Meeting Notes 2009 09 01

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Crew

Moderator: Ceren

Note-Taker: SuperQ

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

Membership Binder

Consensus Items

Discussion topics

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

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

buildout reports