[Noisebridge-discuss] (no subject)

[johny radio]

On Thu May 30 2013, Darius Garza 313kid at gmail.com wrote:

"Is the sky always falling at NB?"
Johny Radio: Seems that way!

DG: What's all this about the community being in shambles?"
JR: Have you been there recently? Hacker Alley is an endless cycle of
utter disaster which occassionally gets cleaned up, only to devolve
again. The kitchen is an eco-hazard. Place infested with cockroaches,
flies, mice, junkies, thieves, and hangers-on. Broken/missing tools
and equipment.

DG: Closing the place down completely seems a bit extreme.
JR: The suggestion was a reset for a couple weeks, which I support--
but without any core changes, a reset will accomplish nothing.

DG: I'm guessing this is just part of the constant petty drama and neurosis that
plagues any public space?
JR: Thievery, intravenous drug use, eco-hazards, broken tools, and
drunken louts are more than "petty drama and neurosis ". Lots of
public spaces do not suffer from such issues, like the library i'm in
right now.

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:35 PM, johny radio <johnyradio at gmail.com> wrote:
> (continued from previous email)
> If NB is a hackerspace, which encourages hacking and improving
> circuits, software, and society, is it a contradiction to say that the
> one thing that CANNOT be hacked is NB processes and structure?
>
> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:34 PM, johny radio <johnyradio at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Jake at spaz.org wrote:
>> "The complaint I have is with people who are in a position to improve
>> noisebridge, for example by embracing a new era of access control, but
>> are not willing to do it because they don't see a problem."
>>
>> Jake,
>>
>> I quite agree. I would add that some members feels that lack of any
>> sort of structure, rules, or access-control is fundamental to anarchy,
>> and must be maintained at NB.
>>
>> Also, if NB is a hackerspace, which encourages hacking and improving
>> circuits, software, and society, is it a contradiction to say that the
>> one thing that CANNOT