Meeting Notes 2013-02-27

February 27th, 2013

updates

• Door Access
• Art Murmur - This Friday. [planning on Art Murmur list - http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/artmurmur]
• preliminary space usage measurements http://imgur.com/8CUFyTz

Announcements

• Workshop Weekend this weekend:
• Oakland Wiki: History editathon this weekend at Oakland History Room, Sun. 1-5PM.
• Today I Learned: No TIL this weekend because of workshop weekend. Next Sat. Mar. 9th: Jewelry-making and jewelry repair! http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned#Mar._9_Jewelry-making_and_jewelry_repair
• Magstripe RW gone missing, let Bill know if you see it

Fiscal Solvency

• Exchequer presents 2 minutes
• New exchequer!
• Pews
• budget surplus allocation / crowdfunding
• Flattr account set up
• Google Documents Fiscal Solvency collection (about to include non-mutable membership reports from WePay):
  • https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B1Kk2X9KKqlFT2dic19abGkyZnc/edit?usp=sharing

amendments to the compact

• To draft changes to the Articles of Association, http://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Articles_of_Association%2FDraft&diff=1670&oldid=1466

Discussion items + overflow

• sudo-crowdfunding protocol - definition of dividends, management of individual projects - what happens to returns on these investments? how will it affect tax status of sudo room? can crowdfunding take the form of allocating space at sudo room or other sudo-annexed territories?
• laptops - 10 x60 thinkpads 1.83 core duo from vendor in San Jose for $50 each. Harddrives could be: http://www.ebay.com/itm/WD-Western-Digital-SSD-D0015SI-5000-SiliconDrive-III-SATA-15GB-2-5-Industrial-/200899701870?pt=US_Solid_State_Drives&hash=item2ec68e2c6e for $24 each. Fundraiser? Fixing our current computers/linux install day an alternate option or a precursor to this order.

Action Items:

• Door Access Automation version 0.2
  • Improve external-facing door interface
  • Improve internal-facing door interface
  • Solidify plan with Public School for access sharing
• Fiscal Solvency Improvements
  • Implement new fiscal solvency sheets
  • Re-investigate options for tax structure
  • Pursue second bank account
• Membership process
  • Implement member signup form
  • Update new member orientation resources
• sudoroom.org version 2.0
  • Migrate sudoroom.org to new vps
  • Update http://dev.sudoroom.org/ and post code online.
• survey of existing space usage - assigned to hol, will have detailed measurements together by 3/6 and interim document on 2/27)
  • standing single-operation workstations
  • project/program-specific work areas
  • open work areas (clean up and store components when your work session is complete so these areas can be used by others)
  • what projects are being actively maintained by sudoers vs being stored in the space?
  • are things QR labeled? - who knows how to redirect from QR-linked page to a project page?
  • cubbies/shelves/drawers/lockers for projects/users