currently noisebridge is used by 99% non-Members, 1% Members.
currently, 99% of noisebridge Members do not use noisebridge.
currently, Membership at noisebridge requires ongoing cash flow into
noisebridge either by tradition or rules, it is not clear which.
I think this is not working out. Noisebridge's rent gets paid but the
people who come to noisebridge have zero motivation to become a member,
and so they don't bother. We should be adding several new members weekly.
Membership at …
[View More]Noisebridge should be a valuable tool to encourage
cooperation and a sense of belonging, while reinforcing accountability
and support between users of the space (including Members and Guests)
There is no reason for membership to be tied to giving money to
noisebridge. If someone is excellent and wants to be a part of
noisebridge, and no Member blocks them, they should be allowed to join.
Members should remain in good standing regardless of their financial
contributions as long as they are remaining excellent and accountable for
their actions, and those of their guests.
I propose that Noisebridge change the rules of Membership to do away with
the cash flow requirement, and to expressly do away with the informal and
inappropriate "bribe", which defeats the purpose of asking the potential
member to step out while their membership is consensed upon _or_not_.
We agreed last week to close noisebridge to non-Members from 23:00 to
10:00 every day, with the exception of guests of Members and
Members-in-Application who have two signatures. We will be able to take
advantage of this policy by encouraging more SUPPORTERS of noisebridge to
become Members. We can do this by removing the payment requirement.
If people want to support Noisebridge with money, they should feel free to
do so, whether they are Members or not. If people want to support
Noisebridge with their presence, excellence, and accountability to one
another, they should feel free to do so, whether they are in a position to
supply cash or not. I think this should be obvious.
I ask that absentee Members, who have been unable or unmotivated to offer
their support in the form of their presence, excellence, and
accountability, please stand aside from this proposal if they have
objections (or offer friendly amendments in the spirit of problem
solving). People who are not regularly using the space should not stand
in the way of improvements to be made by those who do use and contribute
to the space regularly.
The proposal should be worded as follows:
Membership to Noisebridge should no longer be dependant on a person's
ability or willingness to pay money to noisebridge, or to bring food or
beer to a meeting, but only on their ability to acquire sponsorship
signatures and be consensed upon at a meeting, after leaving the meeting
to give opportunity for any objections to be discussed before they return.
Members will thus enter and remain in good standing without regard to any
financial contributions they do or do not make in that time.
-jake
[View Less]
I got ya'll a table, so just show up with stuff to table with.
i'm not going to be at tonight's meeting but people should talk about
what should go on the table and if you wanted to share it with other
hackerspaces.
http://eastbayanarchist.com/
i have one in storage, it works and i am pretty sure it is available for
the following offer. it is well worth it should vast copies of *some
awesome sudoroomian publication* need duplication. fraction of a penny per
pAge. get in touch; i cannot personally transport it at this time (both
because I haven't the truck and due to physical limitations) but AFAIK it
can be set up *in situ*.
for b&w copies, at least for the first rationally sized run, just add
paper (no i cannot define …
[View More]rationally at the moment; but i can certainly
find out).
--
*Be seeing you.*
[View Less]
CA Senate Bill SB-255 - now §647(j)(4) as of Oct. 1 - is first 'revenge porn' law in the US.
Eric Goldman (awesome Santa Clara Law prof) has an interesting analysis on the legal implications - http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericgoldman/2013/10/08/californias-new-law-show….
If anyone has some technical observations or other feedback, I'd be interested to hear other takes on this. Seems like a very tricky socio-technical problem.
§647
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&…
[View More]group=00001-01000…
> 647. Except as provided in subdivision (l), every person who
> commits any of the following acts is guilty of disorderly conduct, a
> misdemeanor:
> (a) Who solicits anyone to engage in or who engages in lewd or
> dissolute conduct in any public place or in any place open to the
> public or exposed to public view.
> (b) Who solicits or who agrees to engage in or who engages in any
> act of prostitution. A person agrees to engage in an act of
> prostitution when, with specific intent to so engage, he or she
> manifests an acceptance of an offer or solicitation to so engage,
> regardless of whether the offer or solicitation was made by a person
> who also possessed the specific intent to engage in prostitution. No
> agreement to engage in an act of prostitution shall constitute a
> violation of this subdivision unless some act, in addition to the
> agreement, is done within this state in furtherance of the commission
> of an act of prostitution by the person agreeing to engage in that
> act. As used in this subdivision, "prostitution" includes any lewd
> act between persons for money or other consideration.
> (c) Who accosts other persons in any public place or in any place
> open to the public for the purpose of begging or soliciting alms.
> (d) Who loiters in or about any toilet open to the public for the
> purpose of engaging in or soliciting any lewd or lascivious or any
> unlawful act.
> (e) Who lodges in any building, structure, vehicle, or place,
> whether public or private, without the permission of the owner or
> person entitled to the possession or in control of it.
> (f) Who is found in any public place under the influence of
> intoxicating liquor, any drug, controlled substance, toluene, or any
> combination of any intoxicating liquor, drug, controlled substance,
> or toluene, in a condition that he or she is unable to exercise care
> for his or her own safety or the safety of others, or by reason of
> his or her being under the influence of intoxicating liquor, any
> drug, controlled substance, toluene, or any combination of any
> intoxicating liquor, drug, or toluene, interferes with or obstructs
> or prevents the free use of any street, sidewalk, or other public
> way.
> (g) When a person has violated subdivision (f), a peace officer,
> if he or she is reasonably able to do so, shall place the person, or
> cause him or her to be placed, in civil protective custody. The
> person shall be taken to a facility, designated pursuant to Section
> 5170 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, for the 72-hour treatment
> and evaluation of inebriates. A peace officer may place a person in
> civil protective custody with that kind and degree of force which
> would be lawful were he or she effecting an arrest for a misdemeanor
> without a warrant. No person who has been placed in civil protective
> custody shall thereafter be subject to any criminal prosecution or
> juvenile court proceeding based on the facts giving rise to this
> placement. This subdivision shall not apply to the following persons:
> (1) Any person who is under the influence of any drug, or under
> the combined influence of intoxicating liquor and any drug.
> (2) Any person who a peace officer has probable cause to believe
> has committed any felony, or who has committed any misdemeanor in
> addition to subdivision (f).
> (3) Any person who a peace officer in good faith believes will
> attempt escape or will be unreasonably difficult for medical
> personnel to control.
> (h) Who loiters, prowls, or wanders upon the private property of
> another, at any time, without visible or lawful business with the
> owner or occupant. As used in this subdivision, "loiter" means to
> delay or linger without a lawful purpose for being on the property
> and for the purpose of committing a crime as opportunity may be
> discovered.
> (i) Who, while loitering, prowling, or wandering upon the private
> property of another, at any time, peeks in the door or window of any
> inhabited building or structure, without visible or lawful business
> with the owner or occupant.
> (j) (1) Any person who looks through a hole or opening, into, or
> otherwise views, by means of any instrumentality, including, but not
> limited to, a periscope, telescope, binoculars, camera, motion
> picture camera, camcorder, or mobile phone, the interior of a
> bedroom, bathroom, changing room, fitting room, dressing room, or
> tanning booth, or the interior of any other area in which the
> occupant has a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to
> invade the privacy of a person or persons inside. This subdivision
> shall not apply to those areas of a private business used to count
> currency or other negotiable instruments.
> (2) Any person who uses a concealed camcorder, motion picture
> camera, or photographic camera of any type, to secretly videotape,
> film, photograph, or record by electronic means, another,
> identifiable person under or through the clothing being worn by that
> other person, for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the
> undergarments worn by, that other person, without the consent or
> knowledge of that other person, with the intent to arouse, appeal to,
> or gratify the lust, passions, or sexual desires of that person and
> invade the privacy of that other person, under circumstances in which
> the other person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
> (3) (A) Any person who uses a concealed camcorder, motion picture
> camera, or photographic camera of any type, to secretly videotape,
> film, photograph, or record by electronic means, another,
> identifiable person who may be in a state of full or partial undress,
> for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the undergarments worn
> by, that other person, without the consent or knowledge of that other
> person, in the interior of a bedroom, bathroom, changing room,
> fitting room, dressing room, or tanning booth, or the interior of any
> other area in which that other person has a reasonable expectation
> of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of that other
> person.
> (B) Neither of the following is a defense to the crime specified
> in this paragraph:
> (i) The defendant was a cohabitant, landlord, tenant, cotenant,
> employer, employee, or business partner or associate of the victim,
> or an agent of any of these.
> (ii) The victim was not in a state of full or partial undress.
> (k) In any accusatory pleading charging a violation of subdivision
> (b), if the defendant has been once previously convicted of a
> violation of that subdivision, the previous conviction shall be
> charged in the accusatory pleading. If the previous conviction is
> found to be true by the jury, upon a jury trial, or by the court,
> upon a court trial, or is admitted by the defendant, the defendant
> shall be imprisoned in a county jail for a period of not less than 45
> days and shall not be eligible for release upon completion of
> sentence, on probation, on parole, on work furlough or work release,
> or on any other basis until he or she has served a period of not less
> than 45 days in a county jail. In all cases in which probation is
> granted, the court shall require as a condition thereof that the
> person be confined in a county jail for at least 45 days. In no event
> does the court have the power to absolve a person who violates this
> subdivision from the obligation of spending at least 45 days in
> confinement in a county jail.
> In any accusatory pleading charging a violation of subdivision
> (b), if the defendant has been previously convicted two or more times
> of a violation of that subdivision, each of these previous
> convictions shall be charged in the accusatory pleading. If two or
> more of these previous convictions are found to be true by the jury,
> upon a jury trial, or by the court, upon a court trial, or are
> admitted by the defendant, the defendant shall be imprisoned in a
> county jail for a period of not less than 90 days and shall not be
> eligible for release upon completion of sentence, on probation, on
> parole, on work furlough or work release, or on any other basis until
> he or she has served a period of not less than 90 days in a county
> jail. In all cases in which probation is granted, the court shall
> require as a condition thereof that the person be confined in a
> county jail for at least 90 days. In no event does the court have the
> power to absolve a person who violates this subdivision from the
> obligation of spending at least 90 days in confinement in a county
> jail.
> In addition to any punishment prescribed by this section, a court
> may suspend, for not more than 30 days, the privilege of the person
> to operate a motor vehicle pursuant to Section 13201.5 of the Vehicle
> Code for any violation of subdivision (b) that was committed within
> 1,000 feet of a private residence and with the use of a vehicle. In
> lieu of the suspension, the court may order a person's privilege to
> operate a motor vehicle restricted, for not more than six months, to
> necessary travel to and from the person's place of employment or
> education. If driving a motor vehicle is necessary to perform the
> duties of the person's employment, the court may also allow the
> person to drive in that person's scope of employment.
> (l) (1) A second or subsequent violation of subdivision (j) is
> punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year,
> or by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both
> that fine and imprisonment.
> (2) If the victim of a violation of subdivision (j) was a minor at
> the time of the offense, the violation is punishable by imprisonment
> in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding
> two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
>
>
[View Less]
"Today I Learned" has leveled up to "Today We Learned"!
We've had a lot of fun at TILs and other events (open hack nights at LOL
makerspace <http://pocmakerspace.org/>!) learning together informally, so
we're trying out a new format for Saturday afternoons - open co-learning
with time available for people to give workshops, present things they're
working on, etc.
>From the wiki <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_We_Learned>:
Hi everyone! We're trying out a new experiment in co-…
[View More]learning.
*two hours of time*
Every Saturday from 2PM to 4PM (but really till whenever) in the common
area of Sudo Room.
*to learn together*
We get to figure out what that means. What's most useful to us? What do we
want to learn? What do we want to share? How do we want to do this?
*with minimal, optional coordination beforehand*
https://pad.riseup.net/p/twl
This pad has the next TWL's date and a bunch of empty space. Share what
you're planning on working on; what you'd like to learn; if you'd like to
sign up to do a workshop, do it here; if you want to give a lightning talk
about some new thing you're working on/learning, post it here (you can even
post a time...like, "I'll be giving a short talk on some new things I've
been working on at 3PM").
We'll fill up the pad throughout the week and we'll clear it out after that
week's session so that we have a nice, fresh sheet for the following week.
You can share the pad with others to invite them to your workshop or to
work on a topic together (for example, you can post that you'll be learning
python <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29>and
then send this to everyone you know to say "hey! i'll be learning
python! if you want to work on python together, come join me!").
come tomorrow for the first one & add what you want to learn/plan to work
on on the pad: https://pad.riseup.net/p/twl!
- Marina
[View Less]
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: George <travology(a)mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:46:10 -0700
Subject: Fw: [Long Now Members] Manual for Civilization
To: Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>
----- Original Message -----
From: Alexander Rose
To: members(a)list.longnow.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 10:57 AM
Subject: [Long Now Members] Manual for Civilization
Long Now Members,
Please help us find the most useful books in the world...
We have …
[View More]begun an effort to populate our upcoming book collection for
the Salon called The Manual for Civilization. This will be the 3500
books you would most want if you had to restart civilization.
So.. If you were stranded on a desert island, what books will YOU
pick? Come on, be honest (and selective).
Behold the ONE TRUE GOOGLE FORM. We have made strides to make it as
easy as possible to make submissions. Our main identifier is an
Amazon URL which will later be parsed by a massive child labor force
in a secret underground bunker into things like ISBN and book size
etc.
But right now we are trying to grow the list as broad as possible with
amazing selections. Dont get too hung up on details or categories,
just make good submissions. There will be a later vetting process
that will be more fun that playing "Hot or Not" in 01998.
Ready, set, go..! (dont forget to bookmark this page so you can come
back to it as you think of more books later)
--
Alexander Rose
Long Now executive director
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
_______________________________________________
Members mailing list
unsubscribe / change email: http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/members
[View Less]
*** Living the fabulous life, free(ish) of the clutches of the Mon$ter of
Mone¥? *****
Join us as we scoff together over coffee and speak on a wide range of
superfluous topics, including but not limited to:
<<Government benefits we qualify for given our current situations
<<How we make use of our time in a meaningful way
<<“Third Economy”: Bartering/free exchange, gifting, sharing,
bottom-feeding,…
<<…and *whatever else you want to bring to the table*!
This is a time to …
[View More]relax, speak our minds, and enjoy each other’s company!
COFFEE AND TEA WILL BE SERVED!!! Bring a snack if you’d like. :]
♥,
ykciV
[View Less]
Dear friends from other organizations,
We just wanted to give you a brief update on what we've been doing,
hopefully you can pass it along to your respective organizations. The
resolution project is in slow motion, as is the shareholder proposal
project. There is a Rally Against Mass Surveillance in DC on October 26th,
and we are raising money to send Bay Area residents to the rally by train,
https://www.wepay.com/donations/restore-the-fourth-sf-bay-area-1026-rally-f…
Our checking account is …
[View More]with the Internet Archive's credit union, which we
think is really cool!
We're not able to give a location for the local 10/26 activities just yet,
but we know it will be from 9 am to 12 pm.
Two other upcoming privacy events: Sudoroom's monthly cryptoparty is on Oct
20th
https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/cryptoparty-a-digital-security-privacy-wor…
we will be presenting at the Aaron Swartz Hackathon Nov 8-10.
http://aaronswartzhackathon.org/
Best,
Alice
Legal Advisor
Restore the Fourth SF Bay Area
http://www.restorethefourthsf.com/
[View Less]
