[sudo-discuss] [consensus] Nominations for Board of Directors

Tue Oct 29 17:37:11 PDT 2013

With all those points in mind, I hope that the strength and benevolence of
the people who lead and the community that develops around them is more of
the empathetic, pluralistic, pragmatic kind and less of the stubborn,
nitpicky, dogmatic kind.

On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Anca Mosoiu <anca at techliminal.com> wrote:

> Good points, Naomi.
>
> This ties into the paper that Jenny posted recently as well.  Strong,
> benevolent personalities are going to be needed to keep things moving
> forward just as much as stubborn, nitpicky, careful readers of contracts.
>
> Anca.
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I haven't exactly been an active participant in Sudo Room lately, but
>> I have room in my life to handle some small amount of responsibility.
>> I'll accept the nomination.
>>
>> I should say, though, that I've had a lot (a LOT) of conversations
>> with hackerspace founders lately, and I'm coming to the conclusion
>> that it is only the very exceptional community, with a very dedicated
>> presence of strong benevolent personalities, that doesn't eventually
>> come apart at the seams.
>>
>> Noisebridge should not be held as a model of do-ocratic / flat
>> structure.  It has serious, serious problems.
>>
>> --Naomi
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Eddan Katz <eddan at clear.net> wrote:
>> > So by my count, the following summarizes the status of the Board
>> > nominations. Please correct any errors I've made.
>> > --
>> > Confirmed
>> > Max (notconfusing)
>> > Jenny (tunabananas)
>> >
>> > Nominated
>> > Marc (marcjc)
>> > Matt (mattsenate)
>> > Marina (mk30)
>> > J.C. (r33lmm)
>> > Vicky (ykciv)
>> > Liberty (thattechgirl)
>> >
>> > Respectfully Decline
>> > Kare (kkr)
>> > Jordan (yardena)
>> > ------
>> >
>> > Apparently, the average size of a non-profit board is 16 people, and the
>> > median is 15.
>> > I don't know anyone's handle, but I also wanted to nominate the
>> following
>> > people who have also shown the commitment that I think would make for a
>> good
>> > Sudo Board member:
>> >
>> > Ryan Bethencourt
>> > Anthony di Franco
>> > Johanna Faust
>> > Hol Gaskill
>> > Leonid Kozukh
>> > Anca Mosoiu
>> > Naomi Most
>> > Romy Snowyla
>> >
>> >
>> > On Oct 27, 2013, at 7:32 PM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Eddan Katz <eddank at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I don't think that coming to evening meetings and weekend events
>> should be
>> >> the ultimate metric of commitment to Sudo Room.
>> >> Not everyone can make it at those times because of work and family
>> >> obligations.
>> >
>> >
>> > Agreed, thanks for picking up on that and giving an opening to
>> describing
>> > all the ways in which people regularly show their commitment to Sudo
>> Room:
>> > There's also building infrastructure in the space, creating/making
>> awesome
>> > things, giving tours, managing the landlord situation, managing the
>> trash
>> > (thanks david k!), leading classes/workshops/meetups, CLEANING and
>> > BEAUTIFYING the space [the move to colorful late-night mood lighting the
>> > other week was especially clutch].
>> >
>> > BTW, our Wishlist has recently been updated in case folks want to
>> contribute
>> > tangible Things: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Wishlist
>> >
>> > Jenny
>> >
>> >>
>> >> On Oct 27, 2013, at 11:58 AM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Sudo Room should not sacrifice its foundational values so as to be
>> taken
>> >> seriously by traditional power structures. This is part and parcel of
>> being
>> >> a vessel of social change. Noisebridge has an ad hoc and ever-changing
>> >> do-ocracy of leaders, as does Sudo. The inscription of a Board merely
>> makes
>> >> static what is in actuality a dynamic aspect of the community, hence
>> its
>> >> role (in the vein of honesty and radical transparency) is as merely an
>> >> on-paper minimum satisfactory requirement for bureaucratic processes.
>> Come
>> >> to any meeting of Noisebridge or Sudo and it will be readily apparent
>> who's
>> >> currently taking on leadership roles.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
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>>
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