Methodology

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Sudo Room has plans, goals, and constraints. At some point, the concept of "flexible agilities" came up--the idea that Sudo Room had some qualities that made it particularly flexible.

To extend this "flexible agility" idea, and to 'flip' the concepts of the "agile" development program or "lean startup" method, here is a possible framework to characterize Sudo Room's method:

Flexible Agility for Hackerspaces

The critical aspect of this concept is to never wholly exclude possibilities, but instead, to give clear visions of the group's values.

1. Value open, public discourses over closed, proprietary processes.
2. Value access and transparency over exclusivity.
3. Value present concerns over hypotheticals, but sense for visions of the future.
4. Value community and interconnectivity over seclusion and territoriality.
5. Value do-ocracy over bureaucracy

Other Possible value statements

• Back to the drawing board: Value safe space and non-discrimination over individuals' rightful opinions.

• Proposal: Value safe space over ideological positions. (Read about Safe Space on Wikipedia.)
• Moved other notes to Talk:Sudo room/methodology

// Wrought 22:47, 28 May 2012 (CEST)

• Value participation and responsibility over consumption and passivity
• Value heterarchy, social justice and public good over imperialism, militarism, and materialism

• Maybe this is too precise, should be more general? I think I like the way that the three interplay poetically more than what they mean precisely ;) // Wrought 05:52, 12 May 2012 (CEST)

• think we can combine the previous two statements, and added 'heterarchy' to balance the triad ;) --Tunabananas 00:00, 16 May 2012 (CEST)

• I like it, not sure how to merge the two now though... hmm... // Wrought 22:47, 28 May 2012 (CEST)

• Value collaboration and shared resources over alienation and individual ownership (similar to #5 above)
• Value the opportunity to learn from inevitable mistakes over the fear of failure.

Bullet point of things

Things are good. Here are some things we particularly enjoy:

• Citizen science
• Democratic Culture
• Access to Knowledge
• Freedom to Connect
• Knowledge both technical and non-technical
• Digital/Online Citizenship - Netizen Rights & Freedoms
• Environmental sustainability
• Education and mentorship
• Community engagement
• Public access