[sudo-discuss] Meeting Notes 8/6

[Marc Juul]

Thank yooou! We had a new member come in Tuesday who had been following
along with sudo through our meeting notes for a couple of months before
deciding that we were worth coming to hang out. People really use and
appreciate these notes :D


On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Apologies for the delay. Meeting notes from this week!
>
> tl;dr:
>
> ANNOUNCEMENTS:
>
>    - Sudo sponsoring event with Critical Resistance on September 20th w/
>    Cece McDonald
>    - Startup weekend Sept 12-14 - 50% discount codes - talk to Brendan...
>    or just use 'sudoroom'. Free food! $25!
>    - Next Newbie Night: Wednesday, August 13th, 5-8pm hosted by Juul &
>    Jake!
>
> NEW MEMBERS!
> ...up for 'extended pondering' this week. Please reply if you have any
> objection to these new members!
>
>    - Timothy
>       - Why do you want to be a member? Likes working with other people,
>       would be nice to work here
>       - What are you excited to do at sudo room? Hacking on his own
>       stuff, open source, perhaps collaborators?
>       - What do you hope to share with Sudo Room? Pair programming, sudo
>       web infrastructure, doesn't do php really (mostly ruby)
>       - Hasn't been banned from a hackerspace!
>    - Boyd
>       - Why do you want to be a member? I like this new movement for
>       hacktivism around the world and making things that already exist work
>       better.
>       - What are you excited to do at sudo room?  I'm not very good with
>       code, but I think it'd be cool if I was. Found out about sudo from
>       Andrew/backspace, used to come to the leather workshop. Moved close by,
>       interested in the mesh. Scarred by previous Comcast employment.
>       Democratizing internet access. Likes climbing and being handy
>       - What do you hope to share with Sudo Room? Sharing excitement and
>       enthusiasm.
>       - Has not been kicked out of a hackerspace, that they know of.
>       - Grew up in the midwest. Cops were nice there and gave you ice
>       cream for wearing your bike helmet.
>       - Really wants to see the robot do cool things.
>
> CONFLICT RESOLUTION:
> (via Hol):
> 1. No conclusive evidence found to support accusation based on review of
> available info over 2 weeks. Whatever we do now sets the precedent for
> future cases - person who brought the matter up (daniel) is OK to allow
> Phil back in. Felt it was his duty to speak up since the concern had not
> been proactively addressed by Phil.
>
> 2. Further research continues as to nature of threat to privacy and risk
> of disruption from outside groups with ill intentions. Sudoers interested
> in the topic of entities related to this accusation, particularly the DAC,
> should feel free to get in touch and assist with research.
>
> 3. Consensus is a process susceptible to disruption. We should think about
> cases when it is better to fork into parallel paths to avoid gridlock, and
> consider ways to amend our policies to become structurally hardened against
> this type of attack. In some cases, it may seem that consensus on an item
> has been reached when discussion is still warranted, and dissenting views
> may trigger accusations of intentional disruption. People may have
> conflicting views or different approaches socially, legally, etc. Emphasize
> respect for different points of view while keeping an eye out for
> intentional disruption. Need to be able to handle and attenuate disruption
> whether intentional or unintentional.
>
> Meeting minutes recorded for posterity at:
> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-08-06
>
> Jenny
> http://jennyryan.net
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>
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> -Laurie Anderson
>
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>  -Hannah Arendt
>
> "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
> -Stéphane Mallarmé
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