I'm on my phone so I'll be briefer than is warranted for the topic. Regarding the sublease of space to a member. I was under the impression that this activity had been discussed and mentioned in the list a few times. I don't recall any intentional hiding of this arrangement. I thought, perhaps erroniously, that this had been brought up as a proposal. I agree with parts and disagree with others but I'm glad you brought it up; I'm sure if one person gets an impression others have it as well.
Regards, Andrew L On Feb 21, 2014 6:03 PM, "Torrie Fischer" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, hakkers. > > This is something thats been bothering me for some time, so I want to > discuss > it with everyone. This is a mail that I've edited and re-edited over the > last > few months, so it isn't in response to recent bizops@ discussion. > > I'm not happy with SYNHAK's image and our interpersonal communication. > > I feel that some members of the community are trying to treat SYNHAK as a > faceless corporation that caters to people who pay dues. I often hear of > strong delineations between Members and non-members, where Members have > first > pickings for certain things or other rights that are not given to > non-Members. > Over the weekend, I saw someone say "SYNHAK is starting an ISP!". SYNHAK, > Inc > has a handful of tax exempt accounts at various local establishments with > no > clear rules on how to use them. We're sacrificing hacking space to one > person > through a real lease, with legalese and everything. I can't count how many > times I've heard the phrase "SYNHAK is going to do X" as if it were some > official statement that everyone is obliged to follow. > > My last full day of Champion is 6 days away, on February 27th. I'm not > running > for the Board or re-running for Champion. I'm not doing those because I > want > to finally step back and enjoy the fruits of my labor as a member. I'm > lately > finding it hard to enjoy, as I feel that the collaborative culture of > SYNHAK > is being slowly eroded away in favor of behind-the-back communication > channels, assumptions that others who disagree with you are acting in bad > faith, and "Professionalism". > > To me, SYNHAK is a community that wants to build a space for hackers. As > part > of that mission, there is a limited infrastructure that is used by the > community to collect rent, pay bills, and protect that limited > infrastructure > against legal hassles. It isn't a machine shop, a computer lab, an event > space, a datacenter, a warehouse, a garage, a classroom, or even a > kitchen. 48 > S. Summit has those features. 48 S. Summit is a side effect of SYNHAK that > is > a result of that limited infrastructure's mission to provide a space for > hackers to accomplish what they want to accomplish. > > 48 S. Summit isn't SYNHAK. It is our community's largest group project that > many of us are working on in whatever ways we think are the most helpful > way > to carve out a space for hackers like ourselves. The electronics lab isn't > SYNHAK, Inc.'s electronics lab. It is a tool that the community we have > come > to call "SYNHAK" can use and in exchange maintains. Much of it is on loan > from > members, some of it is even owned by the limited infrastructure set forth > in > our bylaws and incorporation document filed with the State of Ohio. The > same > can be said about our kitchen, data center, etc, etc. If someone wants to > run > an educational program out of 48 S. Summit, they are more than welcome to. > SYNHAK, Inc does not and *should not* run educational programs. I do not > want > anyone to feel obligated to contribute to running an educational program. > The > global community of hackers or a subset thereof are welcome to use SYNHAK > to > run an educational program in the City of Akron, but that is their own > endeavor. > > I live outside mainstream culture. The world is full of interesting > problems > to be solved. Attitude is no substitute for competence. Freedom is good; I > have an instinctive hostility towards censorship, secrecy, and the use of > deception to compel others. I'm always willing to act on those beliefs. > > When I'm done as Champion, I will continue to use our limited governance > infrastructure to carve out a space for hackers in the City of Invention. > > SYNHAK is a hacker space. A space for hackers. Not a space for corporate > bullshit. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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