[Noisebridge-discuss] Speakers and amplified sound at NB

[LinkReincarnate]

I never refused to turn the music down.  I wasnt there.  I am mocking no
one.  My tone was that of  a bemused satan.  Am I not allowed to express a
disenting opinion to a comment?  Please be aware that tone doesnt transmit
via the internet and give me the benefit of the doubt.
 On May 29, 2013 9:29 AM, "Liz Henry" <lizhenry at gmail.com> wrote:

> No link.... if someone is asking you to turn the music down and you're
> not, it's just plain old disrespectful of you to refuse and then mock
> them.  Remember the "be excellent to each other" part?
>
> Best,
>
> Liz
>
>
> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 7:22 AM, LinkReincarnate <
> linkreincarnate at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 1 is your hypersythesia in your ears?(that is a serious question)
>> 2 music bothers you but you can live with people running the table saw?
>> 3 this is a doocracy if you have a problem bring it up yourself.  If it
>> is not worth attending the meeting to do it yourself then its not worth
>> anyone elses time bringing it up.
>> 4 we are a hackerspace not a workerspace and some of us like to hack on
>> noisy/musical projects
>> 5 are you really complaining that noisebridge is too loud.  Have you read
>> the name?  Are you trolling?
>> 6 seriously you come to a place called noisebridge and complain about the
>> sounds??
>> 7 numbered lists are fun
>> 8 i think that the music rule should be majority in the space gets their
>> way. Im willing to follow this even if people dont want music but allowing
>> one person to dictatate when music can and cant be played seems doesnt sit
>> well with me.
>> On May 28, 2013 12:16 AM, "Zach" <organic_unity at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey folks,
>>>   I wont be able to make it to the meeting on Tues, and I had a talk
>>> with someone at NB this week (again) about playing music on the giant
>>> amplified speakers in the main space at NB.  This was discussed at a
>>> meeting in the past, and this person suggested it be brought up again.
>>>
>>> In the past meeting on this people shared their thoughts and said:
>>> 1) it is a long standing NB practice to tell people to use
>>> headphones/laptop speakers to play personal music for entertainment
>>> 2) everyone has their own taste in music which is not always shared in
>>> common
>>> 3) the space is a worker space, not a music venue.
>>>
>>> I really am burnt out on NB drama of sorts, and have only started coming
>>> to NB again recently.  Its frustrating to have to beat this dead horse
>>> nearly every time Im at NB.  After that meeting things did improve a lot
>>> and many people were very kind and responsive.  It still does come up
>>> though.
>>>
>>> Not that I think its entirely relevant, but this does affect my medical
>>> condition.  I was diagnosed with hyperaesthesia (
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperesthesia) among other things.  I can
>>> show my medical records to people if it would help.  Honestly, I think this
>>> is just a matter of respect.  I use the space to work on projects, fix
>>> things, and educate.  I dont see why playing music on those large speakers
>>> to fill the entire space with sound is necessary.  It can be very
>>> disruptive and for me it is actually painful.  For the most part, I ask
>>> people if I can turn the music down when I'm there and most everyone is
>>> accomodating.  I usually then tell people when I'm leaving so they can turn
>>> the volume back up if they like.  But there are people that are very
>>> confrontational about this like the incident this week, so if someone could
>>> mention this at a meeting again, even briefly, it could help.  Feel free to
>>> read/show this email at the meeting.
>>>
>>> Thank you for reading what I have to share,
>>> Zach
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
>>> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>>>
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
>> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>>
>>
>
>
> --
>
> .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
> Liz Henry
> lhenry at mozilla.com
> lizhenry at gmail.com
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/attachments/20130529/591898af/attachment-0003.html>