Joining

You can join Noisebridge simply by showing up as a participant during our Hours. Participants who want to get more involved can attend meetings and applying to become either an official philanthropist who donates and has 24 hour access or a full Noisebridge Member which has the power to block consensus decisions. 24 hour access comes with the responsibility for closing the space at night.

Participant

Everyone who participates in Noisebridge is a participant. Participants have new and old participate by do-ocracy and do things that look like they need doing while being excellent in doing so. All participants have a voice in meetings and consensus and may propose, discuss and give reasons for blocking consensus items items.

Members can also give Participants 30-day access, which allows them to come into the space from noon to 10 PM.

Philanthropist

Philanthropists give back to Noisebridge with monthly donations and have 4 hour access tokens and responsibility for closing at night. You can become a Philanthropist by showing up at meetings and getting 1 member to sponsor you. If you're approved you'll be asked to donate, given an access token, and briefed on how to close up.

• Philanthropy+: If you wish to be able to grant temporary access tokens to people but don't want to apply for full membership, you can ask at meetings for Philanthropy+ and be consensed for it.

Member

Members take responsibility for the long-term stewardship of Noisebridge and can block consensus items. You can apply for membership at meetings and after 4 weeks a consensus determines if you become a member. Membership is not required for participation in consensus discussions and non-members can point out reasons to block that members might agree with and block on their behalf.

Things To Do As a Noisebridger

Here is a list of steps people usually complete as they become part of the Noisebridge community. All are optional, and they may be completed in any order.

• Enter Noisebridge
• Strike up a productive conversation with other Noisebridge visitors
  • Your chats don't have to be with members.
• Ask someone to give you a tour
  • Ask them how they learned about Noisebridge
• Attend a Weekly Meeting
  • But don't stress it if you're not a meeting person
• Create a Wiki User Account
  • Make some edits.
  • Create a user page.
  • Copy this to-do list to your user page. Strike out the tasks you've accomplished.
  • Point out spam to people who can delete it.
• Join a like-minded Mailinglist
  • Send a message introducing yourself
• Try and comprehend our particular flavor of collectivist, diversified anarchy by reading the Hours page.
  • Don't worry if it seems a bit strange.
• Clean up something that needs cleaning
• Befriend a member.
  • Ask her to set you up with a Access token
• Ask for access to Slack
• Be excellent in a new and surprising way
• Get a proper tour of the Dirty / Wood shop.
  • Don't be afraid of the scary tools.
  • Fingers grow back, right?
• Attend Circuit Hacking Monday
  • Buy a kit and build it.
• Take a class
• Set up a recurring donation
• Become familiar with where we as a community have been by listening to Victoria drone on about the histories of Noisebridge
• Edit a wiki page that could use some improvement
  • Add something to this list
• Learn to use the vinyl cutter
  • Make a sticker for your laptop.
  • Make a sticker for somebody else's laptop
• Learn how to use the sewing machines
• Learn to use the Lasercutter
• Learn to use the 3d printers
• Give a class
• Give a newcomer a tour
• Apply for Membership
• Get a Hackerspace Passport
  • Add a Noisebridge visa
• Help out other more newbie newbies
• Hack the planet