*Check out the Meeting archives here: ** https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Minutes*<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mee… https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroommaintenance July 17 2013 *=Attending= * *Bill, Jordan, Max, Jenny, Marc, Rock, Timon(photos), Anthony R, Benji (stars), Antho (pipes), Tyler(no screen saver). *Question favourite screen saver from history? *=Introductions=* - Brief personal intros (< 20 sec per person) - Icebreaker *=Announcements (Consent Agenda)=* - Every Monday 7pm: LOL / Oakland Makerspace Open Hack Night (1234 23rd Avenue) - Every Thurs. at 7PM: Oakland Wiki meetup! http://www.oaklandwiki.org - ALSO: Take the 2014 Mayor Key Issues Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cGV6N9pmpmJmHiKS8VmQAGlwJQ4mioShXyyxmrD-Ka… - Every Thurs. at 8:30pm: Mesh Networking meetup: http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh - Next BACH Event: Third Saturdays, next is 7/20, 6pm at Hacker Dojo - http://ba.chgrp.org - Register here: http://bach-roundtable-4.eventbrite.com/ - Talk to Jenny about carpooling! - RADIO!!!! https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Sudo_Radio - sign-ups https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApmrUsz7z5DodDVaZnJ4TW1ndC1jd1… - Regular check-in between The Public School and Sudo Room - Thursday evening Supper Club potlucks starting at 6 - POSSE [Potluck Orientation Skill-share Swap-meet Event] this Friday - first in a monthly series, hosted by the Bay Area Community Exchange Timebank - https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/bace-timebank-posse-party/?instance_id=663… - Rusty and Andrew are having a Jurassic Park-themed housewarming party this Friday, party-o-clock (contact Andrew or Rusty for details) - We now have a shared calendar for the common space! http://2141broadway.wordpress.com/calendar/ - Sudo Room Inventory / Cleanup weekend - take the poll to find the best date! http://www.doodle.com/e8vwvvs6e24wkwy4 - Looks like the weekend of the 27th/28th... *=Notes=* - Tax Status and Organizational Structure - Bill spoke with Danny (NB) about 501c3 umbrella-ing and Jenny spoke with James (SchoolFactory)om - Non-profit benefits include matching donations (employees & - Getting an LLC is cheap and easy to do, ~700/year for taxes in California - Liz Henry is doing a lot of research on 501c3 status for the feminist hackerspace starting in SF - http://jeremychenlaw.com/what-is-a-california-benefit-corporation/ *= ACTION ITEMS =* *Old Action Items:* - Add to the Sudo Room Neighborhood Outreach spreadsheet and take on a few to reach out to: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dEdhZUJaQ3dDY2plMj… - allow comments in tamale secrets file (jordan) *New Action Items:* - 1. Research tax structures [ https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Tax_Structure_Research] 2. [...] 3. Profit! - Shelf by downstairs door *Postponed*: - Add robots.txt for sudo room (open item for anyone to take on) MATT (out of town) - [Postponed until necessary] Eddan - Reference letter from George - Set up date for label-printing organizing of stuff event - Jenny!1 -troy - git-ify & flow-diagram-ify our articles - POSTPONED - Jenny to call bank to find out about online access - Add calendar 2141broadway.wordpress.com to Infobot's screensaver [Max] - Library - until RPS - Catalog - Max - Move more books inside Sudoroom - push Articles to Github - Set up a Google Voice number that transcribes and forwards to an email address, which then forwards to a list of us (Tom) *=Fiscal Solvency=* ''*In this section we review our current financial situation and budget, approve monthly budgets, and discuss any other finance-related issues.*'' Exchequer: Marina Co-Facilitator: - +300 to be deposited from the lockbox - Marina received an email setup thing from the bank, but it didn't work. Bill never got one. Marina will call the bank to GET SOME ANSWERS. ** Pay your dues :)* * Review and consensus process: ** Fiscal Solvency Spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlKk2X9KKqlFdFZJUy12x3ZUhDUmx2… ** Rent: $1500; Utilities: $220; Services: $50 **Target membership contribution: $88 per member (based on approx. 30 people) *=Amendments to the Articles of Association=* *=Conflict Resolution=* *=Discussion Spillover=* *=Post-Meeting Groups=* - clean up electronic crap downstairs ------- Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." -Stéphane Mallarmé ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`