Current Consensus Items: Difference between revisions

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(Jake's new associate membership proposal.)
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|Pigeon is unwelcome at Noisebridge. He is prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community.
|Pigeon is unwelcome at Noisebridge. They are prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community.
|[[user:bfb|kevin]]
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|[[Meeting_Notes_2013_10_22|2013-10-22]]
|[[Meeting_Notes_2013_10_15|2013-10-15]]
|[[user:jake|Jake]]
|Jake
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|Membership to Noisebridge should no longer be dependant on a person's ability or willingness to pay money to noisebridge, or to bring food or beer to a meeting, but only on their ability to acquire sponsorship signatures and be consensed upon at a meeting, after leaving the meeting to give opportunity for any objections to be discussed before they return.
A new Tier of Membership to Noisebridge shall exist, called Associate
Members will thus enter and remain in good standing without regard to any financial contributions they do or do not make in that time.
Member.  People can become Associate Members through the normal
A Member can be suspended by consensus minus one, meaning that consensus by the group can suspend indefinitely the membership of a person over that
membership process.  Associate Members are not required to contribute to
person's objections.
Noisebridge financially, only to "contribute regularly" to Noisebridge.
Associate Members, while present, can host non-members in the space just
like Full Members.  But Associate Members cannot block consensus like
Members.
 
Also the policy of Noisebridge as a space open only to Members and their
guests shall be changed to 24 hours a day instead of 23:00 to 10:00.
This means that at any time, a person who is without a live sponsor in
the space can be told that if they cannot find a new live sponsor
promptly they should pack up and come back another time, perhaps Tuesday
night.
</blockquote>
|[[user:jake|jake]]
|[[user:jake|jake]]
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Revision as of 14:28, 23 October 2013

This is a page for hosting consensus items currently under debate, with their formal wording.

The Consensus Items History is the public record of consensus items that have been decided on in the past. Please move the records from the "Current" page to the "History" page once they've been approved/blocked.

Date First Discussed Proposed By Wording Author of this Record
2013-10-15 Monad Pigeon is unwelcome at Noisebridge. They are prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community. kevin
2013-10-15 Jake Membership to Noisebridge should no longer be dependant on a person's ability or willingness to pay money to noisebridge, or to bring food or beer to a meeting, but only on their ability to acquire sponsorship signatures and be consensed upon at a meeting, after leaving the meeting to give opportunity for any objections to be discussed before they return.

Members will thus enter and remain in good standing without regard to any financial contributions they do or do not make in that time. A Member can be suspended by consensus minus one, meaning that consensus by the group can suspend indefinitely the membership of a person over that person's objections.

jake