Meeting Notes 2022 11 08
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These are the notes from the The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge.
- Live notes
- Virtual Meeting (jitsi mic/cam off by default)
Date: 2022_11_08
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Note-takers: Shane
Moderators: Loren
NOTE: Consider turning off fridge for the duration of the meeting. It is very loud and sometimes prevents people on video conference from hearing those in the space.
- One or two bullet points of high-level meeting summary.
Meeting Summary
FILL OUT AT END OF MEETING AND SEND TO MAILING LIST
TLDR what happened at the meeting:
- Fundraising Update
- Announcements:
- Finances:
- New members:
- New philanthropists:
- Consensus Items:
- Discussion Items:
Introductions
- Ask people to share their name, access needs, and preferred gender pronouns during their intro, i.e.:
- Person1 - she/her - people please say names when speaking (i am low vision) - something i do
- Person2 - they/them - no access needs - first time here, hello
- and so on
- Loren - regular
- Shane -
- Johnny
- Justin
- Able
- Lauren
- John - woodshop, 6mo or so
- Gwen
- Megan
- Jams
- Mikayla
- Matt - donor paperwork
- Jenny
- Jordane - visited before. get into hardware hacking, build community.
- Rajah - programmer, looking to do projects and help out with others
- Cloud - do particular project in mind; tech stuff, bio
Excellence
Our One Rule is to Be Excellent to Each Other.
(What does that mean? Everyone is expected to follow the Anti-Harassment Policy, please familiarize yourself with it.) TWO MINUTES MAX
Short announcements and events
- Nov 19th electronics hacking workshop @ noon with Justin
- Teach people how to build electronics devices from nothing
- Supplies provided (dev kits and electronics)
- ie battery packs, drones, e-skates, etc
- Basic electronics knowledge assumed (battery, soldering, etc)
Guilds
- What are guilds - briefly describe (much like the previous section on "Excellence")
- Do any guilds have any announcements they'd like to make?
New Members/Associate Members
What are they? Is anyone trying to become a Member or Associate Member? If not move on. No long discussions.
- Mikayla - another night in the process
Interest
- (Shane Mattner)
- ()
(TODO print more membership )
Financial Report
Anarchist societies under a capitalist state need money to survive and thrive, yo.
$191 in cash box net -$4000/month
Cash Flow
- 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
- The latest financial reports from the treasurer are available at https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Finances
Spending Needs
Gotta spend money on XYZ (i.e. Gate, wiring etc.). WHO CAN SIGN THE CHECK OR LEND THE CREDIT CARD!?!?! It doesn't matter if we agree to do something and it can’t be paid for.
(bar bot - 2x all dontaions combined -- costs - $1000)
Fundraising Update
How's it all going
- Midjourney fundraising event?
- holiday sales.
Big C Consensus Items
Nobody likes 3 hour meetings, only explain if people ask. https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Current_Consensus_Items
Consensus Items
Only for talking about Big C consensus items, small c consensus items should be discussed with people at the space at the time of the change/new item.
Discussion
Discussion Item 1
Discussion Item 2
Do-ocratic Task Board
Participation also means doing stuff to contribute to the space. Propose new tasks or pick some tasks from Github, from what needs to be done around you, or whatever, and see if someone will sign up to work on that task. Anyone can sign up and it's a great way to show you are contributing!
Interests of Newcomers
- Lauren - metalshop
- Megan - electronics
- electronics, sw, escape room. puzzles and managment software
- last cool puzzle? a big dial prop
- escape rooms - in Sacramento - magnet in chess piece. RFID.