The Sine Curve 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 OpenChaos U23 Sine Curve	Consensus Democracy Command sudo Responsibilty Debate Culture Anti-Bikeshed Private Talk	Old Hardware Key Club Mate

Problem

You did everything right. You had some big events and a nice time in your shiny hackerspace. But after some time the enthusiasm goes away and your projects are stagnating.

Implementation

Peak enthusiasm at a hackerspace has the form of a sine curve with a cycle duration of four years. Keep the hackerspace running, even if the feel-good-factor is temporarily on holidays. Chances are your space will be awesome again in two years. Don’t give up! Maybe an exciting new member will knock on your door tomorrow.

References

• http://www.scribd.com/doc/9897224/1003Building-a-Hacker-Space#page=53