Meeting Notes 2014-02-26

Intros

Q: now what?

• yar (now we watch another 3D fractal)
• eric (nip it in the bud and simplify things)
• juul (drink some mate)
• matt (it's never been more clear!)
• noemi (now let's eat!)
• chris (lock your bike)
• jenny

New Members

• eric!

Announcements

• Calendar https://sudoroom.org/calendar
• Show at sudo room w/Scott - Feb. 28th (Friday) - all ages, 100+ people
• Noisebridge reprap-building party ~noon Saturday
• Some bikes have "walked out lately" - lock your bike
• People's Open Network - There is now a (special) node at sudo. Learn more here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Network
• Sudo Men's group probably starting meeting on Tuesdays mid-March

To-Do

• Get Eddan off the lease ASAP
  • still blocked by the below item - getting insurance
  • asking ace monster toys what insurance they use
  • Marc suggests "call State Farm and tell them we're a hobby shop"
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby_shopl
  • David will "nail it tomorrow"
• get debit card set up, put LMI & Linode on it [matt]
  • "it's on its way!" in the mail
• slay zombie events that show up when importing from calendar [matt]
• Use Stripe [jenny]
  • blocked by not having bank account info
• Renew lease - David K. to investigate insurance options - matt will ping him
• check in w/sound room re: noise on the 28th (jenny)
  • Done, relevant parties have been put in touch with each other
• Let's ask Rackspace for free hosting! (yar)
• apply for a free 3D printer https://www.lulzbot.com/?q=printer-giveaway-2014 [yar]
• hack the wiki, especially the front page [you]
  • Sudo Wiki is the new social network, replaces facebook
• research list of social services in the area to give to folks in need [Xavier]
• Ask RPSC about sharing their art murmur table [Xavier]
• take things off the wishlist, especially chairs

"Kicking People Out" Practice

• role-playing exercise to make confronting problematic people less scary
• you can enforce our safe space policy! it will be ok! you're awesome!
  • it was a success
  • Xavier thinks we should have a bill of rights
    • ability to provide food, clothing and shelter with the help of agencies
    • give sleepers a 24 hour warning before kicking them out
    • provide them with a list of services
• much harder when you don't have backup - need at least 3 people

Moving

• 8th & Alice! - https://sudoroom.org/wiki/8th_and_Alice
  • Who is interested in taking a tour? Contact jenny@sudomesh.org
  • Need to write a proposal with our zoning requirements
• What do we need to be doing?
  • more research
  • more fundraising
• MOVEMENT
• Xavier wants a committee to make schwag and sell it at art murmur
• use this everyone! https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Spaces
• chris is friends with a non-non-lawyer
• should we stay here? should a devil's advocate say that?
  • "no. that's a bad idea."
• how do we approach this organizationally?
  • we have 2 threads/goals: maintaining new space, and finding new one
  • "will there be 2 spaces at once?"
  • they'll give us time to move in/out
  • yar thinks this will be a good problem to have
• has potential? https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/off/4351658599.html

Money

• Which of these is our real bitcoin address?
  • https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Bitcoin --> this is sudo room's
  • https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Template:Bitcoin_wallet --> this is sudo mesh's
  • thank you nymous annotater! hey! i'm not anon!
• we have $9691.95 in the bank
• we're above our monthly cost and are able to pay rent without dipping into standing funds. On the path to being officially solvent.
• yar: "any fundraising we do should be focused on gaining small $1-or-less contributors to Gittip"
• more advertising <--- EDIT THE WIKI & BLOG
• sticker for the back of magnets
• someone needs to pay for bike tools

Consensus Items

• can the wiki be our front page yet?

Misc

• Discuss replacing agenda for future meetings with Fundraising and Moving
  • yar proposes a one-week trial period for this new meeting format
  • March 5 meeting will be entirely devoted to fundraising & moving!
  • There are no objections to this idea
• We're doing a great job!
• The rain is officially coming down sideways