[sudo-discuss] new members

[Torrie Fischer]

Hi, Yar!

I totally support the idea of making those questions mandatory.

It is super important that people who have the ability to change sudo room at 
such a core level are able to understand exactly what they're getting into. I 
can speak from experience when I've seen two hackerspaces completely fall 
apart when individuals without the best interests of the space in mind end up 
having the power to make radical change.

The reasons for knowing these things goes far beyond "making sure they know 
what they're getting into". I know there are many long-time members of Sudo 
Room who have very intense feelings about how the group works, makes its 
decisions, gets things done, etc. If new people don't mesh with that, the 
result is that people who do belong at Sudo Room end up getting pushed away in 
favor of those who don't.

On Thursday, January 08, 2015 12:25:57 AM yar wrote:
> I am so excited at how many new members we've been getting! I heard
> that tonight there were *fifteen* new member applicants!
> 
> Back in the fall, we wrote a script for new member applications:
> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/New_Member_Script
> 
> I've been taking an extended break from Sudoroom organizing for self
> care reasons, but I still care a lot about the community and culture
> of our space. I think they are the most unique and important things
> about Sudoroom. That is why we added questions like:
> 
> * What do you think about Sudoroom's values?
> * What do you know about Sudoroom's history?
> 
> I notice that a couple months ago we edited the script to make these
> questions *optional*, and from reading the meeting notes, it's not
> clear that any of our new members is being asked these questions!
> 
> Do most people feel like these are less important? Am I the only one?
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