Meeting Notes 2013-03-13

Fun Intro Question: What do you use as an alarm clock? And what are your snooze habits (i.e. are you one of those multiple alarm setters that doesn't trust the snooze)?
Harp x 2
Radio
Song
Monophonic x 2
None x 5
fowl x 4
Multiple Alarm x 2
Natural x 2
Dinosaur (fowl)
Cycle-based
Bell

non attendees:
ac unit turning on at a certain time in the morning

attendees: Sam (Harp), Steve (Anger), Naomi (Chimaera by Bad Religion), Tommy (Radio static, loud), Sean, Patrick, Jordan (melatonin and i forgot to mention my cat), Rachel (natural OR rooster), Louis (dialogue), Matt, Max (hates other people, math) , anthony (dinosaur) J.C. (none/wake up call), Jenny, Romy (early on holidays), Julio (sleepless android), Ray, Marc, Allan (iPhne), Marina, Troy (all-knowing Juan), Tanya

updates

• fiscal solvency
  • Google Documents Fiscal Solvency collection (about to include non-mutable membership reports from WePay):
    • https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B1Kk2X9KKqlFT2dic19abGkyZnc/edit?usp=sharing
    • Reimbursement of sonic.net internet
    • "Waste Management" - $60 / mo for recycling, landfill, and organic matter.
      • Combo deal w/ Sound Room, negotiated by George in lieu of our own plan
        • George is also expecting $40 / mo from the Public School
      • If we don't want this we need to counter-offer or set up our own service.
        • Len explained price-point is very low, we could do this for less.
    • This page has some software suggestions for hackerspace member and financial management: http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hackerspace_Software
• amendments to the articles of association
  • To draft changes to the Articles of Association, create a new page like http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association/Some_Draft_Title_of_Your_Choice and copy the content over from http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association
  • The Diff Matt sent out: https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Articles_of_Association%2FConstable&diff=2637&oldid=2635
    • The history includes (a) original (b) changes from last week (c) suggested changes emailed on the list after mtg last week -- see the history here: https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Articles_of_Association/Constable&action=history
    • Wrong Diff? Same from last week, has extra changes - http://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Articles_of_Association%2FDraft&diff=2625&oldid=2535
  • Replacing 'enforcement' with 'implementation' and 'constable' with 'conflict steward' (Anthony)
  • Matt removed some things around conflict resolutions process and facilitator role, look at the diff above and add your input!
  • The Mandate Vote Proposal (MVP)
    • jenny, jordan, matt, rachel, julio, anthony, jordan, eddan, marina, eddan, romy, matt
    • question: participation necessary
    • stack: troy marina jenny jordan mark?
  • online authentication for voting- OpenPGP key sign-up
• Regular events
  • today I learned - Just Enough Sketchup to Pretend You Can 3D Print
  • morn math (TTh 8-10am)
  • morn code (MW 8-10am)
  • friday filosophy
  • js meetup (mon 7pm)
  • python meetup (thurs 7pm)
    • ipython!!
  • Open Source Ecology Hardware Saturday Afternoons (Open Mechanics Institute!) -meeting Saturdays? Talk to Morten or Erik or Anthony (953 W MacArthur)
  • Mesh / 510pen (http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh)
    • Looking for donations of satellite dishes, USB wifi adapters, and routers (4MB+, capable of running OpenWRT) I suggest Asus RT-N10+: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320066
  • Biohacker Meetups - Friday Evenings
  • Sudo Radio!
    • Now livestreaming

announcements

• large event at sudo? http://www.meetup.com/AwesomeActivities/events/107764502/
• Romy is trying to bring sudo room and the Rock Paper Scissors Collective (neighbors) together!
• Public Banking Conference in San Rafael in June
• microcontroller project hacking next tuesday 3/19, 5:30-11PM
• Sudoroom.org
  • SSL Cert Installed
    • for sudoroom.org meaning all website and wiki traffic are now encrypted.
  • Wiki-Spam
    • All Spam Articles have been removed as well as the users who created the spam pages
    • Captcha has been changed to ReCaptcha
    • Installed "BadBehaviour" plugin designed to recgonize suspicious behaviour
      • if you have and negative experiences from this plugin (access being blocked or not able to login) please e-mail sudo-sys or Wolfy (wolfy@wlfy.it).
  • A round of applause was held for Wolfy's work on the site and servers
• Report from Noisebridge general meeting
• Patrick
  • New community art gallery & hackerspace in Berkeley! http://hackthegallery.net/
  • Event: Fri Mar 22nd, 6-9pm, 1861 Solano, Berkeley, CA
    • 
• 3/19 bday hack!!!
  • eg: portable hot water heater!
  • bring a hard hat ;)
  • campout!! talk to beau
• N.Bay hackerspace (http://www.cooperativehomesteads.com/projects-2/woodlands-affordable-natural-home-self-sustaining-mini-farm/ )
• Nerd Nite - East Bay on the 25th
  • http://eastbay.nerdnite.com/
  • http://sf.nerdnite.com/
• Hack for Anarchy - Saturday Mar 16th, 11-4 @ Noisebridge
  • https://www.facebook.com/events/341203262665267/?sid=0.7287702795583755
  • https://bayareaanarchistbookfair.wordpress.com/
• Andrew & Marc hacked n RFID reader OMG THAT'S AWESOME
  • wHAT KIND? i DONn'T KNOOWOWWWW!!!!!!!!! ANDREWWWWWWW??????????????
  • ORZ ORZ ORZ ORZ ORZ ORZ ORZ orz orz orz orz orz orz orz
• Nauti-Hackers - boat hacking, associated w/ Ephemerisle
  • Sustainability on the water - local networks, bioremediation, aquaponics, energy etc

conflict resolution

• can there a detailed report on the outcome and decision process at the meeting for those who can't attend? hard to piece together from the mailing list
• Voting thresholds universally applicable

action items

• Dishes
• Send out changes to Articles of Association to mailing list for review
• Waste Management - Troy

unconference-style interest groups after general meeting: discussion items + overflow

• Sudo Library - lending policy and software
• Debauchery
• Sudo Radio Interest Group - holding this post-meeting is starting to seem like a bad idea.
• Finance - Debauchery
• 510pen - concur with above statement