Meeting Notes 2009 09 01

Crew

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Agenda Items

Announcements

• Introduction and Names
• What Noisebridge is about.
• Treasurer's Report
• Very brief primer on Noisebridge consensus process.

What's Going On at Noisebridge

One short sentence about each of the following:

• PyClass (Monday 6:30PM, 83c)
• Circuit Hacking Mondays (8PM, 83c)
• Machine Learning Wednesdays (8PM, 83c)
• Kite Hacking Thursday (8PM, 83c)
• Science/Engineering Huddle (8PM Fridays, 83c) come early for one-on-one
• Shop Class - Most Fridays @ 8pm, check out the wiki page for details.
• Natural Language Corners
  • German Thursdays 7PM 83c, beginners earlier, advanced come later.
  • French Wednesday
• Sensebridge Cyborg Group (Sundays)
• OpenEEG Sunday 3pm - 5pm
• Noisebridge CTF
• Go on Sunday 3pm
• Locks! Sunday 3pm
• Spacial Imaging Workshop - Sunday 16th, 7pm

Project Updates

• 2169 Mission
  • Buildout team update
  • Floor report

Discussion topics

• More T-shirts for Noisebridge
• More stickers for Noisebridge

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Notes

Crappy notes by SuperQ:

Tres report:

• 3 months == 15k in bank
• 11k In bank right now
• Move expenses over budget (we're on par with CA)
• Loans
  • Sucks
  • Bad idea

Primer on consensus process

• Nobody objects (strongly) to a decision
• Poll people to understand or agree to ideas
• Blocking is a last resort?
• Long process.
• 1 week and written notice

What's going on right now:

• pyclass mondays
• science friday
• buildout
• shop class
• Languages
  • German - thursdays
  • French - wednesdays
  • Mandarin - tuesdays (6pm) - It's all about the tones

People are at burningmans

• Slackers
• They suck

Noisebridge CTF

• What?

Games

• Go on sundays
• Lockpicking on sundays
• Sunday 16th Sep - Spacial imaging
• Erlang class - Some guy

Project Updates

• aka, holy crap, 2169
• Rats?
• Sheetrock is going up
• We have a toliet
• 5min of Fame - THE shit
  • dance and a giggle
• PLZ SHOW UP FOR BUILDOUT!!!!!
• Holy shit--- walls.. not the ones you thought we were making
• Electrical looks awesome.. BOXES
  • Switches
  • Ampers
  • PLAN!
• HVAC Update:
  • Huge, move air
  • talking offline

Swag!

• Tshirts
• Stickers
• Patches? Patches! We need stinking patches!
• Is it ok to pocket profits from noisebridge logo'd items?
  • Hell Yes/No?
• Fundraising is good
• Stickers = free/outreach
• Tshirts = Profit!
• Trademark / creative commons copyright - discussion topic.
• Buttons

My laptop is dying

Updated logo/address

• new shirt designs, woo
• Open for proposals
• Bike sheds

Dr J status update

• Touchscreen
  • You can touch them
  • They do stuff
  • Fuck windows
  • (they run in linux)
  • That is all

NON TOXIC PAINTS

• No VOCs paints taste good
• Easy to find these days
• Water base paints
• Lead doesn't taste good

Cleaning service

• Looking for replacement
• It makes no sense to clean our own space
• We suck at it
• ha-ha
• we have a way, but not the will
• Seriously

Fire Safety

• Wikipage
• Stuff on wall
• Fire extinguisher logo on wall not acurate
• Safety dance

No membership binder this week