On Mar 3, 2014 9:29 PM, Tomm Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree with Torrie. I am not a member (yet) but am new to the community and > in a situation where this would be a nice step to becoming a member. It would > give the psych a certain feeling of acceptance to allow for new members to > speak up a bit more and get to know the community better, quicker. The new > member (given the resources) could then also have opportunity to prove there > skills to the community making their acceptance much more likely and swift. > Further from this it gives a very established, professional feeling to the > new comer and welcomes them in, enriching within them to help build the > community and be constructive and creative. > One is more likely to buy an item, if they are given a sample at the front > door. > > Not to mention the availability this leaves for the website and digital > infrastructure down the road. If the service hosting were to increase, > associated members could then get a small webspace with limited priviledges > and quite possibly a shell with limited priviledges. This small introductory > corner would allow them the sandbox to prove their skills and begin to get a > taste of what the SYNHAK community is, in and outside of the facilities. As > Torrie was saying, these account types could also be tagged to an academic > tracking system that allows members to know and check who has been safety > trained to use what machines/tools and any concerns over such. This tagging > system could also be used as a means to keep notes on the users and raise > issues/concerns or honors/promotions of said associated member, to the > members. With maturity and incorporation, I would agree quite strongly with > Torrie about this being a rather foundational element of the beginning steps > of becoming a member. The structure would then lead towards established > professionalism, in turn then leading towards becoming a 501c down the road > and contribution to advancing said facilities could benefit the (associated) > members by tax exemption.
Em, you mean turn SH into a 501c3? Cuz we already are. http://static.synhak.org/documents/bizops/501c3-letter.pdf > > Just a few agreeances and thoughts. > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Torrie Fischer <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On Monday, March 03, 2014 17:57:16 a l wrote: >> > I didn't reply due to no concerns as the proposal is laid out here. I guess >> > my question is: Why? Why does someone want to become an associate member? >> > Are they allowed some small storage? They can't be a keyholder since that >> > is a privilege of membership, so it wouldn't grant them additonal access to >> > the space. Perhaps I underestimate the draw of a completely arbitrary >> > title. >> > Since it doesn't really change much I have no reason to block it though. >> >> It establishes a web of trust model within the space and provides a sense of >> belonging. >> >> If some unknown guest is milling about, one can easily request what their >> username is and figure out if they are someone that the community trusts to >> be >> at SYNHAK. By having a username, it also encourages them to use the >> infrastructure on synhak.org more, namely the wiki. >> >> Additionally, I'm sure there are quite a few people who would love to say >> "I'm >> a member of SYNHAK", especially visiting hackers. It gives a sense of >> belonging. >> >> For example, I'm not a full Council Member of Noisebridge. I am, however, an >> Associate Member. In a way, I am a part of the Noisebridge community more >> than >> someone who isn't an Associate Member. It gives me warm fuzzies. <3 >> >> > >> > >> > regards, >> > Andrew L >> > >> > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Torrie Fischer >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> > > No discussion on a mechanism that has the potential to prevent future >> > > tension? >> > > >> > > This makes me sad >> > > >> > > :( >> > > >> > > On Friday, February 28, 2014 10:29:34 Torrie Fischer wrote: >> > > > I'd like to discuss the possibility of an additional class of members >> > > >> > > based >> > > >> > > > on the success I've seen of using it at Noisebridge. Right now, we've >> > > > got >> > > > just one class of members called Members. Some time ago, they >> > > > introduced >> > > >> > > a >> > > >> > > > second group called Associate Members. The procedure for becoming an >> > > > associate member is pretty simple: >> > > > >> > > > https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Membership#Associate_Members >> > > > >> > > > Essentially, you create a User wiki page, find four sponsors (who are >> > > >> > > other >> > > >> > > > associate members or regular members), then add a category tag to your >> > > >> > > page. >> > > >> > > > Associate members can't participate in governance or need to pay dues, >> > > >> > > but >> > > >> > > > it does give a sense of belonging and establishes a network of trust >> > > > between active community participants who have not become full members >> > > >> > > and >> > > >> > > > full members. We're a lot more than just a tiny handful of maybe a >> > > > dozen >> > > > active contributors! >> > > > >> > > > I think we can differ from NB's implementation by requiring that least >> > > >> > > one >> > > >> > > > of the four sponsors must be a full Member. >> > > > >> > > > Since I'm not a fan of using the wiki to maintain any kind of >> > > > membership >> > > > records, I'd like to implement something like that in spiff as an >> > > > implementation of the next milestone of a plugin architecture. >> > > > >> > > > Feedback, please! >> > > > _______________________________________________ >> > > > Discuss mailing list >> > > > [email protected] >> > > > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Discuss mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > > Sincerely, Tomm Smith > God bless _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
