[57north-discuss] 57north-discuss Digest, Vol 5, Issue 9

[Tony Travis]

On 11/07/14 16:20, Merlin Tail wrote:
>   I completely agree with Robert.
> 
>   If any other members wish to aire their views on political matters it
> should be as an individual using their own online accounts or via a
> political organisation using official accounts, not those belonging to the
> space.
> 
>   It is entirely hypocritical for members of an open rights group to
> impose, by association or other means, a political view onto other members
> of 57north.  What about members' rights???
> [...]

Hi, Merlin.

AFAIK, we are not an open rights group: We are just a group of hackers
interested in learning about and using disruptive technology, sharing
our knowledge and promoting open standards through a non-profit company
funded by member contributions.

Many of us have liberal views, and our own political agenda, but the
only members of 57North who actually have a right to speak on behalf of
57North as a company are its directors, who own the 57North accounts.

The directors, of course, have a responsibility to represent the aims
and objectives of 57North in the public arena. However, members also
have a responsibility to contribute to a consensus about our aims and
objectives too.

Talking about members' rights is the wrong approach in my opinion and
it's symptomatic of 'blame' culture. What I hope will emerge from our
Hackspace is a cooperative culture with a collective view of socially
acceptable ways of doing things like in the Debian Social Contract.

BTW, please don't top-post a reply to the entire 57North email digest!

Bye,

  Tony.

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