GenesisCorp seems like a good hackerspace to me. Their goal is to get people to have skills which they do not currently have so they can fill vacant jobs and build a stronger community. They have 120 members according to the wiki so they must be doing something right. I would like to get 30 members in our space. <div>
<br></div><div>I feel like this conversation has come up a few times in the few years I have been on this list. It always sounds the same too. There is no definition of a Hackerspace.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Steven Sutton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ssutton4455@gmail.com" target="_blank">ssutton4455@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Also, the two member sponsorship is not an uncommon practice. We're actually really friendly and inviting, which is why we've been able to almost double our membership over the last 9 months. Sponsors work to bring new members into the community and introduce them around. It's very helpful.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Maybe you were just joking, but we're far from elitist and exclusive :)</p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<p dir="ltr">Steven</p>
</font></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Jan 2, 2013 1:47 PM, "Buddy Smith" <<a href="mailto:buddy.smith@ieee.org" target="_blank">buddy.smith@ieee.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">
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<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 1:42 PM, William Reyor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:opticfiber@gmail.com" target="_blank">opticfiber@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Should probably remove freespace Atlanta too then.</div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>
</div><div>You mean Freeside?</div><div><br></div><div>It's a non-profit, organized as a hackerspace. It self identifies as a hackerspace </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto"><div></div><div><span style="font-family:'.HelveticaNeueUI';font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/freesideatl/joining" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/freesideatl/joining</a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:'.HelveticaNeueUI';font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/FreesideAtlanta" target="_blank">http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/FreesideAtlanta</a></span></div>
<div><font face=".HelveticaNeueUI"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font face=".HelveticaNeueUI"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap">Requires two members to sponsor, sounds elitist and exclusive to me.</span></font></div>
<div><font face=".HelveticaNeueUI"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font face=".HelveticaNeueUI"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap">Then again, who am I to start judging who belongs and who doesn't....<br>
</span></font><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think there can be a distinction between "hackerspace" and "not hackerspace".</div><div><br></div><div>If you can justify it, then remove them. I think you'll find some objection.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I think Freeside shares some number of qualities with most hackerspaces, and "Hacker Hostel" does not. It's not member-run, it's for profit, it's nothing more than a dorm and set of expensive IT classes.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Personally, I think tech shops and hackerspaces/makerspaces should remain on the wiki. Coworking spaces should probably not be on the wiki, IT schools should not be on the wiki.</div><div>
<br></div><div>I think for-profit IT schools with no other links to the hackerspace movement should be deleted.</div><div><br></div><div>--buddy</div></div></div></div>
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