[Noisebridge-discuss] later hours vs. morning hours

[Dan Cote]

It's not a night vs day thing. Nights are usually super awesome. Some of
the sketchiest behavior happened on Saturday afternoon.

It's more of a hacker conference somewhere else in the world thing. Every
time a hacker event draws people out of San Francisco, there aren't as many
regular Noisebridgers around to hold it down. This month saw 2 big
conferences, as well as the shutdown of other community space in town.

It's like the perfect storm of oogles. It's very much part of Noisebridge's
rhythm. I predict another one during 30c3 this December. We can be ready
for it this time by increasing docent commitments during that time. The
docents are a very good idea I think. Regular nights tend to be very
relaxed. People work on things, lots of conversations. One or two supremely
sketchy people might wander up the stairs. If there is nobody to stop them,
many more may arrive on their heels.

As far as my own criteria for asking people to leave, it's not a homeless
and mentally ill issue so much as an issue of respecting the people of the
space and the space itself. If any person can't do those things, then they
aren't necessarily able to stay at Noisebridge. I'd say we are more
accepting than most. Many housed, sane people can't accomplish this.
Excellence is a higher bar than don't be a douche, and I certainly think I
give people enough rope (metaphorically of course).


On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Romy Ilano <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:

> OK, I can see why my perception of Noisebridge differed so much from
> people's nighttime accounts. I was going to noisebridge this weekend in the
> early morning or early afternoon hours. It was pretty chill.
>
> However, as the day wore and and into the afternoon and early
> evening--yes, the crowd does change and unfortunately there are fewer
> hackers and it does attract more people hanging out.
>
> posting this to confirm dan's observations. Late night must be really
> gnarly.
>
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