Meeting Notes 2013-08-14
Attendance / Icebreaker
tell a story about keys
- jordan gave someone ssh access to sudoroom.org with ssh keys
- anthony was looking for the key to enlightenment
- david lived on an island with neither keys nor doors
- chris dropped a bike lock key down the gutter, but found the other one
- ray learned the key to finding keys - look without looking
- liberty is not a fan of key apps
- andy got scammed by fake locksmiths
- jenny recalls sudoroom's famous lockpicking workshop
- gregg knows a cool trick for squatting in houses [redacted]
- timon once had all the keys to this building
- sarah had to mansplain PKI to some men
- andrew locked his keys in a strongbox on purpose
- nimbus reminds everyone to chmod 400 ~/.ssh/$keys
- donyan has no story about keys
- clay is an artist
- andrew solved a DEFCON puzzle using keys or something
Announcements (Consent Agenda)
- Every Monday 7pm: LOL / Oakland Makerspace Open Hack Night, Decolonizing Technology (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-Kas/viewform
- Every Thurs. at 8:30pm: Mesh Networking meetup: http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh
- RADIO!!!! https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Sudo_Radio
- Regular check-in between The Public School and Sudo Room - *next* Thursday evening (aug 22) Supper Club potlucks starting at 6
- Organization / scheduling for a week-long Summer School at the end of August
- Sudo Kids Tuesdays at 6pm
Other announcements:
- Public School Summer School Week
- Info Day is on the 31st - Cryptoparty & Mesh Networking
- Cryptoparty postponed for August 31st! (Info Day)
- Sunday 25th, photo gallery day
- fresh blended juices and juice bar at sudo with nutri-bullet!
- Metal-Working at a shop on Adeline St - talk to Jenny!
- Artist-in-Residence opportunities at Instructables' new space
- Collaboration with Food Not Bombs - meetings @ Long Haul
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-dEdhZUJaQ3dDY2plMjMxR3BNNmJuRlE#gid=0
- Everyone? Jenny has added! Rabbit added! You should too!
- 1. Research tax structures [1] 2. [...] 3. Non-Profit! [Danny, Brendan] plus
- Action Item: Become a California Non-profit Corporation - Brendan proposes this for discussion meeting on August 21st and August 28th. This is to be followed by the August 31st Today I Learned session on hacking the articles of association.
- Auto-reminder for weekly meetings [Bill, and Nate]
- group me? *Jenny will ping Bill
- Make a flier, talking points [Jenny & Juul]
- Jenny & Juul - copy, Anthony - lettering, Substack - art!
- Talk to JC re: sudomate funds [Jenny, Ray]
Postponed:
- Add robots.txt for sudo room (open item for anyone to take on)
- [Postponed until necessary] Eddan - Reference letter from George
- git-ify & flow-diagram-ify our articles of association - Brendan
- Add calendar 2141broadway.wordpress.com to Infobot's screensaver [Max]
- Library - until RPS
- Catalog - Max
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 / Jenny / Bill
- Pay your dues!!
- We now have lockers, part of fundraising
- Review and consensus process:
- Fiscal Solvency Spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlKk2X9KKqlFdFZJUy12x3ZUhDUmx2N3hUZldyejlXdFE#gid=7
- Rent: $1500; Utilities: $220; Services: $50
- Target membership contribution: $88 per member (based on approx. 30 people)
Amendments to the Articles of Association
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association
Conflict Resolution
Marina gets sudo kudos for helping out with issues during the week Ariel conflict discussion
Discussion Spillover
- Sudo Tactics - Matt
- next meeting, split into two groups:
1. Membership 2. Fundraiser, crowd-funding campaign
- Check out indiegogo.com for example!
- Hacking Finance and Fiscal Solvency as part of campaign
Post-Meeting Groups
- dumpster diving