The U23 Pattern

This page is a part of Design Patterns.

Its content is derived from the presentation "Building a Hacker Space" by Jens Ohlig and Lars Weiler.

Sustainability Patterns	Independence Patterns	Regularity Patterns	Conflict Resolution Patterns	Creative Chaos Patterns
Infrastructure Grace Hopper Community Critical Mass Strong Personalities Charitable Member	Landlord and Neighbourhood Anti-Roommate Séparée Kitchen Coziness Shower Membership Fees Anti-Sponsoring	Plenum Tuesday Sticky OpenChaos U23 Sine Curve	Consensus Democracy Command sudo Responsibility Debate Culture Anti-Bikeshed Private Talk Spooky Action Anti-Pattern	Old Hardware Key Club Mate The Library Pattern Flat Surface

Problem

Your older members graduate from college or get married. Your space needs fresh blood.

Implementation

Recruit young people through a challenge you set up for them, in form of a course that spans several weeks. Overwhelm them with problems from hardware and software hacking and let them solve it in teams. Prepare for the challenge and tutor them, but give them room to experiment. Retire after the team-building and let the smartest of the young ones run the space. Have married with children couples join Hacker Scouts.

References

• http://www.scribd.com/doc/9897224/1003Building-a-Hacker-Space#page=51