Meeting Notes 2015-01-07

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 — 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

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 [?]