Meeting Notes 2014-04-09

Intros

Icebreaker: What is the best excuse for missing the sudo meetings? (and how would you like to conduct this informal meeting)

Sam

• Fixing the heartbleed (openvpn, openssl, sysadmin stuff)
• asynchronous informal meeting - discuss, add, comment on announcments and such

faust

• worst: being too late
• best: saving the future, unable to walk
• votes asynchonously as well

Elliott

• getting a burrito
• Would like to propose endorsement of Earth Day/May Day

Daniel

• No excuses
• play by ear

To-Do

• Fix sudoroom.org/chat (irc on site)
• Clean up network wiring, and upgrade to new Cisco switch (who has worked with it in past?), Daniel volunteers help
• Taxes?
  • email to nobawc. selc. hire someone
  • send email seeking accuntancy consultation[max]
• Renew lease & get Eddan off it [???]
  • Laurie needs to give us the lease to sign
• waiting for debit card:
  • transfer our internet, host a tor node
  • Stripe [jenny]
  • free Rackspace hosting? <-- backchannel ftw
  • still "in the mail"??? it's been even more weeks!
• Technical to-dos:
  • fix calendar (zombie event imports & correct facebook prefix)
  • Move SeltzerCRM install to sudoroom.org
  • Add function for door code integration in Seltzer (jenny awaiting code already written for an east coast hackerspace)
• set up venmo [liberty?]
• put a blurb in Slingshot magazine, contact Hayley
  • marc to ping Hayley, deadline is Apr 2. that is today!

Announcements

• 85% chance of humanity's extinction without redistribution of wealth, according to NASA
• Earth Day/May Day at Sudo Room 24th and 26th
  • https://earthdaytomaydayassembly.noblogs.org/ and confirm if it gives you grief --
  • Direct Action Training Day 9 - 5 on 24th at Sudo Room
  • Presentation and film screening on 26th at 7 PM

Reboot

• Sudo Room meetings are important!
  • Facilitators in advance
  • Train people in meeting procedure
  • Agenda/meeting on the mailing list or website as a failsafe (could just use pad with public url)
  • Enticements - flexible schedule, food, drink

Consensus Items

banning google glass

• small (informal) consensus: Treat it like a video camera, can block lens, not point at people, or acquire consent