[sudoroom] separation of politics and hackerspace?

[Tim]

+1, if peoples curiosity is social justice, so be it. If not -- then it
isn't.


I have yet to be able to make a sudoroom meeting -- so take this with a
large dose of salt;

If the focus of sudoroom is to create a community for curiosity and
nurturing, then it would seem a bit strict to limit or focus topics to a
subset of interests. If the goal is to create a community based on
curiosity and nurturing for social justice/pink elephants/etc, then I think
the choice is clear. Whenever I've been part of a group or community
whether it's work, recreational or anything in between - the more process
and structure put in place, the less generic interest there is.

-Tim Strazzere


On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Michael Scroggins <
michaeljscroggins at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jenny Ryan wrote:
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>> I for one have no interest in co-creating in a space that is essentially
>> a coworking space or coffeeshop (there are plenty of those already), where
>> people come to take up space in isolation, working on things that are not
>> relevant to the community in which they are ensconced. I want people to
>> come to Sudo Room to hack on innovative and educational projects, the very
>> nature of which are at once collaborative and empowering - in an open
>> environment where everyone is both teacher and learner.
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>> Given the foci of folks who show up to meetings, many of those projects
>> will be geared around citizen science and local activism
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> I think whatever Sudo Room becomes (and if anyone wants input into what
> Sudo Room becomes, then please attend the meeting next Wednesday when
> concrete political decisions will be made) that people should always be
> welcome to come in and exercise their individual curiosity, even if that
> curiosity has no obvious communal benefit or isn't obviously educational,
> helpful, communicated to others, etc.... We shouldn't be forcing community
> on anybody.
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> My interest is in giving people access to a place where they can exercise
> their curiosity about.... things they are curious about.
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