[sudo-discuss] Who are East Bay hackerspaces for?

[Maximilian Klein]

Yar, I like the "all ages" aspect rather than "families vs singles". "All
ages, reminds me of the Punk credo that even if it meant not serving
alcohol it was worth it to include young music-lovers in the crowd.

Max Klein
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On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:04 AM, yar <yardenack at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Maximilian Klein <isalix at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > "they're either young singles or techies and software engineers or
> mothers
> > with children.  We wanted to have a space for everybody. "
> >
> > Do you think this is a valid rubric for a hackerspace's demographic,  and
> > does sudo fit into one category? I wonder if having that kind of all
> > inclusive space is even a fantasy holy grail?
> >
> > Just pondering the current state of our sudo-populous as we've now come
> to
> > be a reference point for new hackerspaces to judge themselves by.
>
> We had something wonderful going with Sudo Kids. iirc, people from
> Hayward were actually driving up here for it. I hope very much that we
> can reboot this at our new space.
>
> Vicky has been talking to the OUSD after school program. Oakland
> International school is a few blocks from the omni.
>
> I was going to do another library teenzone event this month but burned
> out with Omni stuff. TBA.
>
> With respect to the diversity of human kinship structure, I would much
> prefer to frame this as accessibility for all ages, rather than
> "families vs singles".
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