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

Thu Oct 31 14:53:48 PDT 2013

Hi Sudoers!
Thank you for the nomination.
I would love to be a part of the board however I am unsure of the
expectations. I cannot accept it without being clear on what I am
committing to.
What is expected of me and what amount of time needs to be dedicated to
this role? I have been on an advisory board in the past but I have never
been a part of a forming board, so I am unsure.
Any insight would be appreciated?
Thanks guys!

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On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Ryan Bethencourt <
ryan.bethencourt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I really appreciate the nomination but will unfortunately have to decline,
> I love Sudo room and will continue to help wherever I can but I'm getting
> close to maximum bandwidth with all of the awesome biohacker and biotech
> projects (many of which Sudo inspired). I would however, love to still keep
> the biohacker connection going at Sudo room and I'd be happy to help with
> connecting us (Sudo) to the broader Biohacker community (including Counter
> Culture Labs which I'm now a board member of).
>
> I love the idea of a developing Sudo culture and looking forward to
> further lively debates and membership :)
>
> To all our fellow Sudo'ers, Live long and Prosper!
> R
>
>   Anthony Di Franco <di.franco at gmail.com>
>  October 29, 2013 at 5:37 PM
> 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.
>
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>   Anca Mosoiu <anca at techliminal.com>
>  October 29, 2013 at 5:14 PM
> 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.
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>   Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com>
>  October 29, 2013 at 3:44 PM
> 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
>
>
>
>
>   Eddan Katz <eddan at clear.net>
>  October 28, 2013 at 2:30 PM
> 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
>
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>   Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com>
>  October 27, 2013 at 7:32 PM
> 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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