Meeting Notes 2015-11-18

Sudoroom Weekly Meeting Wednesday November 18, 2015

intros

name, pronoun, and at least one idea for making sudoroom more wheelchair accessible

yar, she/her - wider pathways, and more awareness about not leaving shit in those pathways or else you'll get an electric shock
remote-jnny - she/her - accessible front desk (not sudo-specific), replacing the walkway tape (actually i think that's been removed) with LED strips
remote-brendan: accessible spaces at each table
Rob - we could paint the walkways into the concrete
dante - he - not sure what the obstacles are
- marc: people leave junk all over the place
- dante: so making it a priority to keep stuff out of wheelchair lanes
marc: hackerspaces have it easy the higher up they are from ground level. if they're high up, nobody carries shit up there. worst one was in a basement, things just fall down into it
lef, he, having a better place for bikes to go so they don't end up in the front area
matt, he or other, best idea i have is eliminate my half done projects and junk in the way
- dante: way to take responsibility!

marc: let's sell the sewing machines, then buy one really good one
- a store in SF sells used industrial sewing equipment, maybe they'll trade. but we'd need to take lots of pictures and negotiate

out of town a lot, but here until the spring. hung out here when we first moved in
sails a lot
sorry if i seem antisocial working on things. figured i'd be friendly. i mess around with RF & RFID stuff and weird little blinky lights.
i don't plan on moving a bunch of shit in but you know how life goes
why member? because i think hackerspaces are fucking cool. want to participate in one. this is the one that's closest to my house. like the social space as well as material resources. also omni commons is great, want to encourage it to exist as a community resource.
what hack or learn? love playing iwth rf stuff, will try to learn python
share or teach? same
10.1 no plan but they need to go
10.2 long list of things i don't like. probably includes those
10.3 encrypt everything
values? you're in a better position to asnwer that
history? already been here
sos? he's good
ss? he thinks he's capable of not harassing people
never banned
i am not a cop. i am an undercover cat.
cats make me happy. and precious little else. sailing, bikes
not a cabbage
email. yar has it.
schedule? feast & famine. right now is famine - time rich, cash poor, not a morning person. lives on a boat.

10/28 Andrew applied, pondering ends next week
- concern that nobody has met him but yar. should we talk about extending his pondering next week
11/04 Dane applied, pondering ends Dec 2
11/11 Kwaku, Gracie & Micolah applied, pondering ends Dec 9
- nobody's seen any of them since they applied, but maybe we just don't come around enough

Dec rent and Nov utilities have been paid (tx rcsheets!!) - $2385
Current balance: $703.68 + $106 transferring from Paypal = $809.68
See last week's mtg minutes for current monthly Stripe & Paypal donations: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2015-11-11

they want to be a member collective and carve out a 12x20' space in the front room
not sure if they're actually a collective
they'll pay to build the space themselves
front room will be smaller - impacts big events - but we also need more smaller spaces to rent out long-term
rob & yar still would prefer them in the basement
marc's in favor
cere likes em. not sure if the cafe space is the right space, but support them in principle
that space has just been trash for ages
rob is definitely for an herb collective, but not convinced they're a collective
we're all ok with them being a member collective
cere: i think there should be more members. that makes me nervous.
trial period sounds good but they're investing money
yar: seems like they're putting in a lot of upfront work but they're getting the long-term security of being a member collective
talk about finance wg needing more people
consensus that delegate should abstain

via Jenny 11/13:

We have a serious rat and mice problem that risks the health of building occupants as well as the existence of several collectives. As such, all food in the building must be stored in rodent-proof containers, ideally NSF-listed (though any improvement on the current situation would be appreciated).
- For example, 20 of these would cost $250: https://www.webstaurantstore.com/clear-carlisle-1061107-storplus-food-storage-box-18-x-12-x-6/700181206CL.html - but alternatively, perhaps someone knows where we could procure food-safe containers for free?
approves: marc.
rob: do we have the money? let's get em
dante: what about in the kitchen upstairs?
we should clarify tomorrow - is omni gonna pay for this?
we approve of this whether or not omni pays for it
i've lived in shitholes. it has to be metal. they chew through plastic.
- argument over whether plastic will be an improvement
yar would prefer omni pay for it but approves either way
matt says yes
cere: sounds great
dante: fnb can probably get them for free. otherwise omni can pay.

via Jenny 11/13:

In order to create a welcoming atmosphere at the Omni, it's imperative that we regularly have someone staffing the front desk. Each member collective must have at least 1 member holding down a minimum 4-hour front desk shift per week. Collectives with more than 20 members should have a proportional representation at the front desk (eg; sudo, with ~60 members, should hold down 3 shifts/week).
- Visit https://omnicommons.org/frontdesk to sign up for a shift.
- Front desk protocol (feel free to add/edit): https://omnicommons.org/wiki/frontdesk
- Talk to Jenny, Robb or Matt if you're interested in helping with the buildout of a proper front desk area in December! We're hoping to have it ready by the new year.

lef: is the goal to help out with people who come here for activities?
- dante: you say hello, screen sketchy people, gatekeep
lef: maybe it's not very efficient if you don't have specific times. you should be able to tell people to show up at specific times.
dante: it worked better before. maybe we need to see how many volunteers we get first.
the goal is to get new people in here. right now it's just people inviting their friends
the point is to make it inviting
rob: we just lost rise above because of security and having to walk up the stairs. if you actually enforce building policy your well being is gonna be threatened
- concern about requiring people to do work that could be threatening to them
matt: when we tried this before, it was the healthiest least violent situation. it was great.
yar's also been working on making another way to be a member of omni
rob clarifies - he's for there being front door shifts, but should anticipate some resistance
marc is in favor.
lef thinks it's a good idea but not able to do it personally at least for another 3 weeks