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

Sat Jan 26 06:08:04 UTC 2013

Thank you very very much Danny.  You and liz are amazeballs.

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com> wrote:

> Weird. I didn't get the original post of this.
>
> Anyway, a lot of those people and others mailed me privately, and many
> people did what I actually asked in that email, which is to up their
> donations, work on better systems to keep an eye on new people, and
> celebrate and consider Aaron's legacy. When we have a criminal paucity
> of people subscribing anonymously to nb-discuss to opine on the
> correct way of opining on nb-discuss, I will definitely send out a
> call for action on that front too.
>
> It was lovely to see so many Noisebridgers at Aaron's memorial last
> night, and to have everyone talking so much about their current
> projects. Like I said at Five MInutes of Fame, you have no idea how
> cheering that is for those of us who knew Aaron, and miss that
> already.
>
> d.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Dean Mao <dean.mao at hackerdojo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > You guys should run a kickstarter, or maybe an underwear race ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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> >
> > --
> > Dean Mao
> > dean.mao at hackerdojo.com
> > Come visit us, we love new people!
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> >
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-- 
Ronald Cotoni
Systems Engineer
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