Meeting Notes 2014-06-18

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Sudoroom Meeting. Wednesday June 19th 2014

Icebreaker(5 mins)

What's your coolest nickname? What is a project you needed to "Old Yeller" (euthanize)?


5c077 (7|-|3 R1DDL3r): Organizing my contact list in my address book Sam (lame:colored socks) killed: social networking project Juan: Night star mapping project Dante: Britney Faust (Tank): too much cooking (people) Steve (SC): vertical space project Phil (Effy): Brutally dismembered a mainframe Matt (Matlocke): Mass murderer, perfers to dwell on the positives Alex (Sew Deep): Claims to be innocent, but has an unhealthy love of shotguns Rob (Robbie):

Announcements (5 mins)

Mon 6-7: Sew What? (w/ your host, Sew Deep)

  • Anything and everything.
  • Everyone welcome, exploring femininity.

Jun 30 - The Final Walk-Through

  • If all goes according to plan...

Party/hackathon? Transition: still negotiating minor clauses Check http://www.hastheomnileasebeensigned.info Gather the Rainbow at the "Rainbow Gathering" July 1st - July 7th.

  • Alex is going to Utah.
  • It's hard to explain.
  • Peace and harmony for one week.
  • Estimated at ~20,000 people this year.
  • Not the same as burning man.
    • Similar ideals though (hippies)
  • Free.
  • Come and explore yourself and nature with other people.
  • Intentional community for one week.
  • If you think that's wild, there are int'l gatherings for a month!
  • Bring your little sisters.

NEW Debit Card with Internet Credit Union (Internet Archive), transition to their account, free tax work =New Members= (5 mins) "Dues shall be paid by members on a sliding scale basis, from the minimum $10 per month rate to the recommended donation calculated using the process below. Exemptions of individuals from paying dues may be approved on a case by case basis by the general membership on the grounds of financial hardship or refusal to participate in the monetary system" https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association#Sub-Section_3.4.3_Dues New Yeller - Asks for an exception. Enjoys cleaning anyway, feels that cleaning is needed, willing to do this generally in lieu.

Money (5 mins)

Checking Account balances:

  • Community Bank of the Bay: $3,010.73
  • Internet Credit Union: $1,898.58
  • Total: $4,909.31

Forward monthly gittip to discuss list Change gittip weekly goal to $1,000/week (2x baseline rent)

Reboot (30 mins)

Cleaning policy:

  • Give away
  • Sell?
  • lost and found -> notice/dating -> Free box

"Reboot" fund:

  • concerns: bandwith, burnout, too much money (serious) and becoming rich, divisions with paid staff, increasing bureaucracy and egos, centralization vs project focus
  • benefits:
    • increase reboot energy, setup for future problems and possibilities (purchase, tools, projects)
    • figure out how to be efficient AND non-hierarchical
  • Content:

Other ideas

  • Outreach, door to door, community mapping--leverage OaklandWiki
  • Make sure Sudo is represented by diverse groups
  • Fund-raising opportunity: Latent fingerprints (police don't do this anymore), hacker thing to do.
    • Not fingerprinting people, but used objects!
    • Could be a paid service.
  • Food testing (unofficial), such as DNA-barcoding
  • Tutoring
  • After-school program

Lease

Move Out

Schedule:

  • 6/20 - 6/22 : Sudo Reboot Packing Weekend! (Fri - Sun)
  • 6/25 : Big Truck Moving Day (1337 cr3w, sign up w/ Steve nsw@sonic.net) (Weds)
  • 6/27 - 6/29 : Clean-up, polish! (Fri - Sun)
  • 6/30 : LAST DAY @ 2141 Broadway (Mon)
    • Ritual conducted by Alex. "Let's just have a fucking costume party. March to the new space, people will come. And dance."
  • e-waste disposal
  • inform wider community [action item proposal: announcement to sudo-announce & sudo-discuss] & js meetup group.
  • change waste management account

Move In

  • 7/01 - FIRST DAY @ 4799 Shattuck Ave (Tues)
  • Starts on the solstice: June 21!
  • Everything out by June 28, deep clean the last weekend of June (28-29)

=Conflict Resolution= (10 min)

  • Safe space, regarding sexual orientation and gender.
  • Safe space, regarding threats of physical violence.

=Consensus Items= (30 mins)

Action Items

Post-Meeting Teamups

Next Week?