[hackerspaces] May Hackathon

[Ben Brown]

Ahh, guess it depends on the group climate. We didn't feel it required
major signage or imposing zones, just a quick post on the member's list
in the beginning clued people in on the webcam's presence and we haven't
had any backlash over it since (people are welcome to shut it off as
they please).

We also didn't want to have webcams everywhere (our space is broken up
into four separate large rooms), but decided on one in our clean
workshop so (primarily) members could see if anything was going on at
the space at any particular time.  It's not set to record and it doesn't
have audio enabled.

Aside from the permanent webcam, we've occasionally had a HD device
setup for public talks with audio enabled so folks could watch online.

Cheers,
Ben

On 5/18/2011 12:21 PM, Mel wrote:
> There's been a long debate about that recently over some IRC channels
> for hackerspaces in general, or French hackerspaces.
>
> The main argument against the use of cameras for broadcasting of
> hackerspace activity was that the people visiting or working at the
> hackerspace just didn't want to be filmed in any way - something
> related to control of one's personal image, basically.
>
> One of the solutions that was suggested was to have zones that are
> clearly marked as camera zones, where people should be aware that
> their activities and faces would be broadcast for the intaweb's
> viewing/educational pleasure - tape on the floor, big signs signalling
> the area come to mind, and of course placing it all in a way that
> circulation in the hackerspace is not disrupted for members who just
> don't want to be seen.
>
> 0.02,
> Mel.
>
>
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> 2011/5/18 Psy Tek <psytek at alphaonelabs.com
> <mailto:psytek at alphaonelabs.com>>
>
>     I think if we had some additional incentive to keep the cameras on
>     more would do it.  How about we count the hours the stream was up
>     over the weekend and see who had their cameras on the longest?
>
>
>     On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Ben Brown <ben at kwartzlab.ca
>     <mailto:ben at kwartzlab.ca>> wrote:
>
>         Should be good times as usual! We're planning to be also open
>         to the public for the entire duration.
>
>         Are other hackerspaces really that webcam-shy? The last few
>         months there hasn't been much activity with the matrix.
>
>         Cheers,
>         Ben (Kwartzlab)
>
>
>         On 5/16/2011 8:37 AM, Robert Fitzsimons wrote:
>>         The hackathon will take place this coming weekend.
>>
>>         Robert
>>
>>         On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 10:25:21PM +0100, Robert Fitzsimons wrote:
>>>         The May Synchronous Hackathon will take place over the weekend of the
>>>         21st and 22nd of May.  For this months challenge we are asking spaces to
>>>         experiment with Non-Newtonian Fluids.
>>>
>>>         http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Synchronous_Hackathon/2011-05-21
>>>
>>>         Robert
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