[sudo-discuss] A friendly reminder re: use and abuse of the space

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hey sudo! It's come to my attention that some folks are concerned about the abuse of the common space in particular by certain non-members. This is a friendly reminder that any sudo room member is empowered to ask a non-member to leave at any point, with no reason given, and which the non-member must do unless another member present is willing to vouch for that person [1]. I recommend gathering 2-3 other folks to approach the problematic individual, with one person speaking. Such requests hold water for 12 hours, and repeated incidents are perfectly reasonable to bring to a sudo room meeting for conflict resolution: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association#Section_3.2_Conflict_Reso… Also, a reminder that tenants of 2141 Broadway who are not Sudo Room, BAPS, Hair Candy, Sound Room, or Robert have no _right_ to access of the common space - as is legally defined in their leases and unless permission has been granted by sudo room. This was consensed upon at last week's meeting. [1] As it's written in our Articles (https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association): Section 5.1 Non-member access To empower members to deal with problematic non-members: Any member may deny non-members access to sudo room assets (and require the non-member in question to vacate the physical space) at any time, with no reason given, unless some other member currently present in the space is willing to vouch for the non-member in question as a guest. Before denying a non-member access (and requiring the non-member in question to vacate the physical space), the member must ask both the non-member and the members present in the space if any member is vouching for the non-member as a guest. For a non-member, being denied access (and required to vacate the physical space) is not a ban, and the non-member in question may return after 12 hours. Section 5.2 Domestic Use The bay area is in the throes of a housing crisis. Despite the abundance of resources (space, buildings, etc), the distribution of those resources is unfair. For many it can be costly and difficult to fulfill the basic human need of shelter. However, sudo room, as a creative community and hacker space, must maintain a division between habitation and usage of the space. As such the following are resolved: sudo room is not intended to be used for habitation or domestic purposes. No-one is allowed to sleep in sudo room at any time. Any member can require that anyone sleeping in sudo room must leave immediately. Repeated sleeping at sudo room is grounds for being temporarily or permanently denied access to sudo room's assets, including its physical space. Also, a reminder that a core sudoroom value is: 7. Value safe space over ideology. Let's keep our space a safe space for people to be, work, make, hack, and meet! Much love, Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://sudomesh.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." - -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." - -Stéphane Mallarmé ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`