Meeting Notes 2014-06-18

Sudoroom Meeting. Wednesday June 19th 2014

Icebreaker(5 mins)

What's your coolest nickname? What is a project you needed to "Old Yeller" (euthanize)?

5c077 (7|-|3 R1DDL3r): Organizing my contact list in my address book Sam (lame:colored socks) killed: social networking project Juan: Night star mapping project Dante: Britney Faust (Tank): too much cooking (people) Steve (SC): vertical space project Phil (Effy): Brutally dismembered a mainframe Matt (Matlocke): Mass murderer, perfers to dwell on the positives Alex (Sew Deep): Claims to be innocent, but has an unhealthy love of shotguns Rob (Robbie):

Announcements (5 mins)

Mon 6-7: Sew What? (w/ your host, Sew Deep)

• Anything and everything.
• Everyone welcome, exploring femininity.

Jun 30 - The Final Walk-Through

• If all goes according to plan...

Party/hackathon? Transition: still negotiating minor clauses Check http://www.hastheomnileasebeensigned.info Gather the Rainbow at the "Rainbow Gathering" July 1st - July 7th.

• Alex is going to Utah.
• It's hard to explain.
• Peace and harmony for one week.
• Estimated at ~20,000 people this year.
• Not the same as burning man.
  • Similar ideals though (hippies)
• Free.
• Come and explore yourself and nature with other people.
• Intentional community for one week.
• If you think that's wild, there are int'l gatherings for a month!
• Bring your little sisters.

NEW Debit Card with Internet Credit Union (Internet Archive), transition to their account, free tax work =New Members= (5 mins) "Dues shall be paid by members on a sliding scale basis, from the minimum $10 per month rate to the recommended donation calculated using the process below. Exemptions of individuals from paying dues may be approved on a case by case basis by the general membership on the grounds of financial hardship or refusal to participate in the monetary system" https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association#Sub-Section_3.4.3_Dues New Yeller - Asks for an exception. Enjoys cleaning anyway, feels that cleaning is needed, willing to do this generally in lieu.

Money (5 mins)

Checking Account balances:

• Community Bank of the Bay: $3,010.73
• Internet Credit Union: $1,898.58
• Total: $4,909.31

Forward monthly gittip to discuss list Change gittip weekly goal to $1,000/week (2x baseline rent)

Reboot (30 mins)

Cleaning policy:

• Give away
• Sell?
• lost and found -> notice/dating -> Free box

"Reboot" fund:

• concerns: bandwith, burnout, too much money (serious) and becoming rich, divisions with paid staff, increasing bureaucracy and egos, centralization vs project focus
• benefits:
  • increase reboot energy, setup for future problems and possibilities (purchase, tools, projects)
  • figure out how to be efficient AND non-hierarchical
• Content:
  • Moving truck rental
  • boxes
  • shelves
  • professional
  • materials cleaning
  • propaganda / evangelism / marketing?
    • flyers
    • stickers
    • swag?
    • sponsorship materials
  • Network supplies: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Network/Reboot#Phase_2:_Proper_Wired_Network
  • Sudo Operations
    • Electrical system (professional and city certification) ala NB
    • Wishlist! https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Wishlist
    • Tools
    • Workstations
    • Furniture
  • Safety Equipment
    • Fire extinguishers
    • Goggles
    • Gloves
    • Paint, also possibly wallpaper

Other ideas

• Outreach, door to door, community mapping--leverage OaklandWiki
• Make sure Sudo is represented by diverse groups
• Fund-raising opportunity: Latent fingerprints (police don't do this anymore), hacker thing to do.
  • Not fingerprinting people, but used objects!
  • Could be a paid service.
• Food testing (unofficial), such as DNA-barcoding
• Tutoring
• After-school program

Lease

• Signing Omni lease tomorrow or Friday?
• For updates, see http://hastheomnileasebeensigned.info

Move Out

Schedule:

• 6/20 - 6/22 : Sudo Reboot Packing Weekend! (Fri - Sun)
• 6/25 : Big Truck Moving Day (1337 cr3w, sign up w/ Steve nsw@sonic.net) (Weds)
• 6/27 - 6/29 : Clean-up, polish! (Fri - Sun)
• 6/30 : LAST DAY @ 2141 Broadway (Mon)
  • Ritual conducted by Alex. "Let's just have a fucking costume party. March to the new space, people will come. And dance."
• e-waste disposal
• inform wider community [action item proposal: announcement to sudo-announce & sudo-discuss] & js meetup group.
• change waste management account

Move In

• 7/01 - FIRST DAY @ 4799 Shattuck Ave (Tues)
• Starts on the solstice: June 21!
• Everything out by June 28, deep clean the last weekend of June (28-29)

=Conflict Resolution= (10 min)

• Safe space, regarding sexual orientation and gender.
• Safe space, regarding threats of physical violence.

=Consensus Items= (30 mins)

• Membership process: https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Articles_of_Association%2FMembership_Process&diff=8254&oldid=7983