[hackerspaces] Member Polices/Agreements

[Lokkju Brennr]

At BrainSilo, our membership agreement is currently essentially just a
liability waiver.  Since we are a state non-profit corporate entity,
we *do* have a board of directors, and they make all final decisions,
when necessary.  We still haven't figured out elections or anything
like that, as we've only been around for a little under a year - but I
try to encourage people to simply make their own decisions,  The
board, and corporation, are there to make sure the space stays running
- not to dictate projects, or anything like that.
I'm going to be an interested observer in this thread, as I figure
here soon we *will* need some more rules...

Loki


On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Koen Martens <gmc at sonologic.nl> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 10:58:57AM -0700, Matt Joyce wrote:
>> NYCR has no leaders btw.  No central committee, politburo, or triumverate of
>> hack.  It's generally not necessary.  People tend to be pretty good about
>> stuff.  I don't understand why anyone would want leaders.  It's silly.
>> Personally I find it to be counter productive.
>
> I so agree, even though at revspace we have a board. That's just because
> because we need a foudation so sign leases and silly stuff like that. But
> even then, some people sometimes look up to the board for decisions. I
> usually try to make them understand that they should make the decisions.
> But it seems to be rigidly engrained in some people that there needs to
> be a hierarchy.. It surprises me every time though. And it's hard to
> beat that out of people :)
>
> Gr,
>
> Koen (gmc)
>
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