Special Request Access

I need access to Noisebridge outside the day access hours

You like Noisebridge. You may or may not already have a Noisebridge monthly day access token that gets you in the space during the day.

First off you're more than welcome to become a Noisebridge Core Member or a Access Member. By doing so you help support the community through either a monthly donation or due, Core Members get the added good fuzzy feeling inside of participating in our consensus process. Becoming an Access Member is a fairly easy process and requires you to (1) be excellent, (2) show up to a single Tuesday meeting and have another member sponsor you, (3) support Noisebridge by giving a monthly donation. The process to become a Core Member is a little more involved and can be found on the Membership page.

If you are uninterested in supporting Noisebridge through becoming an Access or Core Member, but have Good Reason to gain access to the space outside of the day access hours, please continue on.

How can I get 30 day access?

If you have Good Reason to gain 30 day access and becoming an Access or a Core Member is outside your realm of possibility, you may request such access through any

What are my responsibilities to maintain 30 day access?

To maintain your access we require you to understand and follow these responsibilities.

As always we ask you to be excellent by following our Anti-Harassment Policy and Community Standards.

If you're found to be unexcellent, regardless of what your status is with the space you can always be asked to leave at anytime. This could happen with follow up action of having your access revoked at the following Tuesday meeting.

While in the space, if someone rings the door bell to the gate you can open it for them. Please remember to greet them as they come in, get their name, ask them what brings them to Noisebridge today, and be helpful if you can. You are under no obligation to let anyone in, however you are completely responsible for whoever you let in and that might be grounds for revocation of access!

Use your best judgment to decide who you allow into the space. Anyone you do bring into the space, guest or people you've just met, are your responsibility. If you feel someone is being unexcellent at any time, you are obligated to bring this concern to their attention, and should it not be resolved kindly Ask them To Leave.

When leaving the space be sure to close the space properly:

• Turn off all lights, soldering irons, etc.
• Close all windows
• Lock the front door
• Pull down the lever by the front door to mark the space as closed

What do I not get through having special request access?

At no point does special request access grant you the ability to sleep at Noisebridge, "sleep hack" or nap in the space over night. This is a legal requirement set forth on anyone entering our space and violators will not be tolerated. Average hacker, Philanthropist, or Member, hacking belongs at Noisebridge and sleeping belongs at home.

How could I lose my special request access access?

Your access may be revoked for the following reasons:

• The Secretary may use their best judgement to revoke your access at any point in time.
• You were sleeping in the space (this would also most likely result in a ban from Noisebridge).
• You gave you access token to someone else to use (circumstances might lead to this need, clear it with the members first).
• A Core Member finds you to be unexcellent and brings this up with you and it cannot be resolved. It is recommended for this situation to be mediated by a neutral party. See Conflict Resolution and Mediation. If for any reason issues cannot be resolved after sincere attempts at mediation, the Member can be bring up revocation at a Tuesday meeting. It only takes a single Core Member and a single meeting to revoke access.
  • A Core Member may revoke your access because you did not follow through with your special request access responsibilities to the best of your abilities.
  • A Core Member may revoke your access if you have violated our code of conduct.
  • A Core Member may revoke your access if you have violated our anti harassment policy.
  • As always a non-Core Member may ask a Core Member to act as proxy for any issues they have with you or your access.

After access is revoked, if within 30 days, you're able to resolve the issues with the Core Member(s) who have revoked your access, and the Core Member(s) state that they no longer want to revoke your access, you may regain your special request access. If 30 days passes with no resolution, your access is completely removed and you will need to restart the process over after you've resolved all issues.

Communicate

You are not granted special request access until you've read this, signed it, added your email address, dated it, and returned it to the secretary for your token. Please do so now. Thanks!