanted to appeal my 
actions. It is my understanding that the Asian guy has already been 
banned for making homophobic comments, but it's conjecture.

I also informed Martin that any drunkness or sleeping will be tolerated 
by me, no matter how much I like him. I treated him like an adult and a 
friend and he was receptive. I told him that his name may arise in the 
Tues. meeting. He is considering attending the meeting or simply taking 
a sabbatical for a week or two.

Please, if the collective wants the sleeping rule enforced then they 
should support the person that enforces it. I always give people 
multiple chances and need help when I draw the line.

Thank you.

On 09/30/2012 06:31 PM, Mitch Altman wrote:
> LOL
>
> When I came in to set up for the Raspberry Pi event, I found someone 
> asleep, and did just as Ben said.  It took quite a bit prodding, and I 
> had to remain assertive.  The person wasn't happy, but he was polite 
> (after he finally woke up) , and he left.
>
> It is totally fine to tell people that you don't want them sleeping at 
> Noisebridge.  And it is totally fine to ask them to leave if they are 
> asleep.  But, you need to do so in an excellent way (as you remain 
> assertive).
>
> Mitch.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:10:40 -0700
> From: tomlong at gmail.com
> To: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Anti-sleepers / Livers at 
> Noisebridge and Martin's drunkenness again.
>
> http://wearcam.org/seatsale/
>
> On Sunday, September 30, 2012, Danny O'Brien wrote:
>
>     On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Ben Kochie <superq at gmail.com> wrote:
>     > Thanks for bringing this up.
>     >
>     > I woke up someone sleeping in a chair and explained the rules
>     the other day
>     > this week.  I said that if they needed to sleep, it was time to
>     go home and
>     > they needed to leave.  I was as friendly as I can be while still
>     trying to
>     > be stern about it.  I got scolded by another regular (I forget
>     his name,
>     > larger/taller guy) for doing so.  "You're not in charge of the
>     space".  I
>     > stated that yes, as a member, yes I am.  I think we need to
>     remind people
>     > that guests in the space are not a given as is the practice and
>     that the
>     > space is for the membership.
>
>     Ah, sigh. Time to do the rounds again I guess. Who are these
>     people this time?
>
>
>     d.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Tom Longson
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