[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge House Rules

Al Sweigart asweigart at gmail.com
Wed Mar 19 18:55:44 UTC 2014


And yet another meeting goes by where the measure is blocked. I'll repeat
myself:

"The thing that gets me is that he doesn't even have to publicly defend his
unpopular view in order to get his way. All he has to do is keep saying
"there needs to more discussion" week after week until the issue fades into
the background once more."

Kevin, I agree that polarization, accusation, and hyperbole are not
effective. Obstruction and attrition, however, have proven very effective.


On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Kevin <bfb at riseup.net> wrote:

> On March 19, 2014 11:07:24 AM PDT, Jessica Ross <jessica.r.ross at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Why can't you guys rebut this with "It's against the terms of the
> > lease and
> > could get us evicted"?
> >
> > It's BS that you're even still debating this!
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Al Sweigart <asweigart at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Kevin is against banning sleeping at the space because he and his
> > friends
> > > like to sleep at the space. He helped build the "hacker stacker"
> > bunk beds
> > > that were in the space which, unsurprisingly, were used for more
> > than just
> > > short naps in the space.
> > >
> > > Kevin will single-handedly block any measure to ban sleeping without
> > > compromise, because consensus lets him do this. He is against any
> > actual
> > > punitive consequences because he knows that even if people are woken
> > up and
> > > told not to sleep at the space, they can just do so again the next
> > night
> > > (or just later that same morning).
> > >
> > > Hey, if the majority of Noisebridge members said they were fine with
> > > people sleeping at the space, I would back down on my stance.
> > Whereas Kevin
> > > will barge in on a meeting an hour late and then get his way.
> > >
> > > The thing that gets me is that he doesn't even have to publicly
> > defend his
> > > unpopular view in order to get his way. (Note that he didn't mention
> > > sleeping at all in his email on this thread, even though that's the
> > > elephant in the room.) All he has to do is keep saying "there needs
> > to more
> > > discussion" week after week until the issue fades into the
> > background once
> > > more.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 12:35 AM, Kevin Schiesser <bfb at riseup.net>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Brandon Edens:
> > >> > Hi all,
> > >> >
> > >> > The consensus of Noisebridge is that we have some house rules.
> > You can
> > >> read
> > >> > about them here...
> > >> >
> > >>
> >
> https://github.com/noisebridge/bureaucracy/blob/master/rules/house-rules.md
> > >> >
> > >> > Enjoy!
> > >> > Brandon
> > >> >
> > >> > _______________________________________________
> > >> > Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
> > >> > Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> > >> > https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> I barged into the open meeting an hour late tonight and rejected
> > the
> > >> civility of passing this proposal, given I had aired unaddressed
> > >> concerns. Discussion on the proposal was reopened, hence
> > Noisebridge has
> > >> not come to consensus on 'house rules'.
> > >>
> > >> I will be preparing an alternative draft. If anyone wants to
> > >> collaborate, contact me via email or let's work though github.
> > >>
> > >> Generally, I favor 'community agreements'. I oppose punitive
> > measures,
> > >> and do not believe punitive measure will positively transform
> > Noisebridge.
> > >>
> > >> If agreements are to be codified, we should start with the most
> > >> abundantly clear agreements... We agree not to attempt to repair
> > the
> > >> elevator, not to go on the roof (unless maintenancing an antenna),
> > not
> > >> to go in the basement, not to go on the fire escape, not to live at
> > >> Noisebridge. We also agree that projects kept on the hacker shelves
> > in
> > >> the SW corner of the space or kept in personal lockers belong to
> > >> participants in the community and are not for general purpose
> > hacking.
> > >> <Add your own agreement>.
> > >>
> > >> -Kevin
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
> > >> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> > >> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > > https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jessica R. Ross
> > jessica.r.ross at gmail.com
>
> I'm very open to collaborating on a revised Draft of this document.
>  Please read the meeting notes or try to understand what I wrote before
> jumping in with critique. Polarization, accusation, and hyperbole are not
> effective.
>
> For context...
>
> At every prior meeting I said that I had concerns with the house rules
> proposal. Often, the agenda was too full of bannings to have substantive
> discussion of my concerns. I was shocked to arrive late and hear consensus
> was reached without having had opportunity for discussion. The group agreed
> I was previously misunderstood, the proposal is not urgent, and that more
> discussion is needed.
>
> Hence more discussion and reaching out to the community.
>
>
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