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

Buddy Smith buddy.smith at ieee.org
Thu May 5 23:15:03 CEST 2011


On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Chris Weiss <cweiss at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Buddy Smith <buddy.smith at ieee.org> wrote:
>> By that argument, we should add car clubs, computer clubs, robot
>> clubs, and everyone else to the hackerspaces list.
>
> some of these clubs are not unlike hackspaces at all.  A few even have
> "traditional" hackerspaces formed within them, or spawned from them.
> There's also a lot of overlap.  It kind of makes sense.
>

I actually think of a hackerspace as a cross between a car club and a
computer club, that actually calls itself a hackerspace, and is member
owned and operated. This at least applies to Freeside….

At least calling yourself a hackerspace should be required….

--buddy


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