[hackerspaces] Hackerspaces Manual

[Edward L Platt]

I found the design patterns listed on hackerspaces.org very helpful, and
would love to see the list grow.  As for the idea of a council, I also have
to question how that would benefit the hackerspace community.

-Ed
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Edward L. Platt
i3 Detroit: i3detroit.com
Cell: 248.320.5061




On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Christopher Pilkington <cjp at 0x1.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Koen Martens <gmc at har2009.org> wrote:
> > It looks like someone is trying to set up a normative document defining
> > what a hackerspace is. And the council, what's that supposed to be?? An
> > enforcing agency, stripping away the label 'hackerspace' when someone's
> > definition of a hackerspace does not match with that of the council?
>
> I heartily agree with Koen. A hackerspace council? Really?
>
> Our space, Syracuse Innovators Guild, has its own purposes, and is
> beholden only to its members and our articles of incorporation.
>
> As anyone who has participated in this mailing list for any amount of
> time realizes, hackerspaces are very diverse, ranging from corporate
> entities that are for profit all the way to squats with no legal
> entity.
>
> It's great to have a document to help those trying to start a
> hackerspace, but it's an entirely different vegetable to start an
> international organisation with chapters that report back to a central
> council.
>
> -cjp
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