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Someone would like to anonymously point out that Free School and friends have turned the space under the laser room into their personal belonging storage for the past month or so (go check it now, it's a Noiserat nest heaven up in there!). Personal as in clothing, personal hygiene products, items one would normally store in a place they're living out of. Considering that it's illegal for anyone to live at 2169 Mission due to our lease and the city zoning code, does Noisebridge as a collective want people keeping their personal belongings (in this instance things you'd normal keep with you traveling or at your home) in the space? Additionally since such items are being left at the space, concern to their security and well being should be voiced considering Noisebridge as a collected sees property like this as automatic donated to the nonprofit, which was outlined in previous meetings. Or you could just delete this discussion item since I currently lack the energy (backbone?) to debating such things on my own but would like to see some action taken by the group. | |||
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Agenda
The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge
Note-taker: [User:Malaclyps danny]
Moderator: FIXME THEIR NAME HERE
Introduction and Names
- What Noisebridge is about: "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'."
- Round of introductions: What's your name, what do you do, and if you are new, how did you hear about Noisebridge? Start with the moderator and go left.
- A brief primer on consensus process: We agree and so should you! Only paid-up members can block consensus.
Announcements
Financial Report
Funds in bank:
Membership Binder
- Read off any names from the binder for the past month.
- Anyone up for join this week should introduce themselves then leave the area in search of gifts (traditionally beer and a lime) for the rest of the group. The rest of the meeting should consense on whether they may join.
What's Going On at Noisebridge
One short sentence about each of the following:
This is the active list of events from the main page:
Event Calendar
events are haphazardly cross-posted on Meetup, the Discord, and Google Calender here
Some noisebridger's have also started hosting Events from a calendar at https://noisebridge.today/, and new (additional) associated gCal.
Key:
W: Weekly |
1st 2nd 3rd 4th: Certain weeks |
-2nd: Except certain weeks |
S: Streaming |
event: caution maybe dead |
event: management of space
Upcoming Events
Mondays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | 7:00pm | Meetups/Infra | Self-hosting, rough consensus, & running code. Find upcoming sessions on Meetup or in #meetup-infra on Discord. |
| W | 7:00pm | Circuit Hacking Monday | Learn electronics, Arduino, and/or how to solder! We have kits and Arduinos for donations, or bring your own project. Most Mondays at 7PM. More details on Meetup |
| W | you-o-clock | TRASH NIGHT | Please take out all three large trash bins!! They are on the patio. |
Tuesdays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W S | 5:00pm | Premeeting Social Story Time | Noisebridge's excellence, do-ocracy, and consensus are inspired by anarchism and a rich lore of lessons learned. Meet members, learn about membership, share ideas, ask anything and question everything! |
| W S | 7:00pm | Noisebridge Weekly Meeting | (In person & online via Jitsi) - Introduce new people and events, joining, announcements, discussions, and consensus. Come express what you think about what's going on with your space! |
| W | 7:00pm | San Francisco Writers Workshop | Free drop-in writers workshop, get feedback and critique! Located on the first floor hackitorium. |
Wednesdays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W S | 5:00pm - 7:00pm | Tablebridge | tabletop gaming & hobbying for playing and designing boardgames, RPGs, wargames and mini painting hobbying. |
| W | 6:00pm - 9:00pm | Woodhacking Wednesday | "Have a woodworking project in mind but you don't know where to get started? This is a good time to come ask questions, get some help, and ideas from other woodworkers. Everyone is welcome..." Confirm dates with Meetup |
| W S | 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Gamebridge | game development mentoring & coworking meetup for gamedev beginners and indies alike.
|
Thursdays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 7:00pm - 10:00pm | Indiebridge Showcase Throwdown Thursdays | Indie Game Showcases & Game Tournaments for casual-friendly competition in console & PC games like Smash Brothers, Halo, Quake, Marathon, etc. |
| 2nd | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Tablebridge | Tablebridge tabletop gaming & design (board/card/miniature/rpg/party/ARG/etc). |
| 2nd | 8:00pm - 9:30pm | DC415 | Defcon 415 Security on 2nd Thursdays: Informal meetup group about all things security related. |
| 3rd S | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Ten Minutes of Game a.k.a. 10MoG | Five 10min talks in an hour and discussions on any gaming/gamedev topic |
| 3rd S | 8:00pm - 9:00pm | Five Minutes of Fame a.k.a. 5MoF | Ten 5min talks in an hour, on any topic |
| 4th S | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Songbridge | Music making meetup & mentoring for electronic and experimental music, soundtracks, VJing, music videos |
| Mar 26 8:30pm - 11:30pm | School of Melee Workshop Tournament | Super Smash Melee Self Improvement Workshop & Tournament: Learn to master Super Smash Melee with expert mentors LanTurN & Megaman and test what you've learned in a tournament! | |
| 4th S | 8:00pm - 10:30pm | Resident Electronic Music | An electronic music open mic! |
| W | you-o-clock | TRASH NIGHT | Please take out all three large trash bins!! They are on the patio. |
Fridays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | 9:00am - 5:00pm | Hack on Noisebridge! | a good open time for cleaning 'n re-organizing the physical space. Coffee and Donuts on a first-come first-served basis! See #facilities-aka... channel on the Discord |
Saturdays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2:00pm - 5:00pm | Unitybridge Unity Meetup | Learn Unity and cowork with fellow indies using it |
| 2nd | 2:00pm - 5:00pm | Unrealbridge Unreal Meetup | Learn Unreal and cowork with fellow indies using it |
| W | 12pm-2pm | Robotics Meetup | Co-hack on robotics with us. Work on our group projects, or bring your own. No robotics experience required. |
| 3rd | 2:00pm - 6:00pm | Godot Meetup | Gamedev workshop & networking for users of the Godot game engine. |
| 4th | 2:00pm - 5:00pm | Graphicsbridge graphics & engine coding meetup | Custom graphics & engine development meetup & mentoring |
| 4th | 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Building Guitar Pedals Workshop | Come build guitar pedals or other electronic music equipment! Look for the #pedal-building channel under #events in the discord. Check the Meetup for more info and confirmed dates. |
| 4th | 4:00pm - 7:00pm | Decentralized Web | Presentations and networking for those interested in weaving a decentralized web. |
| W | 8pm | Noisebridge Cinema! |
Sundays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | 12:00pm - 1:30pm | 3D Printing Class | Learn how to use a 3D printer |
| W | 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Laser Cutter safety training | Get certified to use the laser cutter (limited availability) |
| 2nd | 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Fabrication 101 2nd Wood Shop Sundays | class on safety and basic techniques |
| W | 4:00pm - 8:00pm | Spacebridge Weekly Meeting | Noisebridge's resident space program. Meetup page. (Sometimes we watch a politically-related movie around 7:30) |
Other Bay Area Consortium of Hackerspaces Events
- Queerious Labs is open during limited times, check it's status
- SudoRoom: Women & Non-Binary Coding Mondays 7-9pm
- SudoRoom: Hardware Hacking Tuesdays 7-10pm
Non-weekly
- Second Saturdays are Noisebridge hackathon:
a casual monthly event dedicated to working on the space or relevant projects and building community. This is a great time to get feedback or help on any projects you have been considering that center around the space, culture, and infrastructure of Noisebridge. You can also help with existing projects and find out ways to get involved.
- Five Minutes of Fame
- Bay Area Hackers Association - (Second Sunday, 2PM)
Project Updates
(Anyone doing interesting projects is welcome to chip in here.)
Consensus items
(Add any new items for consensus to the Current Consensus Items page.)
Discussion Items
Al Sweigart would like to talk dirty.
Danny would like to propose for consensus paying someone to clean on a monthly basis.
Danny would like to meta-discuss the structure of the meeting.
Finally, Danny would like to mention a chat he had with the Free School folks.
Someone would like to anonymously point out that Free School and friends have turned the space under the laser room into their personal belonging storage for the past month or so (go check it now, it's a Noiserat nest heaven up in there!). Personal as in clothing, personal hygiene products, items one would normally store in a place they're living out of. Considering that it's illegal for anyone to live at 2169 Mission due to our lease and the city zoning code, does Noisebridge as a collective want people keeping their personal belongings (in this instance things you'd normal keep with you traveling or at your home) in the space? Additionally since such items are being left at the space, concern to their security and well being should be voiced considering Noisebridge as a collected sees property like this as automatic donated to the nonprofit, which was outlined in previous meetings. Or you could just delete this discussion item since I currently lack the energy (backbone?) to debating such things on my own but would like to see some action taken by the group.
End of Meeting
- PGP Key Signing could happen now, check the list to see who wants in on the action.
- Put back the membership binder by the Shrine.
- Save the meeting notes to the wiki.
- Send a copy of the meeting notes to the discussion list.
- Copy the Meeting Notes Template for next week's agenda and update the main wiki page's link to it.
- Enjoy a cocktail with your fellow hacker or robot.