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= Instructions =
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* '''Delete these instructions section before posting completed minutes.'''
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* Pick a moderator and a note-taker.
* Optionally: pick a membership-binder-wrangler; otherwise the moderator can take care of it.
 
== Note-taker ==
* Open a text editor to take notes on the major points of the meeting, using this page at the template.
* Project the draft meeting notes and agenda in real time throughout the meeting.
* Edit the [[Current_Consensus_Items|Current Consensus Items]] if anything is proposed for consensus next week.
* Edit the [[Consensus_Items_History|Consensus Items History]] if anything was reached consensus or failed to reach consensus this week.
* Post the meeting notes to this page, and email out a summary with a link.
* Tell treasurer@noisebridge.net and secretary@noisebridge.net if there are new members.
 
== Moderator==
* Understand the structure of Noisebridge [[consensus|decision-making]]
* Make sure everyone gets a chance to speak.
* Speak only minimally yourself.
* Keep the meeting moving, and avoid getting bogged down.
* Identify discussion items, arrange times limits for talking about each item.
* Identify and summarize consensus, suggest things that need to be done.
* '''Get the [[membership binder]] and ensure that it is returned safely.'''
 
== Participants ==
* Say your name before you talk.
* Remain on-topic, and speak as concisely as possible.
* Assist the note-taker with any links or corrections that are needed.
* Remain respectful of other participants, their time, and the consensus and moderation process.
 
= Agenda =
= Agenda =
[https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge]
[https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge]
 
Note-taker: [[User:Malaclyps Danny]]
Note-taker: FIXME YOUR NAME HERE
Moderator: [[User:Zephry Zephyr]]
 
Moderator: FIXME THEIR NAME HERE
   
   
== Introduction and Names ==
== Introduction and Names ==
* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to explain''' [[Noisebridge_Vision|what Noisebridge is about]]:
* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to explain''' [[Noisebridge_Vision|what Noisebridge is about]]:
<blockquote>Noisebridge is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides a space for creation, collaboration, and learning about technology and creative projects. Noisebridge provides space, power tools, and infrastructure to help the public learn new skills and create cool things. Noisebridge continues to exist through and depends entirely on membership fees and donations. Our code of conduct is 'Be excellent to each other'."</blockquote>
<blockquote>Noisebridge is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides a space for creation, collaboration, and learning about technology and creative projects. Noisebridge provides space, power tools, and infrastructure to help the public learn new skills and create cool things. Noisebridge continues to exist through and depends entirely on membership fees and donations. Our code of conduct is 'Be excellent to each other'."</blockquote>
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** what do you do, and
** what do you do, and
** if you are new: how did you hear about Noisebridge?
** if you are new: how did you hear about Noisebridge?
 
* Zephyr
* Eric -- makes 16mm films! Maybe teach a 16mm film collective! Workshops!
* Justin -- moved here about 5 months ago. I live in the mission!
* Carlos -- I'm working on libnotify
* Isis -- I'm still battling with the Great Firewall of China. Great firewalL WILL MAKE TOTAL DESTROY
* (The Man They Call) Za -- I'm interested in authority (the least amounts of it)
* Nick -- I'm using a javascript database.
* Liz -- I just made cute mintyboost charging kit. Helping Malaclyps with killer robot.
* Steffen (spook)-- I iOS program, and getting interested in Node.js. In and out of Noisebridge, I was curious about the radiation detector project. Everyone agrees that jake@spaz.org would know.
* Eric -- He is the guy who edits wikipedia. Also interested in non-English language Dr Seuss
* Snail -- I don't remember what I do. Always starting projects, sometimes going back to them.
* Steve -- BRAINZZZ computer interface. Rebuilding brain interface for MC Hawking.
* Alex -- makes Code Hero.
* Danny -- I'm a retired trial lawyer. Heard there was an electron microscope. Interested in joining a
* Danny -- I'm writing this sentence.
* Leif -- I'm interested in counterantidisintermediation.
* Andrew -- UI designer.
* Mike -- work with leif on [[deep hack]], digital spelunking for the 21st century, getting down and dirty with the insides of computers.  Also technowander, not a quartermaster, or ombudsman.
* Elyane -- a filmaker. Interested to do a workshop in film.
* Bruno -- from Vienna, doing startup with seven other people. Wants to talking about delegated voting.
* Evan -- says don't use ArchLinux, whatever you do. A CONTENTIOUS POINT OF DISCUSSION.
== Short Announcements ==
== Short Announcements ==
* Cool new projects? Something you'd like people to know? Say now, but keep it short!
[[Toorcamp]]! Toorcamp! Toorcamp! We are still collecting people for Toorcamp. There is a bus going to Toorcamp! It's a hacker thing in the woods.
* Any happenings at the space of which members should be made aware.
Some discussion ensues about the Magic Seatless Occubus that is going to Toorcamp. There will be ham radio.
 
== New or Stale Events ==
== New or Stale Events ==
* Is there anything new happening at the space?
* Is there anything new happening at the space?
* Is there anything that has stopped happening at the space?
* Is there anything that has stopped happening at the space?
* If this is the first meeting of the month, review all the [[Category:Events | events at the space]] and try to weed out stale events.
== [[Membership Binder]] ==
== [[Membership Binder]] ==
* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to describe''' [[membership]], and the application process.
* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to describe''' [[membership]], and the application process.
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* The rest of the meeting should reach consensus on whether they may join.
* The rest of the meeting should reach consensus on whether they may join.
* Remember to applaud new members when they return.
* Remember to applaud new members when they return.
== Financial Report ==
== Financial Report ==
* Funds in bank:
* Funds in bank: I think we're doing okay.
* Noisetor (See the bulletpoints at the bottom of http://noisetor.net/finances/#summary):
* Noisetor (See the bulletpoints at the bottom of http://noisetor.net/finances/#summary):
 
** There are $1974.25 earmarked NoiseTor funds     
** Colo service has been paid through Jul  7, 2012
** There are enough funds to pay for an additional 2 months of colo
** This information was updated at Tue Jul 31 20:30:03 2012     
== Consensus items ==
== Consensus items ==
You may wish to '''invite a knowledgeable volunteer to repeat '''[[Consensus Process|a brief primer on the consensus process]].
You may wish to '''invite a knowledgeable volunteer to repeat '''[[Consensus Process|a brief primer on the consensus process]].
=== Proposals from last week ===
=== Proposals from last week ===
''(Add any items which pass or are blocked to the [[Consensus Items History]] page.)''
''(Add any items which pass or are blocked to the [[Consensus Items History]] page.)''
 
Malaclypse: worried that if we spent 10g on party + sent someone to singapore, he'd feel guilty because he works w/ foundation. So this 10 grand will go to our prudent reserve. So wouldn't sepent it on specific projuects, just 2 months' rent. Other objection: Teal foundation connected to peter teal, and p teal connected to overbone? and overbone connectedc to the legbone and + connected to datamining for THE MAN (i.e. u.$. govt)
Leif: Fact that Teal works for state not his objection, more that bofa said when someone should hack ... tea had their name on a very bad idea, that was the first he heard of them.
also not a fan of teal's wealth: paypal + facebook.
agreed long ago at last meetings to stand aside but thinks we really, really shoyldn't do this, not as no-straigs as it's being made to sound.
understand we can pay a rent,disingenuous, but if they wanted to sue, which he doesn't think they do, they could. and it's important to understand that we are entereing into a  contract that says this 10g is only for operating expenses + we can give them a receipt, but that doesn't  make me feel any better about this.
Don't see a problem. That's wthat they *want* us to spend it on.
Leif: But we'rre ALREADY paying our rent.
Can use other donations for other things.
macl: countrer thing is: by saying " i love peter teal" worked w/ teal found a lot in past couple of hyears, not sure he can speak to many diff conexxtions to everybody else, but i can really say they would be totally happy spending this on rent, i'm totally happy being the person saying we spent it on rent, i have a continuing relationship with them so i would lose a lot more than just getting sued as a board memeber, so willing to put a lot more than that on the line for this, including my current job
Alex: dealings w/ paypal mafia
at hackmeet a while ago. a friend of his "hazed" him for wearing "hack the future" shirt. feels bad being associated with tear on the face of it, but the shirt is for an org called hack the furuture and a bunch of ppl work at , just hackers like us who happen to work for a shady company.
asked him str8 up, "aht the hell? how do you wepxlain your won actions?" said they wanted to make this softwae to make sure no one would abuse sw like it.
But ther's a thing this is about, which is the 20 under 20... sepeaking tomororw at hackademic camp. unschooling folks...originally asked by danielle abt coming to nb, sorry, really busy. hasn't seen contract till tonight but only has obligation of 1 501c3 to another
teal fellowship is just a bunch of smart kids under 20, and we should welcome them.
i hope when someone saysd, "I heard about this from the teal fellowship," they we don't attack the n00bs.
There's the utiopian positive arm of tf, and then  abi evil capitalist arm, but utopians are awesome.
OTher thing brough upt , tshirt as example, fact that you're wearing it "exuses them" because using alex' social capital of wearing shirt.
Malc: different from the teal foundation
also don't thing tf is particularly interested in riding off nb's social capital
or would even think of it
malc: they have plenty
alex: when there's a drecte "his is going into bed with this" but it's enough places removed it shouldn't be an issue.
used to black-marker all m$ logos off shirts but hasn't gotten around to it w/ hack/future t's.
Malac: proposes putting up for consensus.
Leif: stops paying nb dues for 1 yr.
will probably spend his personal surplus on nb projects
mod: proposals for next week...
Malaclyps: No, no, no! Consensus! You need to do the magic words.
Stand aside? Block?
As such, it is the consensus of Noisebridge that we are taking this money.
Malac: Yuck!
@: Do-overs?
feels like ppl really want to use the money to do "something"
Is that consensus? I don't think it is.
Is anybody about taking this money?
Alex: I am!
Formally noted what it is spent for
Snail: + we don't have long discussions on what it's spent on
malc: prooposes it's the con
Trying to find wording that makes us feel better abt taking $$$.
If we're worried it's not consesnsus we should do it.
Worried Leif + Carlos aren't happy.
Carl0s: Agreesw/ lief.
Alex: Missed last discussion, doesn't want to rehash, but what in particular abt him?
carlos: feels like it's another individual whos washing their money w/ a nonprofit. happens a lot in the bay. i cannot assure to you that peter does that, but don¿'t ahve time nor tinfo for that, but as individula wantys to defend himself w/ facts, what is really going on?
malac: heard it was a sort of $$ laundering tax dodge; this isn't how tax dodges work, hee doesn't pay any less tax
leif: him, no but his foundations
chairtable found very much a tax shaleter, maybe pejeorative + legal, but it's true
he's a wealthey libertarian. all lbillionaries have nonprofits + it's not because they're all really nice ppl. rul is they have to spent 5% of total vlalue + don't pay taxes on profit from investments so he can give away + invest in for-profit enterprisees
his wealth is in this foundation, no?
doesn't actually work that way. for instandce if i'm 501ce + you decide y0ou're going to invest in an, tere is intese shit you ahve to go thru w/ board. it's not his money, board controls it.
but there are multi-gemneraltional keeping-it-in-fam $$$, but this is 1st gen. no, he doesn't pay taxes, but it's not really his money anymore, even if he gets director's salary.
what you say on multigen level what leif says has merit but in single gen doesn't work that way
mod: have we arrived at any new conclusions abt stance?
carl: nothing against ... but nb really believescan really succedd independ..}
malac: i do to.. iv'e been wavering on this too, and i think the thing that conveinced me is to push this more was that we get a fair bit of our money that we use on a regular basis from cheques of this size, maybe not quite, but 1 months aog we got one fro 1000 bux from silicon valley charity, so it's my feelthing that his money, aside from this contract that we have to sign is pretty much part of the ebb and flow of money that we get, and how we get moneys is to get donations like this. agrees we need to maintina tindependence, but our independence edependads on sporadic charity of individuals like this + doesn't really change how we work.
alex: reason for previous statement: not a great outcome if wevery1 feels like this is dirty money + theese are bad people. all these supersci save-the-workd type of projects .. doesnt' thingk they're evil + thikns if a buncyh of ppl from 20 u 20 show up, it's s good source of new awesome hackers, and there's a bunch of peopel from paluntree r who show up to use nb.
ñeif:  s welcome as anyone else to use nb, + they re wlcome to be members but that's not related to thte granty.
other than being its reason for existing.
alac. like to try to rejoin the consesnsus, rewored to say we'¿re going to use $$$ exclusifvely for paying rent
why not jus t break it donw + pay a bit of 12 mos rent?
does any1 have objections to moving on?
leif: shoul write doewn how many ppl are standing aside: at least 2 + maybe more... 4 two wks ago, and malac withdrew it
malac: because if there were 4 stand asides we should talk abt it some more. not as a threat, but i'm only doing it this week because there was a strong consensus that he should do it one more wk but he's not going to bring this up again. and they're totally fie either way.
anyone else awnt to voice?
no one want ts of have 10 mmeeeting to talking abt what to do with 10000$.
we have agone to 4 with this
Standing aside: Leif, Carlos, El Presidente - doesn't want her executive powers to present a conflict of interest.
----
Wording of the consensus: It is consensus of Noisebridge that the grant be accepted, and the money be used exclusively for paying operating expenses.
=== Proposals for next week ===
=== Proposals for next week ===
''(Add any new items for consensus to the [[Current Consensus Items]] page.)''
''(Add any new items for consensus to the [[Current Consensus Items]] page.)''
 
God forbid
Does anyone think a fundraiser with a goal? Alex's roommates think a big giant cartoon thermometer is the way to go
mo
== Discussion Items ==
== Discussion Items ==
If an item of discussion drags on too long, further discussion may be postponed until after the meeting ends.
If an item of discussion drags on too long, further discussion may be postponed until after the meeting ends.
During discussion, it is not necessary to write down exact what each person says. Record the topics of discussion, and any items of consensus or controversy here. Detailed descriptions of the conversation should go on the discuss page for this meeting.
During discussion, it is not necessary to write down exact what each person says. Record the topics of discussion, and any items of consensus or controversy here. Detailed descriptions of the conversation should go on the discuss page for this meeting.
 
Praveen proposed that Noisebridge fiscally sponsor the new Oakland hackerspace's fundraising activities. We deferred until Kelly the Treasurer had a chance to chip in with her opinion.
== End of Meeting ==
== End of Meeting ==
* [[PGP|PGP Key Signing]] could happen now, check the [[PGP|list]] to see who wants in on the action.
* [[PGP|PGP Key Signing]] could happen now, check the [[PGP|list]] to see who wants in on the action.
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* Clean and tidy the meeting notes, then save them to the wiki.
* Clean and tidy the meeting notes, then save them to the wiki.
* Send a summary of the meeting notes to the discussion list.
* Send a summary of the meeting notes to the discussion list.
* Enjoy the company of your fellow hacker or robot.
* Enjoy the company of your fellow hacker o* Discuss any items for which there was not time during the meeting.
* Discuss any items for which there was not time during the meeting.
r robot.
 
[[Category:Meeting Notes]]
[[Category:Meeting Notes]]

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Agenda

The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge Note-taker: User:Malaclyps Danny Moderator: User:Zephry Zephyr

Introduction and Names

Noisebridge is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides a space for creation, collaboration, and learning about technology and creative projects. Noisebridge provides space, power tools, and infrastructure to help the public learn new skills and create cool things. Noisebridge continues to exist through and depends entirely on membership fees and donations. Our code of conduct is 'Be excellent to each other'."

  • Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to give a brief primer on consensus process: We agree and so should you! Only paid-up members can block consensus.
  • Introduce any new or unusual moderation techniques that you may be using during the meeting like: direct responses, limited speaking time, orderless stack, &c.
  • Round of introductions (remember, announcements come later):
    • What's your name,
    • are you a member,
    • what do you do, and
    • if you are new: how did you hear about Noisebridge?
  • Zephyr
  • Eric -- makes 16mm films! Maybe teach a 16mm film collective! Workshops!
  • Justin -- moved here about 5 months ago. I live in the mission!
  • Carlos -- I'm working on libnotify
  • Isis -- I'm still battling with the Great Firewall of China. Great firewalL WILL MAKE TOTAL DESTROY
  • (The Man They Call) Za -- I'm interested in authority (the least amounts of it)
  • Nick -- I'm using a javascript database.
  • Liz -- I just made cute mintyboost charging kit. Helping Malaclyps with killer robot.
  • Steffen (spook)-- I iOS program, and getting interested in Node.js. In and out of Noisebridge, I was curious about the radiation detector project. Everyone agrees that jake@spaz.org would know.
  • Eric -- He is the guy who edits wikipedia. Also interested in non-English language Dr Seuss
  • Snail -- I don't remember what I do. Always starting projects, sometimes going back to them.
  • Steve -- BRAINZZZ computer interface. Rebuilding brain interface for MC Hawking.
  • Alex -- makes Code Hero.
  • Danny -- I'm a retired trial lawyer. Heard there was an electron microscope. Interested in joining a
  • Danny -- I'm writing this sentence.
  • Leif -- I'm interested in counterantidisintermediation.
  • Andrew -- UI designer.
  • Mike -- work with leif on deep hack, digital spelunking for the 21st century, getting down and dirty with the insides of computers. Also technowander, not a quartermaster, or ombudsman.
  • Elyane -- a filmaker. Interested to do a workshop in film.
  • Bruno -- from Vienna, doing startup with seven other people. Wants to talking about delegated voting.
  • Evan -- says don't use ArchLinux, whatever you do. A CONTENTIOUS POINT OF DISCUSSION.

Short Announcements

Toorcamp! Toorcamp! Toorcamp! We are still collecting people for Toorcamp. There is a bus going to Toorcamp! It's a hacker thing in the woods. Some discussion ensues about the Magic Seatless Occubus that is going to Toorcamp. There will be ham radio.

New or Stale Events

  • Is there anything new happening at the space?
  • Is there anything that has stopped happening at the space?

Membership Binder

  • Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to describe membership, and the application process.

Being a member of Noisebridge is not like being a member of a gym or your local chess club. Anyone can come to Noisebridge to hack and learn: you don't need to be a member for that. At Noisebridge, membership is something different: it means taking responsibility and committing to help to maintain, improve, and govern Noisebridge. As a member of Noisebridge, you don't just come here to hack and learn, you actively work to improve what you see around you, help to deal with problems, and make this community better than it is today.

If you want to show your commitment to Noisebridge and the community here without becoming a capital-M-Member, consider being a Noisebridge associate. Associates pay their dues to the treasurer just like members, use the space just like members, and are valued participants in the community just like members. The difference is that associate membership doesn't involve consensus: there's no need to go through consensus to become an associate, but associates don't get to block consensus either.

  • Read off any names from the binder for the past month. Write a check on every open application.
  • Anyone eligible to join this week should
    • introduce themselves,
    • answer any questions members may have for them, then
    • leave the area in search of gifts (traditionally beer and a lime, or cookies) for the rest of the group.
  • The rest of the meeting should reach consensus on whether they may join.
  • Remember to applaud new members when they return.

Financial Report

  • Funds in bank: I think we're doing okay.
  • Noisetor (See the bulletpoints at the bottom of http://noisetor.net/finances/#summary):
    • There are $1974.25 earmarked NoiseTor funds
    • Colo service has been paid through Jul 7, 2012
    • There are enough funds to pay for an additional 2 months of colo
    • This information was updated at Tue Jul 31 20:30:03 2012

Consensus items

You may wish to invite a knowledgeable volunteer to repeat a brief primer on the consensus process.

Proposals from last week

(Add any items which pass or are blocked to the Consensus Items History page.) Malaclypse: worried that if we spent 10g on party + sent someone to singapore, he'd feel guilty because he works w/ foundation. So this 10 grand will go to our prudent reserve. So wouldn't sepent it on specific projuects, just 2 months' rent. Other objection: Teal foundation connected to peter teal, and p teal connected to overbone? and overbone connectedc to the legbone and + connected to datamining for THE MAN (i.e. u.$. govt) Leif: Fact that Teal works for state not his objection, more that bofa said when someone should hack ... tea had their name on a very bad idea, that was the first he heard of them. also not a fan of teal's wealth: paypal + facebook. agreed long ago at last meetings to stand aside but thinks we really, really shoyldn't do this, not as no-straigs as it's being made to sound. understand we can pay a rent,disingenuous, but if they wanted to sue, which he doesn't think they do, they could. and it's important to understand that we are entereing into a contract that says this 10g is only for operating expenses + we can give them a receipt, but that doesn't make me feel any better about this. Don't see a problem. That's wthat they *want* us to spend it on. Leif: But we'rre ALREADY paying our rent. Can use other donations for other things. macl: countrer thing is: by saying " i love peter teal" worked w/ teal found a lot in past couple of hyears, not sure he can speak to many diff conexxtions to everybody else, but i can really say they would be totally happy spending this on rent, i'm totally happy being the person saying we spent it on rent, i have a continuing relationship with them so i would lose a lot more than just getting sued as a board memeber, so willing to put a lot more than that on the line for this, including my current job Alex: dealings w/ paypal mafia at hackmeet a while ago. a friend of his "hazed" him for wearing "hack the future" shirt. feels bad being associated with tear on the face of it, but the shirt is for an org called hack the furuture and a bunch of ppl work at , just hackers like us who happen to work for a shady company. asked him str8 up, "aht the hell? how do you wepxlain your won actions?" said they wanted to make this softwae to make sure no one would abuse sw like it. But ther's a thing this is about, which is the 20 under 20... sepeaking tomororw at hackademic camp. unschooling folks...originally asked by danielle abt coming to nb, sorry, really busy. hasn't seen contract till tonight but only has obligation of 1 501c3 to another teal fellowship is just a bunch of smart kids under 20, and we should welcome them. i hope when someone saysd, "I heard about this from the teal fellowship," they we don't attack the n00bs. There's the utiopian positive arm of tf, and then abi evil capitalist arm, but utopians are awesome. OTher thing brough upt , tshirt as example, fact that you're wearing it "exuses them" because using alex' social capital of wearing shirt. Malc: different from the teal foundation also don't thing tf is particularly interested in riding off nb's social capital or would even think of it malc: they have plenty alex: when there's a drecte "his is going into bed with this" but it's enough places removed it shouldn't be an issue. used to black-marker all m$ logos off shirts but hasn't gotten around to it w/ hack/future t's. Malac: proposes putting up for consensus. Leif: stops paying nb dues for 1 yr. will probably spend his personal surplus on nb projects mod: proposals for next week... Malaclyps: No, no, no! Consensus! You need to do the magic words. Stand aside? Block? As such, it is the consensus of Noisebridge that we are taking this money. Malac: Yuck! @: Do-overs? feels like ppl really want to use the money to do "something" Is that consensus? I don't think it is. Is anybody about taking this money? Alex: I am! Formally noted what it is spent for Snail: + we don't have long discussions on what it's spent on malc: prooposes it's the con Trying to find wording that makes us feel better abt taking $$$. If we're worried it's not consesnsus we should do it. Worried Leif + Carlos aren't happy. Carl0s: Agreesw/ lief. Alex: Missed last discussion, doesn't want to rehash, but what in particular abt him? carlos: feels like it's another individual whos washing their money w/ a nonprofit. happens a lot in the bay. i cannot assure to you that peter does that, but don¿'t ahve time nor tinfo for that, but as individula wantys to defend himself w/ facts, what is really going on? malac: heard it was a sort of $$ laundering tax dodge; this isn't how tax dodges work, hee doesn't pay any less tax leif: him, no but his foundations chairtable found very much a tax shaleter, maybe pejeorative + legal, but it's true he's a wealthey libertarian. all lbillionaries have nonprofits + it's not because they're all really nice ppl. rul is they have to spent 5% of total vlalue + don't pay taxes on profit from investments so he can give away + invest in for-profit enterprisees his wealth is in this foundation, no? doesn't actually work that way. for instandce if i'm 501ce + you decide y0ou're going to invest in an, tere is intese shit you ahve to go thru w/ board. it's not his money, board controls it. but there are multi-gemneraltional keeping-it-in-fam $$$, but this is 1st gen. no, he doesn't pay taxes, but it's not really his money anymore, even if he gets director's salary. what you say on multigen level what leif says has merit but in single gen doesn't work that way mod: have we arrived at any new conclusions abt stance? carl: nothing against ... but nb really believescan really succedd independ..} malac: i do to.. iv'e been wavering on this too, and i think the thing that conveinced me is to push this more was that we get a fair bit of our money that we use on a regular basis from cheques of this size, maybe not quite, but 1 months aog we got one fro 1000 bux from silicon valley charity, so it's my feelthing that his money, aside from this contract that we have to sign is pretty much part of the ebb and flow of money that we get, and how we get moneys is to get donations like this. agrees we need to maintina tindependence, but our independence edependads on sporadic charity of individuals like this + doesn't really change how we work. alex: reason for previous statement: not a great outcome if wevery1 feels like this is dirty money + theese are bad people. all these supersci save-the-workd type of projects .. doesnt' thingk they're evil + thikns if a buncyh of ppl from 20 u 20 show up, it's s good source of new awesome hackers, and there's a bunch of peopel from paluntree r who show up to use nb. ñeif: s welcome as anyone else to use nb, + they re wlcome to be members but that's not related to thte granty. other than being its reason for existing. alac. like to try to rejoin the consesnsus, rewored to say we'¿re going to use $$$ exclusifvely for paying rent why not jus t break it donw + pay a bit of 12 mos rent? does any1 have objections to moving on? leif: shoul write doewn how many ppl are standing aside: at least 2 + maybe more... 4 two wks ago, and malac withdrew it malac: because if there were 4 stand asides we should talk abt it some more. not as a threat, but i'm only doing it this week because there was a strong consensus that he should do it one more wk but he's not going to bring this up again. and they're totally fie either way. anyone else awnt to voice? no one want ts of have 10 mmeeeting to talking abt what to do with 10000$. we have agone to 4 with this Standing aside: Leif, Carlos, El Presidente - doesn't want her executive powers to present a conflict of interest.


Wording of the consensus: It is consensus of Noisebridge that the grant be accepted, and the money be used exclusively for paying operating expenses.

Proposals for next week

(Add any new items for consensus to the Current Consensus Items page.) God forbid Does anyone think a fundraiser with a goal? Alex's roommates think a big giant cartoon thermometer is the way to go mo

Discussion Items

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