[Noisebridge-discuss] existential threats to Noisebridge -- please read

Fri Jan 25 19:05:05 UTC 2013

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Anton

On 25 January 2013 10:46, Dean Mao <dean.mao at hackerdojo.com> wrote:

> You guys should run a kickstarter, or maybe an underwear race ;-)
>
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> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 6:55 AM, Noisebridge Truth <
> noisebridgetruth at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's amazing how many people have ignored this e-mail and yet have
>> responded to other threads discussing Adam Swartz, Coursera, the door to
>> gate telecom system, and tech mentoring--three of the four all relate to
>> "free things" too.
>>
>> So Jake, Michael, Johny, Tony, Nicholas, James, and Garrett, have you
>> decided to put up more money to help keep this place afloat or are you
>> going to continue to willingly ignore this e-mail and let the space wither
>> and die? How about you "anonymous" reader who has yet to pipe up?
>>
>> Poor Danny and Liz put his out there and only one person has yet to
>> respond--beyond pathetic.
>>
>> Then again, it should be no surprise that this was ignored seeing that
>> people are willing to take away from the space before contribute back:
>>
>> https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2013-January/034191.html
>>
>> When will Noisebridge no longer be the joke amongst other hackerspaces as
>> the place for arduinos and homeless people?
>>
>> - Noisebridge Truth
>>
>> On 23/01/2013 11:29 PM, Danny O'Brien wrote:> TLDR: we need your money,
>> your vigilance, and your love
>>  >
>> > In a meeting a few months ago, we Noisebridgians brainstormed a little
>> > on the risks we faced as a group. On one point we agreed: Noisebridge
>> > was engineered so that if it disappeared tomorrow for some reason, the
>> > documentation and the drive of its members would be sufficient to build
>> > something to replace it. But we also agreed that Noisebridge should die
>> > from something spectacular: the Bussard polywell fusion reactor we made
>> > of oyster mushrooms overloading, say, or the first stage retro boosters
>> > applied to the foundations failing from poorly 3D-printed O rings.
>> > Noisebridge should always go out with a (metaphorical) bang, not a real
>> > world whimper.
>> >
>> > Unfortunately we now have a few extremely boring threats to our
>> > existence. Whatever we think of drama or hacking or each other, I think
>> > we can safely say we are all opposed to boredom. If you care about
>> > Noisebridge, or you just enjoy having our dramatic ways in your inboxes,
>> > you can stop these threats and save Noisebridge.
>> >
>> > 1) Right now, we're short $3000 of our tradition three month breathing
>> > room of $15,000. As ever, this has a bunch of factors. Drive-by
>> > donations drop in the winter, because Noisebridge is coooold. Old hands
>> > have moved on, and new ones don't realise how much Noisebridge depends
>> > on their financial as well as practical support. Our rent went up in
>> > November, and we just paid our $2K annual insurance premium. The economy
>> > continues to suck.
>> >
>> > Whatver the reason, we're not taking in enough right now, and that
>> > cannot last for long. As it is, Noisebridge might not survive the
>> > summer, unless you give some tax-deductible money. In particular, if you
>> > use Noisebridge more than a few times a year, please set up a monthly
>> > subscription of $160, $80, $40 or even $10. If you already pay, please
>> > consider upping your donation (I just have). If you hate Paypal,
>> > consider a far cooler bitcoin donation, or a bank order, or cash -- we
>> > can give you the details. The more monthly donations we get, the less we
>> > have to worry about seasonal donation instability in the charitytron
>> > matrix.
>> >
>> > You can donate to Noisebridge here:
>> > https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Donate_or_Pay_Dues
>> >
>> > We accept Bitcoin at: 1B5sJQ6Wu6AmK9xG5YTic4Nszw4PS7UMAM
>> >
>> > 2) We got contacted by our landlord early at the New Year. Because of
>> > our opening hours (which are infinite) and our open door policy (which
>> > is always, and the actual gate was broken over Christmas), homeless folk
>> > have been coming in and sleeping in the stairwell and possibly elsewhere
>> > in the building. Our landlord likes us, but he's worried about the
>> > safety and happiness of 2169's other tenants. We have to listen to our
>> > landlord. We're going to have to, all of us, start making sure people
>> > don't use Noisebridge as somewhere to sleep from the cold of San
>> > Francisco. We're not going to make giant moats or spiked fences (well,
>> > actually, we might, but that's a different project.) But we are all of
>> > us, going to make sure we know who is coming into Noisebridge with us,
>> > and be firm at asking those who are sleeping at Noisebridge to leave.
>> > Remember, you can *always* ask someone to leave and come back to
>> > Noisebridge's Tuesday meeting if you feel they are being unexcellent.
>> > You should always be responsible for those who you let into the space.
>> >
>> > 3) Finally, our biggest existential threat: the health of us all. As
>> > many of us know, a close friend of Noisebridge's community, Aaron
>> > Swartz, took his life two weeks ago. You're invited to a shared memorial
>> > between Noisebridge and many others who miss him Thursday night, at the
>> > Internet Archive.
>> >
>> > http://blog.archive.org/2013/01/15/memorial-for-aaron-swartz/
>> >
>> > We have had a moment's silence for Ilya Zhitomirskiy, who hacked on
>> > Diaspora at Noisebridge. Before that we had a memorial, too, for Len
>> > Sassaman, another brilliant companion.
>> >
>> > One of our community's values is honesty, brutal honesty. That's why I'm
>> > not telling you everything is fine. But sometimes what we think is a
>> > healthy honesty hides our real vulnerability, or it is misused to
>> > inspire vulnerability in others.
>> >
>> > Mitch was one of the first to use hackerspaces to set up meetings to
>> > talk about depression among hackers. Noisebridge isn't just about
>> > Arduinos and giant fricking lasers. We come here to support each other,
>> > especially in our darkest times, and we work to support the wider hacker
>> > community.
>> >
>> > Please take care of each other. If we die, it will not be by our own
>> > hands, nor by those who might misunderstand us, but by giant robot
>> > hands, hugging their fleshy creators just a biiit too hard for our puny
>> > human tolerances. And we'll build it together, not alone.
>> >
>> > There will be a hackathon to continue Aaron's goals at Noisebridge on
>> > https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Aaron_Swartz_Memorial_Hackathon
>> >
>> > Be excellent to each other,
>>  > d.
>> >
>> > p.p. Consenso
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