BACH2014/Boundaries
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Hackerspace Culture: Who's Welcome, Who's Not, How do we Deal?
- Important to put out a strong vision and values from the outset
- How to build a strong immune system to stay resilient or revive the original intention and culture
- Sleepers - how do you deal with them?
- the problem isn't sleeping so much as those who make a home of the space (dependency)
- at Noisebridge, they decided to close the space to members and their guests (some member needs to vouch for and take responsibility for any non-member in the space)
- Breakwater simply doesn't accept members they don't like
- sense of invasion from startup culture, how do we resist?
- what about tweakers? mitch: kick the fuckers out
- What are the red flags communities look for to identify bad fits?
- @noisebridge, people who keep ringing the bell over and over
- new people who immediately spend all of their time in the space and carve out 'their space' that other people feel uncomfortable entering
- @ Labitat, the only rule is "don't do anything that requires us to make a new rule"
- Worked for awhile, though, when the first major problem arose there was no structure to deal with it. see 'The Tyranny of Structurelessness'
- Some folks interested in creating a guide of best practices, how to eject bad people, cultural reinvigoration, etc
- Documentation is so important!
- There are the Hackerspace Design Patterns: http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Design_Patterns
- We could use a v2!
- There are the Hackerspace Design Patterns: http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Design_Patterns
- Have you tried a restorative justice model?
- Noisebridge turned into a time-ocracy - those who had the time to do meetings, bureaucracy etc tend to be few, who get burnt out. A restorative justice model is incredibly time-consuming and draining. More attention should be paid to early detection of potential problems and quick action.
- Sudo room and Omni have dealt with this recently - banning a core community member for raping someone. The problem with restorative justice is that it requires the offending party to be a willing participant and instigator of that process.
- Broad interpretation of 'restorative justice' which is really directed at the prison industrial complex
- Long discussion about ban reciprocity and transparency of bans
- Sudo and Noisebridge have ban reciprocity, which works given the overlap of values and trust
- Give proper tours to new folks that explicate the cultural values you wish to share and spread
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