[hackerspaces] Is this a hackerspace?

[Steven Sutton]

Also, the two member sponsorship is not an uncommon practice. We're
actually really friendly and inviting, which is why we've been able to
almost double our membership over the last 9 months. Sponsors work to bring
new members into the community and introduce them around. It's very helpful.

Maybe you were just joking, but we're far from elitist and exclusive :)

Steven
On Jan 2, 2013 1:47 PM, "Buddy Smith" <buddy.smith at ieee.org> wrote:

>
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 1:42 PM, William Reyor <opticfiber at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Should probably remove freespace Atlanta too then.
>>
>>
> You mean Freeside?
>
> It's a non-profit, organized as a hackerspace. It self identifies as a
> hackerspace
>
>> https://sites.google.com/site/freesideatl/joining
>> http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/FreesideAtlanta
>>
>> Requires two members to sponsor, sounds elitist and exclusive to me.
>>
>> Then again, who am I to start judging who belongs and who doesn't....
>>
>>
> I think there can be a distinction between "hackerspace" and "not
> hackerspace".
>
> If you can justify it, then remove them. I think you'll find some
> objection.
>
> I think Freeside shares some number of qualities with most hackerspaces,
> and "Hacker Hostel" does not. It's not member-run, it's for profit, it's
> nothing more than a dorm and set of expensive IT classes.
>
> Personally, I think tech shops and hackerspaces/makerspaces should remain
> on the wiki. Coworking spaces should probably not be on the wiki, IT
> schools should not be on the wiki.
>
> I think for-profit IT schools with no other links to the hackerspace
> movement should be deleted.
>
> --buddy
>
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