Re: [sudo-discuss] my experiences with "crime" in oakland [part 1 of ?]

I don't think there's anything particularly shocking on the list archives - many lively discussions with all sorts of opinions as you might have on any other forum. Honestly there's too much material there to make it worth your while to even skim, in my opinion. My point was primarily that 2 people - one who exclusively spent meatspace time sudo room, and one who exclusively engaged online - would form very different theories about the culture here. As far as being physically there, it has had its ups and downs as you might expect. There was the initial excitement of finally getting to the stage of having a room and not just a closet, and a flurry of work parties to set up infrastructure. Membership meetings swelled and alot of new people came around. for a time, there were a few conflicts and some procedural wrangling that sort of took center stage at the general meetings and turned off a few people who would come to meetings as first time visitors. Alot of the early growing pains have been settled now - we have hacked together a pretty good access system, we have thriving spinoffs and subgroups meeting, the public school's presence has been a boon to overall pollination and community vibe, and it looks like we're set to keep making rent. Please do come by the meeting tonight and introduce yourself! That's the best social dynamics input I think you could have in your opinion-forming process, that or coming to a meetup for another project at the space: https://sudoroom.org/calendar/ Cheers, Hol Nov 20, 2013 01:14:30 PM, drwho(a)virtadpt.net wrote: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----