<p dir="ltr">Sorry i couldn't be there! Out of town for the week. A lot of core members are busy with other things this month, it's true.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I think that's all the more reason to hurry up and allow some NEW people to be members :)</p>
<p dir="ltr">The access control issues are not trivial. Right now only a handful of people are qualified to lock up, due to few keys, still learning the card swipe system, and need for training on how to sweep the building for people. Closing sudo is a harder job than it used to be. And when they go home for the night they have to kick everyone out. It sucks. It means there's social pressure for them to stay up and lose sleep.</p>
<p dir="ltr">And there are definitely other important things sudo needs done asap.</p>
<p dir="ltr">So i say, if some people are too busy, the remaining folks should take ownership!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks for much Vicky for stepping up and doing the meeting/notes!</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 16, 2014 11:16 PM, "Vicky Knox" <<a href="mailto:vknoxsironi@gmail.com">vknoxsironi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Hey folks! <br><br>Not enough people came to the meeting tonight to hold a true meeting and have quorum for approving our three new member requests. I heard that last week's meeting was also sparsely attended. Given that we're in a transition stage, should we consider postponing meetings until, say, August? (And just to get all meta/catch-22 on you, can we even make this decision without holding a meeting? The twilight zone...). Anyway, here are some pseudo notes taken by Julio:<br>
<div><br>People pseudo-present at Sudo Room meeting:<div>+Vicky</div><div>+Julio</div><div>+Timothy</div><div>+Elizabeth</div><div>+Whitney<br></div><br><div>TO-DO:<br></div><div>+Vicky will scrub the wordpress to make sure it's clear that we are now at the new place (someone may have already done this)</div>
<div>+Vicky will update the Google Place for Sudo Room</div>+Julio will upload photos for how to access the new Sudo.
<div>+Julio will scrub Sudo Room Wiki and Oakland Wiki to make sure it's clear that Sudo Room is now at a new location.</div><div><br></div><div>NEW MEMBERS<br></div><div>+Three
prospective members (Timothy, Elizabeth, and Whitney) were waiting for a
meeting that didn't happen due to lack of quorum (10 Sudo members)
pursuant to the current process for becoming a member: <a href="https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association#Section_2.1.0_Process_for_becoming_a_member" target="_blank">https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association#Section_2.1.0_Process_for_becoming_a_member</a><br>
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+They will try again next week though Timothy suggested
that we may consider having an acceptable process that does not require a
quorum at a physical meeting. He had other ideas about making
decisions collectively online, when necessary, using reddit or
reddit-like tools (including one he recently coded, but is in beta). Timothy will address the Sudo Room community via email with suggestions.</div>
<div>+In the absence of an alternative process, it was suggested the
prospective members ping the lists/IRC/etc to see if a meeting is
actually happening in case that's their sole reason for coming to Sudo Room on any specific Wednesday.</div>
<div><br></div><div>DONATIONS + 501C*<br></div><div>+Whitney came representing a network hardware group after
following a suggestion from Daniel that Sudo should be able to
solicit and accept donations like old networking equipment from school
districts when they acquire new equipment. The group has to be able to
accept donations that are tax-deductible, and this is only possible if Sudo has federal non-profit status [501(c)(*)], and the Sudo
wiki states that process as pending. It is not clear that a decision
has been made. Whitney will message sudo-discuss and sudo-board about
his request for information. <br></div></div></div>
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