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These are the notes from the [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge]. Date: 2016-07-19 Note-taker: Ben W-R; Moderators: Ruth
DELETE EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE WHEN YOU POST THE MEETING MINUTES KTHX!!!
* General discussion of Noisebridge policies and membership rules for new members
 
* Discussion of laser pointer class
= Instructions =
 
Congratulations and/or condolences! You're reading this because you're participating in a meeting of Noisebridge!
 
You should read this instructional section thoroughly, and treat them as a guideline for how to host a meeting of Noisebridge. There are three ingredients to an [[Excellent]] meeting: A number of note takers, some facilitators, and participants.
 
Meetings are just one of the tools used at Noisebridge to create net forward progress on whatever it is we're all trying to do. Meetings aren't the only way to make decisions or have discussions, and in fact its usually a much better idea to talk about things outside the meeting before dragging the entire community kicking and screaming into it.
 
== Note Takers ==
# Confirm last meeting was saved
# Take new notes
# Save and share the notes at the end of the meeting (instructions at the bottom).
 
== Facilitators ==
 
There are generally two kinds of facilitator roles at a Noisebridge meeting:
 
* Stack taker - Useful when a lot of folks want to hop on the discussion stack. This gives everyone a turn to have their feelings heard. Usually only works when there is exactly one stack taker.
* Moderators - Keeps the meeting moving and prevents everyone from wasting too much time on one subject. Anyone is free to pick up moderation and move the meeting along.
 
In general, moderators should:
* 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 ==
 
Everyone at a Noisebridge meeting who has consented to participating in one is a participant!
 
* 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.
 
 
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These are the notes from the [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge]. Date: FIXME THE DATE HERE Note-taker: FIXME YOUR NAME HERE; Moderators: FIXME THEIR NAME HERE.
* '''One or two bullet points of high-level meeting summary.'''


== Meeting Summary ==
== Meeting Summary ==
FIXME FILL OUT AT END OF MEETING AND SEND TO MAILING LIST
TLDR what happened at the meeting:
* Announcements:
* Announcements:
* Finances:
* Finances:
* New members:
* New members:
* New philanthropists:
* New philanthropists:
* Consensus Items:  
    * Adrian (assumed)
* Consensus Items:
* Discussion Items:
* Discussion Items:
    * Class on laser cutter


= Introductions =
= Introductions =


* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to explain''' [[Noisebridge_Vision|what Noisebridge is about]]:
* Ruth, software engineer at Pinterest
<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>
* Ryan, Noisebridge veteran, planning to maintain the laser cutter
* Introduce any experimental or unusual moderation techniques that may be using during the meeting like: direct responses, limited speaking time, orderless stack, &c.
* Scotty, software engineer working on more hardware, maintains hack shelves and LED infra
* Round of introductions (remember, announcements come later):
* Mary Jane, Came from labor fest event, looking for roommate
** What's your name
* Darryl, AI programmer, builds funny mechanical objects
** What do you do
* Ben, programmer, new to the space
** What do you maintain at Noisebridge?
* Adrian, electrical engineering student, maintains electronics and 3d printers
** if you are new: how did you hear about Noisebridge?
* David, mechanical engineer who works in operations, new to the space
 
* Frank, also a noisebridge veteran
= Short announcements and events =
* Cool new projects? Something you'd like people to know? Say now, but keep it short! One or two sentences please!
* Any happenings at the space of which members should be made aware.
* Don't hog everyone's time since we all just want to hack!


= Safe Space =
= Safe Space =


'''Note:''' This section is experimental.  We discussed it at [[Meeting_Notes_2016_06_28]]. We're going to try it for the next meeting, and see how it goes, and then discuss in the discussion section how it went, and how we'd like to tweak it.
Info from Scotty:
* If someone's doing something that makes you feel uncomfortable you can reach out to anyone you trust in the community (particularly core people)
* Many channels, including Slack and the safe space working group, which meets as needed


Noisebridge is a safe space.  '''Invite a volunteer to describe''' what that means.
Info from David and Scotty:
* Radical inclusiveness means going out of your way to include people and reach out to them if they're not being included
* We don't exclude people based on gender, income, sexual orientation, *


Some specific points you might prompt the group to touch on, if it doesn't happen naturally:
* There is an antiharassment policy, which is on the wiki and the walls
* What to do if you feel uncomfortable.
* Noisebridge strives to be radically inclusive. What does that mean?
* Noisebridge has an antiharassment policy. What does that mean?


= [[ Membership Binder ]] =
= [[ Membership Binder ]] =


* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to describe''' [[membership]], and the application process.
* A member is a person who commits to maintaining and making noisebridge better
<blockquote>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 and space better than it is today.</blockquote>
* By becoming a member you gain the ability to block a consensus item, and to add other members and philanthropists
* Read off any names from the binder for the past month. Mark down a check or other indicator on every open application to keep track of how many weeks they've been read out.
* Encouraged to have a wiki page
* Anyone eligible to join this week should
* Membership is not required
** introduce themselves,
 
** answer any questions members may have for them, then
* In order to become a member you fill out a form, and acquire two members as sponsors, and then show up to four consecutive meetings to demonstrate that you want to become a member
** leave the area in search of gifts (traditionally beer and a lime, or cookies) for the rest of the group.
* At the fourth meeting, the members discuss and vote on whether you can become a member
* The rest of the meeting should reach consensus on whether they may join.
* As with most things, membership can be blocked by any one member, but this is rare and has historically come with a recommendation to wait for a while to fix problems
* Remember to applaud new members when they return.
* Members must pay a membership fee
* Members (and philanthropists) have 24 hour acces and must be able and willing to give tours
* There must always be a member or philanthropist in order for the space to be open


= [[Philanthropists]]=
= [[Philanthropists]] =
* '''Invite a knowledgeable member to describe''' [[Philanthropist/Pledge|Philantropy]], and the application process.
 
* Read off any names from the binder for the past month. Any applicants must have their sponsor present to vouch for them.
* Philanthropists are like members but don't get to block consensus
* If there are no objections, they're a philanthropist! Their pledge should be handed over to the [[Secretary]] posthaste, after which their token will be updated to give them the 24/7 access they've earned(?)
 
* Adrian's philanthropist form is sponsored by Scotty


= Financial Report =
= Financial Report =
* Funds in bank:
* Funds in bank: $??? not enough, please donate
* 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):
* Any other details by those participating in handling our financials


= Consensus and Discussion =
= Consensus and Discussion =
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** How consensus isn't a legislative process
** How consensus isn't a legislative process
** Why consensus isn't applicable to some things like conflict resolution, resolution of time sinks, and the like.
** Why consensus isn't applicable to some things like conflict resolution, resolution of time sinks, and the like.
* Consensus is our form of deciding what Noisebridge wants to do as a hackerspaceship
* It's only really used for things that really affect noisebridge (like putting in sparkleforge, or taking out a wall, or something that will cost money) (i.e. when necessary)
* Everything else is done as a do-ocracy (assuming it's not really big, and doesn't harm or massively change noisebridge)
* Propose a consensus item at a meeting, then wait a week for the next meeting and talk to people about it
* When consensus occurs, if someone blocks, you can discuss it with them and bring up the consensus item at the next meeting
* Anybody can bring up a consensus item and participate in the discussion, but only members can block
* At least three members must accede to a consensus item ("a quorum")
* Gaming the consensus process is not particularly well-regarded
* The canteloupe being considered for membership did not receive it


== [[ Consensus Items History | Proposals from last week ]] ==
== [[ Consensus Items History | Proposals from last week ]] ==
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If any important discussion happens, it should be happening after forward progress is made during consensus.
If any important discussion happens, it should be happening after forward progress is made during consensus.


= End of Meeting =
* Ryan: When people are trained on the laser cutter we should start a class
** Currently writing a rubric


# Return the [[membership binder]] to its rightful location.
* Ruth: At NYC resistor there was a required $75 class to use the laser cutter
# Discuss any items for which there was not time during the meeting.
** Ryan: The class under consideration would not be on certification but on techniques such as inlaying glass and etching edible items
# Enjoy the company of your fellow hacker, robot, or robothacker.
** The students' would choose the focus of the class


== Note taker posts the notes ==
* Frank: Safety equipment and safety person training as a separate class
# Clean and tidy the meeting notes including removing all these really verbose instructions.
** Ryan: It would be a three-hour class, with 30 minutes devoted to basics while other students would work on projects
# Fill out the short summary at the top listing just announcements, consensus items, discussion topics, and names of new members and philanthropists.
** 1 to 1.5-hour tutorial on technique
# Copy paste the notes to the [http://www.noisebridge.net//Next_meeting next meeting] page. (They will become [[Last meeting]] at midnight.)
** Last hour spent on helping students with projects if they're not certified
# Email the meeting summary to [mailto:noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net?subject=MeetingNotes Noisebridge Discuss] and [mailto:noisebridge-announce@lists.noisebridge.net?subject=MeetingNotes Noisebridge Announce] lists.
** Each person would get only about 10 minutes of cutting time, for equity
# CC on the email treasurer@noisebridge.net and secretary@noisebridge.net if there are new members and philanthropists.
# 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.


== Fun things to do after ==
* Ruth: NYCR charged laser cutter time per minute
* Reprise of the [[Hackernationale]]. [This is anarchy - we do what the wiki says!]
** Ryan: Noisebridge may not want to do pay-to-use, since no other tools are,
* [[PGP|PGP Key Signing]] could happen now (if it doesn't happen '''before''' any given Meeting).  Ask others around the space or check the [[PGP|list]] to see who wants in on the action.
** Adrian: But we are going to charge a "recommended donation?"
** Scotty: We'll charge several dollars per hour in order to maintain the laser tube
** People will provide their own materials or we could have material that they could use


* Locked containers for materials
** Ruth: This sounds like there are some details that need to be worked out before beginning the class
** Yes, this is possibly a project that will start in a while


[[Category:Meeting Notes]]
* Darryl: Some kind of key for the laser cutter?
** Scotty: There may be an RFID system, similar to the door, in the works

Revision as of 22:46, 19 July 2016

These are the notes from the The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge. Date: 2016-07-19 Note-taker: Ben W-R; Moderators: Ruth

  • General discussion of Noisebridge policies and membership rules for new members
  • Discussion of laser pointer class

Meeting Summary

  • Announcements:
  • Finances:
  • New members:
  • New philanthropists:
   * Adrian (assumed)
  • Consensus Items:
  • Discussion Items:
   * Class on laser cutter

Introductions

  • Ruth, software engineer at Pinterest
  • Ryan, Noisebridge veteran, planning to maintain the laser cutter
  • Scotty, software engineer working on more hardware, maintains hack shelves and LED infra
  • Mary Jane, Came from labor fest event, looking for roommate
  • Darryl, AI programmer, builds funny mechanical objects
  • Ben, programmer, new to the space
  • Adrian, electrical engineering student, maintains electronics and 3d printers
  • David, mechanical engineer who works in operations, new to the space
  • Frank, also a noisebridge veteran

Safe Space

Info from Scotty:

  • If someone's doing something that makes you feel uncomfortable you can reach out to anyone you trust in the community (particularly core people)
  • Many channels, including Slack and the safe space working group, which meets as needed

Info from David and Scotty:

  • Radical inclusiveness means going out of your way to include people and reach out to them if they're not being included
  • We don't exclude people based on gender, income, sexual orientation, *
  • There is an antiharassment policy, which is on the wiki and the walls

Membership Binder

  • A member is a person who commits to maintaining and making noisebridge better
  • By becoming a member you gain the ability to block a consensus item, and to add other members and philanthropists
  • Encouraged to have a wiki page
  • Membership is not required
  • In order to become a member you fill out a form, and acquire two members as sponsors, and then show up to four consecutive meetings to demonstrate that you want to become a member
  • At the fourth meeting, the members discuss and vote on whether you can become a member
  • As with most things, membership can be blocked by any one member, but this is rare and has historically come with a recommendation to wait for a while to fix problems
  • Members must pay a membership fee
  • Members (and philanthropists) have 24 hour acces and must be able and willing to give tours
  • There must always be a member or philanthropist in order for the space to be open

Philanthropists

  • Philanthropists are like members but don't get to block consensus
  • Adrian's philanthropist form is sponsored by Scotty

Financial Report

Consensus and Discussion

  • invite a knowledgeable volunteer to give a brief primer on consensus process
  • It is important that everyone in attendance understands at least:
    • Blocking with verbalized principled objections.
    • Why we use consensus over other approaches to decision making.
    • How consensus isn't a legislative process
    • Why consensus isn't applicable to some things like conflict resolution, resolution of time sinks, and the like.
  • Consensus is our form of deciding what Noisebridge wants to do as a hackerspaceship
  • It's only really used for things that really affect noisebridge (like putting in sparkleforge, or taking out a wall, or something that will cost money) (i.e. when necessary)
  • Everything else is done as a do-ocracy (assuming it's not really big, and doesn't harm or massively change noisebridge)
  • Propose a consensus item at a meeting, then wait a week for the next meeting and talk to people about it
  • When consensus occurs, if someone blocks, you can discuss it with them and bring up the consensus item at the next meeting
  • Anybody can bring up a consensus item and participate in the discussion, but only members can block
  • At least three members must accede to a consensus item ("a quorum")
  • Gaming the consensus process is not particularly well-regarded
  • The canteloupe being considered for membership did not receive it


Proposals from last week

(Add any items which are consensed upon or someone has raised a principle objection for to the Consensus Items History page.)

Proposals for next week

(Add any new items for consensus to the Current Consensus Items page.)

Discussion Items

If any important discussion happens, it should be happening after forward progress is made during consensus.

  • Ryan: When people are trained on the laser cutter we should start a class
    • Currently writing a rubric
  • Ruth: At NYC resistor there was a required $75 class to use the laser cutter
    • Ryan: The class under consideration would not be on certification but on techniques such as inlaying glass and etching edible items
    • The students' would choose the focus of the class
  • Frank: Safety equipment and safety person training as a separate class
    • Ryan: It would be a three-hour class, with 30 minutes devoted to basics while other students would work on projects
    • 1 to 1.5-hour tutorial on technique
    • Last hour spent on helping students with projects if they're not certified
    • Each person would get only about 10 minutes of cutting time, for equity
  • Ruth: NYCR charged laser cutter time per minute
    • Ryan: Noisebridge may not want to do pay-to-use, since no other tools are,
    • Adrian: But we are going to charge a "recommended donation?"
    • Scotty: We'll charge several dollars per hour in order to maintain the laser tube
    • People will provide their own materials or we could have material that they could use
  • Locked containers for materials
    • Ruth: This sounds like there are some details that need to be worked out before beginning the class
    • Yes, this is possibly a project that will start in a while
  • Darryl: Some kind of key for the laser cutter?
    • Scotty: There may be an RFID system, similar to the door, in the works