Meeting Notes 2016-01-27

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Sudoroom Meeting Wednesday January 27, 2016

intros

name, pronoun, icebreaker q: cyberpunk or steampunk?

  • cyber-juul: his excellency / that rotten bastard, why not both?
  • yar: punky brewster
  • jake: cyber.wizard
  • corey: neither. cypherpunk
  • Matt: he/him, steampunk (in denial)
  • Daniel: hi/him, cyberpunk
  • Steven: he/him, both! equally, together (combined).
  • Remote-Jenny: she/her, Firepunk.

announcements

  • Omni Volunteer Fair, Saturday March 12. Please show up and make use of all the free labor who's bound to show up
  • anticapitalist hackathon February 5-7th @ Noisbridge (SF)
  • NEVER UNDERESTIMATE RADICAL VISION
    • ^^ that's not an announcement, it's an imperative
  • 10 ms of silence for Marvin Minsky
  • procapitalist hackathon: every day from 9 to 9 at 1 infinite loop drive

proclamations

  • yar does proclaim something something
  • murmers of agreement from the crowd
  • juul hereby proclaims that the sudo/ccl fridge shall henceforth be known as: The snackerspace +1
    • juul nails the proclamation to the door to cyberspace

conglomerations

  • juul: shall we send an envoy to the rat conglomeration to attempt a diplomatic solution?
  • yar forms a multinational conglomerate
  • SPEAK IN CAPITALS
    • capitalism
    • MINSK COPENHAGEN KATHMANDU SINGAPORE SYDNEY TALINN (if you know what I mean)

DAS KAPITAL

  • We have a new bank account with Western Fed. Jenny and Matt are signers.
  • Stripe has been switched over, Paypal imminently.
  • Current Balances:
    • Western Acct: $1,594.64
    • Stripe: $486.18
    • PayPal: $860.39
    • Total current assets: $2,941.21 (+ ~1.5 BTC)
  • Pending Expenses:
    • Feb. Rent: $2000
    • Dec. Utilities: $414.57
    • Jan. Utilities: $371.65
    • Total pending expenses: $2786.22
  • yar: do we have a bank account with a card yet? need to pay digitalocean again soon
    • jenny: don't think i have the digitalocean login.
    • yar: where should i send it? do we have a sudo passpack?
    • never mind, i added matt's
  • juul: THANKS FOR DOING ALL THE MONEY STUFF!! \o/

BitCoin

wrought: Juul -- still want to sell the coin? juul: yep yep

new members

yar: David Wee wants to be a member, can't do Wednesdays. How do we deal with this problem? Also, they filled out the online form and were confused when this wasn't acted on. Should we remove this form? I think it only misleads people and gives them false expectations. juul: yes let's remove form

Jay

  • PROMPT: There are no wrong answers
  • Would you like to very briefly introduce yourself?
    • moved here a few years ago, did tech policy activism, now learning how to program
  • What brings you to sudo room?
    • awesome space. april brought me here before i even moved here. glad these spaces exist
  • What do you want to hack or learn at sudo room (if you know)?
    • lots of projects, idk when i'll find time. radio transmitter.
  • What do you want to share or teach at sudo room (if you know)?
    • [yar sucks at taking notes]
  • What's your plan to abolish sexual violence, police brutality and white supremacy? in 10 words or less
    • no idea. that's a lot.
  • What's your plan to end the anthropocene extinction, world hunger, global warming and global inequality? in 10 words or less
    • global democracy, better systems of governance, investment in sustainable energy. remake financial system
  • What's your plan to ensure freedom and privacy of communication for all? in 10 words or less

expectations

    • privacy for the weak, transparency for the powerful
  • expectations. problem?
    • don't think so
  • Have you ever been banned, asked to take a break, or similar, from a hackerspace or any other collective?
    • no
  • What are the best ways to contact you?
    • yar has email
  • What is your schedule like? Do you have particular times that you think you'll be around? You should check out our regular events!
    • late at night & weekends
  • Explain the next steps in the membership process and what they should expect

pondering

  • Charley is now a member
  • nathan & Nick have another week of pondering

process

  • it's broken. people apply & don't even come back.

Building Bloc

free hugs

There is no such thing as a free hug. That would violate the laws of thermodynamics. You can't win, you can't get even, you can't get out of the game--then you die. Translation: You can't get free hugs, you can't even trade hugs evenly, you can't stop the pursuit of free hugs--then you die.

What about a free as in freedom hug? Libre but not gratis