Meeting Notes 2008 10 14: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 18:36, 23 October 2008

8pm, place: Noisebridge, 83C Wiese St. near 16th St. & Mission St., San Francisco

membership committee formation
Using Noisebridge's corporate status to acquire equipment/supplies
- Many useful and non-dangerous supplies must be ordered in the name of a corporation (or academic organisation). As Noisebridge is now a corporation, this opens a lot of doors for members to do experiments and other work that might otherwise be very difficult without the ability to acquire this sort of stuff. However, many other supplies which are useful *are* dangerous, are on government watch lists, or are otherwise a bad idea. Should we make it possible for members to order restricted-to-corporations supplies through Noisebridge? If so, what sort of process should we develop to protect the membership? Mlp 02:57, 9 October 2008 (PDT)
Chairs, stools, power tools - we need them
Napping pods - Reed and Rubin
Workshops update - what do we need before we can hold? chairs, earthquake straps, what else?
Insurance update - David Molnar
Keycard update - David Molnar
Halloween party! We should have one and stuff.
Membership dues
Pumpkin carving & hardware hacking weekend before Halloween
gift from NYC Resistor
after meeting - shelving placement

Note-taker: David Molnar

1) Membership Team Formation

Rachel is starting a Membership Committee/Team
The group will work out privileges, requirements, etc. of membership, then come back with a proposal for everyone.
Wiki page for group, please add yourself
In person meetings
Would be good if it were more than just Rachel, David, Andy, Shannon, or other "usual suspects"...
Code of conduct?
Waivers for liability?
Consensus: Rachel will lead Committee/Team/Group, everyone who wants to help sign up on the wiki.

2) Noisebridge policy on ordering stuff in corporate name

Deferred to next week since Meredith was not present, no one else wanted to tackle it.

3) Chairs, Stools, Power Tools

Bring chairs, stools for the shop, and power tools!
Steel folding chairs best, due to limited space
Steen will put out feelers for stools from bars that go under
Valencia and 18th community thrift has chairs
Metal chairs at Home Depot, Lowes, OfficeMax, CostCo
- Padded $20, unpadded $15
- Padded better for those with bony rears
- Don't spend money on chairs that don't match
- Buy chairs with noisebridge money?
- Figure out number of chairs we need - 20?
- Want folding chairs specifically due to space
- what is burn rate?
- we can afford to buy chairs
- some feeling if we can afford it, do it
- some feeling we can get enough w/o buying
Workshops coming up
- Mitch soldering workshop
- Delay?
- Don't need chairs tomorrow
- but need them soon
- Chair fund on the spot?
- Use noisebridge money instead?
Plan for space: banquet tables + chairs
- slightly modified, due to shelves, other things
Consensus: everyone look for chairs by next week, re-evaluate this

topic at next week's meeting.

4) Napping Pods

Rubin proposed installing napping pods in upstairs alcove
We are zoned commercial, no overnight stays
Plan to fit 3-6 people
- Foam plus wood plus small futon mattress
- Could we use hammocks instead?
- Enki reported that police came by at 4am due to noise from neighbors,so be aware of zoning issues if that happens
- Neighbor across the street highly vocal about noise
- Would not talk to Mitch for introduction
- May call police on us again
Using the space this way is a big decision, don't make in a single meeting
- More details needed on how much space used exactly before we decide for sure?
Consensus: we discuss this again at the next meeting.

5) Workshops

Mitch is holding a soldering workshop
- Needs soldering irons, wire cutters, wire strippers, chairs,benches, lighting
- All hail Jim for the amazing job he has done with electricity in the shop! Comes in at all hours, dedicated to the space.
Audrey will hold a photo workshop
- Needs darkroom equipment, development tanks
Shannon will hold workshops on how to use power tools
- Need power tools!
Meredith will hold chem lab workshop
Andy will hold PCB design workshop
Mikael wants to imbibe Americana by holding a pumpkin carving workshop
- Combine with Mitch's soldering?
- Saturday or Sunday prior to Halloween
  - See wiki for organizing details
Post upcoming workshops or ideas for workshops to wiki
Consensus: Workshops will happen and they will be cool.

6) Insurance update

We have a directors&officers quote from the Nonprofit Insurance Alliance of California
- $863 for 1 year, $1MM coverage, $1000 deductible
- That's $75/month
- We want directors&officers b/c of what happened to Alameda County Computer Resource Center
We have general liability quotes on the way from NIAC, from MIF insurance, and D&O from MIF insurance
Updates will go to board@lists.noisebridge.net as it happens

7) Lock update

AnonAccess is not as mature as we'd hoped, but Thomas is working on it
- We can contribute mature design back to the world
- Do we need to install something now? Everyone has keys. Why not just wait until we get AnonAccess working?
David and Lock Team will still look for competitive quotes just out of principle
- DESFire cards from SALTO (used by nah6)
- talk to Lock World
- If you want to help with lock stuff, e-mail David Molnar

8) Halloween Festivities

9) Membership dues for October

We have rent + utilities + reimbursements
Please pay your dues to Mitch
$80 baseline, $40 starving hacker
Numbers chosen based on 55 members, trying to get 2x rent each month, could change based on burn rate
- PayPal is OK, though costs us some
- talk to Mitch for suggestions
We have a bank account
Make cheques to "Noisebridge"
Can set up automatic bill pay
Drink sales brought in $80 so far
Consensus: we will pay dues to Mitch.

10) Safety Committee Announcement

11) NYC Resistor Gift

12) Juke Box

13) Build Team Report

14) Canadian Elections

15) Pick up trash on your way out