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| − | These are the notes from the [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The | + | These are the notes from the [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The 260th Meeting of Noisebridge]. Note-taker: [[User:Kenhaggerty|Ken]]; Moderator: [[User:Leif|Leif]]. |
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| + | Kyle explains what Noisebridge is. [[User:Kenhaggerty|Ken]] explains consensus. [[User:Leif|Leif]] explains blocking. | ||
| + | * '''Consensus decision on HTML front page has been tabled to next week.''' | ||
| + | * '''Finances are going well! Let's keep it going so that we have 3 full months of funds in the bank.''' | ||
| + | * '''Talking about banks, should we switch to SF Fire Credit Union?''' | ||
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= Short announcements and events = | = Short announcements and events = | ||
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== Announcements == | == Announcements == | ||
| − | * | + | * Kevin: Has questionnaires for his project studying Noisebridge! They are anonymous and 1 page long and about Noisebridge as a space. Results of the study will be shared openly on the Noisebridge Wiki |
| − | + | * [[User:Malaclyps|Danny]]: Will hold "Noisebridge 101" classes, mainly on Mondays at 6:00pm for 1 hour, starting soon! Stop by to learn more about Noisebridge and its history and culture and operating style and tools / resources. | |
| − | + | == Events == | |
| − | + | * [[Frontend_Web_Development|Frontend Web Development]] resumes again next Monday, April 15th! | |
| − | * [[User:Malaclyps|Danny]]: | + | * [[5mof]] is next week, April 18th! |
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= [[ Membership Binder ]] = | = [[ Membership Binder ]] = | ||
| − | * Joseph Edward Martin (Week | + | * Richard Bottoms (Week 1): no sponsors |
| − | * Sai (Week | + | * Joseph Edward Martin (Week 2) – No sponsors |
| − | * Nick Shapiro (Week | + | * [[User:Saizai|Sai]] (Week 3) - 1 sponsor ([[User:Malaclyps|Danny]]) |
| + | * Nick Shapiro (Week 2) - 1 sponsor ([[User:Carl|Carl]]); last week I think [[User:Miloh|Miloh]] also offered to sponsor, but no signature on form | ||
= Financial Report = | = Financial Report = | ||
| − | * Funds in bank: | + | * [[User:Malaclyps|Danny]] wrote a Python script to go through Mint.com and parse all of our transactions into a spreadsheet and sum total |
| − | * We did not discuss | + | ** (obvious violation of Mint.com's TOS and he is a naughty criminal according to CFAA) |
| + | * Funds in bank: '''$20,112.92''', hoorah! | ||
| + | * We need to pay May rent, but April rent has been paid! | ||
| + | * '''(NOT DISCUSSED: WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE IRS?!?!?)''' | ||
| + | * Our 3 month operating budget is $18K, so let's still aim to get our reserve fund up to that | ||
| + | * Recurring monthly donations are now at a sustainable level | ||
| + | * We did not discuss Noisetor finances. | ||
= Consensus items = | = Consensus items = | ||
== [[ Consensus Items History | Proposals from last week ]] == | == [[ Consensus Items History | Proposals from last week ]] == | ||
| − | + | * [[User:Flamsmark|Tom]]: "We add a new plain HTML front page to the Noisebridge domain, to allow for a design more amenable to newcomers. The system for managing this content should have the property that a small number can push changes live, while many folks can produce designs and stage/suggest them." | |
| + | ** Decision to discuss & postpone consensus decision because [[User:Flamsmark|Tom]] is not present and, in contrast to last week, most people present are pro-MediaWiki | ||
| + | ** [[User:Malaclyps|Danny]] has friends over at MediaWiki, so if there are things we need or don't like we should get in touch | ||
| + | ** [[User:SuperQ|Ben]] has friends who may be able to rewrite MediaWiki in not-PHP | ||
| + | ** Many present agree that their favorite language is not-PHP | ||
| + | ** '''Images for MediaWiki should be SMALLER! ([[User:Kenhaggerty|Ken]] is dumb) since we pay to host large files!''' | ||
| + | ** [[User:SuperQ|Ben]]: [[User:Dr_jesus|Dr. Jesus]] needs to stop pinging Noisebridge; claims 80% (90%?) of all visits to Noisebridge.net are from [[User:Dr_jesus|Dr. Jesus]] pinging us | ||
| + | ** Proposed alternatives for image hosting: | ||
| + | *** [http://fuckyeahnoisebridge.tumblr.com fuckyeahnoisebridge] (Tumblr) | ||
| + | *** [http://www.flickr.com/groups/noisebridge Flickr Noisebridge group] | ||
| + | * Ken will make a wiki page to coordinate the Wiki redesign | ||
== [[ Current Consensus Items | Proposals for next week ]] == | == [[ Current Consensus Items | Proposals for next week ]] == | ||
| − | + | * [[User:Leif|Leif]] is writing one new consensus proposal regarding creating a new account at SFFireCU. | |
= Discussion Notes = | = Discussion Notes = | ||
| − | * [[User:Malaclyps|Danny]]: | + | == Hell's Cargo (i.e., Wells Fargo) == |
| − | * | + | * Kevin: Currently Noisebridge's bank account is Hell's Cargo, which is an evil bank. Let's switch to something less evil, like a local credit union. Maybe [http://www.sffirecu.org San Francisco Fire Credit Union]? They have an education business account(?) and pay 2.5% interest and invest locally. |
| − | * [[User:Malaclyps|Danny]] | + | ** Why do we have Hell's Cargo…? Apparently last time Noisebridge proposed a switch away we didn't because it's just a bit of a pain, and a few people had direct deposits set up into our account. |
| − | * | + | ** [[User:Malaclyps|Danny]]: People have pledged to donate so long as we switch from PayPal |
| + | ** [[User:SuperQ|Ben]]: SFFireCU has terrible IT but great customer service, while most banks have decent IT but terrible customer service...so while their tech is bad, at least they will fix it? | ||
| + | ** Additional credit union suggestions: Self-Pay ([[User:Malaclyps|Danny]]), Redwood Credit Union (Dan #2) | ||
| + | * General consensus seems to be in favor of at least creating a new account with SFFireCU and keeping the Hell's Cargo account until it is obsolete. | ||
| + | * Someone ([[User:Malaclyps|Danny]]? [[User:Leif|Leif]]?) will write a consensus proposal for next week's meeting | ||
= Attendance = | = Attendance = | ||
| − | * [[User: | + | * [[User:Leif|Leif]]: Has been here for quite a while; currently interested in [https://tahoe-lafs.org tahoe-lafs]; started tahoe grid with tor hidden services |
| − | * | + | * Angel: New to Noisebridge; does graphic design, video; wants to get more into coding |
| − | + | * [[User:Thex|J.C.]]: Does hacking in general; working on creating more hackerspace in the North Bay | |
| − | * [[User: | + | * Joe Black: Does security, Unix, web development; first heard of Noisebridge via Mitch; has been here a couple months |
| − | * | + | * Nick Shapiro: Makes games; is hiring! |
| − | + | * Kyle: Architecture student studying Noisebridge as a community and as a space; has been here for a few months | |
| − | * | + | * Dan: Does any programming, web services, ... |
| − | * | + | * Dan #2: Has been coming for few months; first heard of Noisebridge via a radio interview with Mitch a few years ago; has been programming so long that he is temporarily bored with it, but still gets his hands dirty with code |
| − | + | * Dana: Likes to work on LED stuff; is today working on wearable electronics | |
| − | * | + | * Kevin: Has been coming for a couple months as well; does a bunch of things on the computer; works in the wood shop every once in a while; also works in kitchen; is doing well |
| − | * | + | * [[User:Malaclyps|Danny]]: Has been coming to Noisebridge for 3-4 years; thinks a lot and tries to write about technological culture |
| − | * | + | * [[User:Kenhaggerty|Ken]]: Is taking notes |
| − | * | + | * Joe: Third time here; has known about Noisebridge an embarrassingly long time but lived in Mountain View so he went to Hacker Dojo instead; tricked into being a computer guy; writes code, looking to build a stove |
| − | + | * Rupert: Visting from Montreal (greetings from FooLab!); first time at Noisebridge but has known about Noisebridge for a long time (we're pretty famous :p); glad to be here and see what's going on; does hardware and software and woodshop | |
| − | * [[User: | + | * Luke: Also visiting from Montreal; Noisebridge is impressive, enjoys it very much; into computer vision and machine learning |
| − | * | + | * Lassl: Visiting from Norway! Here for 3 days; came to Noisebridge today because he was looking for fruit but saw the Noisebridge banner and went in; electrical engineer but got bored of organized 90 degree lines, so he started doing graphic design and font and web development |
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[[Category:Meeting Notes]] | [[Category:Meeting Notes]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:44, 10 April 2013
These are the notes from the The 260th Meeting of Noisebridge. Note-taker: Ken; Moderator: Leif.
Kyle explains what Noisebridge is. Ken explains consensus. Leif explains blocking.
- Consensus decision on HTML front page has been tabled to next week.
- Finances are going well! Let's keep it going so that we have 3 full months of funds in the bank.
- Talking about banks, should we switch to SF Fire Credit Union?
Short announcements and events[edit]
Announcements[edit]
- Kevin: Has questionnaires for his project studying Noisebridge! They are anonymous and 1 page long and about Noisebridge as a space. Results of the study will be shared openly on the Noisebridge Wiki
- Danny: Will hold "Noisebridge 101" classes, mainly on Mondays at 6:00pm for 1 hour, starting soon! Stop by to learn more about Noisebridge and its history and culture and operating style and tools / resources.
Events[edit]
- Frontend Web Development resumes again next Monday, April 15th!
- 5mof is next week, April 18th!
Membership Binder [edit]
- Richard Bottoms (Week 1): no sponsors
- Joseph Edward Martin (Week 2) – No sponsors
- Sai (Week 3) - 1 sponsor (Danny)
- Nick Shapiro (Week 2) - 1 sponsor (Carl); last week I think Miloh also offered to sponsor, but no signature on form
Financial Report[edit]
- Danny wrote a Python script to go through Mint.com and parse all of our transactions into a spreadsheet and sum total
- (obvious violation of Mint.com's TOS and he is a naughty criminal according to CFAA)
- Funds in bank: $20,112.92, hoorah!
- We need to pay May rent, but April rent has been paid!
- (NOT DISCUSSED: WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE IRS?!?!?)
- Our 3 month operating budget is $18K, so let's still aim to get our reserve fund up to that
- Recurring monthly donations are now at a sustainable level
- We did not discuss Noisetor finances.
Consensus items[edit]
Proposals from last week [edit]
- Tom: "We add a new plain HTML front page to the Noisebridge domain, to allow for a design more amenable to newcomers. The system for managing this content should have the property that a small number can push changes live, while many folks can produce designs and stage/suggest them."
- Decision to discuss & postpone consensus decision because Tom is not present and, in contrast to last week, most people present are pro-MediaWiki
- Danny has friends over at MediaWiki, so if there are things we need or don't like we should get in touch
- Ben has friends who may be able to rewrite MediaWiki in not-PHP
- Many present agree that their favorite language is not-PHP
- Images for MediaWiki should be SMALLER! (Ken is dumb) since we pay to host large files!
- Ben: Dr. Jesus needs to stop pinging Noisebridge; claims 80% (90%?) of all visits to Noisebridge.net are from Dr. Jesus pinging us
- Proposed alternatives for image hosting:
- Ken will make a wiki page to coordinate the Wiki redesign
Proposals for next week [edit]
- Leif is writing one new consensus proposal regarding creating a new account at SFFireCU.
Discussion Notes[edit]
Hell's Cargo (i.e., Wells Fargo)[edit]
- Kevin: Currently Noisebridge's bank account is Hell's Cargo, which is an evil bank. Let's switch to something less evil, like a local credit union. Maybe San Francisco Fire Credit Union? They have an education business account(?) and pay 2.5% interest and invest locally.
- Why do we have Hell's Cargo…? Apparently last time Noisebridge proposed a switch away we didn't because it's just a bit of a pain, and a few people had direct deposits set up into our account.
- Danny: People have pledged to donate so long as we switch from PayPal
- Ben: SFFireCU has terrible IT but great customer service, while most banks have decent IT but terrible customer service...so while their tech is bad, at least they will fix it?
- Additional credit union suggestions: Self-Pay (Danny), Redwood Credit Union (Dan #2)
- General consensus seems to be in favor of at least creating a new account with SFFireCU and keeping the Hell's Cargo account until it is obsolete.
- Someone (Danny? Leif?) will write a consensus proposal for next week's meeting
Attendance[edit]
- Leif: Has been here for quite a while; currently interested in tahoe-lafs; started tahoe grid with tor hidden services
- Angel: New to Noisebridge; does graphic design, video; wants to get more into coding
- J.C.: Does hacking in general; working on creating more hackerspace in the North Bay
- Joe Black: Does security, Unix, web development; first heard of Noisebridge via Mitch; has been here a couple months
- Nick Shapiro: Makes games; is hiring!
- Kyle: Architecture student studying Noisebridge as a community and as a space; has been here for a few months
- Dan: Does any programming, web services, ...
- Dan #2: Has been coming for few months; first heard of Noisebridge via a radio interview with Mitch a few years ago; has been programming so long that he is temporarily bored with it, but still gets his hands dirty with code
- Dana: Likes to work on LED stuff; is today working on wearable electronics
- Kevin: Has been coming for a couple months as well; does a bunch of things on the computer; works in the wood shop every once in a while; also works in kitchen; is doing well
- Danny: Has been coming to Noisebridge for 3-4 years; thinks a lot and tries to write about technological culture
- Ken: Is taking notes
- Joe: Third time here; has known about Noisebridge an embarrassingly long time but lived in Mountain View so he went to Hacker Dojo instead; tricked into being a computer guy; writes code, looking to build a stove
- Rupert: Visting from Montreal (greetings from FooLab!); first time at Noisebridge but has known about Noisebridge for a long time (we're pretty famous :p); glad to be here and see what's going on; does hardware and software and woodshop
- Luke: Also visiting from Montreal; Noisebridge is impressive, enjoys it very much; into computer vision and machine learning
- Lassl: Visiting from Norway! Here for 3 days; came to Noisebridge today because he was looking for fruit but saw the Noisebridge banner and went in; electrical engineer but got bored of organized 90 degree lines, so he started doing graphic design and font and web development