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These are the notes from the [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge].
DELETE EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE WHEN YOU POST THE MEETING MINUTES KTHX!!!


= Instructions =
Note-taker: [[User:Patrickod]]
Moderator: [[User:Jarrod]]


Congratulations and/or condolences! You're reading this because you're participating in a meeting of Noisebridge!
* '''One or two bullet points of high-level meeting summary.'''


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.
= Introductions =


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 discusions, 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.
* J and Mari introduce Noisebridge


== Note Takers ==
* Jarrod -
* Patrick -
* Ben - neuroscience researcher. wants to make some stuff w/ electricity
* Susie - middleschool technology teacher. Doing a big soldering event w/ at risk youth tomorrow!
* J - teaches circuit hacking monday
* Haresh - east bay hacker,
* Matt - taking the gamebridge class!
* Du5t - here becasue Leif was neat to him in Berlin.
* alex - hosted a deaf hack day at Noisebridge last weekend! Way cool!
* Alex - teaches music production and game programing.
* Mari - hacks stuff. tech is her artistic medium.
* Daniel - does things w/ code.
* Marty - programmer! first time @ noisebridge
* Henner - I write software by day, but do hardware by night. Right now involved with sorting the electronics area.
* Robyn - hacking with growing food.
* Scott - hackerspacer who does radio stuff
* Nick - used to work in fabrication, just arrived here, interested in web design
* Tim - working on JS stuff and learning all the things.
* Mike - likes to work on robotics.
* Douglas - also sorting electronics, does audio hacking too. happy that NB is still here and going strong.
* dan - expects people to get Monty Pythotn references. Does neurohacking stuff on Wednesdays also.
* Mel - coffee technologist. Trying to make a keurig machine make coffee and eventually accept bitcoin.


* Open a text editor to take notes on the major points of the meeting, using this page as the template.
= Short announcements and events =
* Project the meeting notes in real time throughout the meeting. Its super cool to use a collaborative editor such as pad.riseup.net or piratepad so that everyone is free to participate in the note taking.
* 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 the announcement and discussion list with a short summary.
* Tell treasurer@noisebridge.net and secretary@noisebridge.net if there are new members.


== Facilitators ==
* Alex - myself and Douglas are restarting a geeks and depression support group that used to exist in the space. You should talk to us about it, and helping everyone with mental health wellbeing
* J - Running a soldering event tomorrow
* mari - this weekend we're hacking noisebridge! there's signs in the space about it. Noisebridge will be closed to regular hacking, only hacking on the space is going to be permitted for the weekend. As well as this, sudoroom is organising a similar event at some date in the future TBD. Talk to myself or Alex if you're interested
* Henner - working on organising the electronics area. We're at the point where we need folks to identify parts and put them into the database. It takes an hour or so here which would be really helpful. No experience necessary; all welcome. If you're interested chat to me.
* Henner - Secondly: for the REFRESH we need to order some square steel pipe to the space. If someone can get that material cheaply, and how to get it to Noisbridge please chat to me.
* Patrick - let's start a group working through the cryptopal Matasano cryptography challenges together Danukeru (daniel) has volunteered to mentor folks too.
* Daniel - Let's remove the rest of the kitchen. Completely remove it and open up that space for more hacking things.


There are generally two kinds of facilitator roles at a Noisebridge meeting:
= [[ Membership Binder ]] =


* 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.
* Jarrod: what even is a member?
* 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.
* j - a member is someone who wants to contribute to the space on a higher level, to take responsibility and ownership of the space. You donate $80 a month, you get 24/7 access to the space, and you become a part of the consensus process. There are no more privileges over anyone else in the space. You don't have to be a member to do anything at the space. You can come, teach, partake, and contribute all without being a member. To become a member you should spend some time in the space, get to know people and the membership, and find 2 members in good standing to sponsor you. The application is read aloud at 4 consective meetings, after which time, if you have the requisite sponsors and everyone is agreed you become a member!


In general, moderators should:
* jarrod - reading membership applications.
* Understand the structure of Noisebridge [[consensus|decision-making]]
** jarrod reads Mari's statement. week 2, two sponsors: Patrick & Jarrod.
* 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 ==
= [[Philanthropists]]=


Everyone at a Noisebridge meeting who has consented to participating in one is a participant!
* Alex - Philanthropy is a way to contribute and get access to the space, with a monthly donation, while not becoming a member. It's a lightweight process. You need a member to sponsor your application, and once it's agreed at one meeting you're granted access with your donation. You also keep noisebridge safe. When you're accepted your member sponsor will show you how to close up Noisebridge, and to explain to you what's expected of your behavior in the space. You can donate monthly @ donate.noisebridge.net
* Jarrod - Louis has an application but isn't here yet
** Louis made it in from fidi.
** Loius - I've been around at Noisebridge for a long time and seen many iterations and generations. I've worked on a bunch of projects, more recently the LifX bulbs at the moment. Wants to hack more and be more involved, to organise things around CCC this year.


* Say your name before you talk.
= Financial Report =
* Remain on-topic, and speak as concisely as possible.
* Funds in bank: 36,352 of which ~$11k Noisetor
* Assist the note-taker with any links or corrections that are needed.
* Actual: $25,000
* Remain respectful of other participants, their time, and the consensus and moderation process.


= Consensus and Discussion =


DELETE EVERYTHING ABOVE THIS LINE WHEN YOU POST THE MEETING MINUTES KTHX!!!
== Consensus ==
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These are the notes from the [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge]. Note-taker: FIXME YOUR NAME HERE; Moderators: FIXME THEIR NAME HERE.
* Dan - consensus is a a decision making process @ noisebridge. relies on a lot of communication, it's arrived at informally. Consensus lets us do difficult things, and requires hearing and listening to people and their points of view. Blocking is the nucleur option, and should be avoided at all costs. In many cases simply stating your opinion and being heard is enough to change the course of a proposal. When something affects the whole space, it's appropriate to get "C"onsensus, but everything else is the realm of doocracy.
* '''One or two bullet points of high-level meeting summary.'''
* Alex - One of the most important roles is that of members when proposals are suggested that might endanger the space, that members should work to diffuse and prevent such bad changes.


= Introductions =
== [[ Consensus Items History | Proposals from last week ]] ==


* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to explain''' [[Noisebridge_Vision|what Noisebridge is about]]:
None
<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>
* Introduce any experimental or unusual moderation techniques that 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
** What do you do
** What do you maintain at Noisebridge?
** if you are new: how did you hear about Noisebridge?


= Short announcements and events =
== [[ Current Consensus Items | Proposals for next week ]] ==
* 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.
None
* Don't hog everyone's time since we all just want to hack!


= [[ Membership Binder ]] =
== Discussion Items ==


* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to describe''' [[membership]], and the application process.
== 2nd floor lease ==
<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.


= [[Philanthropists]]=
* dan - would like to hear Jarrod's thoughts on it.
* '''Invite a knowledgeable member to describe''' [[Philanthropist/Pledge|Philantropy]], and the application process.
* Tim - maybe we should write up what Noisebridge is to explain to new neighbors
* Read off any names from the binder for the past month. Any applicants must have their sponsor present to vouch for them.
* Jarrod - I don't think we can handle it, we have a lot on our plate with one floor as is. It's not also a way of protecting the long-term existence of noisebridge. It'd be great to get the board involved
* 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(?)
* Patrick - we should start thinking about what the future of Noisebridge is. It can't always be 2169 mission st. We only have a 3 year lease, and we can't have this conversation with only 3 months left to go.
* Louis - maybe paid classes?
* Alex - we should really aim to use the existing class population to advertise the existence and awesomeness of Noisebridge. We should aim to get more students to become Philanthropists. It helps us make improvements here and otherwise build a warchest.
* Dan - Awesome to see a lot of members here tonight. Impressed by the ability to discuss things with a balance of perspectives; this is how consensus works and is built.


= Financial Report =
== javascript algorithm study group ==
* 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 and Discussion =
* tim - working with the algorithm study group. looking to make something that helps people with retention. we'd love some help proofreading what we've made.
* patrick - highly recommend you create a wiki page and email nb-discuss with it :)


* '''invite a knowledgeable volunteer to give '''[[Consensus Process|a brief primer on consensus process]]
== REFRESH ==
* 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 Items History | Proposals from last week ]] ==
=== removing the kitchen ===
''(Add any items which are consensed upon or someone has raised a principle objection for to the [[Consensus Items History]] page.)''
* j - we should not remove the sink. the kitchenware is totally ok to go.
* jarrod - we should most definitely keep the sink


== [[ Current Consensus Items | Proposals for next week ]] ==
* jarrod - the entire REFRESH weekend and everything happening during it is a doocratic action. It's just that there's enough people all working together that think it's a good idea for the space to do this. You all have the power to effect change exactly like this. You can make changes to the space to make it more excellent, setting up a space to work on a $thing for example. Pretty much everything done here that makes the space better is done through doocracy.  
''(Add any new items for consensus to the [[Current Consensus Items]] page.)''


== Discussion Items ==
* Du5t - so I've heard about it through the cards against noisebridge, but does that mean that food things in the space are generally discouraged?
* jarrod - not entirely, take godwafflenoisepancakes for example
* mel - does taking away such facilities mean more mess if it inevitably happens?
* douglas - there's not much left to cook / prepare food with. I think a coffee station and the like are great to have, but removing kitchen things is the best
* patrick - the kitchen being removed was very much by design
* dan - i used to enjoy using the kitchen years back. but it was a focal point for a culture war, and enticed a bunch of behavior that wasn't excellent. That coupled with a city inspection caused us to want to remove it. Beside that point, we do a lot of electronics here and we should have cleaning facilities such that people use them / take care of themselves. It was an experiment to remove it, we don't miss the sink full of dishes, and we don't miss the use of it, and it's worked out.


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


= End of Meeting =
= End of Meeting =

Latest revision as of 11:16, 27 October 2015

These are the notes from the The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge.

Note-taker: User:Patrickod Moderator: User:Jarrod

  • One or two bullet points of high-level meeting summary.

Introductions

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  • J and Mari introduce Noisebridge
  • Jarrod -
  • Patrick -
  • Ben - neuroscience researcher. wants to make some stuff w/ electricity
  • Susie - middleschool technology teacher. Doing a big soldering event w/ at risk youth tomorrow!
  • J - teaches circuit hacking monday
  • Haresh - east bay hacker,
  • Matt - taking the gamebridge class!
  • Du5t - here becasue Leif was neat to him in Berlin.
  • alex - hosted a deaf hack day at Noisebridge last weekend! Way cool!
  • Alex - teaches music production and game programing.
  • Mari - hacks stuff. tech is her artistic medium.
  • Daniel - does things w/ code.
  • Marty - programmer! first time @ noisebridge
  • Henner - I write software by day, but do hardware by night. Right now involved with sorting the electronics area.
  • Robyn - hacking with growing food.
  • Scott - hackerspacer who does radio stuff
  • Nick - used to work in fabrication, just arrived here, interested in web design
  • Tim - working on JS stuff and learning all the things.
  • Mike - likes to work on robotics.
  • Douglas - also sorting electronics, does audio hacking too. happy that NB is still here and going strong.
  • dan - expects people to get Monty Pythotn references. Does neurohacking stuff on Wednesdays also.
  • Mel - coffee technologist. Trying to make a keurig machine make coffee and eventually accept bitcoin.

Short announcements and events

[edit | edit source]
  • Alex - myself and Douglas are restarting a geeks and depression support group that used to exist in the space. You should talk to us about it, and helping everyone with mental health wellbeing
  • J - Running a soldering event tomorrow
  • mari - this weekend we're hacking noisebridge! there's signs in the space about it. Noisebridge will be closed to regular hacking, only hacking on the space is going to be permitted for the weekend. As well as this, sudoroom is organising a similar event at some date in the future TBD. Talk to myself or Alex if you're interested
  • Henner - working on organising the electronics area. We're at the point where we need folks to identify parts and put them into the database. It takes an hour or so here which would be really helpful. No experience necessary; all welcome. If you're interested chat to me.
  • Henner - Secondly: for the REFRESH we need to order some square steel pipe to the space. If someone can get that material cheaply, and how to get it to Noisbridge please chat to me.
  • Patrick - let's start a group working through the cryptopal Matasano cryptography challenges together Danukeru (daniel) has volunteered to mentor folks too.
  • Daniel - Let's remove the rest of the kitchen. Completely remove it and open up that space for more hacking things.

Membership Binder

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  • Jarrod: what even is a member?
  • j - a member is someone who wants to contribute to the space on a higher level, to take responsibility and ownership of the space. You donate $80 a month, you get 24/7 access to the space, and you become a part of the consensus process. There are no more privileges over anyone else in the space. You don't have to be a member to do anything at the space. You can come, teach, partake, and contribute all without being a member. To become a member you should spend some time in the space, get to know people and the membership, and find 2 members in good standing to sponsor you. The application is read aloud at 4 consective meetings, after which time, if you have the requisite sponsors and everyone is agreed you become a member!
  • jarrod - reading membership applications.
    • jarrod reads Mari's statement. week 2, two sponsors: Patrick & Jarrod.

Philanthropists

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  • Alex - Philanthropy is a way to contribute and get access to the space, with a monthly donation, while not becoming a member. It's a lightweight process. You need a member to sponsor your application, and once it's agreed at one meeting you're granted access with your donation. You also keep noisebridge safe. When you're accepted your member sponsor will show you how to close up Noisebridge, and to explain to you what's expected of your behavior in the space. You can donate monthly @ donate.noisebridge.net
  • Jarrod - Louis has an application but isn't here yet
    • Louis made it in from fidi.
    • Loius - I've been around at Noisebridge for a long time and seen many iterations and generations. I've worked on a bunch of projects, more recently the LifX bulbs at the moment. Wants to hack more and be more involved, to organise things around CCC this year.

Financial Report

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  • Funds in bank: 36,352 of which ~$11k Noisetor
  • Actual: $25,000

Consensus and Discussion

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Consensus

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  • Dan - consensus is a a decision making process @ noisebridge. relies on a lot of communication, it's arrived at informally. Consensus lets us do difficult things, and requires hearing and listening to people and their points of view. Blocking is the nucleur option, and should be avoided at all costs. In many cases simply stating your opinion and being heard is enough to change the course of a proposal. When something affects the whole space, it's appropriate to get "C"onsensus, but everything else is the realm of doocracy.
  • Alex - One of the most important roles is that of members when proposals are suggested that might endanger the space, that members should work to diffuse and prevent such bad changes.

Proposals from last week

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None

Proposals for next week

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None

Discussion Items

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2nd floor lease

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  • dan - would like to hear Jarrod's thoughts on it.
  • Tim - maybe we should write up what Noisebridge is to explain to new neighbors
  • Jarrod - I don't think we can handle it, we have a lot on our plate with one floor as is. It's not also a way of protecting the long-term existence of noisebridge. It'd be great to get the board involved
  • Patrick - we should start thinking about what the future of Noisebridge is. It can't always be 2169 mission st. We only have a 3 year lease, and we can't have this conversation with only 3 months left to go.
  • Louis - maybe paid classes?
  • Alex - we should really aim to use the existing class population to advertise the existence and awesomeness of Noisebridge. We should aim to get more students to become Philanthropists. It helps us make improvements here and otherwise build a warchest.
  • Dan - Awesome to see a lot of members here tonight. Impressed by the ability to discuss things with a balance of perspectives; this is how consensus works and is built.

javascript algorithm study group

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  • tim - working with the algorithm study group. looking to make something that helps people with retention. we'd love some help proofreading what we've made.
  • patrick - highly recommend you create a wiki page and email nb-discuss with it :)

REFRESH

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removing the kitchen

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  • j - we should not remove the sink. the kitchenware is totally ok to go.
  • jarrod - we should most definitely keep the sink
  • jarrod - the entire REFRESH weekend and everything happening during it is a doocratic action. It's just that there's enough people all working together that think it's a good idea for the space to do this. You all have the power to effect change exactly like this. You can make changes to the space to make it more excellent, setting up a space to work on a $thing for example. Pretty much everything done here that makes the space better is done through doocracy.
  • Du5t - so I've heard about it through the cards against noisebridge, but does that mean that food things in the space are generally discouraged?
  • jarrod - not entirely, take godwafflenoisepancakes for example
  • mel - does taking away such facilities mean more mess if it inevitably happens?
  • douglas - there's not much left to cook / prepare food with. I think a coffee station and the like are great to have, but removing kitchen things is the best
  • patrick - the kitchen being removed was very much by design
  • dan - i used to enjoy using the kitchen years back. but it was a focal point for a culture war, and enticed a bunch of behavior that wasn't excellent. That coupled with a city inspection caused us to want to remove it. Beside that point, we do a lot of electronics here and we should have cleaning facilities such that people use them / take care of themselves. It was an experiment to remove it, we don't miss the sink full of dishes, and we don't miss the use of it, and it's worked out.


End of Meeting

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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.
  • Return the membership binder to its rightful location.
  • Clean and tidy the meeting notes including removing all these really verbose instructions, then save them to the wiki.
  • Send a summary of the meeting notes to the discussion list.
  • Enjoy the company of your fellow hacker, robot, or robothacker.
  • Discuss any items for which there was not time during the meeting.
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