[hackerspaces] Size question

[Jarkko Moilanen]

Quoting tetsu yatsu <tetsuharu at gmail.com>:


> i dont know how to regularly classify that behavior in the measurable
> attributes of hackerspaces, but that's what i don't want to see happen. i
> don't see for-profit being a good business model for the hackerspace. how
> much money are hackers really willing to give, lol? it's better to get
> registered to receive donations!
>
Just before I go to get some sleep. Last thing I want to see in this  
issue is that some arbitrary decision is pulled out by someone on  
every occation when the situation raises. Some sort of consensus or  
agreed policy about this would be needed. Or there is authority who  
says what happens, but I'm not a big fan
of any authorities :)

/jarkko
>
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Jarkko Moilanen  
> <Jarkko.Moilanen at uta.fi>wrote:
>
>> Quoting tetsu yatsu <tetsuharu at gmail.com>:
>>
>>  I didn't want to say it without researching it at home, but yeah, I
>>> noticed
>>> a few a while ago that were purely for-profit machine shops.  In Orlando
>>> there's a company called Co-Lab that everyone thinks of before us.  They
>>> offer a cubicle, a wall outlet, and a wifi connection for like $15/day or
>>> $150/mo.  They haven't listed themselves, but god help me i will delist
>>> them
>>> the day they try.
>>>
>>
>> So purely for-profit shops are not hackerspaces (that can be listed in
>> hackerspaces.org), right? What about half-for-profit, those shops who
>> offer something to someone for money or other compensation? At least some of
>> the hackerspaces need to 'sell' services or something else to keep office
>> running. Who's going to draw the line? Don't get me wrong, these questions
>> just keep on popping to my head. Or perhaps I have missed some documentation
>> somewhere.
>>
>> /Jarkko
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Far McKon <farmckon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Yo seriously?
>>>> That is just nuts.  Frankly, that's just a commercial company bending
>>>> the meaning of 'hackerspace' to get itself listed and get some free
>>>> advert. I think that's bordering on slimey.
>>>>
>>>> I second the call for some editing, and maybe a nice email to the
>>>> person that added those, with a "hey, that was not cool, our group
>>>> doesn't exist so you can bend the rules to show off and try to
>>>> advertise" note.  I'm sure their goal isn't to abuse the trust, but
>>>> that is what they've done IMHO.
>>>>
>>>> opinionated in Philly
>>>> -  Far McKon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Tilman Frosch <til at das-labor.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Am Dienstag, den 17.11.2009, 20:46 +0100 schrieb Bartosz Kostrzewa:
>>>> >
>>>> >> hmm... dunno where those spaces came from!
>>>> >
>>>> > As long as hackerspaces.org does not sell advertising space, those
>>>> > Ponoko 'spaces' are due for some good German-style wiki page
>>>> > deletion ...
>>>> >
>>>> > my 0.02?
>>>> >
>>>> > BTW: Das Labor had ~65 members in april. I don't know about any more
>>>> > recent figures.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Til
>>>> >
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>>>
>>
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* Jarkko Moilanen                                 *
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* Profound XML-technology & Linux Expert,         *
* Author / developer of DAIDALOS - Distributed    *
* Agile Open Source Development Method            *
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* Choosing the "right" Operating System:          *
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*  If you want to poke around and develop: Linux. *
*  If you want problems: Windows.                 *
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