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 ## Activist ## Activist
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 +## Ambassador / Bard
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 +Not necessarily a member of any specific hackerspace,​ but someone travelling between different ones, sharing stories, tools, projects, tips and gossip. Usually wielding some musical instrument and with an ability to make people open over a mug of beer.
  
 ## Anarchist ## Anarchist
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 ## Biologist ## Biologist
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 +Being fed up with the University'​s passiveness someone wants to try - or teach others to really do something with their knowledge about biology or chemistry. They start with simple [PCRs](http://​openpcr.org/​) or [centrifuges](https://​diybio.org/​2012/​06/​11/​dremelfuge-classic/​). Usually really excited they'​re doing something "off the grid". Rarely Grinders or Cooks.
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 +Worth checking: [DIY BIO](https://​diybio.org/​) and [Biohacking Safari](http://​biohackingsafari.com/​)
  
 ## Bitcoin Evangelist ## Bitcoin Evangelist
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 +Cryptocurrencies will bring anonymity, freedom and flexibility to the markets - and salvation to the world. They can be [Cypherpunks](https://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Cypherpunk) or startup enthusiasts.
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 +When they learn more about crypto (and if they aren't hardcore anarchists),​ they change into Blockchain Evangelist, seeing the money-giving distributed databases as a huge chance.
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 +People who invested in BTC before the hype started - even if they spent all 10kBTC on pizza - tend to be more cynical and laid off about the subject.
  
 ## Building Owner - Lease agent ## Building Owner - Lease agent
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 ## Burner ## Burner
  
-[Burning Man](https://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Burning_Man) participant. Almost exclusively specific to US, although there are people who travel there from all over the world. Currently not planned.+[Burning Man](https://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Burning_Man) participant. Almost exclusively specific to US, although there are people who travel there from all over the world. ​Usually can't shut up about how awesome the festival is. 
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 +Currently not planned ​in Glider. 
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 +## Community Organizer / Cat Herder 
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 +Not every Space has them, but this person usually "​runs"​ the space: handles legal status, tries to resolve conflicts and dramas, comes up with hackathon ideas and organizes most of the events. Sometimes it's the same person as [[characters:​archetypes#​garbage_woman|Garbage Woman]]. 
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 +Personally I'd like not to have a single person fulfilling that role, but rather a dynamic balance between (Adam)[characters:​main:​adam],​ [Robert](characters:​main:​robert) and [Amanda](characters:​main:​amanda). To read more, see subpage [Why not cat herder?​](characters:​archetypes:​cat_herder)
  
 ## Composer ## Composer
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 +## Cook
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 +Cooks all kind of strange drugs. Rarely dealing with anything "​popular"​ or gang-related,​ usually surfs the DarkNet to find obscure medical papers about substances rejected from pharmaceutic use for their side effects. Sometimes a Grinder or Biologist.
  
 ## Cosplayer ## Cosplayer
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 ## Father ## Father
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 +Usually a former active member, now attends the Space with his kids. He wants to teach them how to learn hands-on, not only at a school desk. Usually has very little time, dropping by no more often than once a week. Sometimes makes money by using his Space-acquired skills.
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 +In Glider, [Robert](characters:​main:​robert)
  
 ## Feminist ## Feminist
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 ## Networker ## Networker
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 +## NGO Activist
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 +Someone dedicated to their cause so deeply that they agreed to become an almost-starving wage-slave of a foundation of other NGO. Their main skill is local politics and knowing how to get grants for different projects and do the books properly. Usually miserable.
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 +In rare cases when they have other source of income / are at the top of their organization,​ can be really bossy / claim other people'​s work as theirs. In that case - charismatic and / or vile.
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 +Sometimes the same person as the Activist.
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 +In Glider - [Adam](characters:​main:​adam)
  
 ## Nut ## Nut
characters/archetypes.txt · Last modified: 2018/10/31 15:55 by alxd