Hi! We didn't yet define exactly how we would add people. I think it's a good idea, in cases where the "new folks" don't mind, to inform the list and then allow comments to be made off-list or on-list if people object for one reason or another. At the Prototype Fund kickoff meeting, two projects showed interest in using the OnionSpace. One is the "Syrian Archive", something which I think would fit perfectly well thematically, and also because their language is English (3 people), who some of you have already met: https://syrianarchive.org/ The other "application" is coming from a nice and friendly German, who I asked to write a brief intro for us. All those people want to use it as office space for mostly focussed work. We can try and keep the main room "quiet" for this, and ask people to go into the smaller rooms for longer conversations. -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Vincent <mail@vincentahrend.com> Hi Nerds, My name is Vincent, I am 28 years old. I would be very glad to be able to work in your space in ExRotaprint on my current mietlimbo project for the coming six months. Mietlimbo is an open-source project to improve the user experience of lowering your rent in Berlin according to the Mietpreisbremse law. It will consist mainly of an interactive web app with which people can more easily than now find out whether this law applies for them, how much they can save on their rent and how to *actually* go about it. I am working on this in the context of the Prototype Fund in which Accounting For All and the Syrian Archive projects are also enrolled. I am looking for a space where I can work mostly on week days from ~noon - 6pm. When I'm working I prefer less talk and more focus on coding. Still, I would love to meet people, see what they are working on and maybe even get inspired and start hacking on something together. For my personal background, I have studied Cognitive Science (everything about brains, how to fake them with a machine and why you shouldn't (couldn't) do it), where I was particularly interested in collective intelligence / consciousness and whether internet technology might be a first step towards that. In general, I like coding (mostly web dev and stuff I build for my raspberry pi), reading about internet culture, politics, random things, Jazz, Funk and Dubtechno, art, light and sound and talking to nice people :) Hope to meet you all soon! Vincent