Meeting Notes 2011 06 21
Agenda[edit | edit source]
The 166th Meeting of Noisebridge
Note-taker: Danny O'Brien
Moderator: Eric
Introduction and Names[edit | edit source]
Eric -- AV geek
Devon -- Architecture geek. New! Hi, Devon, hope I got your name right.
Espen -- Norwegian psychology teaching building geek
Cynthia -- Kitchen geek
Johann -- industrial design geek
Jenny -- visiting academicky geek
Danny -- meta geek
Aesthetix - pissing off people geek (not true!)
Kelly -- photography geek
Alexander -- just moved in, startuppy chaos music geek
Michael -- late-coming geek
Announcements[edit | edit source]
No announcements
Financial Report[edit | edit source]
Funds in bank: $16835, $3600 in rent going out shortly
We paid $755 in PG&E Electricity bill. It seemed high. Danny pledged to write an email to nb-discuss, and to hell with the consequences. We will see next month if it is still high.
(Note, the thread and analysis in nb-discuss uncovered that a) there are a lot of days in this particular month, b) we pay more in the Summer for our electricity, c) the power usage has gone up, nonetheless, d) maybe it is the increase in cooking, e) maybe it is the vending machine, f) we have a powermeter on the vending machine so we could go check. Etc.)
Jenny pointed to http://growingenergylabs.com/ a friendly startup looking at solar and stuff.
Membership Binder[edit | edit source]
Names were read off! New members are incoming!
What's Going On at Noisebridge[edit | edit source]
One short sentence about each of the following:
This is the active list of events from the main page:
Event Calendar[edit | edit source]
| Noisebridge | About | Visit | 272 | Manual | Contact | Guilds | Resources | Events | Projects | WGs | 5MoF | Meetings | Donate | V · T · E |
| Events | Hosting | Streaming | Meetup | Upcoming Events | Anniversaries | Hackathons | External Events | V · T · E |
events are haphazardly cross-posted on Meetup, the Discord, and Google Calender here
Some noisebridger's have also started hosting Events from a calendar at https://noisebridge.today/, and new (additional) associated gCal.
Key:
W: Weekly |
1st 2nd 3rd 4th: Certain weeks |
-2nd: Except certain weeks |
S: Streaming |
event: caution maybe dead |
event: management of space
Upcoming Events[edit | edit source]
- Saturday, Sept 28 and 29 11am-5pm
- Noisebridge Art Show
- https://discord.com/channels/720514857094348840/1285807615774822465/1288181901726715987
(Help with managing entry at the gate during the event appreciated. Sign up for 1 or 2hr shifts from 11am to 5pm.)
The Noisebridge space will be a featured local open studio showing art during the upcoming yearly San Francisco Open Studios, and as an Anarchist Collective event. An excellent promotional opportunity for NB, and our creators to shine! If you are interested in showing your art at Noisebridge, and selling it, or helping out, DM OkZack on Discord, or the art show curator, islandivers@gmail.com
---> Thanks for all the excellent help so far organizing the Noisebridge Open Studio, Open House Art Show this Sept 28 and 29 from 11am to 5pm at 272 Capp st. We have many artists, creators, 3D printing, robotics, startups, poetry, and music planned. Any help or donations to NB would be greatly appreciated.
https://donate.noisebridge.net/
https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=ZN9JRtMZYxl6PJAApTXNZwogb0gaHFU3R7qFYpoANYwVdxh4oYRCtTdzrzjYN5gMlQZ2C9CWs4jlmEm8&locale.x=US
DM me @ OkZack on Discord for more info about the show, get a space to show off your stuff, and how to get involved and help.
Thank you for being excellent!
- (TBA-part 2) How to Banksy, a stencil graffiti workshop 3-4pm. Front Patio @ 272 Capp st.
- Will be doing it again, soon-ish, so reach out and stay tuned. Thank you for being excellent!
- Saturday, October 26 - "SF Lit Crawl at Noisebridge", 5-9
Mondays[edit | edit source]
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | 3:00pm | Pico-W Python School Group | Learn Python programming using Pico-W microcontrollers for kids and students of all ages. |
| W | 7:00pm | Meetups/Infra | Self-hosting, rough consensus, & running code. Find upcoming sessions on Meetup or in #meetup-infra on Discord. |
| W | 7:00pm | Computer Programming Study Group | (Replaces Python class). Discuss computer programming in Python/JavaScript/etc! Bring your questions! |
| W | you-o-clock | TRASH NIGHT | Please take out all three large trash bins!! They are on the patio. |
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Tuesdays![edit | edit source]
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W S | 7:00pm | Noisebridge Weekly Meeting | (In person & online via Jitsi) - Introduce new people and events, joining, announcements, discussions, and consensus. Come express what you think about what's going on with your space! |
| W | 7:00pm | San Francisco Writers Workshop | Free drop-in writers workshop, get feedback and critique! Located on the first floor hackitorium. |
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| 2nd 4nd | 6:00pm | Numerati SF | Hacking the Stock Market with AI/ML. Every other Tuesday. Please RSVP on Meetup. |
Wednesdays[edit | edit source]
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 3:30pm - 5:30pm | Zinemakers meetup | Monthly gathering of zine and book and comic creators, to share ideas and work on projects. Newbies welcome! Confirm with Meetup |
| 1st | 7:00pm - 8:30pm | Conflict Resolution | We do our best to address pressing issues, mitigate conflicts, be excellent to each other. |
| 2nd 4nd | 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Bike Psych! | Time and space to talk about transit related projects Confirm with Meetup |
| W | 7:00pm - 8:30pm | BI - Weekly Nix and NixOS Meetup | BI-Weekly gathering of Nix and NixOS hackers to discuss use cases, learning material, share tacit knowledge and work on projects. Confirm dates -> https://lu.ma/nix-noisebridge |
| W S | 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Machine Learning AI and RL Meetup | Weekly gathering of AI enthusiasts discussing cool things happening in the field and ongoing projects / learning tracks |
| W S | 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Gamebridge | game development mentoring & coworking meetup for gamedev beginners and indies alike. |
| 1st | 8:00pm | Woodhacking Wednesday | "Have a woodworking project in mind but you don't know where to get started? This is a good time to come ask questions, get some help, and ideas from other woodworkers. Everyone is welcome..." Confirm dates with Meetup
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Thursdays[edit | edit source]
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | 2:00pm - 4 | Lean Theorem prover/programming study meet | An event for people who would like to study/teach Lean theorem prover/programming. |
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| 2nd 4th | 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Advanced Geometry SF | An event for people who would like to study/teach advanced topics in geometry. |
| W | 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Python Project Meetup | Come together to complete a comprehensive computer programming project, largely in Python! |
| 3rd S | 8:00pm - 9:00pm | Five Minutes of Fame a.k.a. 5MoF | Ten 5min talks in an hour, on any topic |
| 4th S | 8:00pm - 10:30pm | Resident Electronic Music | An electronic music open mic! |
| W | you-o-clock | TRASH NIGHT | Please take out all three large trash bins!! They are on the patio. |
Fridays[edit | edit source]
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | 9:00am - 5:00pm | Hack on Noisebridge! | a good open time for cleaning 'n re-organizing the physical space. Coffee and Donuts on a first-come first-served basis! See #facilities-aka... channel on the Discord |
| W | Brewery meetup - brewing & tasting days | Come learn to brew mead with Eliot and Andy! Check the Meetup for dates or check in #brewing on Discord. |
Saturdays[edit | edit source]
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | 2:00pm - 6:00pm | Free Code Camp | with |
| 3rd | 2:00pm - 6:00pm | Godot Meetup | Gamedev workshop & networking for users of the Godot game engine. We have two meetups this October: Oct. 19th and an extra one on Oct 23rd to hang out with Juan Linietsky, the creator & tech lead of Godot Engine |
| 4th | 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Building Guitar Pedals Workshop | Come build guitar pedals or other electronic music equipment! Look for the #pedal-building channel under #events in the discord. Check the Meetup for more info and confirmed dates. |
Sundays[edit | edit source]
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Laser Cutter training | Get certified to use the laser cutter |
| 2nd | 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Fabrication 101 2nd Shop Sundays | class on safety and basic techniques |
| W | 5:00pm - 8:00pm | Spacebridge Weekly Meeting | Noisebridge's resident space program. Meetup page |
| W | 9:00pm - ??? | Noisebridge Cinema! | Watch a movie and discuss filmmaking! |
| 2nd S | 2:00pm - 4:00pm | BAHA: Bay Area Hackers' Association | Security Hacking Meeting 2nd Sundays at 272 and via Jitsi |
Other Bay Area Consortium of Hackerspaces Events[edit | edit source]
- Queerious Labs is open during limited times, check it's status
- SudoRoom: Women & Non-Binary Coding Mondays 7-9pm
- SudoRoom: Hardware Hacking Tuesdays 7-10pm
Non-weekly[edit | edit source]
- Second Saturdays are Noisebridge hackathon:
a casual monthly event dedicated to working on the space or relevant projects and building community. This is a great time to get feedback or help on any projects you have been considering that center around the space, culture, and infrastructure of Noisebridge. You can also help with existing projects and find out ways to get involved.
- Five Minutes of Fame
- Bay Area Hackers Association - (Second Sunday, 2PM)
Project Updates[edit | edit source]
Eric is doing a talk show on TV! It will be filmed live in a boat in the beach, and then backhauled to Sutro Tower then sent into space. It will return via the Galaxy 19 satellite, and he enquired as to whether it would be possible to set up a satellite receiver in the space to capture his living essence, liive.
It was mooted that we are not allowed onto the roof "except to put up antenna". There was some tentativeness about this opinion. Eric was encouraged to email https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/rack and ask about this.
Consensus items[edit | edit source]
No consensus items.
Discussion Items[edit | edit source]
Aestetix outlined a project that would encourage people to donate money to NB, and in return, a small posse of technical people would help them to set up Tor nodes. The various details of this had been bounced around for a while between people at NB, EFF, and Tor, but in the end the Treasurer suggested the following model, separate from Noisebridge and run by said posse:
- Set up a new paypal account that people can donate money to
- Every time a donation is made to that paypal account, someone (or a script) donates some of that money to Noisebridge/EFF, and uses the rest of the cash to launch a Tor node (however we decide to do it technically)
- Have NB Fearless Treasurer issue a donation receipt from Noisebridge to the original donor
The discussion is still ongoing -- those interested in helping should get in touch with Aestetix.
Everyone nodded enthusiastically, and dined on Cynthia's ginger and cinnamon sliced yams.
Due to an error in consensus comprehension, Eric called a motion for the meeting to be adjourned. Fortunately, the error threw an exception, so the meeting successfully quit anyway.
We went on to discuss the madness that doing a talk show in a boat entails, and it was revealed that Eric is a trained scuba diver, and so were other people, and so on and so forth.