[Noisebridge-discuss] Orientation

[Rachel McConnell]

This is great, I'm glad you did it and I thank you. I think you hit all the major points.  As you note, the orientation concept has been put forth before, and there have even been people who took on the task of greeting visitors and giving them an orientation if they wanted it. I bet you won't find anyone who thinks it's a bad idea.

The reason it still (or again) doesn't happen regularly is that not everyone wants to be the orienter. For a variety of reasons -- off the top of my head, being busy with a project or discussion, not feeling qualified, not comfortable interacting with people, and many others -- people don't always manage to do this task. I only did it once myself and I was so awkward it was not a very good intro to nb!  IMHO the real problem is helping more people feel like giving the orientation and nobody has solved that yet.  If you have ideas in that regard I'm sure we are all ears.

-Rachel

On May 8, 2013, at 0:25, Johny Radio <johnyradio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Peeps
> 
> At tonight's meeting, I suggested that we give new people an "orientation". This is maybe not a new idea at NB. Here's an example:
> 
> After the meeting, i gave a tour to a new visitor (from Homes Not Jails). i sprinkled the following comments into the tour:
> Please don't steal things.
> Napping here is ok; living here is not. 
> Theft happens, so watch your stuff.
> Please don't take NB t-shirts without paying for them. 
> Respect the space, clean up after yourself, help take out the trash thursday nights. 
> Don't do hostile graffiti or cover other people's art. 
> Volunteer. 
> Go to meetings Tuesday nights. 
> Join the list and discover classes and events by going to noisebridge.net.
> Please don't bring thieves or loud drunken revelers here. 
> Teach a class. 
> --and a few other tips. This is what i mean by 'orientation'-- things to mention during their first visit. Are these good tips? What do people think about making this a standard ritual?
> 
> Ciao, 
> Johny Radio
> Stick It In Your Ear!
> 
> 
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