[Noisebridge-discuss] thefts at noisebridge / access policy

[Tom Longson (nym)]

I remember being kicked out of the old space because the last member had to
leave.

I support the "need a member" rule.

On Saturday, October 20, 2012, Rachel McConnell wrote:

> I don't remember that policy Ben. As far as I recall, nb has always let in
> anyone, according to the judgment of the letter-inner. Mitch was handing
> out keys to 83c to awesome ppl he met on his travels from the beginning.
> There was the one week where Noah & I were freaking out about being on the
> lease before the incorporation was final, but after that it was always
> anyone who knew about it could come. I think... am I remembering wrong? The
> must-be-a-member-present thing is Ace Monster Toys...
>
> -Rachel
>
> On Oct 20, 2012, at 8:22, Ben Kochie <superq at gmail.com <javascript:_e({},
> 'cvml', 'superq at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
> 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<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '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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Cheers,
Tom Longson
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