Meeting Notes 2014-08-27

sudoroom meeting august 27, 2014

Attendees

Jenny, Julio, yar, phil, Scott, adam, Akira, Francisco, Matt, Mark, Chris, (ice-breaker: )

Announcements

• Brendan starting robot drone hacking night, day of the week TBD
• BACH unconference date changing - maybe october 11-12?
  • coincides with Oakland Nights Live special mayoral edition

New Members

• New members as of today: Sean and Adam!
• Up for extended pondering: Scott
• Up for extended pondering: Akira

New Omni Delegate

• what the job requires: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Omni_Delegate
• Please, somebody volunteer! Yar and Jenny are burning the fuck out!!!

Newbie Night

• • Whoever hosts is responsible for: 1) adding event to the calendar, 2) posting to sudo-discuss and otherwise promoting, 3) showing up! and 4) answering the door, giving tours, and otherwise being friendly and answering questions.
  • Julio will try next tuesday!

Discussion

• Two people sleeping in the basement last week. Matt/Daniel and Marc/Keenan got them to leave.
• Recent ban: Scott Cohen (stalker)
• Let Omni know this has happenned

• Lots of historical ban info: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-02-12

Money

• Now making $373.90/wk on "Gratipay"
• ~$6200 in Internet Credit Union
• ~$1000 in Community Bank of the Bay

Electrification

• Update?
• Consensus to up sudo expenditure to $1,000
  • 10 yays, 1 abstaining

Omni

proposals

• review: https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom

• does anybody care strongly about the ballroom ceiling tiles?
  • Phil is over his romantic attachment

• pay lawyer $1000/mo for 4 months (instead of $500/mo for 8)
  • request production of an invoice
  • if jesse is okay with an 8-month plan, it would be better for omni to have a bit more funds in its account at this stage (to pay for eg; ADA accessibility)
  • 9 yays, 3 abstentions

• big omni events must end by 9:30
• 10/10 yay

• Each Member Group of the Omni will be required to populate at least 3 seats in at least 3 committees. Member Groups with more than 12 members will be required to populate at least 5 seats in at least 3 committees.
  • yar wonders if members of multiple groups "count twice"
  • 5 yays, 5 abstentions - ABSTAIN (10/10)
  • Patrik feels uncomfortable with the proposed numbers, but won't block.
  • unanimous 10/10 that sudoroom should abstain

• Any tenant at 2141 Broadway is welcome at Sudoroom except for Johannes, Billy and Timon. This overrides the previous more general ban.
  • 8 yay, 3 abstain

Action Items

• Document incidents on the omni wiki
• Finish Stripe and set up Everbutton [Jenny] (Ron willing to help on this if needed / extending it)
• Investigate business license [Jenny]
• pamphlet to give new members