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
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