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These are the notes from the [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge]. Date: 2017-11-07 Note-taker: Roy, with help from other anonymous editors; Moderators: Darryl. This is an unmeeting, notes are approximations / summaries of what is said and may not always follow traditional form.
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DELETE EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE WHEN YOU POST THE MEETING MINUTES KTHX!!!


== Meeting Summary ==
= Instructions =
* Ratikate was made a philanthropist.
 
* Lady Red was made a member.
Congratulations and/or condolences! You're reading this because you're participating in a meeting of Noisebridge!
* There were no consensus items.
 
* There will be a crypto currency meetup at Noisebridge on Wednesday where a founder of doge coin will discuss "the fork"; There will be pizza and Ratikate will be there.
Meetings should be limited to an hour when possible. Shorter is fine, but avoid rushing.
* Lady Red will be teaching python class next Monday and will be doing a web scraper build-a-long.
 
* Next wednesday, at 7 pm, Phillip Waddler, a co-creator of Haskel, will be giving a talk at Noisebridge. There will be pizza and soda and stuff.  This replaces Haskell class.
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.


= Introductions =
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.


Darryl - I do laser cutting haskel, ...
== 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).


Lady Red - I've been coming for aboyut a year and I do sewing and have recently been doing laser cutting and using the machine shop.  I've been applying to be a member since August and I finally have enough checks.
== Facilitators ==


? - From New Zealand on a work trip
There are generally two kinds of facilitator roles at a Noisebridge meeting:


Paul - We run a maker space, possible the most southerly one. We're currently making IOT stuff for penguins called the internet of Penguins.
* 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.


Katherine - I'm applying to be a philanthropist tonight and I like to sew.
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.'''


Roy - I'm roy.
== Participants ==


David - I do scientific computation; I also do some linux and unix stuff.
Everyone at a Noisebridge meeting who has consented to participating in one is a participant!


? - I have a background in engineering and physics.
* 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.


Sasha - I play with lights and build robots.  Paul, have you considered adding the blockchain to the internet of penguins.


Lizzie - I'm not actually here, I'm unpresent [leaves].
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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.'''


Paul - We're basically looking after little blue penguins near us and we're making sure they're not bothered by tourists and the like.
== 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:


= Safe Space and Participation =
= Introductions =


Lady red - Noisebridge is an awesome place that's run like a wiki: you're empowered to edit it just like a wiki page.
* '''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?


Darryl - We want people to be as safe as possible and our anti harrasment policy helps us do this.
= 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!
* Any happenings at the space of which members should be made aware.
* Don't hog everyone's time since we all just want to hack!


Lady Red - If someone tells you you're making them uncomfortable, don't argue with them; if they ask you to leave, leave.
= Safe Space =


= [[ Membership Binder ]] =
'''Note:''' This section is experimental.  We discussed it at [[Meeting_Notes_2016_06_28]]. We're going to try it for the next meeting, and see how it goes, and then discuss in the discussion section how it went, and how we'd like to tweak it.


* Darryl explains (C/c)onsensus, Philanthropy, ...
Noisebridge is a safe space. '''Invite a volunteer to describe''' what that means.


= Philanthropist =
Some specific points you might prompt the group to touch on, if it doesn't happen naturally:
* What to do if you feel uncomfortable.
* Noisebridge strives to be radically inclusive. What does that mean?
* Noisebridge has an antiharassment policy. What does that mean?


Darryl - Ratikate is applying for philanthropy.
= Participation =


Ratikate / Katherine - I'm great.  I come here pretty often and we had a problem with rats earlier and, I didn't fix it, but I'm going to pretend like I did since I haven't seen any recently.  I mostly helped out with the sewing area and tried to keep us more organized with the trash and the bathrooms.
Invite a knowledgable volunteer to describe who can participate at Noisebridge, including:
* Describe how to get an rfid key for the door system
* Describe how to get access to slack


Darryl - Katherine was sponsored (digitally) by Scotty, and she is now a philanthropist!
= [[Philanthropist|Philanthropists]]=
* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to describe''' [[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.
* 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(?)


= Membership =
= [[ Membership Binder ]] =


Lizzie - the lack of members at a meeting to make a member is not a block to the member making.
* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to describe''' [[membership]], and the application process.
<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
** 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.


Lady Red explains Membership and the differences from Philanthropy


Lady Red is now a member.
= Financial Report =
* Funds in bank:
* Noisetor (See the bulletpoints at the bottom of http://noisetor.net/finances/#summary):
* Any other details by those participating in handling our financials


= Consensus =
= Consensus =


* No consensus items.
* '''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.


= Short announcements and events =
== [[ Consensus Items History | 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.)''


Ratikate - Tomorrow we will have a crypto currency meetup here and one of my friends, a founder of doge coin, will talk about "the fork".  There will be pizza and I will be there.
== [[ Current Consensus Items | Proposals for next week ]] ==
''(Add any new items for consensus to the [[Current Consensus Items]] page.)''


Lady Red - I will be teaching python class next Monday and we will be making a web scraper in a build-a-long.


Darryl - Next wednesday, not tomorrow, at 7 pm, Phillip Waddler, a co-creator of Haskel, will be giving a talk at Noisebridge.  There will be pizza and soda and stuff.  This replaces Haskell class.
= Discussion =
 
Longer discussion items belong here.  This is the last part of the meeting so that people can break off and continue their discussion afterwards.


= Discussion =


Darryl - Does anyone have any things they want to have a proglonged, overlong, unnecessary discussion of, now is the time for that.
== Discussion Items ==


Lady Red - The sewing area could be improved if we could get a bunch of little plastic bins.
If any important discussion happens, it should be happening after forward progress is made during consensus.


Frank - The trinity news on facebook is thought to be mostly algorithmic and even the editors have been let go and so some idiosyncracies have appeared since there aren't any editors any more.
= End of Meeting =


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


== Note taker posts the notes ==
== Note taker posts the notes ==
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# 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.
# 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.
# 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 ==
* 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.




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