[sudo-discuss] Meeting Notes 2/12

[Jenny Ryan]

Reposted for posterity at https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-02-12

==Intros==
Q: What's (not not) going to happen to us?
* Matt [sudo space], Sam (thousands of cores), Juul (planet-hacking), yar
(some, then more), John (idk), Jenny (ACTUAL membership thing), Ardeen,
Haley, Scott (a kickass show in the space), Xavier, Daniel, Eric (rally &
seize opportunities), Troy, Brendan (electronic robots in space?), Chris
(inventing better hand cleaner), Jeremy, Noemie, JC (go to zero)

==Announcements==
* Calendar https://sudoroom.org/calendar
* Berkeley Biolabs is up!
** http://berkeleybiolabs.com/
** bioreactor hack night tomorrow (feb 13)
http://www.meetup.com/Berkeley-Biolabs/events/165489532/
** "biohacker in residence" open house next week (feb 20) (meetup event not
up yet)
* Cryptoparty this Sunday, 2-5pm - Learn digital security and encrypt your
hard drive, phone calls, text messages etc; -
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Cryptoparty
* Troy found 16 years of communist literature on the street
* Slingshot new volunteer meeting Feb. 23rd @ The Long Haul, 4pm
** Looking for someone who wants to work on a calendar app
*** Phil might be able to help
** Other slingshot announcement from Haley about notpublicschool
* Haley and Sam want to start the first cyber-punk LARP rule system on the
West Coast with simultaneous microcontroller programming language
development! Get in contact with Haley about either at
samarasteele at gmail.com
* John (jbaldo at gmail.com) - event Startup Weekend Education - week of Feb.
21st - competition over a weekend in collaboration with Oakland Unified
teachers. Civic hacking & Education: http://oaklandedu.startupweekend.org/
** Usually $100 / ticket, wants to give away a couple of tickets to sudo
room.
** Brendan is interested
* trilobytes brought back to life
* Show at sudo room  w/ Scott - Feb. 28th - all ages, 100+ people
* first Omni delegates meeting tomorrow night AT the Omni - open but RSVP -
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/The_Omni
* RPS Collaboration
** website redesigning is cool
** wordpress teaching is excellent
** in exchange, they have offered to give us a lot of beer (i.e. 15 crates)
[people are stoked]
*** They have a stereo receiver on loan, want to keep it! Hence the beer
offer
** Also want to exchange by painting the Wobbly Wheels pedicab out front.
** What should RPS do for us??
*** Mesh project could use a designer, if people want to opt in
**** Also set up a mesh node on their building for peoplesopen.net
*** Jeremy will make a wiki page for a list of items and email about it!
* "Art party" happens 6pm 3rd Saturdays at the Belfry (church at 2735
MacArthur @ Coolidge) (57 bus line)

==To-Do==
* slay zombie events that show up when importing from calendar [matt]
* Use Stripe [jenny, contingent on bank acct]
* Bank Account - we need to send Articles of Inc. [matt] - DONE
* Renew lease - David to investigate insurance options - matt will ping him
* Add features to RPS's wordpress: http://rpscollective.org/ - Jeremy met
with them [DONE]
** Jeremy will make a wiki page for a list of items and email about it!
* Fix our inside door, the cables got severed - DONE -  jake fixed it!
sudokudos :D
* reach out to sudo folks & others to participate in Spied Upon event
[Jenny]
* reply to radical mycology people with principles about for-pay events
[Jenny] - done, no response as of yet
* fix our LMI phone line - is the DSL filter broken or the phone cable
shorted? [DONE by marc]
** juul fixed it and added caller id (but the caller id needs an extension
cord)

==New Members==
* Xavier
* Jeremy
* Noemie
* Jenny is working on a better automated system
* Matt elaborates non-dollar ways to contribute

==Money==
* We have $8701.21 in the bank account
* This week, received $500 anonymous donation!
* We make exactly pi $314.16 on Gittip https://www.gittip.com/sudoroom/
** debate over whether a 5 or a 6 is more appropriate
* Need to come to consensus on Internet Archive Federal Credit Union item
below to get new bank account ;)

==Consensus Items==
* Proposal to ban ardeen
**
https://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/sudo-discuss/2014-February/005374.html
** yar thinks ban sounds harsh - maybe temporary? 2 months?
** "To empower members to deal with problematic non-members, non-members
can be removed by a member who feels their behavior is problematic,
*unless* another member present in the space is willing to vouch for the
non-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.  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."
** Ardeen is present and pleading forgiveness, but Marc still doesn't trust
him
** Matt hadn't received an apology until now and is not happy. He finds
"the whole narrative disrespectful". He'd rather things be about the
community respecting each other and not about conflicts and bans. (?)
** Ardeen feels he tried to reach out and was treated with anger and
vendetta
** yar hears "it's not about sleeping or breaking rules, it's about
respect" but thinks the email seemed about exactly that
** conversation gets heated, yar imposes stack with 30 second time limit
each
** voting
*** 6 votes for a permanent ban of ardeen
*** 1 against - ardeen himself
*** 5 abstaining
*** this is less than 2/3. motion fails.
** vote on a temporary one-month banning of ardeen
*** 12 for
*** 0 against
*** 2 abstains
*** motion passes. Matt notes that the Public School has voted to uphold
our bans.
* proposal to ban sarah
** "She isn't here. Word she's left the city."
** "she's been sleeping here after being warned, and also knowingly ate my
food."
** "she's had conflicts at Noisebridge and refused arbitration there, which
is not a good sign"
** "I'd support this ban more if it were about violence or extreme
disrespect"
** "We need a committee on social affairs"
** voting
*** 5 in favor
*** 0 against
*** 6 abstentions
*** motion seems to fail?
*** Feedback from abstainers:
**** Having a calm person unattached to the conflict to serve as ally for
**** Permanent bans pretty harsh - people can change
**** Homelessness is a transient condition
**** process is broken since abstentions and no-votes seemed to be
equivalent here
**** Eliot suggests permanent bans be reserved for violent oppression, but
supports long-term bans
*** "I will reach out to her and say she's not banned but she's not welcome
and should come to a meeting"
*** JC offers mediation in future conflicts

* "sudo room resolves to allow the Internet Archive Federal Credit Union to
make deposits."
** There are no objections. We all feel pretty good to be voting on this.

* Suggestion that we auto-ban anyone who has been banned by noisebridge
unless at least one member objects. New bans to be adopted at each weekly
meeting. - juul
** See https://noisebridge.net/86 for current Noisebridge bans
** Matt suggests inserting a human approval method rather than auto-ban,
citing Value # 5 of sudo room's Articles of Association:
*** "Value human judgment over automation and efficiency."
** "Would this rule have solved problems in the past" "Yes" "yes" "yes"
"YES!"
** "is the burden on individuals to monitor the noisebridge banlist in
order to object in time?"
** "it literally just made the process easier with ardeen that public
school had a similar vote on our banlist"
*** "I didn't actually feel good mentioning BAPS' policy so I don't think
that's a point in favor"
** Brendan: "In considering banning individuals from sudo room, it is valid
to take into consideration any bans from other communities."
** "I'd prioritize specific kinds of bans such as those involving sexual
predators"
*** DOES THIS WORK?? "Noisebridge bans can be given a temporary ban at sudo
room by request of any member, to last until there is quorum to review the
ban. Sudo room will consider all Noisebridge bans as potential bans at sudo
room, going through the normal process"
** "There should be an opportunity to lift bans"

* Matt suggests a rule that our bureacracy can't be used against us:
** "Value fairness and common sense over prolonged process and bureaucracy."
** "I finds this unimplementable and a little ironic"
** "if you want that to change, develop a mentality for it, don't wait for
bureaucracy to solve it"
** "can we move this onto next week's agenda?" [laughter]
*** "I propose this be highly prioritized to next week"
** "does anybody have a reason this should not be consensed to be in our
articles?"
*** "I do. It's an awesome value, but just words."
**** That's sort of the point ^.^ it's a poem!
** No consensus yet, more workshopping.

* At the November 6, 2013 meeting, there was consensus that Marc Juul
should be the sole founder of our IRC channel, freenode.#sudoroom - this
was discussed on the mailing list, there have been no blocks or
alternatives proposed. This meeting, with 16 people present, affirms that
it has been solidly consensed on at this point. Sudoroom as an organization
will now reach out to Freenode to make it happen.
** Asked for objections four or five times. No objections. phew!

* Juul suggests that we change the articles such that bans require 2/3 of
the votes of present members, excluding abstainess.
** "you should just use a normal voting process and not that weird process
you just used"
** "can't consent on this now because the problem is deeper than this"
** "do i have to be a dues-paying member to vote?"

==Conflict Resolution==
* "kudos to facilitators"

==Misc==
* Learning Collective w/ Haley (samarasteele at gmail.com)
** villagecraft.org
** wants to have events here

==After meeting teamups==
* Cyberpunk LARPing and software Microcontroller development.

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Thanks to all present for sticking it through this one!
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Jenny
http://jennyryan.net
http://sudomesh.org
http://thevirtualcampfire.org
http://technomadic.tumblr.com

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