Meeting Notes 2011 08 02

HOWTO run a meeting.

Pick a moderator, and a note-taker. The note-taker should:

• write notes in this page, put them back up online when they're done,
• edit the frontpage so that it points to this weeks and next week's meeting notes in the meeting bit,
• edit the Current Consensus Items if anything is decided to be up for consensus next week (stuff raised for consensus this week should be publicised for a final decision next week)
• edit the Consensus Items History if anything was consensed or failed to consense this week.
• tell treasurer@noisebridge.net and secretary@noisebridge.net if there are new members.

Moderator should:

• make sure everyone gets a chance to speak
• speak minimally themselves
• keep the meeting moving! you're in charge of summarising the consensus, and/or suggesting things that need to be done!
• get the membership binders and ensure they are returned to the black desk

Agenda

The 172nd Meeting of Noisebridge

Note-taker: FIXME YOUR NAME HERE

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.

Short Announcements

Cool new projects? Something you'd like people to know? Say now, but keep it short!

New or Stale Events

Is there anything new happening at the space? Is there anything that has stopped happening at the space?

Here are the current events (you don't need to read all of these out):

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

Mondays

Circuit_Hacking_Monday: Happy hardware hackers at Circuit Hacking Monday

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

Meetings: Introduce yourself and meet the community at meetings

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

Gamebridge: Learn, mentor and cowork game development on 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

Five Minutes of Fame: 10 5 min talks every third Thursday!

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

Swift language mentoring & co-working meetup All experience levels welcome!

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

Godot Meetup Gamedev workshop & networking for users of the Godot game engine. Ask the organizers for one of these stickers!

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

Laser: Get trained to use the mighty Kaitan laser cutter on 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

Financial Report

Funds in bank: Dropping some figures in here in advance. We may not actually discuss these at the meeting if there are more pressing issues, but here's some info in case you're interested. --Hurtstotouchfire 09:50, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

• 27: Number of members in confirmed good standing
• 37: Number of members including those probably in good standing but they pay in large chunks or pay in cash to a board member or I forgot to deposit their checks (sorry Will)
• 47: Number of members including those mentioned above as well as members who are past due beyond our bookkeeping lag
• 57: Number of members on "hiatus" (exclusive of active members and former members who have officially abdicated)

Jan - May 2011 (June & July still have outstanding items to reconcile)

By Number of Members:

• Starving Dues: 25%
• Regular Dues: 73%
• Doing Well Dues: 2%

By Portion of Dues Income:

• Starving Dues: 16%
• Regular Dues: 80%
• Doing Well Dues: 4%

Profit & Loss Jan-May 2011 - Google doc showing a whole bunch of different income items and expenditures, over the last few months.

Membership Binder

• Read off any names from the binder for the past month. Write a check on every open application.
• Anyone up for joining this week (ie have four checks by their name + have two sponsors) 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.

Consensus items

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

Up for consensus this week:

"For a trial period of six months, Noisebridge should sponsor an official project to provide Tor nodes, and accept donations earmarked for that purpose. "

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 in the black desk.
• 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.