[Noisebridge-discuss] thefts at noisebridge / access policy

[Ben Kochie]

The culture changed drastically a long time ago.  We used to have a policy
of having non-members leave when nobody was  around.

I'm sorry to say it, but noisebridge was created for the membership, not
for random out of town people.

I do not want the policy to be "we can't have nice things" and I'm thinking
it's time we as members simply close the door and reset the policy back to
the original configuration of being closed to non-members outside of event
hours.
On Oct 18, 2012 11:13 PM, "Corey McGuire" <coreyfro at coreyfro.com> wrote:

> I'd hate to say it, but I have just adopted a, "This is why we can't have
> nice things, and I am OK with that" Policy at noisebridge.
>
> There is just nothing that can be done at Noisebridge that will change
> this that will not drastically change the culture.
>
> So, what I recommend is, guard your stuff, take it home, and don't bring
> quality items to leave at noisebridge.
>
> If we just have crap tools at noisebridge...not broken, but cheap, there
> will be less theft and it won't be so hard to recover after something goes
> missing.
>
> One serious note, yeah, we have a lock picking class, and people often use
> this to discourage locking anything...but maybe it's time to start locking
> things.  I don't care how hard it is...or how trivial it is...to unlock
> something, but at least it removes, with out a doubt, that something is not
> meant to be share.  Lockers at noisebridge wouldn't be such a bad idea.
>
> Also, lets revisit the tote idea instead of shelf idea.  I think that
> would be a better barrier to theft and mess/disorganization and make the
> "member shelves" more useful for more people.
>
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