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These are the notes from the [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The 257th Meeting of Noisebridge]. Note-taker: [[user:flamsmark|Tom]]; Moderator: [[user:malaclyps|Danny]]. | |||
These are the notes from the [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The 257th Meeting of Noisebridge]. Note-taker: | |||
= Short announcements and events = | = Short announcements and events = | ||
* | * The '''green screen room''' is ready: right outside Turing; collapsible for your convenience. | ||
* Our new '''vinyl cutter''' is in! See Casey to learn how to use it. | |||
* Amber is bringing school-kids here April 2nd & 3rd. Reply to her [[discuss]] [https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2013-March/034792.html posting] or [[Burton High School visit|sign up]] to help out! | |||
* Ryan is making a self-powered camera to stream footage off-site for an undisclosed (shadowy) sponsor. Contact him to help. | |||
* '''[[Technoactivism_Mondays|Technoactivism Third Mondays]]''' -- run by [[User:yan|Yan]] -- next Monday, featuring [https://www.eff.org/about/staff/trevor-timm Trevor Timm] and [http://parkerhiggins.net Parker Higgins], the people behind [https://twitter.com/drones @drones]. | |||
* '''[[5mof|Five Minutes of Fame]]''' returns next Thursday at 8pm, featuring [http://leefelsenstein.com Lee Felsenstein]. | |||
* There are people setting up a '''[https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2013-March/034776.html fundraiser] for Noisebridge''' on March 30th. They need help setting up for, planning, and running the event; please get in touch. | |||
* '''[http://hackthegallery.net Hack the Gallery] in Berkeley''' is transitioning to a hackerspace and community meetup space. Join us for a re-opening party on March 22 from 6-9 pm. | |||
* There will be a '''Makermart popup''' at the end of April in downtown SF. Talk to [[user:Miloh|Miloh]] | |||
* '''RepRap Wednesday''' is coming back to Noisebridge! -- see the Fab [[lists|mailling list]] to find out more. | |||
* '''[https://cryptopartysf.org Cryptoparty II: Enciphered Boogaloo]''' is happening on March 23 at Langton Labs. Do you know someone who needs to learn these skills? Have them [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEdJaTI0OWJEbXAyR3JFLVhlNldvQXc6MQ sign up]! Have skills to share? There's a [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFVXTEU1WXdMVkhlMm9aWUY0RFNlSlE6MQ form for that] too! | |||
* [[user:leif|Leif]] is setting up some '''Hacker Stackers Napping Pods''' in the North-West corner. Get in touch to help out! | |||
* Alex Peake, teaching kids programming tomorrow. Get in touch to help him out! | |||
= [[ Membership Binder ]] = | = [[ Membership Binder ]] = | ||
* | * James "'''JC'''" Cooper. Week 4+. Sponsors: [[user:malaclyps|Danny]]; Justin "Linkreincarnate" Hubberd. | ||
* Nick "'''heatxsink'''" Granado. Week 4. Sponsor: [[User:miloh|Miloh]]. | |||
* '''Joseph C Jackson'''. Week 3. No sponsors. | |||
* '''Abram Clark'''. Week 2. Sponsors: Mek, [[User:miloh|Miloh]]. | |||
* It is our consensus that '''Kevin Schisser''' is a member. His sponsors include: Monad, [[user:snail|Snail]]. | |||
= Financial Report = | = Financial Report = | ||
'''Funds in bank: $11,859.68''' | |||
[[Image:Noisebridge Profit Loss Feb2013.png|right]] | |||
Over the past year, our monthly income has been averaged $4,600, while our monthly expenses are estimated to be $6,550 going forward. Unless something changes soon, '''we will be bankrupt in August'''. The following is an approximate breakdown of our monthly expenses: | |||
{| border="0" | |||
! Typical amount | |||
! Expense category | |||
! Notes | |||
|- | |||
|$3,960.00 | |||
|Rent | |||
|Up from $3600 last year | |||
|- | |||
|$789.08 | |||
|Tor Project | |||
|Self-supporting but income is counted in our totals | |||
|- | |||
|$526.18 | |||
|Utilities | |||
|Will add more info. | |||
|- | |||
|$235.35 | |||
|Accounting | |||
|Mostly CPA fees for dealing with the state | |||
|- | |||
|$192.33 | |||
|Garbage & Recycling | |||
|Twice weekly pickup is more expensive | |||
|- | |||
|$189.29 | |||
|Printing | |||
|T-shirts and stickers | |||
|- | |||
|$183.48 | |||
|Insurance | |||
|An annual expense | |||
|- | |||
|$180.38 | |||
|Internet | |||
|Monkeybrains and Sonic | |||
|- | |||
|$161.40 | |||
|Water | |||
|SFPUC | |||
|- | |||
|$104.74 | |||
|Bank Fees | |||
|Mostly paypal | |||
|- | |||
|$25.33 | |||
|Misc | |||
|PO box, misc 2169 repair supplies | |||
|} | |||
= Consensus items = | = Consensus items = | ||
* There were no [[ Consensus Items History | proposals from last week ]]. | |||
'''We have the following [[ Current Consensus Items | proposals for next week]]:''' | |||
' | |||
* Tom proposes that we recommend to the board that they select [[user:malaclyps|Danny]] to be Treasurer, [[user:flamsmark|Tom]] to be Secretary, and [[user:snail|Snail]] to be President for 2013. | |||
' | * It is proposed that Shawn Landden ([http://imgur.com/vxaV6Ms photo]) is barred from Noisebridge. He is prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community. (Here is some [https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2013-March/034833.html context].) | ||
* Tom proposes that we reimburse Mitch up to $1000 to replenish our t-shirt supply. | |||
<blockquote>We are currently out, except for a handful of women's sizes. It would be great to have a bunch before the fund-raiser party on the 30th. I (Mitch) am happy to front the money if there are no objections -- to be paid back to me upon consensus (to ensure that we can have the T-shirts before the fund-raiser). All of our T-shirts have previously been printed locally at East Bay Screenprint. The last time we got T-shirts, we got 200 of them at $7.41 each (including shipping) -- total = $1,481.63. If we buy 50 T-shirts, the cost is $8.74 each (indluding shipping) -- total = $437.00. (I've never bought 100 before, but the price will be somewhere in between.) -- [[User:Maltman23|Mitch]].</blockquote> | |||
= Discussion Notes = | = Discussion Notes = | ||
== Shawn Landden == | |||
We had an extensive discussion of Shawn Landden's violent and unacceptable behavior. A written deposition was submitted, compiling a compendium of witness and survivor statements. Several at the meeting attested to this same violent and unacceptable behavior. We have initiated the consensus process to ban him. | |||
= Attendance = | = Attendance = | ||
* | * SuperQ is the moderator. | ||
* Snail is unofficial. | |||
* Tom is taking notes. | |||
* David is here! | |||
* Garret is a junior architect | |||
* Ursula hacks language! <speaks German> | |||
* Amber is a physics teacher. She's new here. | |||
* Miloh is pleased to meet you! | |||
* Philippe | |||
* Rob | |||
* Dan | |||
* Casey is calibrating or fancy new vinyl cutter! | |||
* Alex teaches game development on Mondays. | |||
* Kevin is part of the post waste nexus (also Mondays). | |||
* Andrew created Satan: the front-end is in Java, the back-end in JS. | |||
* Johan has 7 regular expressions, and -- now -- 14 problems. | |||
* Carlos -- gnusosa -- trolls on #noisebridge. | |||
* Dan has addressable LEDs. | |||
* Deobek is here for the first time. | |||
* Will is new, came for 3d printing, and has pie for us (early for pi day). | |||
* Liz is our self-appointed anarchist librarian, part of the feminist hacker hive, and the Mozilla bugmaster (yes, '''the''' Mozilla bugmaster). | |||
* Ian is an introducer, and is planning a fundraiser. | |||
* Kyle is an audio engineer, an activist, and a space transformer. | |||
* Ryan is here to plan the fundraiser and is applying for membership. | |||
* Joe has applied for membership. | |||
* Danny is eating the popcorn, and hacks internationally. | |||
[[Category:Meeting Notes]] | [[Category:Meeting Notes]] |
Revision as of 13:19, 13 March 2013
These are the notes from the The 257th Meeting of Noisebridge. Note-taker: Tom; Moderator: Danny.
Short announcements and events
- The green screen room is ready: right outside Turing; collapsible for your convenience.
- Our new vinyl cutter is in! See Casey to learn how to use it.
- Amber is bringing school-kids here April 2nd & 3rd. Reply to her discuss posting or sign up to help out!
- Ryan is making a self-powered camera to stream footage off-site for an undisclosed (shadowy) sponsor. Contact him to help.
- Technoactivism Third Mondays -- run by Yan -- next Monday, featuring Trevor Timm and Parker Higgins, the people behind @drones.
- Five Minutes of Fame returns next Thursday at 8pm, featuring Lee Felsenstein.
- There are people setting up a fundraiser for Noisebridge on March 30th. They need help setting up for, planning, and running the event; please get in touch.
- Hack the Gallery in Berkeley is transitioning to a hackerspace and community meetup space. Join us for a re-opening party on March 22 from 6-9 pm.
- There will be a Makermart popup at the end of April in downtown SF. Talk to Miloh
- RepRap Wednesday is coming back to Noisebridge! -- see the Fab mailling list to find out more.
- Cryptoparty II: Enciphered Boogaloo is happening on March 23 at Langton Labs. Do you know someone who needs to learn these skills? Have them sign up! Have skills to share? There's a form for that too!
- Leif is setting up some Hacker Stackers Napping Pods in the North-West corner. Get in touch to help out!
- Alex Peake, teaching kids programming tomorrow. Get in touch to help him out!
Membership Binder
- James "JC" Cooper. Week 4+. Sponsors: Danny; Justin "Linkreincarnate" Hubberd.
- Nick "heatxsink" Granado. Week 4. Sponsor: Miloh.
- Joseph C Jackson. Week 3. No sponsors.
- Abram Clark. Week 2. Sponsors: Mek, Miloh.
- It is our consensus that Kevin Schisser is a member. His sponsors include: Monad, Snail.
Financial Report
Funds in bank: $11,859.68
Over the past year, our monthly income has been averaged $4,600, while our monthly expenses are estimated to be $6,550 going forward. Unless something changes soon, we will be bankrupt in August. The following is an approximate breakdown of our monthly expenses:
Typical amount | Expense category | Notes |
---|---|---|
$3,960.00 | Rent | Up from $3600 last year |
$789.08 | Tor Project | Self-supporting but income is counted in our totals |
$526.18 | Utilities | Will add more info. |
$235.35 | Accounting | Mostly CPA fees for dealing with the state |
$192.33 | Garbage & Recycling | Twice weekly pickup is more expensive |
$189.29 | Printing | T-shirts and stickers |
$183.48 | Insurance | An annual expense |
$180.38 | Internet | Monkeybrains and Sonic |
$161.40 | Water | SFPUC |
$104.74 | Bank Fees | Mostly paypal |
$25.33 | Misc | PO box, misc 2169 repair supplies |
Consensus items
- There were no proposals from last week .
We have the following proposals for next week:
- Tom proposes that we recommend to the board that they select Danny to be Treasurer, Tom to be Secretary, and Snail to be President for 2013.
- It is proposed that Shawn Landden (photo) is barred from Noisebridge. He is prohibited from entering the space or participating in the community. (Here is some context.)
- Tom proposes that we reimburse Mitch up to $1000 to replenish our t-shirt supply.
We are currently out, except for a handful of women's sizes. It would be great to have a bunch before the fund-raiser party on the 30th. I (Mitch) am happy to front the money if there are no objections -- to be paid back to me upon consensus (to ensure that we can have the T-shirts before the fund-raiser). All of our T-shirts have previously been printed locally at East Bay Screenprint. The last time we got T-shirts, we got 200 of them at $7.41 each (including shipping) -- total = $1,481.63. If we buy 50 T-shirts, the cost is $8.74 each (indluding shipping) -- total = $437.00. (I've never bought 100 before, but the price will be somewhere in between.) -- Mitch.
Discussion Notes
Shawn Landden
We had an extensive discussion of Shawn Landden's violent and unacceptable behavior. A written deposition was submitted, compiling a compendium of witness and survivor statements. Several at the meeting attested to this same violent and unacceptable behavior. We have initiated the consensus process to ban him.
Attendance
- SuperQ is the moderator.
- Snail is unofficial.
- Tom is taking notes.
- David is here!
- Garret is a junior architect
- Ursula hacks language! <speaks German>
- Amber is a physics teacher. She's new here.
- Miloh is pleased to meet you!
- Philippe
- Rob
- Dan
- Casey is calibrating or fancy new vinyl cutter!
- Alex teaches game development on Mondays.
- Kevin is part of the post waste nexus (also Mondays).
- Andrew created Satan: the front-end is in Java, the back-end in JS.
- Johan has 7 regular expressions, and -- now -- 14 problems.
- Carlos -- gnusosa -- trolls on #noisebridge.
- Dan has addressable LEDs.
- Deobek is here for the first time.
- Will is new, came for 3d printing, and has pie for us (early for pi day).
- Liz is our self-appointed anarchist librarian, part of the feminist hacker hive, and the Mozilla bugmaster (yes, the Mozilla bugmaster).
- Ian is an introducer, and is planning a fundraiser.
- Kyle is an audio engineer, an activist, and a space transformer.
- Ryan is here to plan the fundraiser and is applying for membership.
- Joe has applied for membership.
- Danny is eating the popcorn, and hacks internationally.