Meeting Notes 2013 07 23

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These are the notes from the The 275th Meeting of Noisebridge. Note-taker: Kevin; Moderator: Jarrod.

TLDR[edit]

  • Hacker Fellowships
  • Ban Brandon consensus proposal - Brandon present and agrees to refain from being at Noisebridge until the coming Tuesday meeting
  • Mark O'Neil appeals his ban
  • Skyler not to return til the coming Tuesday meeting
  • God Waffel Noise Pancakes coming to Noisebridge Sunday, September 22nd

Short announcements and events[edit]

  • Cynthia announces the non-unanimous decision to tear out the centeral island Thursday morning AKA phase I
  • Dan announces a friend form the Community Arts Program has a life-size robot made of clay. 1009 Market Street (Market and 6th).
  • Douglas would like to have God Waffel Noise Pancakes show here Sunday afternoon.DnD conflict? Will be discussed later.
  • Dana announces a woman lost her As cap. Sentimental value. Her email is on the Discuss list.*
  • James annoucnes August 10, 4PM to late. Fundraiser party at noisebridge. Food and fun for all. Everyone is welcome. noisebridge.net/party Noisejam will be proforming, Carolyn will teach fencing... and much more! Would be cool to contact Food not Bombs (bring food, offer advice, join in). Also help with set-up and tear-down of event. Orchestra would like to collaborate with LED team. Tabling okay and encouraged. Help to publicise.
  • James announces hacker fellowship proposal.
  • Cynthia announces that Diatomacious earth was not delivered. Door bell was disabled and Fedex delivery was not recieved.

Membership Binder [edit]

  • No one present to membership

Financial Report[edit]

Consensus items[edit]

Proposals from last week [edit]

(Add any items which pass or are blocked to the Consensus Items History page.)

Proposals for next week [edit]

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

Proposal to ban Brandon from the space [typical language]

  • Brandon who had been using/sleeping/living in the DJ Booth with frequency lately, was asked to leave this morning
  • Grivences include grossly inappropriate use of the space and offensive communication
  • Brandon arrives and speaks on greatly respecting the space, feeling disrespected by others,
  • Brandon has agreed not to come back til coming Tuesday meeting

Proposal to providing funding for hacker fellowships brought by James

  • If Noisebridge has 3 months worth of rent (all expenses), then the fellowship will continue.
  • Specific amount of money for this fund, $2k allocated to the fellowship every month for instance
  • If fellows are underbudget the money rolls over month-to-month
  • Disbursement of funds? Maybe consensed on at weekly Noisebridge meeting
  • Do not think disbursement needs consensus
  • Details need to be fool-proofed
  • Suggestion to put out Request for Proposal (RFP)
  • No rush
  • Not be consensed on next week specifically to stirr discussion and get more details

Mark O'Neil returns to appeal his ban

  • Mark discribes what happend, in detail, believing it to have been a prank
  • Mark acknowldges that the cheesecake incident was inappropriate
  • Mark had not become aware that he was banned until a fews days back
  • The seriousness of Mark's actions are articulated and have been noted by the banning
  • Cynthia suggests that Mark be unbanned so long as he is always sober at Noisebridge
  • Mark will wait a couple of months before coming back to appeal the ban

Discussion Notes[edit]

God Waffel Noise Pancakes

  • Noisebridge host event on September 22nd
  • Douglas volunteers to bottomline the event
  • One enthusiastic response from the list
  • Will it interfere with anything else? DnD? Lock picking?
  • Donations would be split with Noisebridge
  • There will be vegan pancakes
  • Music will be made with homemade and off-the-self insturment

Skyler

  • Asked to leave and not come back with Brandon this morning
  • He was respectful, and left
  • Skyler should not return to Noisebridge until the coming Tuesday meeting

Attendance[edit]

  • Mark - work with some friends
  • Adam - like to build things
  • Dana - working on LED stuff
  • Monad - I tinker around
  • Cynthia - Supports keeping internet accessible
  • Douglas - audio
  • Tyler - Databases
  • Kevin - Brains and sleep
  • Dan - Programmer with brain/mind interestes
  • Jade - Python and Neurohacking group participation
  • Matthew - see friends
  • Marten - Art, music and electronics
  • Pan - Pantrimtab, continuation of the human race here by accident
  • Mojotu - electronics looking for tips modding an 80s drum machine
  • Craig - learn more about programming, computers
  • crw - from bound together
  • Jarrod - maker and junior architect

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