Consensus Items History
This page acts as a record of consensus decisions, both for measures approved and blocked.
The Current Consensus Items page is the public record of consensus items to be decided on.
Date | Proposed by | Wording | Decision | Author of this Record |
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2014-12-09 | User:Kevin | RFID keys may be distributed in order to grant users access to Noisebridge. Keys should be seeded at the whim of the makers of the RFID access control system. Distributors of the keys should have the ability to distribute keys with two permissions: One permission grants actual access, the other permission grants the ability to distribute new keys with one or both permissions. | Withdrawn | User:Jarrod |
2014-10-07 | User:Kevin | Allocating all funds for AV equipment. | Let's allocate funds to buy Rubin's list of AV equipment | User:Patrickod |
2014-11-04 | User:Tdfischer | Revoke Consensus Proposal(s) that create(s) Associate Membership. | Associate Membership confuses everyone and serves no purpose. Let it die. | User:Nthmost |
2014-09-09 | Torrie | If the Sudo Room hackerspace in Oakland bans a person from their space for reasons of safety, that person is not welcome at Noisebridge unless explicitly welcomed by the community. | Consensed | John Shutt |
2014-06-24 | Dan F | What was consensed as
Noisebridge's space shall be open only to members and associate members at any time. A member or associate member may at any time invite a person into Noisebridge and host that person at Noisebridge as long as that member or associate member remains at Noisebridge. No other person shall be permitted at Noisebridge at any other time. should be changed to Noisebridge should be "as open as possible" ... |
Consensed | John Shutt |
2014-05-27 | Jeffrey via Jake | What was consensed as
"Noisebridge's space shall be open only to members and associate members at any time. A member or associate member may at any time invite a person into Noisebridge and host that person at Noisebridge as long as that member or associate member remains at Noisebridge. No other person shall be permitted at Noisebridge at any other time." should be changed to "Noisebridge is open to Members, Associate Members, and guests sponsored by same, at all times. Any person who is not one of the above may be asked to leave if no Member or Associate Member present wishes to sponsor them at that time, with no other justification being necessary. People coming to Noisebridge who don't know anyone should be introduced to members who are present so that sponsorship can occur if members present choose to do so at that time. Noisebridge should present itself as "open to public visitors and guests as often as possible" |
Blocked | Jeffrey |
2014-05-27 | Naomi | Members should not be forced to identify themselves on the public wiki. NB has a paper Member folder for a good reason. The Secretary's primary job is to maintain the accuracy of the Member List; public (i.e. extra-Noisebridge) identification must not be required for the Secretary to do this job. Relevant consensus item passed at Meeting_Notes_2013_11_12 and begins with "It shall not a secret..." | Consensed | Naomi |
2014-05-20 | Monad | Noisebridge should revert member dues to previous state. | Consensed | Kevin |
2014-04-22 | Naomi | revert to Member / associate member structure for recognized forms of NB participation. (bureaucracy Pull Request #35) Condition: this decision in no way ratifies the language used in the Policy Manual in the bureaucracy repo. (reverse Consensus Item from 2014-02-04) | Consensed | Naomi |
2014-04-08 | General | Un-ban RAYC | Nope | Kevin |
2014-03-18 | General | Ban RAYC: Pull request. | Rejected | Tom |
2014-03-18 | Tom | Publish member list in our policies git repo. Github issue | Rejected | Tom |
2014-03-11 | Tom | Ban Josh: Pull request. | Rejected | Tom |
2014-03-11 | John | RAYC is instructed to take a break from NB. Therefore he is prohibited from entering the physical building of 2169 Mission st. until 2014-09-12. | Consensus | Tom |
2014-03-11 | Tom | Robin Nöel is no longer a member of the Noisebridge Council. | Consensus | Tom |
2014-03-04 | N0_Hat | Kyle, Johnny, and Kara are unwelcome at Noisebridge. They are prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community. | Consensus | Tom |
2014-03-04 | N0_Hat | Ban Robin - Ban Robin from the space for reoccurring pattern of abusive behavior. pull request | The proposal to ban Robin was suspended when he promised to stay away from Noisebridge until invited back. | Tom |
2014-02-18 | Robin | Ban Pidgeon -- Pidgeon is unwelcome at Noisebridge. They are prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community. | Deferred in favor of a six-week do-ocratic ban agreed between Ron and Pigeon. | Tom |
2014-02-18 | Tom | Ban Lee Sonko -- Pull request | Consensed | Tom |
2014-02-04 | Tom | Git repo for policy -- The canonical location for Noisebridge policies and processes shall be a git repository. The canonical process to modify these policies and processes shall be the merging of a proposed changed version. The desicion to merge a patch shall be made by Noisebridge's consensus process. The most recent version of all such policies and procedures shall also be posted at an appropriate page on the Noisebridge wiki. It shall be the responsibility of the Secretary to operate and maintain this system. | Consensed | Tom |
2014-02-04 | Tom Lowenthal | Membership renaming -- Renaming the category “Noisebridge Members” to the “Noisebridge Council”, and renaming the category “Associate Members” to “Noisebridge Members”. This change extends not only to our operations, but also to our bylaws, so that the effect is only a change of name but does not change the rights or privileges of any person or category of people. Repealed 2014-04-22 | Consensed | Tom Lowenthal |
2014-02-04 | Tom | No changes to consensus proposals -- Proposals shall only be elegible to reach consensus in a weekly meeting in the exact form that they were agreed at a previous weekly meeting. Items shall not be elegible for consensus unless they were recorded on the Current Consensus Items page on the Noisebridge wiki before 24 hours have passed after the end of the weekly meeting in which they were proposed. If a proposal is modified at a weekly meeting, it shall not be elegible for consensus at that meeting. | Consensed | Tom |
2014-01-21 | Al | "Noisebridge will pay a service to recharge all the fire extinguishers in the space and/or purchase new fire extinguishers, and buy smoke/CO detectors for the space. We will need about a dozen working fire extinguishers for the space. NB will also allocate $200.00 per year, with an initial cost not to exceed $300.00 initial cost." | Consensed | Jarrod |
2014-01-07 | Tom | Adopt the draft anti-harassment policy in its current form in the git repo. | Consensus | Tom |
2014-01-07 | Danny O'Brien | That the Tuesday Meeting be moved to 7pm, to limit fatigue and encourage new attendees. | Consensed | Al |
2013-12-17 | Danny O'Brien | That the Tuesday Meeting be streamed in audio when possible, with the aim of encouraging online involvement. By the consensus of those present, the meeting may be limited to those in the space for privacy reasons. The responsibility for streaming will be that of the secretary. | Consensus | Tom |
2013-12-10 | Tom | It is the responsibility of all users of Noisebridge (guests, Members, and Associate Members) to contribute to Noisebridge as they are able. An individual's contribution should be proportionate with that person's use of Noisebridge and its resources. A reasonable monetary contribution from a member or associate member may be $80 per month, but it is each person's responsibility to determine what contribution is reasonable for them. Repealed 2014-05-20 | Consensus | Tom |
2013-11-26 | Al Sweigart | The "optional member dues" change to the 2013-10-15 "Associates Member" consensus item is a large enough change that discussion of the consensus item should have been extended so that members not in attendance could debate it. This consensus item invalidates the 2013-10-15 consensus item so that this discussion can take place and the membership can come to a consensus/block it. | Blocked | Al Sweigart |
2013-11-12 | Tom | If a paper membership application has been in the binder for more than twelve weeks, that application should be discarded. If that person still wants to become a member, they must start the application process over from scratch. | So say we all | Tom |
2013-11-12 | Consenso | If a member has not identified themself as such by adding the Category:Members to their wiki user page by $DATE, they shall no longer be a member of Noisebridge. | Both Jakes object | Tom |
2013-11-12 | Tom | It shall not a secret whether a person is a Member of Noisebridge. It shall be the responsibility of each member to identify themself as a member by adding the Category:Members to their wiki user page. Until a Member so identifies, they shall not be entitled to any privilege of Noisebridge Membership. Likewise, if a member is on Membership/Hiatus, they must indicate this by adding the Category:Hiatus to their wiki user page; this method of so identifying shall replace any other notification requirement for going on and coming off hiatus. Although it shall generally be a responsibility shared by all members to ensure that this category of identification is used correctly, in cases where its use is disputed, Noisebridge's secretary shall be the final arbiter. | So say we all | Tom |
2013-11-12 | JC | It should be possible to secure Noisebridge when not in use. Noisebridge should be secured when not in use. All Noisebridge Members and Associate Members should have access to Noisebridge. | So say we all | Tom |
2013-11-05 | Leif | Revoke the previous two members-only consensus items are return Noisebridge to being a place where people are welcome to do excellent things without asking for permission from anyone. | Blocked | Jarrod |
2013-11-05 | Justin | I officially propose that any large policy changes at Noisebridge or in Noisebridge policies require at least 10 members or 50 percent of the members (whichever is smaller) to be present at the meeting that decides it. | Blocked | Jarrod |
2013-10-22 | Monad | Banning Pigeon OR Jake's amendment that Pigon stay away from Noisebridge for 2 months | Sent to Mediation | Jarrod |
2013-10-22 | Jake | No Noisebridge member shall be entitled to full participation in the consensus process around a proposal to suspend that person's membership. If a member has been suspended, they shall no longer be considered a member of Noisebridge for any purpose, including but not limited to, full participation in the consensus process. Language updated via consensus on 2013 11 05 | Consensed | Tom |
2013-10-15 | Jake | There shall be a new tier of membership, called an Associate Member. An associate member shall have all the rights and privileges of membership except that an associate member shall not be entitled to full participation in the consensus process. The process for becoming an associate member shall be the same as the process for becoming a member, except that four sponsors shall be required instead of two, and that it shall not require the consensus of Noisebridge for a person to become an associate member, but that the consensus of Noisebridge may reject an application for a person to become an associate member.
Noisebridge's space shall be open only to members and associate members at any time. A member or associate member may at any time invite a person into Noisebridge and host that person at Noisebridge as long as that member or associate member remains at Noisebridge. No other person shall be permitted at Noisebridge at any other time. Neither members nor associate members shall be required to pay membership dues as a condition of such membership. Nonrequirement of dues-paying was repealed on 2014-05-20 -- Members pay dues, associate members do not. |
Consensed | Tom |
2013-10-01 | Rachel1.0 | "Adam (Joseph Adam Moore) is unwelcome at Noisebridge. He is prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community." | Consensed | Rachel1.0 |
2013-09-17 | Hannah | Adopt an anti-harassment policy, and post it on the wiki and a place of prominence in the space; this policy is in a trial period until the THIRD WEEK OF JANUARY 2014, at which point it should be put up for consensus again to extend it / make it permanent:
"Noisebridge is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of people at our events or space in any form. Sexual language and imagery should be only be used for positive purposes in accordance with best practices advocated by professional sex educators (if you’re not sure what those are, don’t do it). People violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the space or the event at the discretion of any Noisebridge member. Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention. People asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately." |
Consensed | Snail |
2013-09-17 | Norman | Assign Norman as an "radio officer" to obtain an FRN from the FCC. | Consensed | Snail |
2013-09-10 | SuperQ | Noisebridge should not renew our lease when it expires. Noisebridge should also seek to exit the lease as soon as possible. | Blocked | Jarrod |
2013-09-10 | Adam | Harvey is unwelcome at Noisebridge. He is prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community. | Consensed | Jarrod |
2013-09-10 | Ryan | Chris aka Raging Bull should be banned permanently from the space after physically assaulting a member of the Noisebridge community. He is prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community.. | Consensed | Jarrod |
2013-09-10 | Cynthia | People should have to reveal financial conflicts of intrest during community discussion. | Not Consensed | Jarrod |
2013-09-10 | Pidgeon | Ban Dru from Noisebridge until there can be a confirmation that he does not jeopardize Noisebridge as a safespace | Blocked | Jarrod |
27-August-2013 | Rayc | Robert proposes a person must have at least a minimum of one active project to be at Noisebridge | Retracted | Jarrod |
13-August-2013 | Monad | The cost of dump runs be automatically payed. A minimum of 2 members must approve and a total of 4 or more people must be involved. Not to exceed $200.00 in a month and a receipt must be provided to the treasurer. | Consensed | Jarrod |
13-August-2013 | Johny Radio | To change to meeting discussion process by giving the current speaker opportunity to make direct response to direct responses directed at themself at the discretion of the moderator by way of an agreed upon signal | Not Consensed | Jarrod |
13-August-2013 | James | Reimburse Monad ($63) for dump-run, and reimburse James ($81) for kitchen supplies from Discount Builders. | Consensed | |
30-July-2013 | Martin | Brandon is unwelcome at Noisebridge. He is prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community. | Consensed | Danny |
23-July-2013 | Cynthia | Noisebridge disallow use of poisons to control insects and other animals in favor of using diatomaceous earths and other materials benign to large animals for a period of time no less than four months, and if results are favorable, for continued sets of four months with reviews comparing with measurements to be taken this month of July 2013. | Not Consensed | Jarrod |
23-July-2013 | Unlisted | "Mark ${cheesecake incident} O' Neil is unwelcome at Noisebridge. He is prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community. | Consensed | Jarrod |
23-July-2013 | Monad | From now until October 1, if any person at Noisebridge requests that any non-service animal leave Noisebridge, the human responsible for that animal should remove it from the space immediately. | Consensed | Jarrod |
23-July-2013 | Leif | Michael "Occupirate" Clift is unwelcome at Noisebridge. He is prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community. | Consensed | Jarrod |
9-July-2013 | Leif | Michael "Occupirate" Clift is unwelcome at Noisebridge. He is prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community. | Approved, Cautiously | Jarrod |
9-July-2013 | Jake | Noisebridge pay back the landlord for the cost of Tony's escape, and not to even consider re-admitting Tony until he pays us back for that. | Approved | Jarrod |
9-July-2013 | Tom | Tony Longshanks LeTigre is unwelcome at Noisebridge. He is prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community. | Approved | Jarrod |
9-July-2013 | Jake | The door button at the top of the stairs shall be replaced with a numeric keypad. Only those with valid codes can remotely open the door. This change shall be extensively communicated before it is implemented. This change will be implemented for two months, and in two months will be up for permanent consensus. | Approved | Jarrod |
4-June-2013 | Mitch | Purchase 133 more Noisebridge T-shirts for $989.29 from Eastbay Screen Print. Purchase 3,000 small and 3000 large Noisebridge stickers for $775.08 from StickerGiant. |
Approved | Jarrod |
2013-05-28 | Casey | That Scud and Chrissy are are barred from Noisebridge. They are prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community. | Approved | Dan F |
2013-04-16 | Kevin | The treasurer SHOULD open a checking account for Noisebridge at a local credit union, possibly the San Francisco Fire Credit Union, and begin using it as Noisebridge's primary bank account. The current Wells Fargo account should be deprecated and eventually canceled when it is no longer in use. | Approved | Leif |
2013-03-12 | Tom | We recommend to the board that they select Danny to be Treasurer, Tom to be Secretary, and Snail to be President for 2013. | Approved | Ken |
2013-03-19 | Tom | We will reimburse Mitch up to $1000 to replenish our t-shirt supply. | Approved | Snail |
2013-03-19 | Tom | Shawn Landden (photo) is barred from Noisebridge. He is prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community. (Here is some context and here is more context.) | Approved | Snail |
2013-01-29 | So say we all | We have agreed the slate for the 2013 board elections. | Approved | Tom |
2013-01-29 | Danny | It is the consensus of Noisebridge that Danny send the DreamworksReply on Noisebridge's behalf. | Approved | Tom |
2013-01-29 | Leif | It is the consensus of Noisebridge that Ping is authorised to send FOIA requests on behalf of Noisebridge for records related to Noisebridge. | Approved | Tom |
2012-11-20 | Danny | Noisebridge officially joins the Open Wireless Movement | Approved | Tom |
2012-11-06 | Tom | Noisebridge renews its lease on the 2169 Mission space, increasing our rent from $3600 to $3960. | Approved | Tom |
2012-10-30 | Martin | I would like Noisebridge to purchase six units of Gorilla racks ($1200-$1800) to be membership shelves. | Rejected in lieu of private collection. | Tom |
2012-10-16 | Danny | Tom Lowenthal should replace Danny as the secretary of Noisebridge | Approved | Leif |
2012-07-31 | Malaclyps | It is consensus of Noisebridge that grant specified at Grants/tf2012 be accepted, and the money be used exclusively for paying operating expenses. | Approved | Malaclyps |
2012-07-24 | That Snail should be President of Noisebridge | Approved | Malaclyps | |
2012-06-19 | MCT and Leif | Noisebridge should extend the authorization of the Noisetor project indefinitely. | Approved | MCT |
2012-06-12 | Kelly | Authorize Treasurer to grant Power of Attorney to the Noisebridge accountant for tax purposes | Approved | MCT |
2012-06-05 | (Meeting wording) | Rob 2.0 (aka Dank) is barred from Noisebridge. He is prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community. | Approved | Danny |
2012-05-22 | Will | That we extend the cleaning contract with Skyline Building Care for another six months. They come by at the end of each month, it costs $145 each month. | Approved | Will |
2012-03-27 | Kelly | The treasurer is permitted to spend the money required to accept payments with anything other than PayPal, incorporating an initial startup fee not to exceed $400, followed by a monthly fee not to exceed $100. | Approved | Danny |
2012-03-12 | Miloh | Request for up to $300.00 of Noisebridge funds to improve the electronics area infrastructure. Up to $300.00 would be allocated for the cost of material needed to build a 4th electronics bench, an equipment hutch for the bench, and a storage cabinet for the electronics tools at Noisebridge. Any direct donations to support this project would reduce the amount used from Noisebridge funds by an equal amount. | Approved | Danny |
2012-03-06 | SuperQ | That Noisebridge reimburse Mr SuperQ for the remainder of the cost of the wire trays, after donations this week. (Wire trays cost $930, donations so far $100) | Approved | Will |
2012-03-06 | Mitch | That Noisebridge reimburse Mitch for 6,000 Noisebridge stickers that he bought and paid for from Sticker Giant. 3,000 small Noisebridge stickers: $333.91 + 3,000 large Noisebridge stickers: $421.17 + shipping: $20 -- Total: $775.08 | Approved | Will |
2012-02-14 | Policy Wonks | Adopt the Policy Wonks' proposed [codification of our consensus practices]. | Approved | Tom |
2012-02-14 | Policy Wonks | Adopt the Policy Wonks' proposed [revisions to Hiatus]. | Approved | Tom |
2012-01-31 | Shannon | That Noisebridge reimburse Mr Shannon for the remainder of the cost of $100 of new keys, after donations this week. | Withdrawn after $100 donations were procured. | Danny |
2012-01-17 | Policy Wonks | Adopting the Policy Wonks' suggestion for membership expiry | Approved | Leif |
2012-01-17 | Policy Wonks | Adopting the Policy Wonks' suggested clarification of the membership application process | Approved | Leif |
2012-01-17 | Policy Wonks | Adopting the Policy Wonks' suggestions for how to be a Noisebridge member | Approved | Leif |
2012-01-17 | Leif | Noisebridge should use the approval voting process for Board elections. | Approved | Leif |
2012-01-17 | Leif | In the case of a tie between the election of Noisebridge board candidates, we will use a Roshambo tournament between said parties to decide. | Approved | Leif |
2012-01-17 | MCT | Now that Noisetor has undergone a trial period of operation, Noisebridge should extend the authorization of the Noisetor project for another six months. | Approved | MCT |
2012-01-17 | Tom | Matching funds for Noisetor donations should go to Noisetor. | Approved | MCT
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2011-11-22 | WSargent | "Noisebridge pays money out of general funds for a cleaner for a continuing period of three months at a rate of $145 per month; additionally, Rob will do a bi-weekly declutter, coordinated with the arrival of the cleaning people, with lunch paid for by Rubin at a rate of $20 per session; additionally, Ben will clean at the opposite end of the monthly cycle from the cleaners, again coordinating with Rob." | Approved | Danny |
2011-10-11 | SuperQ | "To spend an amount not to exceed $1000 net after rebate, on a $2000 float to pay a contractor to install more efficient lighting throughout Noisebridge" | Approved | Danny |
2011-10-11 | Consensus | Be it the consensus of Noisebridge that the issue of banning Rob 2.0 (a.k.a. Dank) be deferred until either he or his advocate Mitch or Kelly, gives fair notice and attends a meeting. Until that time he is unwelcome at Noisebridge. | Approved | Tom |
2011-09-13 | Leif | "Noisebridge shall order and pay $1500 for t-shirts." | Approved | Danny |
2011-08-02 | Andy | For a trial period of six months, Noisebridge should sponsor an official project to provide Tor nodes, and accept donations earmarked for that purpose. (Noisebridge Tor Project writeup at the time of consensus) | Approved | MCT |
2011-06-28 | Danny | That Noisebridge pays money out of general funds for a cleaner for a trial period of three months, to a maximum of $160 per month. | Approved | Danny |
2011-05-31 | Kelly | That NB Make Eric Steinburg A Member | Approved | User:wsargent |
2011-05-17 | Shannon | That NB make Danny O'B secretary | Approved | Danny |
2011-04-05 | Mitch | Shall Noisebridge order and pay for 50 or 100 or 200 T-shirts to arrive before the San Francisco Maker Faire 21-May-2011? | Approved - 200 | Ben |
2011-03-01 | Al Sweigart | To bar Patrick Keys (CitizenKeys) from entering the space and participating in the community. | Approved | Danny |
2011-02-08 | Mitch | Mitch to spend $775 plus shipping on Noisebridge stickers. | Approved | Seth |
2010-01-05 | andy | We should consense on what software to use, and the finer points of which form of condorcet to use. | We decided to use the code that andy wrote. | danny |
2011-01-11 | jof | Nominations are open right now. Any regular member in good standing
may put a name forward for nomination for a spot on next year's board. If you fit this criteria and would like to make a nomination, please enter it on this wiki page ( https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Board_Nominations_2011 ) along with your name, pseudonym, or wiki signature. - If you're not comfortable using the wiki, I will offer my self up as a proxy that you can contact to have your nomination listed on there. Please email ( jof@thejof.com ) or IM ( jabber: jof@thejof.com ) me with what you'd like listed. My GPG key is 0x8F8CAD3D - Nominations will be open until 23:59 on Thursday, December 23rd 2010. - After the list of candidates is finalized on the 23rd, we'll have some time to mull over our decision and talk with our peers about who's been nominated. Vote submission may also begin at this time. - Any regular, dues-paying member in good standing may vote. - Again, I'm willing to act as a proxy for vote submission. - The mulling-it-over / early voting period ends on Tuesday, January 18th 2011 - On January 18th, 2011, voting will commence after our regular membership meeting. At this time, any remaining votes can be received. Closer to this date, I'll pick a deadline time for vote submission. - After all the votes have been received, I will tally the votes and announce who has won. - Ballots should be made in a ranked list of desired candidates. This ranked list will be tallied using the Condorcet method (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method ) Please let me know if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions. Otherwise, please nominate whom you wish. |
Approved | Al Sweigart |
2010-10-06 | Hephaestus | Proposition to ban Rubin Abdi from Noisebridge and all related services. | Blocked | Hephaestus |
2010-10-12 | Dr. Jesus | Proposition to ban Sai from communicating with the press on matters regarding Noisebridge. | Blocked | Dr. Jesus |