[hackerspaces] Inter-Hackerspace Cooperation and Membership

[john arclight]

Yep. Our general rule is that people who tell us that they're coming can
generally have the run of our hacker space when they show up. As long as
they aren't total jerks, they are usually invited to crash in the loft and
we show them around town.

Arclight

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Paul Bohm <paul at boehm.org> wrote:

> honestly, i personally grok the implicitness of the structures within
> and around these spaces.
>
> for a while i was in the "let's create a formal hs.org organization
> and do stuff, we could achieve so much more" camp, but talking to ppl
> i realized that the [imho] coolest hackerspaces have the least rules
> and formal structures, and are guided mostly by the values encoded
> within their group/community and social feedback.
>
> i now think the same is true of hackerspaces.org and
> inter-hackerspaces relations: as little structure as possible, and
> mostly just shared values, feedback and respect and friendship earned
> through action.
>
> so in summary, i think formalizing this would fall under the
> don't-fix-what-ain't-broken rule, but don't let that discourage you
> from giving it a try!
>
> enki
>
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Deech <deech at ninjacow.net> wrote:
> > No, I don't think anyone has ever been denied access.
> >
> > This isn't about really enabling access, I think that's sort of
> > already there. I think it's more about sort of "officially" saying,
> > "Hey! You're welcome here! We accept you as one of our own! Gooble
> > Gobble" secret handshakes all around and that sort of thing.
> >
> > There's a lot of unspoken friendly, and that's great. I just wanted to
> > bring it out in the open and make it spoken friendly.
> > Know what I mean? :)
> >
> >  I think there's a certain type of people in the community
> > that grok the openness of it. OTOH, I think there are a certain type
> > of people that need a written invitation to understand they are
> > welcome.
> >
> > That's why I started this conversation.
> >
> > Also, it'd be cool to put a list on the website and say something to
> > the effect of "These are our family! Membership here gains you
> > membership there." But I wouldn't want to presume to say that unless
> > that group has specifically agreed to that.
> >
> > -Deech
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Sean Bonner <seanbonner at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Deech <deech at ninjacow.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> but it seems
> >>> like it'd be a good community thing for the groups with spaces to
> >>> offer access for visiting hackers.
> >>
> >> ...
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> What does everyone else think?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm curious, have you ever been denied access to a hackerspace? I ask
> >> because in the 3 years or so that I've been visiting spaces all over
> >> the world not only have I never been turned away but I've always been
> >> welcomed with open arms. So I'm just wondering if there's a need for
> >> this, or if it's already happening unofficially.
> >>
> >> I know at Crash Space anyone from any other hackerspace is already
> >> more than welcome to hang out here while they are in town..
> >>
> >> -s
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sean Bonner
> >> http://www.seanbonner.com - homebase
> >> Unless agreed upon, assume everything in this e-mail might be blogged.
> >> Sent from Los Angeles, CA, United States
> >>
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