<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 13:30, Far McKon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:farmckon@gmail.com" target="_blank">farmckon@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
OT:<br>
I'm curious/interested about the non-hackerspace spaces on the website<br>
too. I wish they were labeled better, or flagged somehow.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I agree, but I believe we have to be *very careful* as to how to distinguish spaces that are not "Non-Profit, Member-Run" Hackerspaces.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I dropped by the Metrix Create:Space in Seattle on my Club-Mate run. There tools, people working on kits, folks chatting about future projects, some gamers, a big selection of books, a massive lathe under construction, drinks for sale, etc. The only thing separating it from other hackerspaces I know was a friendly hacker behind a cash register.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Drawing an arbitrary line saying what's "core" and "non-core" betrays the ethic of openness and inclusiveness that I believe we aspouse as a community. </div><div><br></div><div>
Could we instead try to identify and classify the various hackerspaces that have emerged? Perhaps identify criteria like commercial/non-commercial, membership forms, etc.? Maybe do a whole foursquare badge thing out of it..</div>
<div><br></div><div>I've been meaning to revisit the theory of the models I had been working on, and perhaps this is as good an opportunity as ever. Thoughts?</div>
<div><br></div></div>-- <br>Nick Farr<br><a href="mailto:nick@hackerspaces.org" target="_blank">nick@hackerspaces.org</a><br>D762E03B<br>