[hackerspaces] hackerspaces meetup? / hope and 27c3

[strages]

I think there's room for the public attending such an event based on
what Nick said, they might be wanting to start a hackerspace in their
area.  I don't think they'd bog down any talks, especially if a
workshop was offered where they could be educated on starting a space
and given a chance to ask questions with someone patient enough to
teach them.

Raymond

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Matt Joyce <matt at nycresistor.com> wrote:
> I disagree nick.  In general yes, they absolutely have value.  But, there's
> already a ton of outreach and exposure available for their contributions.
> At an event such as this, the focus should be on sharing working knowledge,
> and fostering collaboration.
>
> In a discussion relating say to financing or insurance at a space, apart
> from professional experience ( maybe guest contributors? ) the average
> person who would show up would either not be able to contribute very much,
> or more likely inadvertently waste peoples time catching up to speed on "the
> basics".
>
> I don't see what someone would get out of the event either, unless they had
> a working knowledge of hackerspace day to day operations.
>
> It just strikes me as counter productive on both sides.
>
> =/
>
> On May 18, 2010 12:38 PM, "Nick Farr (hackerspaces.org)"
> <nick at hackerspaces.org> wrote:
>
>> I see immense value in getting organizers of spaces together to discuss
>> issues related with spac...
>
> Agreed.  When someone steps forward to put an event like this
> together, we should encourage it, even if we can't attend it.
>
>> An event like that however is not suited to "public access".  It's not
>> about
>> exclusion or eliti...
>
> I'm going to strongly disagree with this for three reasons:
>
> 1) Ideally, anyone who puts forward an effort with hackerspaces is an
> "organizer".  Anyone who bothers to show up to an event is likely
> motivated enough to be in a position to help encourage
> interhackerspace cooperation.
>
> 2) Especially in this community, when you make an event anything less
> than entirely open, you lose potential attendees with (justifiable)
> charges of elitism.
>
> 3) There are still many folks interested in building Hackerspaces that
> might not have an "official" affiliation but would add value to such
> an event.  Especially for a first time event, anyone that shows up
> should get accreditation for that simple reason.
>
> I think the rest of your e-mail warrants a new thread...
>
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