[hackerspaces] Refugee Memberships...
Randall Arnold
randall.arnold at texrat.net
Wed Dec 2 16:52:01 CET 2015
Refugees may still possess *raw* skills. Putting a 100-in-1 electronics kit in
my hands as a child wasn't what made me a maker ;)
> On December 2, 2015 at 9:44 AM matt <matt at nycresistor.com> wrote:
>
> Syria is not known for it's tech base.
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Shirley Hicks <shirley at velochicdesign.com
> mailto:shirley at velochicdesign.com > wrote:
>
> > > For someone who is just arriving, and who has tech skills,
> > > the makerspace or hackerspace is an excellent local networking
> > > opportunity.
> > Making a supported membership available to those who are interested
> > will result .
> >
> > — Shirley Hicks
> > Red Mountain Makers
> > Birmingham, AL
> >
> >
> > > > > On Dec 1, 2015, at 11:21 AM, Chris Weiss
> > > > > <cweiss at gmail.com mailto:cweiss at gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > I can see making it known grants are available being useful.
> > > for the first many months a refugee may not have the means to become a
> > > member and thus wouldn't seek it out. but if the grant is known to be an
> > > option they might.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 11:18 AM matt <matt at nycresistor.com
> > > mailto:matt at nycresistor.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > > > > > Does making membership available
> > > > > > > to them make sense in that scenario? these are
> > > > > > > folks who have no sought you out. You have sought
> > > > > > > them out. Maybe you should simply run it as free
> > > > > > > classes.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 9:11 AM, Simon Clark
> > > > <simon at zebraspot.com mailto:simon at zebraspot.com > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > > > > Hah, no, good point.
> > > > >
> > > > > Our assumption is that we will work with the local
> > > > > agency that is resettling refuges. We would give them a list of some
> > > > > basic requirements (basic interest, some history of working with
> > > > > tools, basic english, etc), and let them decide who the initial
> > > > > recipients are.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Dec 1, 2015, at 8:55 AM, matt
> > > > > <matt at nycresistor.com mailto:matt at nycresistor.com > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > If any
> > > > > > > > > > > refuges have shown up to one of
> > > > > > > > > > > our open events they have not
> > > > > > > > > > > identified themselves as refuges.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Simon Clark
> > > > > > <simon at zebraspot.com mailto:simon at zebraspot.com > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > At our meeting last night,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > we voted to make 3
> > > > > > > > > > > > > memberships available to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > incoming refugees. We’re
> > > > > > > > > > > > > just starting to discuss
> > > > > > > > > > > > > how the recipients will be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > chosen, and what the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > prerequisites are, but I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > was wondering if any other
> > > > > > > > > > > > > spaces had done something
> > > > > > > > > > > > > like this, and learned any
> > > > > > > > > > > > > lessons from it.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Simon Clark
> > > > > > > Diyode Community Workshop
> > > > > > >
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