Meeting Notes 2024 07 30

These are the notes from the The 772nd Meeting of Noisebridge.

Date	2024 07 30
Note-takers	Mark, MK
Moderators	Mark

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• Fundraising Update:
• Announcements:
• Finances:
• New members:
• New associates:
• Consensus Items:
• Discussion Items:

Introductions

• Ask people to share their name, access needs, and preferred gender pronouns what they do at noisebridge

Mark: organizes + videogame things WanYi(she/they) - NB first timer - here to meet radical and weird ppl! Can talk to me about physics, economics, crypto, lockpicking, sewing. looking for DWeb conf fwenz Tasha - moved close by 3wk ago, info theory & compression, just grad college: neuro/comp sci. founder type: video diffussion models (synth robot data) NJer MK - I am into nonviolent communication. Have a startup idea built around it. Teach courses. Like talking to people and learning about them and supporting them. Zack - run a design firm. custom furniture and stuff, been messing with the laser, spacebridge Josh - here. long time bridger Michał - does weird things (to computers & otherwise), Robert - obsessed w tech (NixOS: infra) Ellen - woodworking, sewing, policy & org, org party Aug 3rd. interests: physics/math, sewing Loren (mcint online) - software infra, treasurer, wants to hack on more physical things Elan - online, spacebridge E D - online

Short announcements and events

• 60-second description per item in bulletpoint.
• Copy-paste any pre-announcements for the upcoming meeting from Announcements.
• After announcements, copy them to the past Announcements list. Retire any from the Next Meeting list that aren't marked ONGOING.
• (See https://www.noisebridge.net/ and https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Events for events, and welcoming people)

Sewing is going back to classes in August! Weekday class soon after the party about the industrial machines. Also going to have servicing on said machines in the next few days.

DWeb Camp - Next weekend, August 7th to 11th! Tickets are still available. Decentralization, open source, democratic technology. Wanyi offering rides if anyone wants to go!

Post-Meeting Added Announcement, bc I(Mark) forgot: "UNITED STATES OF POETRY" film screening - Thursday August 7th, 7PM!

Pre-Party - Hackathon (this Fri at noon), design a RubeGoldberg machine -> judge on Sat

1. Looking for donations: small knickknacks for RG machine components -> label for RubeGoldberg Hackers

Later tonight, the network may go offline. When it does, try forgetting network then rejoining. Especially if on apple device. Doing some DHCP stuff.

Excellence

Our One Rule is to Be Excellent to Each Other. (On first Tuesdays, seek a few definitions. Other Tuesday, give a 1-3 sentence summary.)

Grant oneself and others grace. Help yourself and others. Mistakes happen.

What does that mean? Please see our page on excellence https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Excellence!

Anti-Harassment Policy & Community Standards of Excellence

Noisebridge has an Anti-Harassment Policy https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Anti-Harassment_Policy Everyone is expected to follow the Anti-Harassment Policy, please familiarize yourself with it.) TWO MINUTES MAX More approachable & specific guidelines, https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Community_Standards https://safespace.noisebridge.net/ is one way to quickly raise issues which will be seen by people in Slack.

Brief Kudos

Recent examples of excellent behavior, say 3, unless the passion moves you.

Kudos to aaron and daniel for getting the knitting machine working!

Kudos to Nick for helping with the tiaras/decorations for the party. Everyone who's helping with the party planning! Elan, the DJ offers, Eric for food, Ryan/Jon for beer, donators, people making stuff, the whole effort!

M K - Kudos to Elle for having a nice chat about communal principles with me. Manifesting excellence and good vibes!

Financial Report (first Tuesday of month only)

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

Small update - successfully closed the CD we were in the turnover period for. Savings is much more flush right now. Good thing we are doing a funraiser still. Still running a deficit each month of like 6k. Expenses are ~12k a month. Let's get more donations, more recurring donations!

Big C Consensus Items

No

Discussion Items

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From/Raised by:Elle Seeking: final planning On topic: NB15

Breaker$witch (After a big feel-good moment!):

   "Okay everyone, this is part of the night where we all take out our phones and donate to this amazing place that is free for anyone to come to. We would love if it was another way, but until we can hack capitalism, please consider Venmo'ing us. We suggest $60, but any amount is appreciated. We take Cashapp/Paypal/Zelle/Chime/Cash whatever it takes because our monthly expenses are around $12K."

Party Planning Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16Ym7PCBUDR7sOpPyxixAJfBaa_x26Agz2HvdrMmXtqU/edit

A couple initial questions:

What's the front door policy at the party?

We are going to have front door people on shifts. They ought to mention stuff about how to donate, how to participate in the party's activities, etc

Elan: I'm going to make a shareable photo album that we can use for a photo slideshow for display at the party. Post it in the party discord channel.

(Taking a minute to run through the planning document real quick)

Please Help Out!

Party Jobs, Guild Presentations, etc Sign-Up Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zYd0ym0QuaJ5Hh3iyAMpa9djbt0Nu0Ty3tVwDHaqGM8/edit?gid=128312931#gid=128312931