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= Crew =
= Crew =


Moderator: ?
Moderator: TBD


Note-Taker: Seth Schoen
Note-Taker: TBD


Attendee Count: 20?
Attendee Count: XX


Officers: ?
Officers: XX


= Agenda Items =
= Agenda Items =
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=== What Noisebridge [[Noisebridge_Vision|is about]] ===
=== What Noisebridge [[Noisebridge_Vision|is about]] ===
=== Treasurer's Report ===
=== Treasurer's Report ===
Noisebridge has $23k in cash although there is still a bit to be paid to
the buildout.  36 members are now behind in dues (about 20 fewer than a
week ago).
We have 83 members who are not on hiatus, 47 of them are current, 36 are
behind.
So legally, we have 101 members, but 18 of them are on hiatus.
10 of the members behind are more than 1 month late and 6 of the 36 have
never paid dues despite being appoved (and, I suppose, are therefore not
actually members).
So that means 20 of them are simply late on this month's dues.
=== Very brief primer on Noisebridge consensus process ===
=== Very brief primer on Noisebridge consensus process ===


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* Security group - Thursdays 8PM except when 5MoF happens
* Security group - Thursdays 8PM except when 5MoF happens
* [http://sf0.org SF0's] [http://sf0.org/events/?id=270 Journey to the End of the Night] - A free street game across the cityscape of San Francisco (20091031 1730 at 2169)
* [http://sf0.org SF0's] [http://sf0.org/events/?id=270 Journey to the End of the Night] - A free street game across the cityscape of San Francisco (20091031 1730 at 2169)
* [[German]] will meet on Thursdays again (note that this has changed since the meeting -- now on Mondays).
* [[German]] is picked up again on Thursday?
* neal wants to meet saturday morning to talk about coit tower film projection and broadcast.
* neal wants to meet saturday morning to talk about coit tower film projection and broadcast.
* Noisebridge Biweekly Cleaning Day, Thursday the 29th.
* Noisebridge Biweekly Cleaning Day, Thursday the 29th.


Also:
Need to schedule:
 
* Cleaning Thursday.  Not a substitute for 10 Minutes' Hate but you should come clean on Thursday.
* Sensebridge is looking for people who want to get electric shocks (?).
* Workbench is in progress and should be done by this weekend.
* Network is up.


Need to schedule:
* New First Aid / CPR class from Michael (one time, approximately four hours)


* New First Aid / CPR class from Michael (one time, approximately four hours).  Should happen soon.
=== Project Updates ===
====2169 Mission====
* Electrical
* Library
* Network


== Consensus items ==
== Consensus items ==
 
* Membership Binder
* Gian Pablo Villamil is a member.
* Seth Schoen is approved by the NB Board to be the next secretary (if Members agree)
* Seth Schoen is secretary.


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


* Non-excellent behavior and you.  (e.g. smoking pot on the fire escape, breaking shit for the sake of breaking shit, sleeping at Noisebridge, failing to clean up, being drunk and disorderly, partying, talking to people well past their level of interest.)  Andy expressed concerns about:
Who can host events? This new page seems to indicate any one, [[Hosting_an_Event]]. Is that what we want?
 
** Smoking on the fire escape.
 
Please don't!  This includes both tobacco and marijuana.  Maybe
we should put up a sign to discourage people from smoking here.
 
** Breaking/throwing away things for no reason.
 
A member destroyed a laptop and hard drive in order to break up a
conversation and out of curiosity.  Another member accidentally
broke a chair and then decided to break it completely and
conspicuously to prevent someone from sitting on it unsafely.
 
There is controversy about the presence of useless junk in the
space.  Some people are more upset about the junk and other
people are more upset about careless treatment of the junk.
 
Shannon says that random electronic junk will always appear so
it should not be considered very precious.
 
Q: What do we do with e-waste?  A: We send it to a recycler.
Q: But where does it go in the meantime?
 
Mike thinks we might be able to recycle things ourselves and
use components if we treat these things respectfully.  But
other people think we simply don't have the space and this
possibility is too speculative.
 
Andy says we need more organization: more shelving and a
designated e-waste bin.  But maybe we have too much e-waste
to conceivably fit in a bin.
 
An ideal situation is certainly if people label the things
that they intend to use.  But there are different sentiments
about what constitutes inappropriate hoarding and how much
harm it causes.  Organization is important.
 
Many of these problems seem to be related to things not having
a proper label or spot.  A first step will be putting up a
sign to remind people where the hack shelf is.  But also
members need to decide what parts they want to use and put
them on their own shelves, less they be thrown away or
repurposed.
 
Q. Is labeling something enough to protect it?
 
A. Labeling and putting it in a reasonable place is necessary.
Just leaving something out in the middle of the floor is not
safe.
 
Q. What about labeling and putting it in the corner?
 
A. Not if the corner is the hack shelf.  But labeling is probably
sufficient.
 
** Sleeping at Noisebridge
 
Noisebridge is not intended for sleeping.
 
Q. What about napping?
 
A. Napping is fine.
 
Q. Napping is OK?
 
A. Napping is OK.  Staying overnight is not good and in particular
living here is prohibited.  Do not stay over regularly and do not
plan to do so.
 
Q. Why are you telling all of us this?
 
A. There are a lot of new people who might not understand these
things.  We need to be able to remind them.
 
** Not cleaning up
 
People should clean up.  E.g. on Thursday.
 
** Being drunk and disorderly
 
Please don't be drunk and disorderly and don't fail to clean
up the floor.
 
** Talking to people well past their level of interest
 
Try not to do so.  Try to help people stop doing so.
 
 
* Who can host events? This new page seems to indicate any one, [[Hosting_an_Event]]. Is that what we want?
 
Quinn: Guidelines on the wiki.
 
Andy: Be a member or involve a member.
 
Q. Is that a rule?
 
A. No, it's not a rule.  However, people should generally do so.
 
Shannon: Our practice has been that there should be a member
involved.  It's not a rule but it's been our practice.
 
Andy: The wiki seems to reflect this.
 
Gian: When you host an event, you also ought to let the
community know that the event will take place.
 
Andy: For example, it should be announced on the mailing list
and in other places.
 
Kelly: Also it should be on the wiki.
 
What about events using up the whole space and interfering
with other activities?
 
Should we need consensus in order for an event to take up the
whole space for may than an hour?  Should we need consensus
for some kinds and sizes of events?
 
Allegedly 5MOF and Arse took up the whole space... but other
activities were able to occur.  But they may severely
distract people.  E.g., Arse was distracting to everyone
present even though other things did happen at the same time.
 
E.g., what about KinkForAll?
 
Also, event organizers should know that other things may
happen at the same time, including use of power tools in the
shop.
 
* How can we address (sexual) behavior that makes people uncomfortable without either villifying the person responsible or creating unnecessary rules? i.e. [http://www.shirtcocking.com/uploaded_images/2849411831_41a1c46dee_b-703769.jpg no shirtcocking at Noisebridge.]


Josh: This is really about respecting other peoples' boundaries.
Do we need a sexual harassment policy?


* Changing the name to DramaCentral or DramaBridge.
= Notes =


There was no discussion about this item.


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