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sudoroom mtg - Jan 07, 2015
Sudoroom, 7pm, every Weds. Bring yo couch!

=== Attendees ===
Facilitator: Korl
Note Taker: Juul
Ice-breaker question: there was none. the ice remains fully intact. Aw, poo.
Attendees:
*David (repairs machines that run infrastructure for big online services)
*Danny (first time here, excited, new to maker/hacker world, lots of exp in cooperatives)
*Rayc (hacks stuff, currently hacking on the laser cutter)
*Camille (likes to make thing related to their cat)
*Colin (25, moved here from chicago, was a member of pumping station 1 for 4 years, really interested in cnc/3d printing/laser cutter, is learning programming)
*Hol (been around for a while, likes to work on rockets and the bathroom)
*Korl (likes modded things: rooting, jailbreaking, dual-booting, likes building and not learning autocad, likes cats)
*Jordan (hopefully be a new member, friend of Korls. From oakland but lives in sonoma county, thinks what we're doing is cool, not big techie)
*Ed (messing around with puters for long itme, been activist for long time, worked as journalist for kpfa, ferment hacker consciousnes)
*Jeremy (software engineer, hacker, interested in crypto, increasingly distrusts things like Tor)
*Allison (been involved with a bunch of data journalist projects, mostly research and data entry, has been self-teaching programming, looking to get more into community)
*Noel (wants to extend thanks for the soup and wants to start eating it)
*Matt (<explains ingredients of soup that he made>)
*Juul (works on the mesh network, and on counter culture labs stuff. arm chips = alternative os for ebook readers. has been teaching themselves as he goes. also learning more about jailbreaking, because they need it!)
*Ryan (really into disability-hackin, open source programming, working on e-waste jewellery project)
*Dave (moved here from NYC, was involved with alpha one labs and nerd nite, likes to build interactive art with electronics, making full-size robot cockpit where two people play together, is video editor and has done some science programming)
*Megan (new to area, moved from buffalo, is software engineer, also some experience with arduino and 3d printing, lived in a coop and had good experience)
*Sam (was around the old sudo room, looking to spend more time at sudo, into development and syntax-directed programming, worked on nanoparticle stuff, into developer ergonomics)
*Brendan (born in oakland, very familiar with area, heavily into music production and conspiracy awareness)
*Shake (likes to break stuff and put it back together, recently ran for major, of oakland, did pretty well, interested in media and getting the message out, we need a better delivery system for our messages, is here to help with media production)
* Cere (immediately left upon learning that the CCL event wasn't canceled but just in the basement)

=== New Members ===

* Ed
* Jordan
* Camille aka Camel
* Shake aka Shake9169
* Colin
* Brandon aka Don Scott
* Rayc
* Danny
* Sam
* David T
* Megan
* David - dave@davidshuff.com â€” current project: http://imgur.com/a/qUL4n
* Ryan/deilann/yandoryn@gmail.com
* Alison
* Jeremy

=== Announcements ===
Sudo or Omni related announcements.

* Omni Fundraising campaign update:
** Actual Total: $66,151
*** Goal: $80,000
*** Visible Total: $26,151
*** Actual Difference: $13,849
** Topics to be discussed with wider omni community and the weekly delegates meeting tomorrow (thurs)
*** New Perks
*** New Incentive (interactive interface to campaign video)

=== Finances ===

* $502.68 / week on Gratipay
* $2,357.59 in the Internet Credit Union account
* $ worth of bitcoin.
* ~$900 in Community Bank of the Bay account
* Total: ~$3,257.59

* Transfer our money out of the Community Bank? - Matt?
** Yes, since no one can locate any checkbooks, I will now walk into the Community Bank of the Bay to get a cashier's check to vacate the account ;)
* Apply for grants for sudo! https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Sudo_room/funding_opportunities
* Pay dues! https://gratipay.com/sudoroom

* Have we paid rent?
Yes, and utilities.

=== Discussion ===

The last two weeks!

=== Proposals ===

** Teddy Bear - Shake
* Propose that we have a large size Teddy Bear that can be grasped on a case-by-case basis for the purpose of identifying individuals who are exhausted from hacking and need to hibernate on a temporary basis. Grasping of, snuggling with, or otherwise utilizing the Teddy Bear shall be limited to one night per month unless authorized at a prior sudo room general meeting.

Disability hack night

=== Action Items ===

=== Sudo ToDo ===

=== Delegate's Agenda Items ===

Delegate: Jenny

* Lock back door [Sean]
* Omni Office (Bunker / Cave Room / Ballroom Office) designate for common office (sensitive storage for documents, valuables, etc) [Niki]
* Backspace Membership Proposal [?]

Meeting Notes 2015-01-07 - Revision history

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