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These are the notes from the [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The 405th Meeting Not Allowed of Noisebridge]. Date: June 7 2016 Note-taker: [[User:nthmost]] and Alex; Moderators: Alex Peake
DELETE EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE WHEN YOU POST THE MEETING MINUTES KTHX!!!
* '''Lots of new people here interested in how Noisebridge works.'''


= Instructions =
== Meeting Summary ==
FIXME FILL OUT AT END OF MEETING AND SEND TO MAILING LIST
TLDR what happened at the meeting: Exuberant descriptions of quotidian happenstances.
* Announcements: INCOMING LASER CUTTER!
* Finances: ??
* New members: none
* New philanthropists: nope
* Consensus Items: uh-uh
* Discussion Items: Dremel. Elevator. TODO-Ocracy.


Congratulations and/or condolences! You're reading this because you're participating in a meeting of Noisebridge!


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.
* '''Noisebridge is a HACKER SPACESHIP, a community-based environment where you do what you want as long as the community is "pretty OK" with it. We use do-ocracy. (And, more rarely, consensus.) As a community you have the opportunity to engage, do your part to sustain the environment and/or change it to make it better. Noisebridge is also for anything that's DIY! and Art!''' [[Noisebridge_Vision|what Noisebridge is about]]:
 
<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>
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.
* 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.
 
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 ==
 
Everyone at a Noisebridge meeting who has consented to participating in one is a participant!
 
* Say your name before you talk.
* 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.
 
 
DELETE EVERYTHING ABOVE THIS LINE WHEN YOU POST THE MEETING MINUTES KTHX!!!
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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.
* '''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 =
* Alex: I teach game development after meetings on Tuesdays.
* John - computer & electronics
* Richard - mechanical engineer, i like hacking stuff and programming and stuff
* Eugene - iOS developer in town for conference, looking for place to work
* Damon - just here ot see what this place is about
* Juan - software engineer, come here during hte day at NB
* Mark - game dev, game archiving
* Jarvis - Android dev, doing live wallpapers, 3D artist
* Ryan - been coming here for "quite a while now", currently doing press-related stuff & independent contracting (design)
* Daniel - from Gainesville Florida, Gainesville hackerspace. "Very functional." NB is larger and so is your video wall.  (Scotty: drink more beer; your wall will grow)
* Frank - 15 months ago i found NB, quite awesome. Been studying data communications.
* Stephanie - came to use the sewing machines in fits and starts.
* Scotty - turning all the LEDs in the space into FLASCHENTASCHENS!
* Zach - coming here since 2010, teaching a hardware class on Wednesdays. I don't even Slack or Instagram but I can solder shit really well.
* Trent - I put DOOM on the kiosks. Play it. There's co-op multiplayer!
* Naomi nthmost: Member since 2009! Glad I don't have to do much to make it good! I do lots of hijacking memes, hard to explain!
* Ife - software developer, here to gain skills, exchange ideas with you interesting people.
* Bob - used to be software dev, sold my soul to healthcare, have spent past 2 years earning soul back (?!). Confused.
* Julia - software dev, mostly iOS. here to learn anything
* Liz - graphic designer, transitioning to game designer role, using motion sensors.
* Lloyd - musician, educator, software & hardware dev.
* Juhana - from Finland, checking the place out.
* Mari - also from Finland, with Juhana.


* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to explain''' [[Noisebridge_Vision|what Noisebridge is about]]:
<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 =
= Short announcements and events =
* Cool new projects? Something you'd like people to know? Say now, but keep it short! One or two sentences please!
* Trent: Library-org now has 2000 entries. Attempts to put labels on books in 1-2 weeks. We've converted the process of adding books to the library to use the OpenLibraryID (OLID) -- so we can add ANY work (doesn't have to have an ISBN). (See OpenLibrary.org)  We will need volunteers!
* Any happenings at the space of which members should be made aware.
* *  http://library.noisebridge.net/index/1/
* Don't hog everyone's time since we all just want to hack!
* Zach: Teaching a class on Intermediate Hardware Electronics, co-hosted by Jay. If you've already been to CHM, come! starts at 7pm.
* Trent: CoreBoot meetup tomorrow at 7pm. Check the Meetup if you're definitely going to go.
* Scotty: We're receiving the laser cutter next week! (maybe Monday)
* * HELP NEEDED TO BRING IT IN -- 3 or 4 people may not be enough...
* * Remaining funds needed to pay for the laser cutter: $3300 (out of $5400).
* * CONTRIBUTE: http://donate.noisebridge.net/projects/laser
* Trent: Niche talks on Python -- need one more speaker for 6/13 and one more for 7/11.
 


= [[ Membership Binder ]] =
= [[ Membership Binder ]] =


* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to describe''' [[membership]], and the application process.
* [[membership]] and the application process:
* Membership has morphed over the years, but we're still, above all, an anarchist space.  So if someone walks in and asks "who's in charge here?!" we all laugh!
* We have several levels of belongingness that demonstrate commitment to the space. Capital-M Membership is a process of ratifying that you're part of community, we've gotten to know you, you know the ins and outs of the space, doocracy, what consensus is and how it functions, and we have a level of mutual trust in your ability to be a steward of the space, both physically and community-wise.
* We also have a philanthropist level which is almost the same as membership in terms of belonging and contributing and taking responsibility for the space.
* Philanthropy level is easier to attain: It takes 1 member to ratify your philanthropist application as your sponsor. It is easy to cancel a philanthropy member by design because the process is short.
* By comparison, membership is more slow because membership is harder to undo and full participation in Consensus is the privilege of Membership! (You have the ability to block a consensus item if you feel it compromises Noisebridge values.) We haven't had to use consensus very often lately which is good.
* To become a Member, we require 4 weeks of you having application in the membership binder with sponsorship signatures of 2 other full members. We read your name aloud at meetings (though you don't need to be present each meeting). Ideally, to successfully become a Member, your name should be at least fairly well known, i.e. you don't want the whole room going, "who TF is that?"
* After 4 weeks, you attend the meeting and we discuss your membership, and you leave the room while we decide, and if we consense you become a full M Member.
* We have 28 or 30 philanthropists!
* Important point: You don't need to be a Member or Philanthropist to participate, teach a class, or donate money!
 
<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>
<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
* No applicants!
** 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]]=
= [[Philanthropists]]=
* '''Invite a knowledgeable member to describe''' [[Philanthropist/Pledge|Philantropy]], and the application process.
* '''A new-ish organizational construct that helps us extend the community, keep the space open, and move towards positive cash flow.''' [[Philanthropist/Pledge|Philantropy]], and the application process.
* Read off any names from the binder for the past month. Any applicants must have their sponsor present to vouch for them.
* To become philanthropist, 1 sponsor vouches and you commit to donate a monthly amount to the space. It is $80 or starving hacker rate $40.
* 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(?)


= Financial Report =
= Financial Report =
* Funds in bank:
* Funds in bank: ???
* Noisetor (See the bulletpoints at the bottom of http://noisetor.net/finances/#summary):
* Noisetor (See the bulletpoints at the bottom of http://noisetor.net/finances/#summary): ???
* Any other details by those participating in handling our financials
* We should probably hold a fundraiser for the imminently arriving laser cutter.
 


= Consensus and Discussion =
= Consensus and Discussion =


* '''invite a knowledgeable volunteer to give '''[[Consensus Process|a brief primer on consensus process]]
* '''Consensus?! we don't need no steenking consensus'''[[Consensus Process|a brief primer on consensus process]]
 
* It is important that everyone in attendance understands at least:
* It is important that everyone in attendance understands at least:
** Blocking with verbalized principled objections.
** Blocking with verbalized principled objections.
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== [[ Current Consensus Items | Proposals for next week ]] ==
== [[ Current Consensus Items | Proposals for next week ]] ==
''(Add any new items for consensus to the [[Current Consensus Items]] page.)''
''(Add any new items for consensus to the [[Current Consensus Items]] page.)''
“Consensus: “The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: ‘I stand for consensus?” --Margaret Thatcher


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


If any important discussion happens, it should be happening after forward progress is made during consensus.
=== The Mysterious Case of the Cordless Dremel ===


= End of Meeting =
* Zach: I'd like to contribute a Dremel. Would like to have a simple deterrent to theft for the dremel.
* Alex: A locker perhaps?
* Naomi: did you say it needs a battery?
* Zach: a 12v lithium ion one -- ~$25 or so. I have a charger and bits and everything else.  Donate towards some good metal cutting bits, if anyone wants.
 
=== The Evil Antics of the Elevator ===
 
* Zach: e.g. if you hold the button for too long, it goes an inch and a half too low, causing problems for people in chairs, etc.
* Alex: maybe we could make a sign? post this to the nb-discuss list?
* Scotty: I think Rubin's been the main pt of contact with the landlord. He's out of the country right now though.


# Return the [[membership binder]] to its rightful location.
=== TODO-ocracy ===
# Discuss any items for which there was not time during the meeting.
```Every other Thursday at 7pm, people meet to manage Noisebridge tickets and do boring shit that keeps the space running.```
# Enjoy the company of your fellow hacker, robot, or robothacker.


== Note taker posts the notes ==
* Brian: The doorbell in front of the elevator isn't working.
# Clean and tidy the meeting notes including removing all these really verbose instructions.
* Jim: let's talk about SparkleForge
# Fill out the short summary at the top listing just announcements, consensus items, discussion topics, and names of new members and philanthropists.
* Jared: Volunteers to help with electrical, contact hicksu@gmail.com
# Copy paste the notes to the [http://www.noisebridge.net//Next_meeting next meeting] page. (They will become [[Last meeting]] at midnight.)
# Email the meeting summary to [mailto:noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net?subject=MeetingNotes Noisebridge Discuss] and [mailto:noisebridge-announce@lists.noisebridge.net?subject=MeetingNotes Noisebridge Announce] lists.
# CC on the email treasurer@noisebridge.net and secretary@noisebridge.net if there are new members and philanthropists.
# 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.


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


= End of Meeting =


[[Category:Meeting Notes]]
[[Category:Meeting Notes]]

Revision as of 22:33, 7 June 2016

These are the notes from the The 405th Meeting Not Allowed of Noisebridge. Date: June 7 2016 Note-taker: User:nthmost and Alex; Moderators: Alex Peake

  • Lots of new people here interested in how Noisebridge works.

Meeting Summary

FIXME FILL OUT AT END OF MEETING AND SEND TO MAILING LIST TLDR what happened at the meeting: Exuberant descriptions of quotidian happenstances.

  • Announcements: INCOMING LASER CUTTER!
  • Finances: ??
  • New members: none
  • New philanthropists: nope
  • Consensus Items: uh-uh
  • Discussion Items: Dremel. Elevator. TODO-Ocracy.


  • Noisebridge is a HACKER SPACESHIP, a community-based environment where you do what you want as long as the community is "pretty OK" with it. We use do-ocracy. (And, more rarely, consensus.) As a community you have the opportunity to engage, do your part to sustain the environment and/or change it to make it better. Noisebridge is also for anything that's DIY! and Art! 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'."

Introductions

  • Alex: I teach game development after meetings on Tuesdays.
  • John - computer & electronics
  • Richard - mechanical engineer, i like hacking stuff and programming and stuff
  • Eugene - iOS developer in town for conference, looking for place to work
  • Damon - just here ot see what this place is about
  • Juan - software engineer, come here during hte day at NB
  • Mark - game dev, game archiving
  • Jarvis - Android dev, doing live wallpapers, 3D artist
  • Ryan - been coming here for "quite a while now", currently doing press-related stuff & independent contracting (design)
  • Daniel - from Gainesville Florida, Gainesville hackerspace. "Very functional." NB is larger and so is your video wall. (Scotty: drink more beer; your wall will grow)
  • Frank - 15 months ago i found NB, quite awesome. Been studying data communications.
  • Stephanie - came to use the sewing machines in fits and starts.
  • Scotty - turning all the LEDs in the space into FLASCHENTASCHENS!
  • Zach - coming here since 2010, teaching a hardware class on Wednesdays. I don't even Slack or Instagram but I can solder shit really well.
  • Trent - I put DOOM on the kiosks. Play it. There's co-op multiplayer!
  • Naomi nthmost: Member since 2009! Glad I don't have to do much to make it good! I do lots of hijacking memes, hard to explain!
  • Ife - software developer, here to gain skills, exchange ideas with you interesting people.
  • Bob - used to be software dev, sold my soul to healthcare, have spent past 2 years earning soul back (?!). Confused.
  • Julia - software dev, mostly iOS. here to learn anything
  • Liz - graphic designer, transitioning to game designer role, using motion sensors.
  • Lloyd - musician, educator, software & hardware dev.
  • Juhana - from Finland, checking the place out.
  • Mari - also from Finland, with Juhana.


Short announcements and events

  • Trent: Library-org now has 2000 entries. Attempts to put labels on books in 1-2 weeks. We've converted the process of adding books to the library to use the OpenLibraryID (OLID) -- so we can add ANY work (doesn't have to have an ISBN). (See OpenLibrary.org) We will need volunteers!
  • * http://library.noisebridge.net/index/1/
  • Zach: Teaching a class on Intermediate Hardware Electronics, co-hosted by Jay. If you've already been to CHM, come! starts at 7pm.
  • Trent: CoreBoot meetup tomorrow at 7pm. Check the Meetup if you're definitely going to go.
  • Scotty: We're receiving the laser cutter next week! (maybe Monday)
  • * HELP NEEDED TO BRING IT IN -- 3 or 4 people may not be enough...
  • * Remaining funds needed to pay for the laser cutter: $3300 (out of $5400).
  • * CONTRIBUTE: http://donate.noisebridge.net/projects/laser
  • Trent: Niche talks on Python -- need one more speaker for 6/13 and one more for 7/11.


Membership Binder

  • membership and the application process:
  • Membership has morphed over the years, but we're still, above all, an anarchist space. So if someone walks in and asks "who's in charge here?!" we all laugh!
  • We have several levels of belongingness that demonstrate commitment to the space. Capital-M Membership is a process of ratifying that you're part of community, we've gotten to know you, you know the ins and outs of the space, doocracy, what consensus is and how it functions, and we have a level of mutual trust in your ability to be a steward of the space, both physically and community-wise.
  • We also have a philanthropist level which is almost the same as membership in terms of belonging and contributing and taking responsibility for the space.
  • Philanthropy level is easier to attain: It takes 1 member to ratify your philanthropist application as your sponsor. It is easy to cancel a philanthropy member by design because the process is short.
  • By comparison, membership is more slow because membership is harder to undo and full participation in Consensus is the privilege of Membership! (You have the ability to block a consensus item if you feel it compromises Noisebridge values.) We haven't had to use consensus very often lately which is good.
  • To become a Member, we require 4 weeks of you having application in the membership binder with sponsorship signatures of 2 other full members. We read your name aloud at meetings (though you don't need to be present each meeting). Ideally, to successfully become a Member, your name should be at least fairly well known, i.e. you don't want the whole room going, "who TF is that?"
  • After 4 weeks, you attend the meeting and we discuss your membership, and you leave the room while we decide, and if we consense you become a full M Member.
  • We have 28 or 30 philanthropists!
  • Important point: You don't need to be a Member or Philanthropist to participate, teach a class, or donate money!

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.

  • No applicants!

Philanthropists

  • A new-ish organizational construct that helps us extend the community, keep the space open, and move towards positive cash flow. Philantropy, and the application process.
  • To become philanthropist, 1 sponsor vouches and you commit to donate a monthly amount to the space. It is $80 or starving hacker rate $40.

Financial Report

  • Funds in bank: ???
  • Noisetor (See the bulletpoints at the bottom of http://noisetor.net/finances/#summary): ???
  • We should probably hold a fundraiser for the imminently arriving laser cutter.


Consensus and Discussion

  • 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.

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.)

Proposals for next week

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


“Consensus: “The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: ‘I stand for consensus?” --Margaret Thatcher


Discussion Items

The Mysterious Case of the Cordless Dremel

  • Zach: I'd like to contribute a Dremel. Would like to have a simple deterrent to theft for the dremel.
  • Alex: A locker perhaps?
  • Naomi: did you say it needs a battery?
  • Zach: a 12v lithium ion one -- ~$25 or so. I have a charger and bits and everything else. Donate towards some good metal cutting bits, if anyone wants.

The Evil Antics of the Elevator

  • Zach: e.g. if you hold the button for too long, it goes an inch and a half too low, causing problems for people in chairs, etc.
  • Alex: maybe we could make a sign? post this to the nb-discuss list?
  • Scotty: I think Rubin's been the main pt of contact with the landlord. He's out of the country right now though.

TODO-ocracy

```Every other Thursday at 7pm, people meet to manage Noisebridge tickets and do boring shit that keeps the space running.```

  • Brian: The doorbell in front of the elevator isn't working.
  • Jim: let's talk about SparkleForge
  • Jared: Volunteers to help with electrical, contact hicksu@gmail.com

_IT'S OVER!!!_

End of Meeting

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