Meeting Notes 2022 09 13

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These are the notes from the The 292nd Meeting of Noisebridge.

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• Virtual Meeting (jitsi mic/cam off by default)
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  • Backup link: https://meet.jit.si/noisebridge

Date: 2022_09_12

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Meeting Summary

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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

TJ - he/him - do robotics / AI stuff Alex - ancient Noisebridge who returned after ~10 year hiatus Lester - New to Noisebridge, excited to learn more ELena - Sewing, 6 months Tea - they/them - music room, gamebridge

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

Respect others, being at the space = great responsibility

Short announcements and events

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- 5 minutes of Fame this Thursday! 8 PM - OpenCV/ROS meetup Thursday, October 13, starting around 6:30 PM

Guilds

• What are guilds - briefly describe (much like the previous section on "Excellence")
• Do any guilds have any announcements they'd like to make?

Go to #metaguild channel for new projects!

New Members/Associate Members

What are they? Is anyone trying to become a Member or Associate Member? If not move on. No long discussions.

Alex (needs sponsorship from present Member)

Alayna -> sponsored by Sophia -> Associate Member

Financial Report

Anarchist societies under a capitalist state need money to survive and thrive, yo.

• 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

Spend around $11,600 / month

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.

Fundraising Update

How's it all going HDMI splitter - Alex has one at home HDMI Adjustable mount - JLB to bring mount usb 20 ft extension u mounts for the ceiling $200 on capture card + audio interface Capture card - corey

Big C Consensus Items

Nobody likes 3 hour meetings, only explain if people ask

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

Projects at Noisbridge - Bike shed (new entry system) -- bolt wasn't activated - Electronics room cleanup -- great work is being done, but could still use more cleaning (Ryan / #electronics) - Robots at the space - robot arm (in electronics room) + roomba - A/V setup - @Moof or @TJ - Noise wall - barrier between hackitorium and woodshop - vinyl curtain - Wiki / documentation

Discussion Item 2

Ideas for cleaning up Noisebridge - Establish cleanup day with full list - Tuesday / Thursday - Have "X days since last cleanup" marked in bathrooms - Marked bin / parking ticket system - Cleaning robots - Organize electronics room

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