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

[Rob Davy]

At the end of the day, is it really a huge issue? So what, there's 3 places
in Atlanta listed, whoopdy lala! If there was 300 and it was impossible to
filter out the noise, then sure, but there's 3.

We (ENTS, Edmonton New Technology Society), conciously choose not to use the
word 'hacker' in what we do because it has too many negative conitations and
we get some funding from the City and corporate people, but we're still a
hackerspace at heart (non-profit, member run, work benches, etc). But we
also rent some offices to some businesses to fund ourselves. And some of our
members are more interested in technology business than taking things apart.


Also, to whoever started this and is in Atlanta with the 'hackerspace' in
question; have you reached out to them? There's probably a huge overlap
between your potential users and you should be heavily cross-promoting and
co-promoting in my opinion.

Hackerspaces and coworking spaces are very similar concepts. Don't be afraid
of that, embrace it!


Rob
Director, ENTS
http://ents.ca

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Agent 5 <ag3nt5 at dc401.org> wrote:

> Well why don't we define the term "Hacker" and require that you have those
> in the space?
>
> All those who have bypassed government security systems raise their hands.
> After that you're allowed to rent "space" and thusly a "Hackerspace".
>
> cmon guys this is getting ricidulous.
>
> -David Johnson
>
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Matt Joyce <matt at nycresistor.com> wrote:
>
>> And we'd know how expensive the dues are in icons.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:33 PM, James Arlen <myrcurial at thinkhaus.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Would certainly improve the quality of the food at most.
>>> On 2011-05-05 5:22 PM, "Matt Joyce" <matt at nycresistor.com> wrote:
>>> > Maybe a more yelp like interface for hackerspaces would be
>>> advantageous?
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Buddy Smith <buddy.smith at ieee.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> 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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>>> >>
>>>
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