[hackerspaces] Experiencing Democracy For The First Time

[astera]

Hey,

sure, that'd make an awesome post!
Would you rather want to publish it yourself, Tetsu, or have someone  
else (e.g. Far) do it?

Hack on,
/astera

On Oct 19, 2009, at 6:50 AM, tetsu yatsu wrote:

> :)
> Feel free to use it however you want. I wasn't sure if I worded it  
> well enough, I tried a couple times. Glad you appreciated it.
>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Far McKon <farmckon at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> tetsu,
> If you don't mind (and we can talk Asteria/Nick/Someone into it) I'd  
> dig to get this posted to the Hackerspaces.org blog.  I think it  
> catches a great spirit of things, and one of the things I personally  
> worry about losing when spaces become commercial and/or 'sponsored'  
> instead of self-organized.
>
> keen writing, and hack on,
> - Far McKon
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:18 AM, tetsu yatsu <tetsuharu at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> FAMiLab is still small. We're not incorporated yet, our open-house  
> is scheduled for January, but we've been using a space that I am  
> leasing, and I wanted to share this story.
>
>
> We've been around for about 3 weeks now. The first week was  
> exciting, but I can't say we had a lot of good work space. I was  
> worried that 800sqft wasn't going to be enough, but after the first  
> day, I felt like we'd never fill it up :). We got some steel  
> shelves, some ikea desk furniture, and folding tables. Recently, two  
> of our members put up a nice long wall-bench.
>
> The first Red-Bull and Mountain Dew fueled Friday night, we took a  
> ceiling tile off and hung a mannequin from the ceiling. That sounds  
> like a pretty interesting thing to do, but it was obvious at the  
> time. I was there for the mannequin hanging, but about 4 days later  
> someone drew murder-scene chalk body outlines (with masking tape),  
> and taped a saw to our Mannequin's hand. I thought this was just  
> genius.
>
> A couple days later, I told the member (who I thought did it) that  
> it was pretty awesome, and I asked if we could keep it. He said the  
> tape was beginning to peel, but we could paint it. The question was  
> then, can we paint this carpet in a space we lease month to month?  
> Moreso, the question was 'who do we ask?'
>
> I assumed I'd ask the person who did it. He's a few years older than  
> me, and better situated professionally. I guess I considered him a  
> senior. I thought back to a few paragraphs ago, and remember that I  
> am personally leasing the space, so, would it be my decision maybe?  
> Should I talk to our landlords, or a lawyer?
>
> It wasn't the mannequin or the murder scene outlines that took me by  
> surprise, (in fact no one has been surprised by the mannequin so  
> far) it's that question. All these crazy and stupid things we do in  
> normal society are based on a juxtaposition to the arbitrary  
> heirarchical authorities around us. They own it, so we ask them for  
> permission. We don't have a heirarchy. We own this. There's no one  
> above me to 'check with'. There's also no one above me to take the  
> fall.
>
> I was finally left with only my own sense of personal responsibility  
> to make my decisions.
>
> I feel like many of my peers only engaging in corporate or academic  
> environments are missing out on this important experience.
>
>
>
> I see now that the hacker ethic has a very real association with  
> personal responsibility and restraint, something that most  
> uneducated onlookers don't get right away when I talk to them.
>
> (hope that wasn't too long)
>
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