[Mesh] Meeting Minutes 1/22

[Jenny Ryan]

Sorry folks, meant to send that to sudo-discuss! Force of habit :)

Jenny
http://jennyryan.net
http://thepyre.org
http://thevirtualcampfire.org
http://technomadic.tumblr.com

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 "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
-Laurie Anderson

"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
 -Hannah Arendt

"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
-Stéphane Mallarmé
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On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Reposted for posterity at:
> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-01-22
>
> ==Intros==
> Q: What are you currently hacking on?
> A: Mac is hacking sewing machines, making a hat rack, and bikes, and
> fixing sudo sewing machines!; Arnas is currently not hacking on anything;
> Chris Bee is currently hacking sound (all of it); Matt is hacking on his
> camper trailer, and fixing sudo sewing machines!; Daniel hacking on Cisco
> switches; Nathan is hacking on Indian food. and the public school system;
> Ryan hacking on a fuel tank. with fiberglass. and sanding.; Sam is hacking
> on automation; Gaurav hacking on his laptop here; Jordan hacking health;
> Jenny hacking on networks; James hacking on modules
>
> ==Announcements==
> * Calendar https://sudoroom.org/calendar
> * #Jan25: Daylong educational event on the ongoing Egyptian revolution -
> this Friday starting at 3pm
> * This Saturday's Today We Learned involves building compost toilets!
> * Machine Learning Meetup at noon in Berkeley on Saturday. (Now on the
> sudoroom calendar)
> * Stop the Domain Awareness Center event - Feb. 4th @ Oakland City Hall
> * Next Omni meeting is Thursday, Feb. 6th from 7-10pm
> * Oakland Makers meetup was today; organizing the makers of Oakland
>
> ==Past Action Items==
> * Ink donation jar - Juul - not done
> * Investigate integrating Stripe and/or Balanced Payments [Jenny, Bill]
> ** Seems Stripe is better for recurring billing (Balanced's recurring
> billing system is still in beta: https://github.com/balanced/billy) -
> this is essential for us. Let's try Stripe!)
> * Look into other hackerspaces'<3 accounting system [Jenny]
> ** GNU Cash looks most interesting - otherwise not much in the way of FOSS
> tools for finances: http://www.gnucash.org/
> * Get new lease for 2141 Broadway (update to sign with "sudo room" as an
> entity) - Matt - pending response from George
> * Reword proposal on problematic non-members (Jenny, Brendan)
> * slay zombie events that show up when importing from calendar
> * follow up on the stuff here https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles
>
> ==Fiscal Solvency==
> * $204.11/week from Gittip!
> * Minimum membership dues: $2.50/wk; Recommended: $15/wk; Endless
> gratitude: $25/wk, high-fives from a million angels: $100/wk.
> * Current balance: at least $7700
> * Daniel suggests a visual aid to show visitors our fiscal needs and
> current status
>
> ==Amendments to Articles of Association==
> 1. [Postponed] Final consensus on yar's filming proposal, which was
> unanimously approved on Dec. 18th meeting:
> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Filming_at_sudo_room
> *Discussion around the wording of #1B (alternative wordings in the link
> above)
> *Philip suggests looking into the 'Right to Delete' policies of various
> European countries - + tight windows for keeping data - Privacy by Design
>
> The following were not discussed this week, but will go on the agenda for
> next week:
>
> 2. [Postponed] That members don't ever have to show up in person if they
> don't want voting rights.
> *Brendan proposes to strike this as unnecessary
>
> 3. [Postponed] To empower members to deal with problematic  non-members,
> non-members can be thrown out at any time by a member if  that members feel
> they are  being a problem, _unless_ some other member  present in the space
> is willing to vouch for the member as a guest.  Non-members being asked to
> leave must be told that they can further  discuss the incident at a
> Wednesday meeting or on the mailing list.
> *We need to have a policy on this, but should be written in a more
> nonviolent manner.
>
> 4. [Postponed] Non-members can use the space as much as they want  when
> other members are present, but cannot access the space when no  members are
> there and  have to leave when the last member leaves.
> *Not enough members to reach quorum, push to next week
>
> ==conflict resolution==
>
> == new members==
> * Mack [cleaning, organizing, fixing sewing machines]
> * Gaurav [Gittip]
>
> ==Discussion==
> *Yar suggests we rotate bureacracy meetings with hacknights!
> *Jenny suggests we add a 'New Members' section to the meeting agenda -
> Matt done
> *Calendar situation
> *Jordan suggests a 'sudo diff' approach to hacking the Articles of
> Incorporation [delete liberally, add succinctly]
>
> ==Action Items==
> * Move to Stripe [Jenny / Matt]
> * Poke Laurie re: new lease [Matt]
> * Reword proposal on problematic non-members (Jenny, Brendan)
> * fill out statement of information sometime soon
> https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov/  [Jenny, ?]
> * finish setting up bank acct [Matt, friends]
> * Publish the new member minimum dues policy to the Articles of
> Association on-wiki. [Mack] - DONE
> * Hack on Bylaws / Articles of Assoc [Mac / Jordan / Marina, friends]
>
> ---------
> Jenny
> http://jennyryan.net
> http://thepyre.org
> http://thevirtualcampfire.org
> http://technomadic.tumblr.com
>
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