[hackerspaces] Removing non-hackerspaces from the hackerspaces.org list?

[Rhys Rhaven]

Saying members run is a very poor definition. You can go with legal
status, for profit vs not-for-profit. We for example are more and more
appreciating being run by an elected Board of Directors. Simply because
the members want to show up, build things, talk and socialize and thats
it. They don't want to bother with the day to day running of the space.

--
Rhys

On 05/05/2011 11:06 AM, Buddy Smith wrote:
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Spike <spike at wolfplex.org> wrote:
>> Hu hu, according http://www.ignitionalley.com/faq it's exactly how
>> Ignition Alley is described: #community and #tech
>>
>> So, Buddy, according the Yves definition, "in any sense of the word"
>> becomes "in every sense of the definition"...
>>
>> Good luck to get a good definition.
>>
>> On another hand, every people reading the page could decide by himself
>> if it's or not an hackerspace according his own expectations. Clean
>> the list isn't an huge priority.
>>
> I simply don't think someone renting office space (being extra cynical
> here) is a hacker space. It's not member owned and operated, it is
> commercially founded and for profit.
>
> The problem is that now, with 3 different places listed in Atlanta, I
> fear that it's going to continually expand to the point that someone
> actually looking for a hackerspace here won't be able to tell what's
> what.
>
> And yes, I believe Freeside is the only ACTUAL hackerspace in atlanta.
> I hope that we have more one day, and I welcome it, but Ignition Alley
> and other comercial coworking spaces should not be in the hackerspaces
> list.
>
> --buddy
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