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These are the notes from the [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge]. Date: 2018/01/09 Note-taker: Bernice & Cowlicks; Moderators: Cowlicks.
DELETE EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE WHEN YOU POST THE MEETING MINUTES KTHX!!!
We talked about:
* how to give a tour of Noisebridge
* whether or not Noisebridge is willing to host the Global Game Jam for January 26-28, 2018
* methods for how time for using the laser cutter can be allocated/scheduled fairly
* classes/events that people wish to host/lead


= Instructions =
== Meeting Summary ==
 
FIXME FILL OUT AT END OF MEETING AND SEND TO MAILING LIST
Congratulations and/or condolences! You're reading this because you're participating in a meeting of Noisebridge!
TLDR what happened at the meeting:
 
* Announcements:
Meetings should be limited to an hour when possible. Shorter is fine, but avoid rushing.
1) some Noisebridgers (and other local indie game devs) will present their games at the Playcrafting Winter Play Expo: January 11, Thursday, 6:30pm, 301 Howard Street
 
2)
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.
Global Game Jam = January 26-28, Friday to Saturday, Playcrafting will help organize the event
 
      - can we have global game jam here? Whos's cool with that?
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.
3) classes/events that people wish to host/lead:
* 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.
- How To Repair Mac Logic Boards, by Zach
- How to make an "infinity mirror", by Mike (aka Mondo)
4) Bring Your Own internet is at Omni Jan 27th 2 - 5. 5mof is the 3rd thursday every month here at 8pm.  
5) We (Zach & Bernice) upgraded the computer that controls the laser cutter and its way better. We (Zach, Bernice, Kevin, one of the Matthews, one of the Davids) cleaned the Sparkle Forge.  


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 ==
* Finances: n/a, treasurer wasn't present


Everyone at a Noisebridge meeting who has consented to participating in one is a participant!
* New members: n/a


* Say your name before you talk.
* New philanthropists: from the previous meeting, we had Silver, Micah, Osman
* 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.


* Consensus Items: Cowlicks showed how to give a tour of Noisebridge (how to be concise while giving just enough information)


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* Discussion Items:
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"what's the best way for the time that the laser cutter is used to be allocated/scheduled?"
 
"Global Game Jam = January 26-28, Friday to Saturday, Playcrafting will help organize the event
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.
      - can we have global game jam here? Whos's cool with that?"
* '''One or two bullet points of high-level meeting summary.'''
 
== Meeting Summary ==
FIXME FILL OUT AT END OF MEETING AND SEND TO MAILING LIST
TLDR what happened at the meeting:
* Announcements:
* Finances:
* New members:
* New philanthropists:
* Consensus Items:
* Discussion Items:


= Introductions =
= Introductions =


* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to explain''' [[Noisebridge_Vision|what Noisebridge is about]]:
= Participants =
<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>
* Steve - Theoretical Physicist
* Introduce any experimental or unusual moderation techniques that may be using during the meeting like: direct responses, limited speaking time, orderless stack, &c.
* Silver - sewing, upcycling
* Round of introductions (remember, announcements come later):
* Bernice - game dev, helps out with Gamebridge, learner of everything else
** What's your name?
* Andrew - gamer vr programming
** '''What's your preferred pronoun?'''
* Mark - 2nd time here refugee from techshop drome flyer
** What do you do?
* X - WiFi hacking, likes to hack n do sudomesh( BYOI ) last Saturday of the Month
** What do you maintain at Noisebridge?
* Frank - among his interests are diverse interests like noisebridge
** if you are new: how did you hear about Noisebridge?
* Mike/Mondo - woodworking; wants to be taught abt community
* Jacob - just moved to SF, he's a googler and meshnetworkthing
* Nathan - "discoverer of noisebridge" went to techshop. gots intentions to teach about coldcasting, gots a proposals, money
* Carl - techsherp startups pretty eperienced shares skills etc etc
* Zack - repairing a macbook, probably the coolest thing ever. He's broke and designed circuits.
* Nick - Zacks spiritual advisor.
* Bob - game development and buying ddr machines.
* David - laser liker pays money
* Alex - Gamebride/Unityversity; wants to back up Bernice about the Global Game Jam
* Marie - didn't know there was a meeting
* Sky - been here for a long time yay!
* Darryl - they/she laser cutter class haskell class
* David - been here 4 times machining stuff on the mill
* Cowlicks - raw water
   
= Short announcements and events =
* Bernice - Playcrafting Winter Play Expo: January 11, Thursday, 6:30pm, 301 Howard Street
* -- some Noisebridgers (and other local indie game devs) will present their games.
* Bernice & Alex - Global Game Jam = January 26-28, Friday to Saturday, Playcrafting will help organize event
        - can we have global game jam here? Whos's cool with that?
* Mike/Mondo - wants to teach how to make an "infinity mirror", wants to know how to add events in Meetup/wiki/webpage
* Zach - 2 announcements: The first was on NB DISCUSS WHICH Y'ALL SHOULD SUBSCRIBE TOO. We upgraded the laser machine and its way better. We cleaned the laser cutter a lot and the whole room is way better. I want to teach a class on Macbook logic repair too!
* How to sign up for / subscribe to NB DISCUSS?  
Go here: https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss


= Short announcements and events =
* X - Bring Your Own internet is at Omni Jan 27th 2 - 5. 5mof is the 3rd thursday every month here at 8pm.  
* 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.
Noisebridge is a safe space.   


Noisebridge is a safe space.  '''Invite a volunteer to describe''' what that means.
"We want everyone who comes to Noisebridge to be comfortable; be considerate to everyone.  When people are acting in a threatening manner, it is ok to ask them to leave.  If 2 people ask each other to leave, they will both leave."


Some specific points you might prompt the group to touch on, if it doesn't happen naturally:
= Participation In Noisebridge =
* 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?
 
= Participation =


Invite a knowledgable volunteer to describe who can participate at Noisebridge, including:
Invite a knowledgable volunteer to describe who can participate at Noisebridge, including:
* Describe how to get an rfid key for the door system
* Describe how to get an rfid key for the door system
* Describe how to get access to slack
* Describe how to get access to slack
 
" - participatory, volunteer, do-ocracy, space is open to the public between 11am-10pm, can work on anything, but be considerate of others.
= [[Philanthropist|Philanthropists]]=
- but if the project is big and affects everybody, there are channels of escalation (ask people, use Slack, announce in weekly Tuesday meetings, etc.)
* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to describe''' [[Philanthropist/Pledge|Philantropy]], and the application process.
- Anyone can come to Noisebridge to hack and learn: you don't need to be a member for that."
* Read off any names from the binder for the past month. Any applicants must have their sponsor present to vouch for them.
* 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(?)
 
= [[ Membership Binder ]] =
 
* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to describe''' [[membership]], and the application process.
<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>
* 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.
* 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:
* Noisetor (See the bulletpoints at the bottom of http://noisetor.net/finances/#summary):
* Any other details by those participating in handling our financials


= Consensus =
= Consensus =
 
Key Features Of A Tour Of Noisebridge
* '''invite a knowledgeable volunteer to give '''[[Consensus Process|a brief primer on consensus process]]
- Noisebridge tour is done if the person answers "no" to "Have you been to Noisebridge before?"
* It is important that everyone in attendance understands at least:
- If there's an event, ask them if they are here for the event. If they are late for the event, bring them to the event 1st, and tell them to request a tour from the event organizer, or if that doesn't happen, tell them that they can find you to give a tour.
** Blocking with verbalized principled objections.
- Cowlicks will show how to give a tour
** 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 Items History | 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.)''
 
== [[ Current Consensus Items | Proposals for next week ]] ==
''(Add any new items for consensus to the [[Current Consensus Items]] page.)''




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== Discussion Items ==
== Discussion Items ==


If any important discussion happens, it should be happening after forward progress is made during consensus.
Nathan is proposing to make a build system "like Legos, but more interesting/more engineer-y", "Haveli", product is called "Kaneka".  Nathan will donate the Kaneka products for people to hack on.
 
Where to put the Kaneka products?  Carts might be more convenient, so that they are movable when necessary.
   
Global Game Jam (globalgamejam.org)
    More details here:
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uUZi7LyR4Iqy-qXgYgSDOmxjUqVYcSYvMv4TZCGqJCo/edit?ts=5a54a020
    Talk to Derrick or Bernice if you have more questions.
    Bernice will contact the people who are hosting events that have already been scheduled in advance for those dates.
   
We are discussing about how people can allocate the time to use the laser cutter
    - David suggested to design some calendar system
    - objections - might be abused by overbooking too much time, will dissuade communication about the laser cutter, we also don't want things to be app-intensive/process intensive
    - maybe the laser cutter training should also include how to communicate about the laser cutter
    - Google Calendar -- not everyone uses the calendar tools
    - we don't want Noisebridge to be just a place where you use the tools, we want this place to have a community.
   
Mess when using tools:
        When giving the tours for 1st-time people, after telling the "be excellent to each other" rule, and the safe-space rule, might be useful to tell everyone that each person who comes here cleans up after themselves.
 


= End of Meeting =
= End of Meeting =

Latest revision as of 03:06, 10 January 2018

Unmeeting!

These are the notes from the The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge. Date: 2018/01/09 Note-taker: Bernice & Cowlicks; Moderators: Cowlicks. We talked about:

  • how to give a tour of Noisebridge
  • whether or not Noisebridge is willing to host the Global Game Jam for January 26-28, 2018
  • methods for how time for using the laser cutter can be allocated/scheduled fairly
  • classes/events that people wish to host/lead

Meeting Summary

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FIXME FILL OUT AT END OF MEETING AND SEND TO MAILING LIST TLDR what happened at the meeting:

  • Announcements:

1) some Noisebridgers (and other local indie game devs) will present their games at the Playcrafting Winter Play Expo: January 11, Thursday, 6:30pm, 301 Howard Street 2) Global Game Jam = January 26-28, Friday to Saturday, Playcrafting will help organize the event 

      - can we have global game jam here? Whos's cool with that?

3) classes/events that people wish to host/lead: - How To Repair Mac Logic Boards, by Zach - How to make an "infinity mirror", by Mike (aka Mondo) 4) Bring Your Own internet is at Omni Jan 27th 2 - 5. 5mof is the 3rd thursday every month here at 8pm. 5) We (Zach & Bernice) upgraded the computer that controls the laser cutter and its way better. We (Zach, Bernice, Kevin, one of the Matthews, one of the Davids) cleaned the Sparkle Forge.


  • Finances: n/a, treasurer wasn't present
  • New members: n/a
  • New philanthropists: from the previous meeting, we had Silver, Micah, Osman
  • Consensus Items: Cowlicks showed how to give a tour of Noisebridge (how to be concise while giving just enough information)
  • Discussion Items:

"what's the best way for the time that the laser cutter is used to be allocated/scheduled?" "Global Game Jam = January 26-28, Friday to Saturday, Playcrafting will help organize the event 

      - can we have global game jam here? Whos's cool with that?"

Introductions

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Participants

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  • Steve - Theoretical Physicist
  • Silver - sewing, upcycling
  • Bernice - game dev, helps out with Gamebridge, learner of everything else
  • Andrew - gamer vr programming
  • Mark - 2nd time here refugee from techshop drome flyer
  • X - WiFi hacking, likes to hack n do sudomesh( BYOI ) last Saturday of the Month
  • Frank - among his interests are diverse interests like noisebridge
  • Mike/Mondo - woodworking; wants to be taught abt community
  • Jacob - just moved to SF, he's a googler and meshnetworkthing
  • Nathan - "discoverer of noisebridge" went to techshop. gots intentions to teach about coldcasting, gots a proposals, money
  • Carl - techsherp startups pretty eperienced shares skills etc etc
  • Zack - repairing a macbook, probably the coolest thing ever. He's broke and designed circuits.
  • Nick - Zacks spiritual advisor.
  • Bob - game development and buying ddr machines.
  • David - laser liker pays money
  • Alex - Gamebride/Unityversity; wants to back up Bernice about the Global Game Jam
  • Marie - didn't know there was a meeting
  • Sky - been here for a long time yay!
  • Darryl - they/she laser cutter class haskell class
  • David - been here 4 times machining stuff on the mill
  • Cowlicks - raw water

Short announcements and events

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  • Bernice - Playcrafting Winter Play Expo: January 11, Thursday, 6:30pm, 301 Howard Street
  • -- some Noisebridgers (and other local indie game devs) will present their games.
  • Bernice & Alex - Global Game Jam = January 26-28, Friday to Saturday, Playcrafting will help organize event
       - can we have global game jam here? Whos's cool with that?
  • Mike/Mondo - wants to teach how to make an "infinity mirror", wants to know how to add events in Meetup/wiki/webpage
  • Zach - 2 announcements: The first was on NB DISCUSS WHICH Y'ALL SHOULD SUBSCRIBE TOO. We upgraded the laser machine and its way better. We cleaned the laser cutter a lot and the whole room is way better. I want to teach a class on Macbook logic repair too!
  • How to sign up for / subscribe to NB DISCUSS?

Go here: https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss

  • X - Bring Your Own internet is at Omni Jan 27th 2 - 5. 5mof is the 3rd thursday every month here at 8pm.

Safe Space

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Noisebridge is a safe space.

"We want everyone who comes to Noisebridge to be comfortable; be considerate to everyone. When people are acting in a threatening manner, it is ok to ask them to leave. If 2 people ask each other to leave, they will both leave."

Participation In Noisebridge

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Invite a knowledgable volunteer to describe who can participate at Noisebridge, including:

  • Describe how to get an rfid key for the door system
  • Describe how to get access to slack

" - participatory, volunteer, do-ocracy, space is open to the public between 11am-10pm, can work on anything, but be considerate of others. 

- but if the project is big and affects everybody, there are channels of escalation (ask people, use Slack, announce in weekly Tuesday meetings, etc.)
- Anyone can come to Noisebridge to hack and learn: you don't need to be a member for that."

Consensus

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Key Features Of A Tour Of Noisebridge 

- Noisebridge tour is done if the person answers "no" to "Have you been to Noisebridge before?"
- If there's an event, ask them if they are here for the event.  If they are late for the event, bring them to the event 1st, and tell them to request a tour from the event organizer, or if that doesn't happen, tell them that they can find you to give a tour.
- Cowlicks will show how to give a tour


Discussion

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Longer discussion items belong here. This is the last part of the meeting so that people can break off and continue their discussion afterwards.


Discussion Items

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Nathan is proposing to make a build system "like Legos, but more interesting/more engineer-y", "Haveli", product is called "Kaneka". Nathan will donate the Kaneka products for people to hack on.

Where to put the Kaneka products? Carts might be more convenient, so that they are movable when necessary.

Global Game Jam (globalgamejam.org) 

    More details here:
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uUZi7LyR4Iqy-qXgYgSDOmxjUqVYcSYvMv4TZCGqJCo/edit?ts=5a54a020
    Talk to Derrick or Bernice if you have more questions.
    Bernice will contact the people who are hosting events that have already been scheduled in advance for those dates.

We are discussing about how people can allocate the time to use the laser cutter 

    - David suggested to design some calendar system
    - objections - might be abused by overbooking too much time, will dissuade communication about the laser cutter, we also don't want things to be app-intensive/process intensive
    - maybe the laser cutter training should also include how to communicate about the laser cutter
    - Google Calendar -- not everyone uses the calendar tools
    - we don't want Noisebridge to be just a place where you use the tools, we want this place to have a community.

Mess when using tools: 

        When giving the tours for 1st-time people, after telling the "be excellent to each other" rule, and the safe-space rule, might be useful to tell everyone that each person who comes here cleans up after themselves.


End of Meeting

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  1. Return the membership binder to its rightful location.
  2. Discuss any items for which there was not time during the meeting.
  3. Enjoy the company of your fellow hacker, robot, or robothacker.

Note taker posts the notes

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  1. Clean and tidy the meeting notes including removing all these really verbose instructions.
  2. Fill out the short summary at the top listing just announcements, consensus items, discussion topics, and names of new members and philanthropists.
  3. Copy paste the notes to the next meeting page. (They will become Last meeting at midnight.)
  4. Email the meeting summary to Noisebridge Discuss and Noisebridge Announce lists.
  5. CC on the email treasurer@noisebridge.net and secretary@noisebridge.net if there are new members and philanthropists.
  6. Edit the Current Consensus Items if anything is proposed for consensus next week.
  7. Edit the Consensus Items History if anything was reached consensus or failed to reach consensus this week.

Fun things to do after

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  • Reprise of the Hackernationale. [This is anarchy - we do what the wiki says!]
  • PGP Key Signing could happen now (if it doesn't happen before any given Meeting). Ask others around the space or check the list to see who wants in on the action.
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