Policy Wonks
About Policy Wonks
The Policy Wonks are a Noisebridge committee dedicated to greasing the wheels of Noisebridge's vast administration, and cutting through red tape. We're here to tidy up policy matters, and make Noisebridge's structure easier to understand and navigate. We're the secret cabal that does this tedious work in the shadows so that you don't have to put up with it at weekly meetings.
Our current big project is updating and rewriting Noisebridge's bylaws so that they better represent our ethos.
Members
The current members of the Policy Wonks committee are:
If you want to join the Policy Wonks, please join the mailing list, and introduce yourself.
Meetings
Whenever we meet, we fill out an agenda here beforehand. When we're done, we add a summary, and any things that we have to do. When we complete our tasks, we strike out those items here.
05 Feb 2012
Location: Noisebridge, 1330h Back-channel: https://pad.riseup.net/p/0OyA0MRFYKtS
Agenda:
- review Utopian by-laws
- re-discuss hiatus in light of NB's thoughts
- discuss adopting against policy (a tiny manifesto) as policywonk's manifesto
- make sure that NB knows about the wonks, especially where and when we meet
- wiki templates for board elections & nominations
- adjusting the meeting script
- agree on our next meeting time/place
02 Feb 2012
Location: Noisebridge 19:30 Back-channel: https://pad.riseup.net/p/0OyA0MRFYKtS Dinner was had in advance. Tom & Kelly were present. Snail was unable to attend.
Agenda:
- discuss this week's meeting, & response to proposed revision
- update the membership page to reflect NB's consensus
- re-discuss hiatus in light of NB's thoughts
review Utopian by-lawsdiscuss adopting against policy (a tiny manifesto) as policywonk's manifestomake sure that NB knows about the wonks, especially where and when we meetwiki templates for board elections & nominationsadjusting the meeting script- agree on our next meeting time/place
To-do:
- Kelly
- email noisebridge-discuss about hiatus
- locate the utopian NB bylaws, email to the wonks
18 Jan 2012
Location: Noisebridge
Kelly attended remotely. Tom was late because he is a slacker. Snail is the perfect child.
Agenda:
- discuss last night's meeting's response to proposed membership revisions
- discuss any other items that were referred to us at last night's meeting
- plan revising the by-laws
- agree on our next meeting time/place
To-do:
- Kelly:
- locate the utopian NB bylaws, email to the wonks
get original hiatus consensus from Mitch etc
Tom to follow up on mailing list creation
16 Jan 2012
Location: Phone
Agenda:
- membership expiry
- comittee meta-conversation
planning by-laws revision
The inaugural meeting of the Policy Wonks resulted in a revised version of Membership, which will require several consensus items.
To Do items:
Create a mailing listAdd content to this wiki pageCreate Membership Binder and Dues Sponsorship wiki pagesAdd photo to Membership Binder