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==Project List Workshopped in May 2013 Meetings==
'''Please add your name next to projects that you are already working on or are interested in working on'''


'''Food'''
This is a project list we've discussed throughout our May 2013 Meetings
* Sudo Mate - Max & Ray & Morten
 
'''Please add your name next to projects you're working on or would like to work on. If you have an idea that's not listed, please add it in!'''
 
==Food==
* Sudo Mate - ''Max & Ray & Morten''
** Iced, carbonated, DELICIOUS mate soda beverage (exquisite, yum!)
** Iced, carbonated, DELICIOUS mate soda beverage (exquisite, yum!)
* Sudo Beer (Subiir) - Morten & Marc
* Sudo Beer (Subiir) - ''Morten & Marc''
* Sudo Gravy (marinara sauce) - Ray - Last week's $40 went to Sudo Room rent. Sold all 4 pints (all that was left after dinner) Yay!
* Sudo Gravy (marinara sauce) - ''Ray'' - Last week's $40 went to Sudo Room rent. Sold all 4 pints (all that was left after dinner) Yay!
* Sudo Lunch / Grab-n-go option - ? [DOES NOT YET EXIST]
* Sudo Lunch / Grab-n-go option - ''?'' [DOES NOT YET EXIST]
* Rusty's "Savior Bars"!
* Rusty's "Savior Bars" - ''Rusty''
* Eddie's "Dope" Popcorn
* Eddie's "Dope" Popcorn - ''Eddie''
* (possibly related but not immediately applicable for sudo: Cottage Food Law allows for legal small-scale production in people's homes)
===Cottage Food Law===
In January, 2013, the State of California passed our very own Cottage Food Law. This law allows the existence of food operations out of one's home after a kitchen inspection, a short food handling course and the payment of processing fees. Acceptable food items are basically anything with a long shelf life and no meat.
 
On a related note, we could potentially form a cottage food producers' cooperative and save on the processing fees.


'''Schwag'''
''Learn more at the Sustainable Economies Law Center [http://www.theselc.org/cottage-food-laws/ website].''  


* 3D printed stuff
==Schwag==
** magnets - Jordan
* 3D-printed stuff
** bike mounting accessories (easy to print, can adapt to any device mounting!) -hol
** magnets - ''Jordan''
** bike mounting accessories (easy to print, can adapt to any device mounting!) - ''hol''
** jewelry
** jewelry
** stickers packs (some cleverly subversive (see crimethinc) & some branded)
** on-demand printing
** on-demand printing
** making other 3D printers
** making other 3D printers
** 3d printed exoskeleton
** 3d printed exoskeleton
** DIY handheld 3D printer pen based on a hot glue gun Cheap as hell
** DIY handheld 3D printer pen based on a hot glue gun Cheap as hell
** "Captain crunch whistles" - Le Oficial Ray
** "Captain crunch whistles" - ''Le Oficial Ray''
** Bike beverage holders
** Bike beverage holders
* T-shirts - Dan Finlay (already an action item)
* T-shirts - ''Dan Finlay'' (already an action item)
* Buttons (moar)
* Buttons (moar)
** Dependent upon logo
** Dependent upon logo
* LED cubes - hol??????????
* LED cubes - hol??????????
'''Membership dues'''
 
==Membership dues==
* sliding-scale, voluntary (current)
* sliding-scale, voluntary (current)
* better advertisement
* better advertisement
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**better price-]points (concrete options beyond general $60 discussion)
**better price-]points (concrete options beyond general $60 discussion)
**will be informed by member survey (already an action item)
**will be informed by member survey (already an action item)
**Do we accept BITCOIN????????????
**Do we accept BITCOIN/other electronic currency????????????
**Automatic reminders
**Automatic reminders


'''Repair & Other Services'''
==Repair & Other Services==
 
*Fix-it clinic style (especially electronics, etc)
*Fix-it clinic style (especially electronics, etc)
*Could also do custom bike stuff, bike repair!
*Could also do custom bike stuff, bike repair!
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*Not necessarily easy while in our current, less-developed state
*Not necessarily easy while in our current, less-developed state


'''Donated equipment'''
==Donated equipment==
*Repair and sell, e.g. on Ebay - suggestion by Eddan
*Repair and sell, e.g. on Ebay - ''suggestion by Eddan''
*Re-use and sell or sell as services
*Re-use and sell or sell as services
**Similar potential to http://spokeland.org/
**Similar potential to http://spokeland.org/


'''DIY ISP ++'''
==DIY ISP ++==
*a la http://ranchwifi.com/
*a la http://ranchwifi.com/
**Laci Videmsky has offered to host a workshop on how to do this, like he and his business partner did with Ranch Wifi
**Laci Videmsky has offered to host a workshop on how to do this, like he and his business partner did with Ranch Wifi


'''Kits'''
==Kits==
* electronics - (i won't be at the meeting tonight but if we come up with a few and order the components in bulk and package individually together, we can sell at events - Hol)
* electronics - (i won't be at the meeting tonight but if we come up with a few and order the components in bulk and package individually together, we can sell at events - Hol)
** [[SudoRoom Mystery Kit]] [[User:RomyIlano]]
* Home PCs for cheapz
* Home PCs for cheapz
* Art kits
* Art kits
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* Kits of kits :D ^.^ ^.^
* Kits of kits :D ^.^ ^.^
* Kits of 3D printers that create other kits
* Kits of 3D printers that create other kits
'''Non-profit status'''
 
* Tax-deductable Donations as a 501(c)3
==Legal entity status==
**Noisebridge and School Factory have offered to provide fiscal sponsorship
Tax-deductable Donations as a 501(c)3? Mutual Benefit Corporation? What do we want?
*Noisebridge and School Factory have offered to provide fiscal sponsorship
**School Factory has a lot more experience than NB in fiscal sponsorship
**School Factory has a lot more experience than NB in fiscal sponsorship
*Grants
*Grants
*Possibility of a legal clinic advising session with the Sustainable Economies Law Center? - ''Vicky''
===Grants===
Our status as a legal entity might have a major influence on our ability and/or success in getting grants.
*Burning man projects, Black Rock Arts
** Awesome opportunity to meld arts and the sciences, for fun, but also to communicate and make scientific knowledge accessible.
===Sponsorships===
===Crowd-funding===


'''Regular events'''
==Regular events==
*Raves
*Raves
*Speaker events - of particular relevance to our projects
*Speaker events - of particular relevance to our projects
*Covers? No covers?
*Covers? No covers? (''We discussed paywalls as a group and there seemed to be an informal consensus against this. Would we like to revisit and finalize a formal consensus item? - Vicky'')
 


==Grants==
*Burning man projects, Black Rock Arts
** Awesome opportunity to meld arts and the sciences, for fun, but also to communicate and make scientific knowledge accessible.


==Fellowships==
==Fellowships==


==Sponsorships==
==Crowd-funding==


===Most Important things for a Project===
==Most Important things for a Project==
# Pitch video
# Pitch video
#* Depends on what you're doing, but it needs to be clean.  
#* Depends on what you're doing, but it needs to be clean.  
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