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These are the notes from the [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge]. Date: Feb 2 2016 Note-taker: Alex; Moderators: John
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= Instructions =
 
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.
 
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.
 
 
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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:
* Announcements:
* Finances:
    * Five minutes of fame February 18 [https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Five_Minutes_of_Fame
* New members:
    * FLASCHENTASCHEN  [https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Flaschen_TaschenFLASCHEN
* New philanthropists:
    * HACK THE LEFT this weekend 5-7 FEB https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Hacktheleft
* Consensus Items:  
* UPCOMING DEEP LEARNING WORKSHOP WITH STEVE:  
* Discussion Items:
    * MIDDLE SCHOOL MAKER FAIRE April 17th at Presidio Sunday 1-4PM https://pms-sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com/SFSchoolMakerFaire
* SOLARPUNK: Imagine a bright future At Monument Feb 20 Saturday
* UPCOMING SHOP SAFETY CLASS WITH TORRIE AND OTHER TEACHERS WELCOME.
   


= Introductions =
= Introductions =
 
* Torrie: Noisebridge is an art project by Monochrom to pretend it is a hackerspace. We have one rule: be excellent to each other as long as you follow the rule and be taking care of the space.
* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to explain''' [[Noisebridge_Vision|what Noisebridge is about]]:
*John Schutt: Investigative journalist working on Bayleaks where you can send things the public should know!
<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>
* Mark Bunger: First week here, visiting for SF Schools day, had a lot of fun, been to maker faire and kids have learned to solder at 8 years old.
* Introduce any experimental or unusual moderation techniques that may be using during the meeting like: direct responses, limited speaking time, orderless stack, &c.
* Jim Christie: Came to check it out.
* Round of introductions (remember, announcements come later):
* Graphic designer. First time here!
** What's your name
* Jeanie: Work in galleries non-profit galleries exhibition designer.
** What do you do
* Mike: Programmer and tech consultant visiting from East Coast for another week.
** What do you maintain at Noisebridge?
* Henner: Iiiiiiii write software at night time, and day time, and sometimes I make furniture.
** if you are new: how did you hear about Noisebridge?
* Steve: Software developer and musician. Been around the space 3 or 4 years, love it.
* Lee Azzarello: Software engineer, hobby is music, computer music specifically. Once upon a time knew people who did things here but they all moved to Berlin. I used to hang out here when traveling here from NY but now I live in SF! Yea.
* Valentine: I am entrepreneur, I do stuff mostly with augmented reality and 3D. I do 3D effects, if you saw my demo of origamidi AR midi controller. I like music and dabble in some other fields with AR, robotics, music, startups, etc. First time here!
* David: Bunny! I go to school A LOT. At SF STate senior, business admin minor, minor in ... I like to volunteer. This place is rad, I teach Raspberry Pi display and class here and it's great.
* Chris: Do game design and dabble in restoring. Also full time Ninja.
* Alex: I'm a full note taker and I teach. Can't type while speaking
* Rob: First meeting here, do web development. I don't think it is a bike shed argument!
* Scott: Came to Gamebridge couple weeks ago, first meeting since.
* Romy: Been going here 6 years. I hang out in algorithms class. I make art. I love dropping by here.


= 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!
* Five minutes of fame February 18 can be our first 5moF since hiatus. David: I will do coordinating and Torrie will MC. New speaker: Raspberry pi foundation person wants to come and speak at our Five Minutes of Fame. He teaches people to do cool things with $5 computers.  [https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Five_Minutes_of_Fame 5 Minutes of fame is a series of lightnight talks, put it on your calendar!]
* Any happenings at the space of which members should be made aware.
* We have had talks about building hackerspaces running them burning them down and all kinds of interesting topics. Expand your mind, show up at Feb 18th with a talk that's 5 minutes or less and get on stage and talk about things.
* Don't hog everyone's time since we all just want to hack!
* FLASCHENTASCHEN Those crates with lights! [https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Flaschen_Taschen FLASCHEN TASCHEN WIKI PAGE] Bring beer bottles to Noisebridge and we will turn them into a big LED wall!"
* HACK THE LEFT this weekend 5-7 FEB https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Hacktheleft
* Steve: Upcoming talk series about deep learning. Prereqs: Linear algebra and calculus. Come talk to Steve.
* First district-wide Maker Faire for middle schools. J will bring a table to represent Noisebridge there. If you have kids and want them to see a kids' maker faire, April 17th at Presidio Sunday 1-4PM https://pms-sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com/SFSchoolMakerFaire
* SOLARPUNK: Imagine a future. At Monument another hackerspace that doesn't know it is one, Feb 20 Saturday there will be a small unconference about the future of nerds in the future. If the future is a thing you want to be positive and not to have to wear black, come to that.
* GOOD MEETING! GO TEAM!


= [[ Membership Binder ]] =
= [[ Membership Binder ]] =
 
* Membership at Noisebridge is a peculiar thing. Not something you hunt down and ask for but something conferred upon. Members want to improve Noisebridge. You begin the process by filling out a paper for 4 weeks we talk about you every meeting and after the 4 weeks we interview you, ask you to step out, consense on if you are becoming a member, and you come back and find out. By the time you come into the membership application, people should know about you and be able to vouch for you.
* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to describe''' [[membership]], and the application process.
* 2 people applying for membership:
<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>
    * J: Helps answer and teach about things he knows about. Sponsored by Patrick and Torrie.
* 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.
    * Chris Simms: I wish to further awesomeness at Noisebridge. I helped build metalshop and fixed the floppy drive on the ancient DOS box at the front table! Sponsored by Torrie and Alex.
* Anyone eligible to join this week should
    * You don't need to be a member: You can participate and come do things here.
** introduce themselves,
* Philanthropy:  You get 24/7 access and can come become a philanthropist just by applying and having 1 signature.
** 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]]=
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= Financial Report =
= Financial Report =
* Funds in bank:
* Funds in bank: $42K - $10K for Noisetor = $32K Noisemoney
* Slowly inching closer to being self-sustaining on donations, apply to be a member or philanthropist to help Noisebridge slowly run into money instead of out of it.
* 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
* Any other details by those participating in handling our financials
* donate.noisebridge.net/projects/
* Issues with filing taxes for past years is being dealt with by Patrick by the CPA!


= Consensus and Discussion =
= Consensus and Discussion =


* '''invite a knowledgeable volunteer to give '''[[Consensus Process|a brief primer on consensus process]]
* 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.


== [[ Consensus Items History | Proposals from last week ]] ==
== [[ Consensus Items History | Proposals from last week ]] ==
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== Discussion Items ==
== Discussion Items ==
* Stolen stuff is still a problem and we should make it not a problem anymore. Everyone who comes into the front door, make sure to introduce them and get to know them. If they come in and steal stuff after you let them in, you shouldn't bring them here. If you don't feel comfortable having them here, ask them to leave or don't open the door. Ask for help if you are afraid to do that personally.
* Is safety with shop tools a problem? In 9 years(?) we have not had an injury. We are all responsible for keeping an eye on people who don't look like they know how to use tools. We have ocassional shop safety classes.
* Torrie: We will post a noisebridge safety class. If anyone wants to help teach the class, let us know.
* Can you become a member or philanthropist if you can't afford $80? Yes. You can talk to the Treasurer about that.


If any important discussion happens, it should be happening after forward progress is made during consensus.
If any important discussion happens, it should be happening after forward progress is made during consensus.

Revision as of 21:50, 2 February 2016

These are the notes from the The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge. Date: Feb 2 2016 Note-taker: Alex; Moderators: John

  • Announcements:
   * Five minutes of fame February 18 [https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Five_Minutes_of_Fame 
   * FLASCHENTASCHEN  [https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Flaschen_TaschenFLASCHEN 
   * HACK THE LEFT this weekend 5-7 FEB https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Hacktheleft
  • UPCOMING DEEP LEARNING WORKSHOP WITH STEVE:
   * MIDDLE SCHOOL MAKER FAIRE April 17th at Presidio Sunday 1-4PM https://pms-sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com/SFSchoolMakerFaire
* SOLARPUNK: Imagine a bright future At Monument Feb 20 Saturday
  • UPCOMING SHOP SAFETY CLASS WITH TORRIE AND OTHER TEACHERS WELCOME.


Introductions

  • Torrie: Noisebridge is an art project by Monochrom to pretend it is a hackerspace. We have one rule: be excellent to each other as long as you follow the rule and be taking care of the space.
  • John Schutt: Investigative journalist working on Bayleaks where you can send things the public should know!
  • Mark Bunger: First week here, visiting for SF Schools day, had a lot of fun, been to maker faire and kids have learned to solder at 8 years old.
  • Jim Christie: Came to check it out.
  • Graphic designer. First time here!
  • Jeanie: Work in galleries non-profit galleries exhibition designer.
  • Mike: Programmer and tech consultant visiting from East Coast for another week.
  • Henner: Iiiiiiii write software at night time, and day time, and sometimes I make furniture.
  • Steve: Software developer and musician. Been around the space 3 or 4 years, love it.
  • Lee Azzarello: Software engineer, hobby is music, computer music specifically. Once upon a time knew people who did things here but they all moved to Berlin. I used to hang out here when traveling here from NY but now I live in SF! Yea.
  • Valentine: I am entrepreneur, I do stuff mostly with augmented reality and 3D. I do 3D effects, if you saw my demo of origamidi AR midi controller. I like music and dabble in some other fields with AR, robotics, music, startups, etc. First time here!
  • David: Bunny! I go to school A LOT. At SF STate senior, business admin minor, minor in ... I like to volunteer. This place is rad, I teach Raspberry Pi display and class here and it's great.
  • Chris: Do game design and dabble in restoring. Also full time Ninja.
  • Alex: I'm a full note taker and I teach. Can't type while speaking
  • Rob: First meeting here, do web development. I don't think it is a bike shed argument!
  • Scott: Came to Gamebridge couple weeks ago, first meeting since.
  • Romy: Been going here 6 years. I hang out in algorithms class. I make art. I love dropping by here.

Short announcements and events

  • Five minutes of fame February 18 can be our first 5moF since hiatus. David: I will do coordinating and Torrie will MC. New speaker: Raspberry pi foundation person wants to come and speak at our Five Minutes of Fame. He teaches people to do cool things with $5 computers. 5 Minutes of fame is a series of lightnight talks, put it on your calendar!
  • We have had talks about building hackerspaces running them burning them down and all kinds of interesting topics. Expand your mind, show up at Feb 18th with a talk that's 5 minutes or less and get on stage and talk about things.
  • FLASCHENTASCHEN Those crates with lights! FLASCHEN TASCHEN WIKI PAGE Bring beer bottles to Noisebridge and we will turn them into a big LED wall!"
  • HACK THE LEFT this weekend 5-7 FEB https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Hacktheleft
  • Steve: Upcoming talk series about deep learning. Prereqs: Linear algebra and calculus. Come talk to Steve.
  • First district-wide Maker Faire for middle schools. J will bring a table to represent Noisebridge there. If you have kids and want them to see a kids' maker faire, April 17th at Presidio Sunday 1-4PM https://pms-sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com/SFSchoolMakerFaire
* SOLARPUNK: Imagine a future. At Monument another hackerspace that doesn't know it is one, Feb 20 Saturday there will be a small unconference about the future of nerds in the future. If the future is a thing you want to be positive and not to have to wear black, come to that.
* GOOD MEETING! GO TEAM!

Membership Binder

  • Membership at Noisebridge is a peculiar thing. Not something you hunt down and ask for but something conferred upon. Members want to improve Noisebridge. You begin the process by filling out a paper for 4 weeks we talk about you every meeting and after the 4 weeks we interview you, ask you to step out, consense on if you are becoming a member, and you come back and find out. By the time you come into the membership application, people should know about you and be able to vouch for you.
  • 2 people applying for membership:
   * J: Helps answer and teach about things he knows about. Sponsored by Patrick and Torrie.
   * Chris Simms: I wish to further awesomeness at Noisebridge. I helped build metalshop and fixed the floppy drive on the ancient DOS box at the front table! Sponsored by Torrie and Alex.
   * You don't need to be a member: You can participate and come do things here.
  • Philanthropy: You get 24/7 access and can come become a philanthropist just by applying and having 1 signature.

Philanthropists

  • Invite a knowledgeable member to describe 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.
  • 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

  • Funds in bank: $42K - $10K for Noisetor = $32K Noisemoney
  • Slowly inching closer to being self-sustaining on donations, apply to be a member or philanthropist to help Noisebridge slowly run into money instead of out of it.
  • Noisetor (See the bulletpoints at the bottom of http://noisetor.net/finances/#summary):
  • Any other details by those participating in handling our financials
  • donate.noisebridge.net/projects/
  • Issues with filing taxes for past years is being dealt with by Patrick by the CPA!

Consensus and Discussion

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.)

Discussion Items

  • Stolen stuff is still a problem and we should make it not a problem anymore. Everyone who comes into the front door, make sure to introduce them and get to know them. If they come in and steal stuff after you let them in, you shouldn't bring them here. If you don't feel comfortable having them here, ask them to leave or don't open the door. Ask for help if you are afraid to do that personally.
  • Is safety with shop tools a problem? In 9 years(?) we have not had an injury. We are all responsible for keeping an eye on people who don't look like they know how to use tools. We have ocassional shop safety classes.
  • Torrie: We will post a noisebridge safety class. If anyone wants to help teach the class, let us know.
  • Can you become a member or philanthropist if you can't afford $80? Yes. You can talk to the Treasurer about that.

If any important discussion happens, it should be happening after forward progress is made during consensus.

End of Meeting

  1. Return the membership binder to its rightful location.
  2. Discuss any items for which there was not time during the meeting.
  3. Enjoy the company of your fellow hacker, robot, or robothacker.

Note taker posts the notes

  1. Clean and tidy the meeting notes including removing all these really verbose instructions.
  2. Fill out the short summary at the top listing just announcements, consensus items, discussion topics, and names of new members and philanthropists.
  3. Copy paste the notes to the next meeting page. (They will become Last meeting at midnight.)
  4. Email the meeting summary to Noisebridge Discuss and Noisebridge Announce lists.
  5. CC on the email treasurer@noisebridge.net and secretary@noisebridge.net if there are new members and philanthropists.
  6. Edit the Current Consensus Items if anything is proposed for consensus next week.
  7. Edit the Consensus Items History if anything was reached consensus or failed to reach consensus this week.

Fun things to do after

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