There is a [http://twitter.com/noisebridge noisebridge account on twitter]. It's usually used for assery, full or half, but announcements about events, various links and meetings are not out of the question. Feel free to follow us there.

To post to the Noisebridge Twitter account, join our [[IRC]] channel and type in "noisebot, help twitter" for further instructions.

Also, the noisebridge account follows various members who opt-in. This allows for a centralized way of finding all of us who wish to be found, for various twitter-related projects. Here's the opt-in list (If you're a noisebridge person and want to be followed, please put your name and link your twitter username at the bottom).

*[[User:mediapathic | Steen]] : mediapathic
*[[User:Michiexile | Mikael]] : michiexile
*[[User:Ioerror| Jacob]] : ioerror
*[[User:Edrabbit| Ed]] : edrabbit
*Kevin : kevinreedy
*Ben Rosengart: fivetonsflax
* David Molnar : dmolnar
* [[User:Jof | jof]] : [https://twitter.com/jof jof]
* [[User:aeonsf | John]] : [https://twitter.com/aeonice aeonice]

* [[User:jtfoote | Jon Foote]] : [https://twitter.com/rrmutt rrmutt]
* [[User:jlapenna | Joe]] : [https://twitter.com/jlapenna jlapenna]
* [[User:jdavid | jDavid]] : [https://twitter.com/jdavid jDavid]
* [[User:skyex | skye x]] : [https://twitter.com/skyex skyex]
* [[User:gianteye | M@]] : [https://twitter.com/gianteye Giant Eye]
* [[User:verbal|ian]] : [https://twitter.com/verbiee verbiee]
*[[User:Vniow|Ani]] : [https://twitter.com/vniow vniow]
* [[User:maymay|Meitar Moscovitz]]: [https://twitter.com/maymaym maymaym]
* [[User:EkriirkE|Erik Johnson]] : [https://twitter.com/LEDSuit LEDSuit]
* [[User:Miloh | miloh]] : [https://twitter.com/miloh miloh]
* Zephyr : [https://twitter.com/zefyear zefyear]
* [[User:mcgrof | mcgrof]] : [https://twitter.com/mcgrof mcgrof]
* [[User:chris-kun | chris-kun]] : [https://twitter.com/saikochriskun saikochriskun]
* [[User:gjtorikian | Garen]] : [https://twitter.com/gjtorikian gjtorikian]

Meeting Notes 2011 10 04

2011-10-04T22:59:37Z

75.101.62.95:

Ed of Community

2011-09-24T21:42:15Z

75.101.62.95:

|Ed was asked (somewhat convincingly) by a Chicago judge to do 60 hours of community service in penance for a terrible crime, the likes of which he will happily regale you with.

[[Meeting_Notes_2011_08_16#Discussion_Items|He asked]] if he could do it with Noisebridge.

(Ed here is where you can say a few words -- it helps if you create a user on the wiki first -- go [https://www.noisebridge.net/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup here to do so] and then hit the back button to get back here)

'''8/19/2011'''
Hi everybody! Ed here, and yes, the above is true. The great state of Illinois has recently assigned me 60 hours of self-placed community service for being involved in a bar fight(i.e. Punching a guy for insulting my recently deceased father.) The term "self-placed" means I can perform my assigned hours of community service at any non-profit organization I choose, which is nice. I found Noisebridge while running a search for non-profits on Yelp, which was 3rd down from the top of the list right behind the Red Cross and the Sisterhood of Perpetual Indulgence. Not having the slightest idea what to expect I called the "red phone" number listed on the wiki and briefly spoke with someone about my situation and they suggested that I come by Tuesday night for the meeting. I did, and it was awesome. I met mostly everyone in the space that night and got to share few laughs before Danny and Liz paired me up with Robert, to discuss how I can help out around Noisebridge. On top of doing some general cleaning, I also hope to be able to do a few cooking classes as well.

See you around the space!

{|
!Date
!Hours
!Time
!Brief Job Description
|-
|2011-8-18
|4.5 hours
|5:00 - 9:30:
|swept the space, sorted and cleared out a pile of garbage near the front door, cleaned and setup 3 work spaces at the front of the space.
|-
|2011-8-24
|3 Hours
|6:00 - 9:00 :
| swept the space, organized tables and shelves the soldering area
|-
|2011-8-26
|5 Hours
|4:00 - 9:00:
|cleaned Kitchen area, Taught Japanese Kastu Curry cooking class. Spent:$60 on groceries and fed 18 people.
|-
|2011-8-28
|1.5 Hours
|4:00 - 5:30:
|swept and mopped the space, emptied smaller trash cans, cleaned the kitchen
|-
|2011-8-30
|1.5 Hours
|6:00 - 7:30:
|swept the space, cleaned and organized the soldering area, vacuumed fruitflies and cleaned the kitchen a little
|-
|2011-8-31
|1 Hour
|5:30 - 6:30:
|helped Francisco with his cooking class
|-
|2011-9-1
| 4 Hours
|3:00 - 7:00:
|Taught a pizza cooking class, spent $30 on groceries and fed nearly 20 people
|-
|2011-9-6
| 5.5 Hours
|5:00 - 10:30:
|swept the space, cleaned the kitchen area, vacuumed fruit flies out of storage room, swept front steps, sat through excruciatingly long meeting
|-
|2011-9-7
| 1 Hour
|5:30 - 6:30:
|Helped Francisco with his cooking class
|-
|2011-9-8
| 4 Hours
|3:00 - 7:00:
|Cleaned kitchen area, taught a pie cooking class; spent around $30 and fed 15 people, taught a kid how
|-
|2011-9-13
| 1 Hour
|4:30 - 5:30:
|Swept and mopped floor.
|-
|2011-9-14
| 4 Hours
|3:30 - 7:30
|Swept and dusted the wood shop, assisted Francisco with his soup workshop.
|-
|2011-9-15
| 3.5 Hours
|4:30 - 8:00
|Held an empanada workshop with Francisco. spent $15 on ingredients, fed over 20 people
|-
|2011-9-20
| 1.5 Hours
|5:00 - 6:30
|Swept & mopped the space, cleaned Kitchen.
|-
|2011-9-22
| 4 Hours
|3:30 - 7:30
|Held a Pizza cooking workshop; spent $25 on groceries, fed 15 people.
|-
|2011-9-25
| 3 Hours
|11:30 - 2:30
|Built a towel rack with Robert & Jorgen, cleaned out kitchen storage room.

2011-08-24T04:23:53Z

75.101.62.95: /* Minimum Requirements */

Noisebridge is planning to revamp its accounting system over the next few months. Your friendly neighborhood treasurer will be attempting to outline the process here. Right now everything's still pretty messy. See the discussion page for more info, which will be integrated here soon. --[[User:Hurtstotouchfire|Hurtstotouchfire]] 09:27, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

==New Accounting System==
===Minimum Requirements===
Following are the features that we ''need'' to keep track of our basic finances:

* import and reconcile transactions from Wells Fargo, Paypal & Square.
* keep repeating invoices for membership dues and an option to have the member invoiced automatically via email.
* some smart suggestions to reconcile incoming transactions with their matching invoices (xero is betarded at this. It searches only by amount, not by name and amount)
* categories for flagging transactions as various types of expenses and income to make taxes easier
* custom categories / tagging to track income/expenses for sub-projects (like the [[Noisebridge Tor]] project) separately from the general fund
* some reasonably convenient way to output data (graphs and reports would be nice, but good clean csv files would do. I can matplotlib that shit.)
* clear tracking of unpaid invoices
* Reasonably forgiving and customizable system (i.e. xero has logical rules for automating reconciliation but won't let you create rules to reconcile against created invoices, only to create new transactions)
* Reasonable UI (i.e. xero won't let you delete invoices once created, you can only void them, one at a time, and it's 4 clicks per void. Not A Feature.)
* generate receipts easily
* web-based or linux-compatible local app. Some sort of remote data storage and ability to access from multiple machines is required.

===Bonus Features===
These are in order of priority. Lacking any of these is not a deal breaker, but we really hope for the new system to include some of the higher-priority extras.
# API
# direct access to the full details of paypal or square transactions (i.e. notes to the payee, etc)
# really smart algorithms for invoice reconciliation, alteration and deletion (i.e. delete invoices for this member during these dates or change the invoice amount on individual invoices without affecting repeating invoices)
# an interface which isn't bleeding edge flash that trips up in Linux.

We currently accept donations / dues in the form of:

* Cash
* Checks
* Paypal
* Square (Credit Card)

So anything that integrates with any or all of the given inputs would be a help. Xero is TERRIBLE at this.

===Options to look into===

*Quickbooks
*<strike>Hacker Dojo software</strike> - turns out this is just for billing.
*Cbase software - Aestetix has sent intro email, we'll see how that goes. --[[User:Hurtstotouchfire|Hurtstotouchfire]] 09:27, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
* Less Accounting
** http://lessaccounting.com/
** Mostly an accounting system...
** Recurring invoices: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mia5zCN24Q4
** API: http://lessaccounting.com/api (but doesn't have library implementations, so ActiveResource)
* GNU Cash (other examples here: http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hackerspace_Software)
* Freshbooks
** http://freshbooks.com
** Mostly accounting solution
** Recurring invoices with Formstack integration http://blog.formstack.com/2010/05/27/freshbooks-integration-feature-upgrades/
** API (Ruby / Python / Java) - http://developers.freshbooks.com/
** Seems to have happy customers http://www.yfncg.com/2011/05/16/computer-guys-toolbox-payment-collection/
* Zoho Invoice
** http://www.zoho.com/invoice/
** Recurring invoices: http://www.zoho.com/invoice/help/invoices/online-recurring-invoices.html
** API: http://www.zoho.com/invoice/api/index.html
** Danny says that Zoho can't import very well.
* Turbocash
** http://sourceforge.net/projects/turbocash/
** Recurring invoices: http://turbocash.net/Knowledge-Base/Repeating-Invoices/
** Windows / Linux (with WINE) and very dodgy text...

Billing Options:

*WePay
** http://wepay.com
** Billing, does not look like it does much accounting wise.
** Donations https://www.wepay.com/about/why_donations
** Request Money https://www.wepay.com/about/why_bills
** Recurring Invoices (does not have?)
** Has fees (BOO) https://www.wepay.com/about/fees
** API https://www.wepay.com/developer/reference
** Formstack integration http://blog.formstack.com/2010/12/14/capture-data-and-collect-money-with-formstack-wepay/
* Chargify
** http://chargify.com/
** Recurring Billing http://chargify.com/features/recurring-billing-system/
* Spreedly
** http://spreedly.com/
** Recurring Billing
* Recurly
** http://recurly.com/
** Recurring billing
* CheddarGetter
** http://cheddargetter.com/
** Cash in general
* PintPay
** https://pintpay.com/

Meeting Notes 2011 08 09

2011-08-10T01:33:38Z

75.101.62.95: /* Short Announcements */