<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">How about making it less about *you* and more about all the other people that might feel unwelcome or apprehensive going into a hackerspace? I get it that you’re comfortable walking in, doing your thing, etc. This isn’t about *your* feelings or how welcome *you* feel.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br></div> <div style="color:gray"><hr style="style:linear">From: <span style="color:black">matt</span> <a href="mailto:matt@nycresistor.com">matt</a><br>Reply: <span style="color:black">matt</span> <a href="mailto:matt@nycresistor.com">matt@nycresistor.com</a><br>Date: <span style="color:black">January 26, 2014 at 7:43:31 PM</span><br>To: <span style="color:black">Al Billings</span> <a href="mailto:albill@openbuddha.com">albill@openbuddha.com</a><br>Subject: <span style="color:black"> Re: [hackerspaces] Safe Space Policies? <br></span></div> <blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq"><span><div><div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Al if I put up a sign for everything I though that was wonderful I'd have no room for windows... or doors... I'd be trapped in a self designed prison unable to see the world beyond my own ideals. <br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span></blockquote> <div id="bloop_sign_1390794096037053184" class="bloop_sign"><span style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:13px"></span>-- <br>Al Billings<br>http://makehacklearn.org<div><br></div></div></body></html>