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NoisebridgeChinaTrip5

2017-12-19T10:11:15Z

Tomchristmas: /* Doing it Wrong: Getting a VISA as a UK Citizen in HongKong */

= NOISEBRIDGE CHINA TRIP #5 -- Start Date: 2-October-2015, in Hong Kong -- End Date: 21-October-2015, in Shanghai=

{{PastEvent|2015-10-02 to 2015-10-21}}

[[File:HTTC2014WelcomeHackers.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #4 Welcome to China!, Beijing]]

[[File:KungFuHacking_Nov_2013.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #3 Kung Fu Hacking: Hackers In Residence Kickoff event at Tsinghua University, Beijing]]

[[File:petrochemical_university.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #2 Visit to Petrochemical Univeristy, Beijing]]

[[File:Beijing_Oct_2009.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #1 Jingshan Park, Beijing]]

[[File:Shanghai_Oct_2009.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #1 Visit to injection molding factory, Shanghai]]

== Previous Hacker Trips To China ==
::''This will be the 5th Noisebridge Hacker Trip To China.'' 
::''In previous years' Hacker Trip To China, we've visited cities that currently have a hackerspace, and visited my manufacturer, Seeed Studio, and other manufacturers. We also visited Tsinghua University, considered the most prestigious university in China, and other schools -- all of which are now starting hackerspaces. We also went to the International Exhibition of Inventions Kunshan (IEIK 2014), near Shanghai. And everywhere we went, we were shown around by local geeks, to see what they thought was interesting where they live. Also, wherever we went, those of us interested gave talks, presentations, workshops, and demos.'' 

::''You can see info on the [[ChinaTrip|Noisebridge China Trip 1]], that happened in 2009,'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip2|Noisebridge China Trip 2]], that happened in 2011,'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip3|Noisebridge China Trip 3]], that happened in 2013,'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip4|Noisebridge China Trip 4]], that happened in 2014,'' 

::-- [[User:Maltman23|Mitch]].

== This year's Hacker Trip To China ==
'''When:''' 2-October-2015 (Hong Kong) through 21-October-2015 (Shanghai).

'''Flight, transportation, and hotel Info''': We were each be on our own to book our own air fare to meet in Hong Kong on 2-October, and fly home from Shanghai on 21-October (or from wherever you decided to fly home from). 

I'll organized the itinerary and the hotels and other transport. I'll pay in advance for all of this, and you can pay me back. 

'''Where:''' In each of the cities we will go to, we'll visit their local hackerspace(s), and will be shown around by local geeks to see what interested them where they live. We'll also have plenty of time to do "normal" (and spectacular) tourist things too! 

'''Here's some possible places we might visit:''' 
* We'll start our trip by meeting in '''Hong Kong''' on 2-October-2015. We will visit [http://www.dimsumlabs.com/ Dim Sum Labs] hackerspace. We'll also see lots of other cool stuff in Hong Kong. 
* We'll next go over the border into Mainland China to '''Shenzhen / Guangzhou''' for a few days to visit [http://www.chaihuo.org/ Chaihuo Makerspace] and [http://www.szdiy.org/ SZDIY] hackerspaces, visit [http://www.seeedstudio.com Seeed Studio] - the open source hardware company - to meet the cool folks there and to see their manufacturing facilities, and to visit with [http://dangerousprototypes.com/ Dangerous Prototypes] - another open source hardware company. We'll also visit some other manufacturers, to see where all the things we use in our daily lives come from. Of course, we'll also visit the famous (and totally awesome!) [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/shenzhen/print Huaqiangbei electronics market] in Shenzhen. 
* From there we'll go to '''Shanghai''' where we'll visit [http://www.etonnet.com/ my manufacturer (Etonnet)] that I have used for [http://www.tvbgone.com TV-B-Gone] remote controls and [http://www.neurodreamer.com NeuroDreamer] sleep masks, where will all, hopefully, get to see how products are made, from start to finish, learning how manufacturing works. We will also visit [http://xinchejian.com/ XinCheJian] hackerspace in Shanghai. We can also visit the [http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/4064240200/in/set-72157622640069902/ Shanghai electronics mall]. 
* We'll also go to '''Beijing'''. We'll visit the [http://www.bjmakerspace.com/ Beijing Makerspace] hackerspace. We'll also visit Tsinghua University, where they'll just be finishing construction of the world's largest hackerspace. 
* We'll make our way back to '''Shanghai''', where, for most of us, our trip will end.
Many people on our trip will fly home from Shanghai on 21-October-2015.

I will be staying in China until 2-November-2015, when I fly home from Shanghai. Before then I will be traveling around China. Everyone is welcome to join me for any or all of these further adventures. (And, of course, are free to leave whenever you like.) 

'''Cost:''' For the third Noisebridge China trip, I paid about $2k total, including air fare from SF and food and everything -- including all the electronics stuff that I bought. 
''Part of this year's trip may be paid for by Tsinghua University.''

'''#hashtag:''' [https://twitter.com/hashtag/httc2015 #httc2015]      (Hacker Trip To China 2015)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''Map:''' [https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z2wvaO4G2IWg.kcRUGeNYP5CY Google Map] 
- email [mailto:torrey@nommesen.com Torrey] with a gmail account if you want edit access (please help me find some of these places and add others).
 

== Itinerary outline for Hacker Trip to China 5 ==

1-October-2015 -- Leave home for Hong Kong''
''2-October-2015 -- Meet in Hong Kong''
'''2-October to 6-October -- Hong Kong'''
''2-October-2015 -- check-in at Lee Garden Guest House, Block A, 8/F, 34-36 Cameron Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong''
3-Oct, Saturday, 11:00am: Visit [http://www.dimsumlabs.com/ DimSumLabs hackerspace].
                 4:300pm: Meet Annie at Sham Shui Po and visit [http://dimensionplus.co/lab/ Lab by Dimension+ fablab], followed by dinner.
4-Oct, Sunday, 12:00pm: Maker Lunch at [https://www.google.com/maps?q=Sohofama,+Unit+SG09-SG14,+G/F.,+Block+A,+PMQ,+35+Aberdeen+Street,+Central,+Hong+Kong&hl=en Sohofama]
                1:30pm: visit [http://Brinc.io/ Brinc, IoT accerlator]
                5:00pm: Mitch and others give talk at [http://www.makerbay.org/ Makerbay hackerspace]
5-Oct, Monday, 7:00pm: Sharing, Hacking, and BBQ at DimSumLabs
''6-October-2015 -- check-out from Lee Garden Guest House''
'''6-October to 11-October -- Shenzhen
''6-October-2015 -- check-in at GDH Inn (粤海之星福华路店), 请带我去福田区福华路80号粤海之星酒店（深圳市中医院斜对面）, Shenzhen''
6-Oct, Tuesday, 2:30pm: Visit Harbor Hackspace. Mitch gives a talk.
7-Oct, Wednesday: 9:30am: visit Huaqianbei, the amazing electronics market -- meet in lobby of GDH Inn
                   2:00pm: Visit [http://www.higgshub.com Higg's Hubb accelerator]. Mitch and anyone who wants give presentations
                  evening: dinner with Higg's Hub people
8-Oct, Thursday, 8:00am: Mr. Zhang takes us on a factory tour, with Chinese media loving us
                 4:00pm: Visit [http://www.3nod.com.cn/en/ 3nod]
                 8:00pm: Visit [http://www.szdiy.org/ SZDIY hackerspace]
9-Oct, Friday, 8:30am-11:30am: [http://www.seeedstudio.com Seeed Studio] tour (bus picks us up at hotel at 8:30am)
                1:00pm-5:30pm: CNC & PCB factories tour
10-Oct, Saturday, 11:00am-12:00pm: Visit [http://www.hax.co HAX] (hardware accelerator, for which Mitch is a mentor)
                    2:00pm-4:30pm: visit [http://www.chaihuo.org/ Chaihuo Hackerspace] -- HTTC people share about themselves and their projects
                    4:30pm-5:30pm: Solder workshop at [http://www.chaihuo.org/ Chaihuo Hackerspace]
                    5:30pm-7:30pm: [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seeed/rephone-kit-worlds-first-open-source-and-modular-p RePhone] (open hardware cell phone) workshop/brainstorming at [http://www.chaihuo.org/ Chaihuo Hackerspace]
                           7:30pm: dinner with Eric Pan (founder of Seeed Studio)
''11-October-2015 -- check-out from GDH Inn''
'''11-October to 14-October -- Shanghai''' ''
''11-October-2015 -- check-in at Le Tour Travler's Rest Youth Hostel, 36 Alley (Nong), 319 Jiaozhou Road (Jiaozhou Lu), Shanghai''
11-Oct, Sunday, 6:30pm: Salon, with group facilitated by Richard Hsu -- at Xin Cafe, 77 Jiangning Lu, 7th floor
13-Oct, Tuesday, 11:45am: Visit Etonnet / Yagr Electronics (Mitch's manufacturer)
                  7:00pm: Visit and presentations at XinCheJian hackerspace
''14-October-2015 -- check-out from Le Tour Traveler's Rest Youth Hostel''
'''14-October to 20-October -- Beijing
''14-October-2015 -- check-in at Sitting On the City Walls Courtyard House, 57 Nianzi Hutong, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100009''
15-Oct, Thursday, 3:00pm: Opening Ceremony of Lee Shau-kee Sci-Tech Bld. (学堂路，李兆基科技大楼) Location Coordinates: N39.997089, E116.328598
                  7:00pm: Task Force XX at 8-Bit Bar and Arcade
''16-October-2015 -- check-out from Sitting On the City Walls Courtyard House''
''16-October-2015 -- check-in at Beijing Xiaofengxian Featured Hostel (Alai Inn), China, Beijing, Xicheng, Shaanxi Alley, 陕西巷胡同22号 (phone: +86 10 8316 6568)''
16-Oct, Friday, 1:30pm-3:00pm: Visit Tsinghua High School, Production release conference of "Xingdu " App mathematics serious game at Tsinghua High School (清华大学附属中学B106报告厅)
                       6:30pm: Tour of Harks Art Gallery and dinner at Fodder Factory
17-Oct, Saturday, 11:00am: Lunch with Candice at Element Fresh in Sanlitun, 北京市朝阳区、三里屯路19号三里屯太古里南区8号楼S8-31号、邮政编码: 100027
                Afternoon: Hacking and Making with Beijing Artists
                   6:30pm: Love Queer Cinema Week film screening, performance, and discussion
18-Oct, Sunday, 8:30am: Tsinghua Meet-up, at i.Center (基础工业训练中心) in Tsinghua University (清华大学), Location Coordinates: N39.997089, E116.328598
                6:00pm: Harks Art Gallery Show, Harks Art Gallery
19-Oct, Monday, 9:30am: Innovation Week Exhibition, Haidian Park & Exhibition Hall, Location Coordinates: N39.989704, E116.297212
               2:30pm: Tea Ceremony with Ms Xia at Tsinghua East Gate (清华大学东门紫光大厦), location coordinates: N39.995240, E116.332267
''20-October-2015 -- check-out from Beijing Xiaofengxian Featured Hostel (Alai Inn)''
'''20-October to 21-October -- Shanghai
''21-October-2015 -- fly home (arrive NA or EU on same day)''
''Everyone is welcome to join me for any or all adventures after 21-October''
27-October to 28-October -- 2015 Pujiang Innovation Forum, Shanghai       (Mitch gives a talk on hackerspaces in China on 28-October, 2pm-5pm)

I'll stayed in China, traveling around until: 
''2-November-2015 -- fly home from Shanghai''

 
 
 
 
 

== Photos from Hacker Trip to China #5==
<gallery>
File:HTTC2015HongKongNeon.jpg
File:HTTC2015ShenzhenFactory.jpg
File:HTTC2015ShanghaiTempleMall.jpg
File:HTTC2015BeijingDoor.jpg
File:HTTC2015HangzhouTemple.jpg
File:HTTC2015BeijingShop.jpg
File:HTTC2015SuzhouUmbrellas.jpg
</gallery>

Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157659076735178 Hong Kong, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157660026965949 Shenzhen, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157660038275888 Shanghai, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157658114137264 Beijing, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157660424228042 YiWu & Hangzhou, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157660650175925 Beijing Set 2, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157658310336814 Shanghai & Suzhou, Oct-2015] 

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/collections/72157660374807166/ Mitch's photos all in one place]

 
[https://picasaweb.google.com/dtharn/ChinaInOctober2015?feat=directlink Dave's photos]

 
Blake's photos:
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/sets/72157662429341996 Hong Kong!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157660150285384 Shenzen!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157661790873029 Shanghai!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157660153522904 Beijing!]
 

Torrey's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/gp/torrey/Q840rT Hong Kong] 
Torrey's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/gp/torrey/yLo903 Shenzhen] 
Torrey's photos from [https://flic.kr/s/aHskqNiQeX Beijing] 
Torrey's photos from [https://flic.kr/s/aHskrE55NX Shanghai] 

 
 
 
 

== Photos from Hacker Trip to China #4==
<gallery>
File:HTTC2014WelcomeHackers.jpg
File:HTTC20143Nod_b.jpg
File:HTTC2014AiWeiWei.jpg
File:HTTC2014BeijingLGBTcentre.jpg
File:HTTC2014Brooms.jpg
File:HTTC2014CableFactory.jpg
File:HTTC2014ChaiHuo.jpg
File:HTTC2014GiantSewing.jpg
File:HTTC2014Huaqianbei.jpg
File:HTTC2014IEIK2014.jpg
File:HTTC2014SeeedStudio.jpg
File:HTTC2014Shanghai.jpg
File:HTTC2014Tianjin.jpg
File:HTTC2014Tienanmen.jpg
File:HTTC2014TrainConvenienceStore.jpg
File:HTTC2014TsinghuaMakersDay.jpg
File:HTTC20143Nod.jpg
File:HTTC2014XinCheJian.jpg
</gallery>

Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157646894397704/ Beijing, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157648975298719/ Shanghai, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157648981933060/ Shenzhen, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649396351315/ Kunshan, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649148594118/ Shanghai (2), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649146775640/ Beijing (2), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649146987360/ Tianjin, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157647372474753/ Beijing (3), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649287546450/ Singapore, Dec-2014] 

== You will Need a Chinese Visa!! ==
To go to China, you needed to get a visa!

* And to get a visa, you need to have a passport that is valid ''at least'' 12 months after you planned to fly away from China (so, e.g., if you are leaving China on 21-October-2015, then your passport needs to be valid through 20-October-2016). Your passport must also have at least ''one entirely blank page''.

* You also need:
** a printout of a filled-out [http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/visas/fd/W020130830801798289342.pdf Visa Application Form V. 2013 of the People's Republic of China] (after we have everything we need I'll email you my filled out form as an example to follow).
** a copy of the information pages of your passport.
** a copy of your most Chinese visa (if you have been to China before).
** one 2"x2" recent color photo (not a printout).
** a screenshot or printout of hotel reservation confirmation (I'll email this to you when I have this).
** a printout of your invite letter (I'll email this to you when I have them for us).
** a copy of your airline tickets (both to and from China).

* For US citizens, the visa cost $140 (much cheaper for other nationalities). Starting this year, you can get a multiple-entry, good for 10 years. We should all apply for a Tourist L visa.

You can pay the fee by Visa, MasterCard, Money Order, Cashier's Check or Company Check. ''Cash or Personal checks are not acceptable.''

To get a visa, you can go to your local Chinese consulate. No appointment is required. You go in one day, and it will be ready for pick up 4 business days later. My experience is that it takes about an hour the first day, and takes only a few minutes to pick up the visa a few days later. (2 to 3 business-day and 1 business day/same-day express service is available for $20 or $30.) 
NOTE: The Chinese consulates are all closed for holidays on: 1-May, 25-May, 3-July, 31-July, 7-September, 1-October, 2-October, and other dates: 
[http://www.chinaconsulatesf.org/eng/lszj/t1222697.htm 2015 Chinese Consulate Holiday Schedule]

(Citizens of US and Europe ''do not'' need a separate visa for Hong Kong.)

 

Here is the application form for the China Tourist L Visa (same as the link given above): 
http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/visas/fd/W020130830801798289342.pdf

'''I'll email you my filled out form as an example to follow -- but here is the basic idea (from my 2014 visa form):''' 

On this form, most of the fields are obvious.
* For section 2.1, check "Tourism".
* The date of first entry in section 2.4 is the date we enter China, which is 2015-10-06.
* Longest intended stay -- section 2.5: 30 days.
* Itinerary in China -- section 2.6:
** Date: 2015-10-14
** Address:
*** Sitting on the City Walls Courtyard House
*** 57 Nianzi Hutong, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100009
* Who will pay -- section 2.7: myself
* Information of inviter in China -- section 2.8: 
          Name: Jianzhong Cha 
          Address: School of Mechanical, Electronic and Control Engineering
Beijing Jiao Tong University, Beijing 100044 
          Phone number: +86 137-0105-6989 
          Relationship with applicant: host 
* For sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5: check the "No" box for all these
* For sections 3.6, 3.7, 3.8: leave all these blank

=== Doing it Wrong: Getting a VISA as a UK Citizen in HongKong ===

* If the worst happens and you find the departure date is upon you and you still have no VISA, despair not: cash is king in China. For the princely sum of 2050 HKD (Hong Kong Dollars), you can buy an express double entry visa from the China Travel Services company inside Hong Kong airport. They have the same documentation requirements as the normal VISA office so bring your paperwork with you.

= Previous Noisebridge China Trips =
''If you're curious about the previous Noisebridge China Trips, they have their own wiki pages:'' 
[[ChinaTrip|Noisebridge China Trip 1]] 
          That first Noisebridge China Trip was inspired by Bunny Huang's [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/shenzhen/print "geek tour"]. 
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip2|Noisebridge China Trip 2]] 
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip3|Hacker Trip to China 3]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip4|Hacker Trip to China 4]]

--[[user: maltman23 | Mitch]].

= People interested in going on the Hacker Trip to China #5, 2015: =


'''PLEASE NOTE: THIS TRIP IS NOW FULL -- Below is a list of all people on this year's Hacker Trip To China.'''
 


'''You do not need to be a member of Noisebridge to go on this trip!'''
 

'''Please email me if you have any questions, or if you would like to meet up with us on the trip:''' 
''mitch *AT* CornfieldElectronics *DOT* com''

The trip is limited to 20 people total (including Mitch) 
-- the first 19 people (after Mitch) who are either there already, or who bought tickets to meet in Hong Kong on or before 2-October-2015 are the people who are in this Trip        (which probably means flying away from home on or before 1-October) 


Note: Many people have gotten good deals on their plane fares (including me) with the help of my friend Vlad at:        [https://www.facebook.com/flystein Flystein] Feel free to email me, and I'll send your email to Vlad, who will be happy to help you with your flights.
 

{| style="color:green; background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
!
! Name
! Purchased flight?
! Flight info
|-
|1
|[[user: maltman23 | Mitch Altman]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 6:40pm, on United UA869 from SFO
|-
|2
|[https://q3k.org Sergiusz Bazanski]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 3:40pm, on Lufthansa LH796 from FRA
|-
|3
|[[user:JeremyZunker|Jeremy Zunker]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 8:25pm, on Delta DL281 from SEA
|-
|4
|[[user:ChrisLombardi|Chris Lombardi]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 6:40pm, on United UA869 from SFO
|-
|5
|[[user:SimonSchubert|Simon Schubert]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 4:45pm, on British Airways BA27 from LHR
|-
|6
|[[user:EmilyHammes|Emily Hammes]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 4:45pm, on British Airways BA27 from LHR
|-
|7
|[[user:BlakeGriffith|Blake Griffith]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 30-September-2015, 11:30am, on Air China CA101 from PEK
|-
|8
|[[user:Fineline|Steve Young]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 29-September-2015, 5:05pm, on Air Canada AC7 from YVR
|-
|9
|[[user:TudorTarlev|Tudor Tarlev]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 1-October-2015, 11:15am, on Hainan Airlines HU8169 from PEK
|-
|10
|[[user:ColtenJackson|Colten Jackson]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 8:20pm, on Cathay Pacific CX807 from ORD
|-
|11
|[[user:DaveTharnstrom|Dave Tharnstrom]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 6:40pm, on United UA869 from SFO
|-
|12
|[[user:Lxlx|Alex Alekseyenko]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 6:40pm, on United UA869 from SFO
|-
|13
|[[user:HugovanSanten|Hugo van Santen]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 5:30pm, on Virgin Atlantic VS206 from LHR
|-
|14
|[[user:Nyancat|Conor Riches]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 30-September-2015, 09:45am, on Etihad Airways EY834 from AUH
|-
|15
|[[user:Scotty|Scotty Allen]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 5:30pm, on Virgin Atlantic VS206 from LHR
|-
|16
|[[user:MelanieRieback|Melanie Rieback]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 9:35am, on Aeroflot SU212 from SVO
|-
|17
|[[user: Torrey | Torrey Nommesen]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 5:55pm, on Air Canada AC7 from YVR
|-
||18
|[[user: Miloh | R M Alexander ]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 29-September-2015, 5:55pm, United SFO to HK
|-
|19
|[[user:Samthetechie | Samuel Carlisle]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 2:05pm, on China Eastern Airlines MU507 from PVG
|-
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| -----
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|-
|20
|[[user:ZimmerBarnes|Zimmer Barnes]]
|align="center"|Already in Beijing
|Joining the trip for Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing
|-
|21
|[[user:BuddhaHacker|Jonas S Karlsson]]
|align="center"|Already in HK/China
|Joining parts/HK/SZ/Beijing
|-
|22
|[[user:mash|Michael Aschauer]]
|align="center"|Already in Shanghai / Joining for HK, SZ, Shanghai
|Arrive HK: 2-October-2015, 16.35, on Spring Airlines from Shanghai (PVG)
|-
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| -----
| -----
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|-
|23
|[[user:UlrichGall|Ulrich Gall]]
|align="center"|Already there
|
|-
|24
|[[user:Cedric | Cedric]]
|align="center"|Already there
|
|-
|25
|[[user:FrankTeng|Frank Teng]]
|align="center"|Already in Shenzhen/HK
|
|}

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= NOISEBRIDGE CHINA TRIP #5 -- Start Date: 2-October-2015, in Hong Kong -- End Date: 21-October-2015, in Shanghai=

{{PastEvent|2015-10-02 to 2015-10-21}}

[[File:HTTC2014WelcomeHackers.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #4 Welcome to China!, Beijing]]

[[File:KungFuHacking_Nov_2013.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #3 Kung Fu Hacking: Hackers In Residence Kickoff event at Tsinghua University, Beijing]]

[[File:petrochemical_university.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #2 Visit to Petrochemical Univeristy, Beijing]]

[[File:Beijing_Oct_2009.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #1 Jingshan Park, Beijing]]

[[File:Shanghai_Oct_2009.jpg|thumb|right|Trip #1 Visit to injection molding factory, Shanghai]]

== Previous Hacker Trips To China ==
::''This will be the 5th Noisebridge Hacker Trip To China.'' 
::''In previous years' Hacker Trip To China, we've visited cities that currently have a hackerspace, and visited my manufacturer, Seeed Studio, and other manufacturers. We also visited Tsinghua University, considered the most prestigious university in China, and other schools -- all of which are now starting hackerspaces. We also went to the International Exhibition of Inventions Kunshan (IEIK 2014), near Shanghai. And everywhere we went, we were shown around by local geeks, to see what they thought was interesting where they live. Also, wherever we went, those of us interested gave talks, presentations, workshops, and demos.'' 

::''You can see info on the [[ChinaTrip|Noisebridge China Trip 1]], that happened in 2009,'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip2|Noisebridge China Trip 2]], that happened in 2011,'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip3|Noisebridge China Trip 3]], that happened in 2013,'' 
::''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip4|Noisebridge China Trip 4]], that happened in 2014,'' 

::-- [[User:Maltman23|Mitch]].

== This year's Hacker Trip To China ==
'''When:''' 2-October-2015 (Hong Kong) through 21-October-2015 (Shanghai).

'''Flight, transportation, and hotel Info''': We were each be on our own to book our own air fare to meet in Hong Kong on 2-October, and fly home from Shanghai on 21-October (or from wherever you decided to fly home from). 

I'll organized the itinerary and the hotels and other transport. I'll pay in advance for all of this, and you can pay me back. 

'''Where:''' In each of the cities we will go to, we'll visit their local hackerspace(s), and will be shown around by local geeks to see what interested them where they live. We'll also have plenty of time to do "normal" (and spectacular) tourist things too! 

'''Here's some possible places we might visit:''' 
* We'll start our trip by meeting in '''Hong Kong''' on 2-October-2015. We will visit [http://www.dimsumlabs.com/ Dim Sum Labs] hackerspace. We'll also see lots of other cool stuff in Hong Kong. 
* We'll next go over the border into Mainland China to '''Shenzhen / Guangzhou''' for a few days to visit [http://www.chaihuo.org/ Chaihuo Makerspace] and [http://www.szdiy.org/ SZDIY] hackerspaces, visit [http://www.seeedstudio.com Seeed Studio] - the open source hardware company - to meet the cool folks there and to see their manufacturing facilities, and to visit with [http://dangerousprototypes.com/ Dangerous Prototypes] - another open source hardware company. We'll also visit some other manufacturers, to see where all the things we use in our daily lives come from. Of course, we'll also visit the famous (and totally awesome!) [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/shenzhen/print Huaqiangbei electronics market] in Shenzhen. 
* From there we'll go to '''Shanghai''' where we'll visit [http://www.etonnet.com/ my manufacturer (Etonnet)] that I have used for [http://www.tvbgone.com TV-B-Gone] remote controls and [http://www.neurodreamer.com NeuroDreamer] sleep masks, where will all, hopefully, get to see how products are made, from start to finish, learning how manufacturing works. We will also visit [http://xinchejian.com/ XinCheJian] hackerspace in Shanghai. We can also visit the [http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/4064240200/in/set-72157622640069902/ Shanghai electronics mall]. 
* We'll also go to '''Beijing'''. We'll visit the [http://www.bjmakerspace.com/ Beijing Makerspace] hackerspace. We'll also visit Tsinghua University, where they'll just be finishing construction of the world's largest hackerspace. 
* We'll make our way back to '''Shanghai''', where, for most of us, our trip will end.
Many people on our trip will fly home from Shanghai on 21-October-2015.

I will be staying in China until 2-November-2015, when I fly home from Shanghai. Before then I will be traveling around China. Everyone is welcome to join me for any or all of these further adventures. (And, of course, are free to leave whenever you like.) 

'''Cost:''' For the third Noisebridge China trip, I paid about $2k total, including air fare from SF and food and everything -- including all the electronics stuff that I bought. 
''Part of this year's trip may be paid for by Tsinghua University.''

'''#hashtag:''' [https://twitter.com/hashtag/httc2015 #httc2015]      (Hacker Trip To China 2015)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''Map:''' [https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z2wvaO4G2IWg.kcRUGeNYP5CY Google Map] 
- email [mailto:torrey@nommesen.com Torrey] with a gmail account if you want edit access (please help me find some of these places and add others).
 

== Itinerary outline for Hacker Trip to China 5 ==

1-October-2015 -- Leave home for Hong Kong''
''2-October-2015 -- Meet in Hong Kong''
'''2-October to 6-October -- Hong Kong'''
''2-October-2015 -- check-in at Lee Garden Guest House, Block A, 8/F, 34-36 Cameron Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong''
3-Oct, Saturday, 11:00am: Visit [http://www.dimsumlabs.com/ DimSumLabs hackerspace].
                 4:300pm: Meet Annie at Sham Shui Po and visit [http://dimensionplus.co/lab/ Lab by Dimension+ fablab], followed by dinner.
4-Oct, Sunday, 12:00pm: Maker Lunch at [https://www.google.com/maps?q=Sohofama,+Unit+SG09-SG14,+G/F.,+Block+A,+PMQ,+35+Aberdeen+Street,+Central,+Hong+Kong&hl=en Sohofama]
                1:30pm: visit [http://Brinc.io/ Brinc, IoT accerlator]
                5:00pm: Mitch and others give talk at [http://www.makerbay.org/ Makerbay hackerspace]
5-Oct, Monday, 7:00pm: Sharing, Hacking, and BBQ at DimSumLabs
''6-October-2015 -- check-out from Lee Garden Guest House''
'''6-October to 11-October -- Shenzhen
''6-October-2015 -- check-in at GDH Inn (粤海之星福华路店), 请带我去福田区福华路80号粤海之星酒店（深圳市中医院斜对面）, Shenzhen''
6-Oct, Tuesday, 2:30pm: Visit Harbor Hackspace. Mitch gives a talk.
7-Oct, Wednesday: 9:30am: visit Huaqianbei, the amazing electronics market -- meet in lobby of GDH Inn
                   2:00pm: Visit [http://www.higgshub.com Higg's Hubb accelerator]. Mitch and anyone who wants give presentations
                  evening: dinner with Higg's Hub people
8-Oct, Thursday, 8:00am: Mr. Zhang takes us on a factory tour, with Chinese media loving us
                 4:00pm: Visit [http://www.3nod.com.cn/en/ 3nod]
                 8:00pm: Visit [http://www.szdiy.org/ SZDIY hackerspace]
9-Oct, Friday, 8:30am-11:30am: [http://www.seeedstudio.com Seeed Studio] tour (bus picks us up at hotel at 8:30am)
                1:00pm-5:30pm: CNC & PCB factories tour
10-Oct, Saturday, 11:00am-12:00pm: Visit [http://www.hax.co HAX] (hardware accelerator, for which Mitch is a mentor)
                    2:00pm-4:30pm: visit [http://www.chaihuo.org/ Chaihuo Hackerspace] -- HTTC people share about themselves and their projects
                    4:30pm-5:30pm: Solder workshop at [http://www.chaihuo.org/ Chaihuo Hackerspace]
                    5:30pm-7:30pm: [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seeed/rephone-kit-worlds-first-open-source-and-modular-p RePhone] (open hardware cell phone) workshop/brainstorming at [http://www.chaihuo.org/ Chaihuo Hackerspace]
                           7:30pm: dinner with Eric Pan (founder of Seeed Studio)
''11-October-2015 -- check-out from GDH Inn''
'''11-October to 14-October -- Shanghai''' ''
''11-October-2015 -- check-in at Le Tour Travler's Rest Youth Hostel, 36 Alley (Nong), 319 Jiaozhou Road (Jiaozhou Lu), Shanghai''
11-Oct, Sunday, 6:30pm: Salon, with group facilitated by Richard Hsu -- at Xin Cafe, 77 Jiangning Lu, 7th floor
13-Oct, Tuesday, 11:45am: Visit Etonnet / Yagr Electronics (Mitch's manufacturer)
                  7:00pm: Visit and presentations at XinCheJian hackerspace
''14-October-2015 -- check-out from Le Tour Traveler's Rest Youth Hostel''
'''14-October to 20-October -- Beijing
''14-October-2015 -- check-in at Sitting On the City Walls Courtyard House, 57 Nianzi Hutong, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100009''
15-Oct, Thursday, 3:00pm: Opening Ceremony of Lee Shau-kee Sci-Tech Bld. (学堂路，李兆基科技大楼) Location Coordinates: N39.997089, E116.328598
                  7:00pm: Task Force XX at 8-Bit Bar and Arcade
''16-October-2015 -- check-out from Sitting On the City Walls Courtyard House''
''16-October-2015 -- check-in at Beijing Xiaofengxian Featured Hostel (Alai Inn), China, Beijing, Xicheng, Shaanxi Alley, 陕西巷胡同22号 (phone: +86 10 8316 6568)''
16-Oct, Friday, 1:30pm-3:00pm: Visit Tsinghua High School, Production release conference of "Xingdu " App mathematics serious game at Tsinghua High School (清华大学附属中学B106报告厅)
                       6:30pm: Tour of Harks Art Gallery and dinner at Fodder Factory
17-Oct, Saturday, 11:00am: Lunch with Candice at Element Fresh in Sanlitun, 北京市朝阳区、三里屯路19号三里屯太古里南区8号楼S8-31号、邮政编码: 100027
                Afternoon: Hacking and Making with Beijing Artists
                   6:30pm: Love Queer Cinema Week film screening, performance, and discussion
18-Oct, Sunday, 8:30am: Tsinghua Meet-up, at i.Center (基础工业训练中心) in Tsinghua University (清华大学), Location Coordinates: N39.997089, E116.328598
                6:00pm: Harks Art Gallery Show, Harks Art Gallery
19-Oct, Monday, 9:30am: Innovation Week Exhibition, Haidian Park & Exhibition Hall, Location Coordinates: N39.989704, E116.297212
               2:30pm: Tea Ceremony with Ms Xia at Tsinghua East Gate (清华大学东门紫光大厦), location coordinates: N39.995240, E116.332267
''20-October-2015 -- check-out from Beijing Xiaofengxian Featured Hostel (Alai Inn)''
'''20-October to 21-October -- Shanghai
''21-October-2015 -- fly home (arrive NA or EU on same day)''
''Everyone is welcome to join me for any or all adventures after 21-October''
27-October to 28-October -- 2015 Pujiang Innovation Forum, Shanghai       (Mitch gives a talk on hackerspaces in China on 28-October, 2pm-5pm)

I'll stayed in China, traveling around until: 
''2-November-2015 -- fly home from Shanghai''

 
 
 
 
 

== Photos from Hacker Trip to China #5==
<gallery>
File:HTTC2015HongKongNeon.jpg
File:HTTC2015ShenzhenFactory.jpg
File:HTTC2015ShanghaiTempleMall.jpg
File:HTTC2015BeijingDoor.jpg
File:HTTC2015HangzhouTemple.jpg
File:HTTC2015BeijingShop.jpg
File:HTTC2015SuzhouUmbrellas.jpg
</gallery>

Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157659076735178 Hong Kong, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157660026965949 Shenzhen, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157660038275888 Shanghai, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157658114137264 Beijing, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157660424228042 YiWu & Hangzhou, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157660650175925 Beijing Set 2, Oct-2015] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/albums/72157658310336814 Shanghai & Suzhou, Oct-2015] 

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/collections/72157660374807166/ Mitch's photos all in one place]

 
[https://picasaweb.google.com/dtharn/ChinaInOctober2015?feat=directlink Dave's photos]

 
Blake's photos:
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/sets/72157662429341996 Hong Kong!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157660150285384 Shenzen!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157661790873029 Shanghai!]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwlcks/albums/72157660153522904 Beijing!]
 

Torrey's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/gp/torrey/Q840rT Hong Kong] 
Torrey's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/gp/torrey/yLo903 Shenzhen] 
Torrey's photos from [https://flic.kr/s/aHskqNiQeX Beijing] 
Torrey's photos from [https://flic.kr/s/aHskrE55NX Shanghai] 

 
 
 
 

== Photos from Hacker Trip to China #4==
<gallery>
File:HTTC2014WelcomeHackers.jpg
File:HTTC20143Nod_b.jpg
File:HTTC2014AiWeiWei.jpg
File:HTTC2014BeijingLGBTcentre.jpg
File:HTTC2014Brooms.jpg
File:HTTC2014CableFactory.jpg
File:HTTC2014ChaiHuo.jpg
File:HTTC2014GiantSewing.jpg
File:HTTC2014Huaqianbei.jpg
File:HTTC2014IEIK2014.jpg
File:HTTC2014SeeedStudio.jpg
File:HTTC2014Shanghai.jpg
File:HTTC2014Tianjin.jpg
File:HTTC2014Tienanmen.jpg
File:HTTC2014TrainConvenienceStore.jpg
File:HTTC2014TsinghuaMakersDay.jpg
File:HTTC20143Nod.jpg
File:HTTC2014XinCheJian.jpg
</gallery>

Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157646894397704/ Beijing, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157648975298719/ Shanghai, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157648981933060/ Shenzhen, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649396351315/ Kunshan, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649148594118/ Shanghai (2), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649146775640/ Beijing (2), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649146987360/ Tianjin, Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157647372474753/ Beijing (3), Nov-2014] 
Mitch's photos from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157649287546450/ Singapore, Dec-2014] 

== You will Need a Chinese Visa!! ==
To go to China, you needed to get a visa!

* And to get a visa, you need to have a passport that is valid ''at least'' 12 months after you planned to fly away from China (so, e.g., if you are leaving China on 21-October-2015, then your passport needs to be valid through 20-October-2016). Your passport must also have at least ''one entirely blank page''.

* You also need:
** a printout of a filled-out [http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/visas/fd/W020130830801798289342.pdf Visa Application Form V. 2013 of the People's Republic of China] (after we have everything we need I'll email you my filled out form as an example to follow).
** a copy of the information pages of your passport.
** a copy of your most Chinese visa (if you have been to China before).
** one 2"x2" recent color photo (not a printout).
** a screenshot or printout of hotel reservation confirmation (I'll email this to you when I have this).
** a printout of your invite letter (I'll email this to you when I have them for us).
** a copy of your airline tickets (both to and from China).

* For US citizens, the visa cost $140 (much cheaper for other nationalities). Starting this year, you can get a multiple-entry, good for 10 years. We should all apply for a Tourist L visa.

You can pay the fee by Visa, MasterCard, Money Order, Cashier's Check or Company Check. ''Cash or Personal checks are not acceptable.''

To get a visa, you can go to your local Chinese consulate. No appointment is required. You go in one day, and it will be ready for pick up 4 business days later. My experience is that it takes about an hour the first day, and takes only a few minutes to pick up the visa a few days later. (2 to 3 business-day and 1 business day/same-day express service is available for $20 or $30.) 
NOTE: The Chinese consulates are all closed for holidays on: 1-May, 25-May, 3-July, 31-July, 7-September, 1-October, 2-October, and other dates: 
[http://www.chinaconsulatesf.org/eng/lszj/t1222697.htm 2015 Chinese Consulate Holiday Schedule]

(Citizens of US and Europe ''do not'' need a separate visa for Hong Kong.)

 

Here is the application form for the China Tourist L Visa (same as the link given above): 
http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/visas/fd/W020130830801798289342.pdf

'''I'll email you my filled out form as an example to follow -- but here is the basic idea (from my 2014 visa form):''' 

On this form, most of the fields are obvious.
* For section 2.1, check "Tourism".
* The date of first entry in section 2.4 is the date we enter China, which is 2015-10-06.
* Longest intended stay -- section 2.5: 30 days.
* Itinerary in China -- section 2.6:
** Date: 2015-10-14
** Address:
*** Sitting on the City Walls Courtyard House
*** 57 Nianzi Hutong, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100009
* Who will pay -- section 2.7: myself
* Information of inviter in China -- section 2.8: 
          Name: Jianzhong Cha 
          Address: School of Mechanical, Electronic and Control Engineering
Beijing Jiao Tong University, Beijing 100044 
          Phone number: +86 137-0105-6989 
          Relationship with applicant: host 
* For sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5: check the "No" box for all these
* For sections 3.6, 3.7, 3.8: leave all these blank

=== Doing it Wrong: Getting a VISA as a UK Citizen in HongKong ===
[[File:2050hkd.jpg]]
* If the worst happens and you find the departure date is upon you and you still have no VISA, despair not: cash is king in China. For the princely sum of 2050 HKD (Hong Kong Dollars), you can buy an express double entry visa from the China Travel Services company inside Hong Kong airport. They have the same documentation requirements as the normal VISA office so bring your paperwork with you.

= Previous Noisebridge China Trips =
''If you're curious about the previous Noisebridge China Trips, they have their own wiki pages:'' 
[[ChinaTrip|Noisebridge China Trip 1]] 
          That first Noisebridge China Trip was inspired by Bunny Huang's [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/shenzhen/print "geek tour"]. 
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip2|Noisebridge China Trip 2]] 
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip3|Hacker Trip to China 3]]
 
[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip4|Hacker Trip to China 4]]

--[[user: maltman23 | Mitch]].

= People interested in going on the Hacker Trip to China #5, 2015: =


'''PLEASE NOTE: THIS TRIP IS NOW FULL -- Below is a list of all people on this year's Hacker Trip To China.'''
 


'''You do not need to be a member of Noisebridge to go on this trip!'''
 

'''Please email me if you have any questions, or if you would like to meet up with us on the trip:''' 
''mitch *AT* CornfieldElectronics *DOT* com''

The trip is limited to 20 people total (including Mitch) 
-- the first 19 people (after Mitch) who are either there already, or who bought tickets to meet in Hong Kong on or before 2-October-2015 are the people who are in this Trip        (which probably means flying away from home on or before 1-October) 


Note: Many people have gotten good deals on their plane fares (including me) with the help of my friend Vlad at:        [https://www.facebook.com/flystein Flystein] Feel free to email me, and I'll send your email to Vlad, who will be happy to help you with your flights.
 

{| style="color:green; background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
!
! Name
! Purchased flight?
! Flight info
|-
|1
|[[user: maltman23 | Mitch Altman]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 6:40pm, on United UA869 from SFO
|-
|2
|[https://q3k.org Sergiusz Bazanski]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 3:40pm, on Lufthansa LH796 from FRA
|-
|3
|[[user:JeremyZunker|Jeremy Zunker]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 8:25pm, on Delta DL281 from SEA
|-
|4
|[[user:ChrisLombardi|Chris Lombardi]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 6:40pm, on United UA869 from SFO
|-
|5
|[[user:SimonSchubert|Simon Schubert]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 4:45pm, on British Airways BA27 from LHR
|-
|6
|[[user:EmilyHammes|Emily Hammes]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 4:45pm, on British Airways BA27 from LHR
|-
|7
|[[user:BlakeGriffith|Blake Griffith]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 30-September-2015, 11:30am, on Air China CA101 from PEK
|-
|8
|[[user:Fineline|Steve Young]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 29-September-2015, 5:05pm, on Air Canada AC7 from YVR
|-
|9
|[[user:TudorTarlev|Tudor Tarlev]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 1-October-2015, 11:15am, on Hainan Airlines HU8169 from PEK
|-
|10
|[[user:ColtenJackson|Colten Jackson]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 8:20pm, on Cathay Pacific CX807 from ORD
|-
|11
|[[user:DaveTharnstrom|Dave Tharnstrom]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 6:40pm, on United UA869 from SFO
|-
|12
|[[user:Lxlx|Alex Alekseyenko]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 6:40pm, on United UA869 from SFO
|-
|13
|[[user:HugovanSanten|Hugo van Santen]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 5:30pm, on Virgin Atlantic VS206 from LHR
|-
|14
|[[user:Nyancat|Conor Riches]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 30-September-2015, 09:45am, on Etihad Airways EY834 from AUH
|-
|15
|[[user:Scotty|Scotty Allen]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 5:30pm, on Virgin Atlantic VS206 from LHR
|-
|16
|[[user:MelanieRieback|Melanie Rieback]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 9:35am, on Aeroflot SU212 from SVO
|-
|17
|[[user: Torrey | Torrey Nommesen]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 5:55pm, on Air Canada AC7 from YVR
|-
||18
|[[user: Miloh | R M Alexander ]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 29-September-2015, 5:55pm, United SFO to HK
|-
|19
|[[user:Samthetechie | Samuel Carlisle]]
|align="center"|Yes
|Arrive: 2-October-2015, 2:05pm, on China Eastern Airlines MU507 from PVG
|-
| -----
| -----
| -----
| -----
|-
|20
|[[user:ZimmerBarnes|Zimmer Barnes]]
|align="center"|Already in Beijing
|Joining the trip for Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing
|-
|21
|[[user:BuddhaHacker|Jonas S Karlsson]]
|align="center"|Already in HK/China
|Joining parts/HK/SZ/Beijing
|-
|22
|[[user:mash|Michael Aschauer]]
|align="center"|Already in Shanghai / Joining for HK, SZ, Shanghai
|Arrive HK: 2-October-2015, 16.35, on Spring Airlines from Shanghai (PVG)
|-
| -----
| -----
| -----
| -----
|-
|23
|[[user:UlrichGall|Ulrich Gall]]
|align="center"|Already there
|
|-
|24
|[[user:Cedric | Cedric]]
|align="center"|Already there
|
|-
|25
|[[user:FrankTeng|Frank Teng]]
|align="center"|Already in Shenzhen/HK
|
|}

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Welcome Former Techshop Members

2017-11-24T10:41:40Z

Tomchristmas: Reverting changes

Hello, former TechShop members.

The sudden closure of TechShop is a great blow to the maker community.

We hope that you will be able to find and develop new places to continue making and creating. While you explore where next to work on your projects, you are invited to come work and create at Noisebridge...

...but, though there's lots of overlap, we'd like to note that we're significantly different from TechShop:

We are a '''hackerspace''':
* nonprofit,
* community run
* do-ocratic

instead of a '''makerspace''':
* for profit
* employee maintained
* members only

In short, '''Noisebridge is a community''' whose purpose is to share knowledge and tools with as many people as possible. We look out for each other and often help each other's projects succeed. While we work together to gather and provide as much infrastructure and and as many tools as we can, we are '''not a production facility'''.

====Here are some more specific differences: ====

* At Noisebridge, there are no employees. We are all responsible for upkeep of the space and the tools within it.
* We operate on [[Do-ocracy]], which is similar to a real-life wiki.
* Noisebridge is donation supported.
**There aren't dues or monthly fees, but it's considered excellent to donate a bit when we use the space to cover our expenses.
**All our tools are donated. We do not have the same variety, quality, or reliability of tools as TechShop.
**We work to keep our tools in safe working order, but accept that when people are learning sometimes things get broken. Maintenance and repair is up to all of us.
* We have one rule: "Be excellent to each other". We also have a strict [[Anti-Harassment_Policy]]
* Noisebridge people tend to be friendly and talk to each other and resolve problems through communication
* No one at Noisebridge is entitled to be there, or to use any particular machine. We cooperate with our fellow makers, and share.
** We don't reserve time on machines and we share our time on them.
* We don't require classes to use our tools, with the exception of the laser cutter.
**However if we don't know how to use a tool safely, we ask for help and wait until someone can show us how.
** The laser cutter has [[Laser_Manual | safety training required]] to use it. Our scheduled trainings are on our [https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/ meetup page], or one can come to the space and ask around.
* If a machine breaks, there are no employees to fix it - we'll have to figure it out ourselves. We try to fix it and enlist help when we can't do it ourselves.
* We can, and should be, asked to leave Noisebridge at any time if we're being disrespectful or threatening to the others in the space, or the space itself. If this occurs, we are expected to leave without protest.
* We are also all empowered to ask others to leave if they are being disrespectful or threatening to the others in the space, or the space itself - this is how we maintain a safe-space.

'''Overall, it's a pretty different model, and it doesn't fit everyone's needs, but it's amazing to see it work. If you are interested, please come by and take a tour of the space.'''

''We don't work in theory - just in practice. :-)''

==Come by and visit us! ==

[[Getting_in | Here's how to get in! ]]

[[ Events | Here's a list of our events]] (also check the [https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge Noisebridge Meetup page])

[[ Resources | Here's a (probably incomplete) list of the equipment we have]]

[[Hosting_an_Event| Here's how to host an event with us]]

[[ Manual | Our Manual, a guide to more topics]]

[[Vision|Our Vision]]

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Unmeeting!

= Participants =

Darryl - Haskell, category theory, type theory, laser cutter class, etc.
Cole - haskell, robots
Ryan McCarthy - NonViolentCommunication, restorative justice
Corey - techshop refugee, robots
Dave (caligrapher, print maker, interested in stereo microscope)
Diana Greer - does nothing!
Ryan (pyconaut) - games, 3D/VR, and more!
Kevin - coorganized a raspberry pi group at techshop w/ Derek
Derek - coorganized a raspberry pi group at techshop w/ Kevin
Nicole (gaardn) - codes and plays with the lazer
Juan - functional engineer, software engineer, daytime hacker of sorts
Dany (danyq) - book scanning
Michael - software engineer by day, pointless things by night, animation
J (J)- runs CHM, teaches kids electronics and cool stuff
Michael (mondo) - student, here to learn, yes please! please teach me
Ben- internet and internet accessories
Alex (lxpk) - teaches gamedev on tuesdays, NVC stuff

= Announcements =

Ryan - Teaches restorative justice and NVC w/ high impact populations - less theory, more accessible, finger puppets for fun. Interested in holding a class on these things, sometime in December, esp. given the new combination of communities recently. ryan@kindus.org

Kevin, Derek - San Francisco Developers Raspberry Pi Jam in late December, mr.kevin.garrett@gmail.com

Diana - MakeSF monthly meetup, simple basic kits to introduce people to making and hacking electronics/microcontrollers, 2nd Monday of the month 6-8pm

Diana - Will set up a small bakeware lending library at Noisebridge!

= Safe Space =

Alex: Safe space means there's a lot of things that people want out of a space - community, workspace, etc - and we try to err on the side of helping people get their stuff done, instead of being a dating scene. But it's inevitable that things will happen, and so whenever someone feels like they need to have boundaries that aren't being understood, they can enlist help from others, to help get people to understand those boundaries, or if necessary, ask people to leave. It's not a ban, but just a temporary break. Can be mediated if someone's willing.
Ben: If I've been asked to leave, what's the excellent thing to do?
Alex: Good question! Don't get into a fight, don't take it personal. Just leave. Can ask who to contact to talk to about mediation, etc. But if you do something really bad, you might just be asked to gtfo forever.

= Philanthropy =

Juan - A philanthropist is someone who has 24 hour access to the space and also is responsible for upholding the safe space policies and community guidelines (?). They are also responsible for anyone they let into the space, and if that person is not following the guidelines, then the philanthropist is responsible for asking that person to leave and attending to the matter. If a philanthropist is the last person in the space with 24 hour access, they have to close down when they leave, asking people without access to leave as well.
Alex - How does somebody become a philanthropist?
Juan - Sign the sheet (in the binder,) have a clear understanding of the community's guidelines, volunteer for projects, help out, and, after having established yourself, you can ask a member to vouch for you.
Alex - How can you lose philanthropist status?
Juan - Breaking guidelines, letting someone in that does something terrible. No sleeping at Noisebridge.

= Members =
Darryl and Nicole have applications in the binder. 2 and 7 checkmarks, rsp.
Merlin has about 9 million check marks and needs to come to a meeting.

= Consensus Items (copied from last week) =

* Patrick - Outside these walls in the default world, we have great ways of making decisons that usually result in the winning side very happy, and everyone else sad. Consensus is the decision process that NB uses to make big decisions, like where should we move, should we sign a lease, what rules we have and to change. For everything else, we have doocracy and don't need to have elongated discussions about it. It's a decision process where we bring proposals to the meeting and solidify them into a proposal. We discuss them to solidfy them until it doesn't change for two meetings. Then it comes up for consensus. T?he only proposal that will pass consensus is one that all the members agree to. If you have a proposal comes up that you disagree to, you have an obligation to make a counterproposal that both you and the person propsing can live with. There is the ablity to block consesnsu. This is a nuclear option. It's saying "if you let this pass, fuck you, I quit noisebridge. This thing will cost the community my participation in NB." It usually doesn't get used.

Everyone is free to participate in the consensus process, and the molding of the process.

Concensus proposals are rare. Proposals are on the wiki. 99.X% of decisions don't need big C consensus, but it exists for when we need it.

* '''invite a knowledgeable volunteer to give '''[[Consensus Process|a brief primer on consensus process]]
* It is important that everyone in attendance understands at least:
** Blocking with verbalized principled objections.
** Why we use consensus over other approaches to decision making.
** How consensus isn't a legislative process
** Why consensus isn't applicable to some things like conflict resolution, resolution of time sinks, and the like.

== [[ Consensus Items History | Proposals from last week ]] ==
''(Add any items which are consensed upon or someone has raised a principle objection for to the [[Consensus Items History]] page.)''

== [[ Current Consensus Items | Proposals for next week ]] ==
''(Add any new items for consensus to the [[Current Consensus Items]] page.)''

Patrick: I propose NB establishes two separate funds for possible moving.

That Noisebridge establish two new funds.

CONSENSUS ITEM TEXT

1. A holding fee fund of $5,000 which will be used to "hold" properties forlease or sale that Noisebridge might consider in the future. These funds would allow us time to engage in a full capital C consensus process relating to the ultimate lease or purchase decision about our new space.

2. A moving fund. This fund will collect money specifically for the costs associated in moving, renting, or purchasing a new space for Noisebridge. Should an agreement be reached with the current landlords at 2169 this money would be directed either to rent or to building improvements as required.

END CONSENSUS ITEM TEXT

Patrick 1. alloc 5k from general fund into a holding fee fund, b/c in the process of doing the final consensus process, we might need to put some money down to prevent the location from going to some other party. Unlikely that it'll be exhausted, but is prudent.

Lizzie: Can we have a process for when this will be spent?
Patrick: Probably just little c consensus?
Lizzie/Trent: Can we spell that out?
Patrick: It seems unlikely that we'll just arbitrarily spend it
Trent: Good opportunity to record the way of doing things that is historically verbal
Lizzie: Good to head off an argument over how many spaces we spend this on, etc.
Scotty: Whats the range usually?
Trent: Victoria said she used 1k for a personal apt, at least

2. Moving fund. Looking at many options for financing leasing or buying. There'll be lots of fees, costs, to do this. This fund would be where we collect money donated specifically for the purposes of moving, etc. incl. legal fees to lawyers to figure out our current situation. This fund will start empty or w/ nominal amt for current legal rep. Will add a project to donate.noisebridge.net. If the fund is not expended and we get a lease, we can convert to rent money or general fund.

Scotty: Maybe we shouldn't call it a moving fund b/c its for more than just moving costs, but also possibly buying a building, legal fees, etc.

Trent: Is the purpose of this being separate b/c its going to be quite large ultimately?
Patrick: Yes
Trent: We should spell this out in the proposal text, that this is the purpose of it, and why it's separate.
Trent: Also will this be specifically earmarked for moving??
Patrick: Yes

Trent is apathetic.

</consensus item>

(Darryl explains consensus and Consensus.)

Alex - Most relevant discussion will take place in #new-space on Slack and on Saturday meetings.

= Discussion =

Kevin - If somebody had a fundraising idea that's consistent w/ Noisebridge's ethos, how do you bring it up?
Darryl - Right here.
Kevin - Cool! So, I think it may be possible to use Pi's + solar power subsidies to fund raise by mining cryptocurrencies. Was talking w/ someone from Chicago about this. Going to do a proof of concept w/ Derek to see what happens.
Frank - There's this thing Parallela that might be relevant
Ben - So w/ lots of Pi's, that'd be expensive, maybe could do commodity hardware? i.e. not CPU
Kevin - The numbers suggest Pi's are better for CPU mining
Roy - Here physically?
Kevin - Proof of concept, no, but NB could do it! It wouldn't take up too much space for the Pis, the discussion would be mostly on the panels.
Roy - No roof access :( A solar panel array would be hard. (Similar for fire escape.)
Ben - Also given that we aren't guaranteed to be here beyond August, this might not be feasible.
Kevin - Could do it anywhere, someone might want to allow use of roofspace
Ben - #make-a-billion in Slack

Ryan - How do I host an event, like a cool NVC workshop?
People - Pick a day. Make sure it doesn't conflict with other events on the wiki. Put it on MeetUp / message admins there.

(Meeting closed, with ongoing disucssion about Tech Shop ensuing!)

Board/Agenda

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The next board meeting is scheduled for 1900h on 2014-04-02. This is our prospective agenda. The minutes will be recorded at [[Board/Meeting_minutes_2014-04-02]].

== Administriva ==

=== Attendance ===

=== Approval of previous meeting's minutes ===

=== Approval & recording of decisions made since last meeting ===
* Naomi is chair of the board

== Working groups ==

=== Rebase working group ===
Report from rebase working group.

=== Community working group ===
Report from community working group.

=== Decision process working group ===
Report from decision process working group.

== Old business ==
* How can we find a treasurer to replace Danny?
* Are there things we want to change about the bylaws?
* Should we switch to board members with overlapping terms?
* How do we want to manage safety?
* How do we want to take care of physical infrastructure maintenance?
* What do we think the relationship should be between the board & the membership?
* What do we think the board should & shouldn't do?
* What is our vision for Noisebridge as a whole?
* How can the board meet if they're not allowed in the space?

== New business ==

== Closing ==
* Read minutes
* Record action items
* Confirm next meeting time/date

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Slack

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''Disambiguation of '''this''' Slack from the [http://slackware.com/ Slackware Linux distribution's] "Slack".''

== Slack for discussions/chat ==
Noisebridge has a [https://noisebridge.slack.com/ team] on [https://slack.com/ Slack]. We use Slack as a glorified IRC, with multiple rooms to discuss different topics, often separated by working group, such as [[SecWG]] or [[CommunityWorkingGroup]].

Slack is accessible on the web, as well as via IRC or XMPP clients.

=== How to get on ===
Unlike Noisebridge's [[IRC]] channel, Slack requires an invitation to join. It's recommended that you meet up with someone knowledgeable in the space and talk to them about Slack, or if all else fails, request an invitation on [https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss Noisebridge-discuss].

=== Why slack? - replacement? ===
Some are not comfortable with slack as it is (add!):
* corporate entity
* not free
* archives and logs all messages and sends SMTP transcriptions by default to all users unless they otherwise select to disable that feature, which can be used in court. "Both the California Evidence Code and the Federal Rules provide that admissions by a party opponent do not constitute hearsay. (See Cal. Evid. Code § 1220; Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(2).)." This principal is *anti-thetical* to PFS (Perfect Forward Secrecy) principals of robust secure communications methodologies and protocols.

==== Requirements ====
* free open software
* stored messages
* encrypted
* realtime chat
* api/extensible

==== Alternatives ====
* rocket
* irc (not used, missing archive feature; [UPDATE: archival is a "mis-design" and bad for security, IRC can be logged as well read up on the /log feature in many popular clients, e.g. irssi.])
* [https://matrix.org/docs/projects/client/riot.html Riot]
* Mattermost
* SILC (end to end encrypted, free and open source, distributed or [multiple servers can share messages between each other providing message coherency to users more robust than "federated" services like Mastodon. Heavily audited and vetted by w00w00, Coverity, OpenBSD developers and more over the course of a decade+. PFS can be tuned to have arbitrarily slow or fast key rotations, messages from users are encrypted *from* the server eavesdropping as well, especially with use of private message signing.)
* PSYC2 (end to end encrypted, distributed, free and open source, multiple client implementations, the lead developer is excellent, worth looking into more deeply)

== Digging in teh weeds ==

=== URL Schemes ===

Unauthenticated profile image serving:
* https://ca.slack-edge.com/T027UKEC9-U0287F36C-c918fbf7d24a-512
* https://ca.slack-edge.com/T027UKEC9-U0287F36C-97adbaa76911-512

The last bit after the "-" is the image size requested, generally 48-512

Unauthenticated, non-domain restricted image proxy server:
* https://slack-imgs.com/?c=1&o1=gu&url=https%3A%2F%2Fca.slack-edge.com%2FT027UKEC9-U0287F36C-c918fbf7d24a-512

Emoji sets:
* https://a.slack-edge.com/bfaba/img/emoji_2016_06_08/sheet_apple_64_indexed_256colors.png
* https://b.slack-edge.com/bfaba/img/emoji_2016_06_08/sheet_apple_64_indexed_256colors.png

Custom emoji:
* https://emoji.slack-edge.com/T027UKEC9/noisebridge/d15ff133c6dbb277.png

[[User:⛽|⛽]] ([[User talk:⛽|talk]]) 18:10, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

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Occasionally, we look for beta testers to help us test our new features. These features will be identified as “beta” or “pre-release,” or words or phrases with similar meanings (each, a “Beta Product”). Beta Products may not be ready for prime time so they are made available “as is,” and any warranties or contractual commitments we make for other Services do not apply. Should Customer encounter any faults with our Beta Products, we would love to hear about them; our primary reason for running any beta programs is to iron out issues before making a new feature widely available.

Feedback is Welcome
The more suggestions our customers make, the better the Services become. If Customer sends us any feedback or suggestions regarding the Services, there is a chance we will use it, so Customer grants us (for itself and all of its Authorized Users and other Customer personnel) an unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, sublicensable, transferable, royalty-free license to use any such feedback or suggestions for any purpose without any obligation or compensation to Customer, any Authorized User or other Customer personnel. If we choose not to implement the suggestion, please don’t take it personally. We appreciate it nonetheless.

Non-Slack Products
Our Services include a platform that third parties may use to develop applications and software that complement Customer’s use of the Services (each, a “Non-Slack Product”). We also maintain a directory called the Slack App Directory where some Non-Slack Products are available for installation. THESE ARE NOT OUR SERVICES, SO WE DO NOT WARRANT OR SUPPORT NON-SLACK PRODUCTS, AND, ULTIMATELY, CUSTOMER (AND NOT US) WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO ENABLE THEM. ANY USE OF A NON-SLACK PRODUCT IS SOLELY BETWEEN CUSTOMER AND THE APPLICABLE THIRD PARTY PROVIDER.

If a Non-Slack Product is enabled for Customer’s team, please be mindful of any Customer Data that will be shared with the third party provider and the purposes for which the provider requires access. We will not be responsible for any use, disclosure, modification or deletion of Customer Data that is transmitted to, or accessed by, a Non-Slack Product. Check out our Help Center pages for more information.

Privacy Policy
Please review our Privacy Policy for more information on how we collect and use data relating to the use and performance of our websites and products.

Customer and Authorized Users
Use of the Services
Customer must comply with the Contract and ensure that its Authorized Users comply with the Contract and the User Terms. We may review conduct for compliance purposes, but we have no obligation to do so. We aren't responsible for the content of any Customer Data or the way Customer or its Authorized Users choose to use the Services to store or process any Customer Data. The Services are not intended for and should not be used by anyone under the age of 13. Customer must ensure that all Authorized Users are over 13 years old. Customer is solely responsible for providing high speed internet service for itself and its Authorized Users to access and use the Services.

Our Removal Rights
If we believe that there is a violation of the Contract that can simply be remedied by Customer’s removal of certain Customer Data or Customer’s disabling of a Non-Slack Product, we will, in most cases, ask Customer to take direct action rather than intervene. However, we may directly step in and take what we determine to be appropriate action, if Customer does not take appropriate action, or if we believe there is a credible risk of harm to us, the Services, Authorized Users, or any third parties.

Payment Obligations
Payment Terms
For Customers that purchase our Services, fees are specified at the Services interface “check-out” and in the Order Form(s) — and must be paid in advance. Payment obligations are non-cancelable and, except as expressly stated in the Contract, fees paid are non-refundable. For clarity, in the event Customer downgrades any subscriptions from a paid plan to a free plan, Customer will remain responsible for any unpaid fees under the paid plan, and Services under the paid plan will be deemed fully performed and delivered upon expiration of the initial paid plan subscription term. Check out our Help Center pages for more information about payment options. If we agree to invoice Customer by email, full payment must be received within thirty (30) days from the invoice date. Fees are stated exclusive of any taxes, levies, duties, or similar governmental assessments of any nature, including, for example, value-added, sales, use or withholding taxes, assessable by any jurisdiction (collectively, “Taxes”). Customer will be responsible for paying all Taxes associated with its purchases, except for those taxes based on our net income.

Fair Billing Policy
We believe customers should only pay for subscriptions that are actually used, so we offer a Fair Billing Policy. Certain exceptions and conditions may apply, as noted in the Services interface “check-out” or in an Order Form.

Credits
Any credits that may accrue to Customer’s account (for example, from a promotion or application of the Fair Billing Policy), will expire following expiration or termination of the applicable Contract, will have no currency or exchange value, and will not be transferable or refundable. Credits accrued to a team on a free subscription plan will expire if the team’s plan is not upgraded to a paid plan within one-hundred and eighty (180) days of accrual. For more information on credits, please see the Help Center.

Downgrade for Non-Payment
If any fees owed to us by Customer (excluding amounts disputed reasonably and in good faith) are thirty (30) days or more overdue, we may, without limiting our other rights and remedies, downgrade any fee-based Services to free plans until those amounts are paid in full, so long as we have given Customer ten (10) or more days’ prior notice that its account is overdue. Notwithstanding the second paragraph of the “Providing the Services” section below, Customer acknowledges and agrees that a downgrade will result in a decrease in certain features and functionality and potential loss of access to Customer Data, as illustrated by comparing the plans in the Pricing Guide.

Our Responsibilities
Providing the Services
Customer isn’t the only one with responsibilities; we have some, too. We will (a) make the Services available to Customer and its Authorized Users as described in the Contract; and (b) not use or process Customer Data for any purpose without Customer’s prior written instructions; provided, however, that “prior written instructions” will be deemed to include use of the Services by Authorized Users and any processing related to such use or otherwise necessary for the performance of the Contract.

Be assured that (a) the Services will perform materially in accordance with our then-current Help Center pages; and (b) subject to the “ Non-Slack Products” and “Downgrade for Non-Payment” sections , we will not materially decrease the functionality of a Service during a subscription term. For any breach of a warranty in this section, Customer’s exclusive remedies are those described in the sections titled “Termination for Cause” and “Effect of Termination”.

Keeping the Services Available
As further described in our Help Center pages, for some of our Services, we also offer specific uptime commitments paired with credits, if we fall short. In those cases, the credits will serve as what the lawyers call liquidated damages and will be Customer’s sole remedy for the downtime and related inconvenience. For all Service plans, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to make the Services available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, excluding planned downtime. We expect planned downtime to be infrequent but will endeavor to provide Customer with advance notice (e.g., through the Services), if we think it may exceed five (5) continuous minutes.

Protecting Customer Data
The protection of Customer Data is a top priority for us so we will maintain administrative, physical, and technical safeguards at a level not materially less protective than as described in our Security Practices page. Those safeguards will include measures for preventing unauthorized access, use, modification, deletion and disclosure of Customer Data by our personnel. Before sharing Customer Data with any of our third party service providers, we will ensure that the third party maintains, at a minimum, reasonable data practices for maintaining the confidentiality and security of Customer Data and preventing unauthorized access. Customer (not us) bears sole responsibility for adequate security, protection and backup of Customer Data when in Customer’s or its representatives’ or agents’ possession or control or when Customer chooses to use unencrypted gateways (e.g., IRC/XMPP clients) to connect to the Services. We are not responsible for what Customer’s Authorized Users or Non-Slack Products do with Customer Data. That is Customer’s responsibility.

The Slack Extended Family
We may leverage our employees, those of our corporate affiliates and third party contractors (the “Slack Extended Family”) in exercising our rights and performing our obligations under the Contract. We will be responsible for the Slack Extended Family’s compliance with our obligations under the Contract.

Ownership and Proprietary Rights
What’s Yours is Yours...
As between us on the one hand, and Customer and any Authorized Users on the other, Customer will own all Customer Data. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Contract, Customer (for itself and all of its Authorized Users) grants us and the Slack Extended Family a worldwide, non-exclusive, limited term license to access, use, process, copy, distribute, perform, export and display Customer Data, and any Non-Slack Products created by or for Customer, only as reasonably necessary (a) to provide, maintain and improve the Services; (b) to prevent or address service, security, support or technical issues; (c) as required by law or as permitted by the Data Request Policy; and (d) as expressly permitted in writing by Customer. Customer represents and warrants that it has secured all rights in and to Customer Data from its Authorized Users as may be necessary to grant this license.

And What’s Ours is Ours
We own and will continue to own our Services, including all related intellectual property rights. We may make software components available, via app stores or other channels, as part of the Services. We grant to Customer a non-sublicensable, non-transferable, non-exclusive, limited license for Customer and its Authorized Users to use the object code version of these components, but solely as necessary to use the Services and in accordance with the Contract and the User Terms. All of our rights not expressly granted by this license are hereby retained.

Term and Termination
Contract Term
As further described below, a free subscription continues until terminated, while a paid subscription has a term that may expire or be terminated. The Contract remains effective until all subscriptions ordered under the Contract have expired or been terminated or the Contract itself terminates. Termination of the Contract will terminate all subscriptions and all Order Forms.

Auto-Renewal
Unless an Order Form says something different, (a) all subscriptions automatically renew (without the need to go through the Services-interface “check-out” or execute a renewal Order Form) for additional periods equal to one (1) year or the preceding term, whichever is shorter; and (b) the per-unit pricing during any automatic renewal term will remain the same as it was during the immediately prior term. Either party can give the other notice of non-renewal at least thirty (30) days before the end of a subscription term to stop the subscriptions from automatically renewing.

Termination for Cause
We or Customer may terminate the Contract on notice to the other party if the other party materially breaches the Contract and such breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after the non-breaching party provides notice of the breach. Customer is responsible for its Authorized Users, including for any breaches of this Contract caused by its Authorized Users. We may terminate the Contract immediately on notice to Customer if we reasonably believe that the Services are being used by Customer or its Authorized Users in violation of applicable law.

Termination Without Cause
Customer may terminate its free subscriptions immediately without cause. We may also terminate Customer’s free subscriptions without cause, but we will provide Customer with thirty (30) days prior written notice.

Effect of Termination
Upon any termination for cause by Customer, we will refund Customer any prepaid fees covering the remainder of the term of all subscriptions after the effective date of termination. Upon any termination for cause by us, Customer will pay any unpaid fees covering the remainder of the term of those subscriptions after the effective date of termination. In no event will any termination relieve Customer of the obligation to pay any fees payable to us for the period prior to the effective date of termination.

Data Portability and Deletion
We are custodians of Customer Data. During the term of a team’s subscriptions, Customer will be permitted to export or share certain Customer Data from the Services; provided, however, that because we have different products with varying features and Customer has different retention options, Customer acknowledges and agrees that the ability to export or share Customer Data may be limited or unavailable depending on the type of Services plan in effect and the data retention, sharing or invite settings enabled. Following termination or expiration of a team’s subscriptions, we will have no obligation to maintain or provide any Customer Data and may thereafter, unless legally prohibited, delete all Customer Data in our systems or otherwise in our possession or under our control. Please review our Security Practices page for more information on how Customer itself can initiate deletion.

Representations; Disclaimer of Warranties
Customer represents and warrants that it has validly entered into the Contract and has the legal power to do so. Customer further represents and warrants that it is responsible for the conduct of its Authorized Users and their compliance with the terms of this Contract and the User Terms. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR HEREIN, THE SERVICES AND ALL RELATED COMPONENTS AND INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, AND WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE.

Limitation of Liability
OTHER THAN IN CONNECTION WITH A PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER, IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER CUSTOMER’S OR THE SLACK EXTENDED FAMILY’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE CONTRACT OR THE USER TERMS (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR UNDER ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY) EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY CUSTOMER HEREUNDER IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE LAST EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY. THE FOREGOING WILL NOT LIMIT CUSTOMER’S PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE “PAYMENT TERMS” SECTION ABOVE.

IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER CUSTOMER OR ANY MEMBER OF THE SLACK EXTENDED FAMILY HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO THE OTHER PARTY OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR REVENUES OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, COVER OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR UNDER ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER WILL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

The Services support logins using two-factor authentication (“2FA”), which is known to reduce the risk of unauthorized use of or access to the Services. We therefore will not be responsible for any damages, losses or liability to Customer, Authorized Users, or anyone else if any event leading to such damages, losses or liability would have been prevented by the use of 2FA. Additionally, Customer is responsible for all login credentials, including usernames and passwords, for administrator accounts as well the accounts of your Authorized Users. We will not be responsible for any damages, losses or liability to Customer, Authorized Users, or anyone else, if such information is not kept confidential by Customer or its Authorized Users, or if such information is correctly provided by an unauthorized third party logging into and accessing the Services.

The limitations under this “Limitation of Liability” section apply with respect to all legal theories, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, and to the extent permitted by law. The provisions of this “Limitation of Liability” section allocate the risks under this Contract between the parties, and the parties have relied on these limitations in determining whether to enter into this Contract and the pricing for the Services.

Our Indemnification of Customer
We will defend Customer from and against any and all third party claims, actions, suits, proceedings, and demands alleging that the use of the Services as permitted under the Contract infringes or misappropriates a third party’s intellectual property rights (a “Claim Against Customer”), and will indemnify Customer for all reasonable attorney’s fees incurred and damages and other costs finally awarded against Customer in connection with or as a result of, and for amounts paid by Customer under a settlement we approve of in connection with, a Claim Against Customer; provided, however, that we will have no liability if a Claim Against Customer arises from (a) Customer Data or Non-Slack Products; and (b) any modification, combination or development of the Services that is not performed by us, including in the use of any application programming interface (API). Customer must provide us with prompt written notice of any Claim Against Customer and allow us the right to assume the exclusive defense and control, and cooperate with any reasonable requests assisting our defense and settlement of such matter. This section states our sole liability with respect to, and Customer’s exclusive remedy against us and the Slack Extended Family for, any Claim Against Customer.

Customer’s Indemnification of Us
Customer will defend Slack and the members of the Slack Extended Family (collectively, the “Slack Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all third party claims, actions, suits, proceedings, and demands arising from or related to Customer’s or any of its Authorized Users’ violation of the Contract or the User Terms (a “Claim Against Us”), and will indemnify the Slack Indemnified Parties for all reasonable attorney’s fees incurred and damages and other costs finally awarded against a Slack Indemnified Party in connection with or as a result of, and for amounts paid by a Slack Indemnified Party under a settlement Customer approves of in connection with, a Claim Against Us. We must provide Customer with prompt written notice of any Claim Against Us and allow Customer the right to assume the exclusive defense and control, and cooperate with any reasonable requests assisting Customer’s defense and settlement of such matter. This section states your sole liability with respect to, and the Slack Indemnified Parties’ exclusive remedy against Customer for, any Claim Against Us.

Limitations On Indemnifications
Notwithstanding anything contained in the two preceding sections, (a) an indemnified party will always be free to choose its own counsel if it pays for the cost of such counsel; and (b) no settlement may be entered into by an indemnifying party, without the express written consent of the indemnified parties (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), if (i) the third party asserting the claim is a government agency, (ii) the settlement arguably involves the making of admissions by the indemnified parties, (iii) the settlement does not include a full release of liability for the indemnified parties, or (iv) the settlement includes terms other than a full release of liability for the indemnified parties and the payment of money.

Confidentiality
Confidential Information
Each party (“Disclosing Party”) may disclose “Confidential Information” to the other party (“Receiving Party”) in connection with the Contract, which is anything that reasonably should be understood to be confidential given the nature of the information and the circumstances of disclosure including all Order Forms, as well as non-public business, product, technology and marketing information. Confidential Information of Customer includes Customer Data. If something is labeled “Confidential,” that’s a clear indicator to the Receiving Party that the material is confidential. Notwithstanding the above, Confidential Information does not include information that (a) is or becomes generally available to the public without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party; (b) was known to the Receiving Party prior to its disclosure by the Disclosing Party without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party; (c) is received from a third party without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party; or (d) was independently developed by the Receiving Party.

Protection and Use of Confidential Information
The Receiving Party will (a) take at least reasonable measures to prevent the unauthorized disclosure or use of Confidential Information, and limit access to those employees, affiliates and contractors who need to know such information in connection with the Contract ; and (b) not use or disclose any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party for any purpose outside the scope of this Contract. Nothing above will prevent either party from sharing Confidential Information with financial and legal advisors; provided, however, that the advisors are bound to confidentiality obligations at least as restrictive as those in the Contract.

Compelled Access or Disclosure
The Receiving Party may access or disclose Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party if it is required by law; provided, however, that the Receiving Party gives the Disclosing Party prior notice of the compelled access or disclosure (to the extent legally permitted) and reasonable assistance, at the Disclosing Party's cost, if the Disclosing Party wishes to contest the access or disclosure. Without limiting the foregoing, please review the Data Request Policy for details on how requests may be made for the disclosure of Customer Data and how we will handle those requests. If the Receiving Party is compelled by law to access or disclose the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information, the Disclosing Party will reimburse the Receiving Party for its reasonable cost of compiling and providing access to such Confidential Information as well as the reasonable cost for any support provided in connection with the Disclosing Party seeking a protective order or confidential treatment for the Confidential Information to be produced.

Survival
The sections titled “Feedback is Welcome,” “Non-Slack Products,” “Our Removal Rights,” “Payment Terms,” “Credits,” “The Slack Extended Family,” “What’s Yours is Yours …,” “And What’s Ours is Ours,” “Effect of Termination,” “Data Portability and Deletion,” “Representations; Disclaimer of Warranties,” “Limitation of Liability,” “Our Indemnification of Customer,” “Customer’s Indemnification of Us,” “Limitations on Indemnifications,” “Confidentiality” and “Survival,” as well as all of the provisions under the general heading “General Provisions,” will survive any termination or expiration of the Contract.

General Provisions
Publicity
Customer grants us the right to use Customer’s company name and logo as a reference for marketing or promotional purposes on our website and in other public or private communications with our existing or potential customers, subject to Customer’s standard trademark usage guidelines as provided to us from time-to-time. We don’t want to list customers who don’t want to be listed, so Customer may send us an email to feedback@slack.com stating that it does not wish to be used as a reference.

Force Majeure
Neither us nor Customer will be liable by reason of any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations on account of events beyond the reasonable control of a party, which may include denial-of-service attacks, a failure by a third party hosting provider or utility provider, strikes, shortages, riots, fires, acts of God, war, terrorism, and governmental action.

Relationship of the Parties; No Third Party Beneficiaries
The parties are independent contractors. The Contract does not create a partnership, franchise, joint venture, agency, fiduciary or employment relationship between the parties. There are no third party beneficiaries to the Contract.

Email and Slack Messages
Except as otherwise set forth herein, all notices under the Contract will be by email, although we may instead choose to provide notice to Customer through the Services (e.g., a slackbot notification). Notices to Slack will be sent to feedback@slack.com, except for legal notices, such as notices of termination or an indemnifiable claim, which must be sent to legal@slack.com. Notices will be deemed to have been duly given (a) the day after it is sent, in the case of notices through email; and (b) the same day, in the case of notices through the Services.

Modifications
As our business evolves, we may change these Customer Terms and the other components of the Contract (except any Order Forms). If we make a material change to the Contract, we will provide Customer with reasonable notice prior to the change taking effect, either by emailing the email address associated with Customer’s account or by messaging Customer through the Services. Customer can review the most current version of the Customer Terms at any time by visiting this page and by visiting the most current versions of the other pages that are referenced in the Contract. The materially revised Contract will become effective on the date set forth in our notice, and all other changes will become effective upon posting of the change. If Customer (or any Authorized User) accesses or uses the Services after the effective date, that use will constitute Customer’s acceptance of any revised terms and conditions. Waiver

No failure or delay by either party in exercising any right under the Contract will constitute a waiver of that right. No waiver under the Contract will be effective unless made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the party being deemed to have granted the waiver.

Severability
The Contract will be enforced to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law. If any provision of the Contract is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, the provision will be modified by the court and interpreted so as best to accomplish the objectives of the original provision to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions of the Contract will remain in effect.

Assignment
Except with respect to the Slack Extended Family, neither party may assign or delegate any of its rights or obligations hereunder, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other party (not to be unreasonably withheld). Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may assign the Contract in its entirety (including all Order Forms), without consent of the other party, to a corporate affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets. Customer will keep its billing and contact information current at all times by notifying Slack of any changes. Any purported assignment in violation of this section is void. A party’s sole remedy for any purported assignment by the other party in breach of this section will be, at the non-assigning party’s election, termination of the Contract upon written notice to the assigning party. In the event of such a termination by Customer, we will refund Customer any prepaid fees covering the remainder of the term of all subscriptions after the effective date of termination. Subject to the foregoing, the Contract will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties, their respective successors and permitted assigns.

Governing Law
The Contract, and any disputes arising out of or related hereto, will be governed exclusively by the internal laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflicts of laws rules or the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods.

Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial; Fees
The state and federal courts located in San Francisco County, California will have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising out of or relating to the Contract or its formation, interpretation or enforcement. Each party hereby consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts. Each party also hereby waives any right to jury trial in connection with any action or litigation in any way arising out of or related to the Contract. In any action or proceeding to enforce rights under the Contract, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover its reasonable costs and attorney’s fees.

Entire Agreement
The Contract, including these Customer Terms and all referenced pages and Order Forms, if applicable, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, proposals or representations, written or oral, concerning its subject matter. Without limiting the foregoing, the Contract supersedes the terms of any online agreement electronically accepted by Customer or any Authorized Users. However, to the extent of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions in these Customer Terms and any other documents or pages referenced in these Customer Terms, the following order of precedence will apply: (1) the terms of any Order Form (if any), (2) the portions of the Customer-Specific Supplement that apply to Customer (if any), (3) the Customer Terms and (4) finally any other documents or pages referenced in the Terms. Notwithstanding any language to the contrary therein, no terms or conditions stated in a Customer purchase order, vendor onboarding process or web portal, or any other Customer order documentation (excluding Order Forms) will be incorporated into or form any part of the Contract, and all such terms or conditions will be null and void.

Contacting Slack

Please also feel free to contact us if you have any questions about Slack’s Customer Terms of Service. You may contact us at feedback@slack.com or at our mailing address below:

Slack Technologies
155 5th Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA
94103

=== Privacy Policy ===

https://noisebridge.slack.com/privacy-policy

Effective: November 17, 2016

You can see past versions of our Privacy Policy in our Policy Archive.

Introduction
Our privacy policy will help you understand what information we collect at Slack, how Slack uses it, and what choices you have.

When we talk about “Slack,” “we,” “our,” or “us” in this policy, we are referring to Slack Technologies, Inc., the company which provides the Services. When we talk about the “Services” in this policy, we are referring to our online workplace productivity tools and platform. Our Services are currently available for use via a web browser or applications specific to your desktop or mobile device, as further described in our Help Center.

Information we collect and receive
1. Customer Data

Content and information submitted by users to the Services is referred to in this policy as “Customer Data.” As further explained below, Customer Data is controlled by the organization or other third party that created the team (the “Customer”). Where Slack collects or processes Customer Data, it does so on behalf of the Customer. Here are some examples of Customer Data (but keep in mind they are only examples and there may be others): messages (including those in channels and direct messages), pictures, videos, edits to messages or deleted messages, and other types of files. A user may also choose to enter information into their profile, such as first and last name, job, a photo and a phone number.

If you join a team and create a user account, you are a “user,” as further described in the User Terms of Service. If you are using the Services by invitation of a Customer, whether that Customer is your employer, another organization, or an individual, that Customer determines its own policies regarding storage, access, modification, deletion, sharing, and retention of Customer Data which may apply to your use of the Services. Please check with the Customer about the policies and settings it has in place.

2. Other information

Slack may also collect and receive the following information:

Account creation information. Users provide information such as an email address and password to create an account.
Team setup information. When a Customer creates a team using the Services, we collect an email address, a team name, domain details (such as team-name.slack.com), user name for the individual setting up the team, and password. For more information on team set-up, click here.
Billing and other information. For Customers that purchase a paid version of the Services, our corporate affiliates and our third party payment processors may collect and store billing address and credit card information on our behalf or we may do this ourselves.
Services usage information. This is information about how you are accessing and using the Services, which may include administrative and support communications with us and information about the teams, channels, people, features, content, and links you interact with, and what third party integrations you use (if any).
Contact information. With your permission, any contact information you choose to import is collected (such as an address book from a device) when using the Services.
Log data. When you use the Services our servers automatically record information, including information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website or your mobile app sends when you are using it. This log data may include your Internet Protocol address, the address of the web page you visited before using the Services, your browser type and settings, the date and time of your use of the Services, information about your browser configuration and plug-ins, language preferences, and cookie data.
Device information. We may collect information about the device you are using the Services on, including what type of device it is, what operating system you are using, device settings, application IDs, unique device identifiers, and crash data. Whether we collect some or all of this information often depends on what type of device you are using and its settings.
Geo-location information. Precise GPS location from mobile devices is collected only with your permission. WiFi and IP addresses received from your browser or device may be used to determine approximate location.
Services integrations. If, when using the Services, you integrate with a third party service, we will connect that service to ours. The third party provider of the integration may share certain information about your account with Slack. However, we do not receive or store your passwords for any of these third party services. For more information on service integrations, click here.
Third party data. Slack may also receive information from affiliates in our corporate group, our partners, or others that we use to make our own information better or more useful. This might be aggregate level information, such as which IP addresses go with which zip codes, or it might be more specific information, such as about how well an online marketing or email campaign performed.
Our Cookie Policy
Slack uses cookies and similar technologies like single-pixel gifs and web beacons, to record log data. We use both session-based and persistent cookies.

Cookies are small text files sent by us to your computer and from your computer or mobile device to us each time you visit our website or use our desktop application. They are unique to your account or your browser. Session-based cookies last only while your browser is open and are automatically deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies last until you or your browser delete them or until they expire.

Some cookies are associated with your account and personal information in order to remember that you are logged in and which teams you are logged into. Other cookies are not tied to your account but are unique and allow us to carry out site analytics and customization, among other similar things. If you access the Services through your browser, you can manage your cookie settings there but if you disable some or all cookies you may not be able to use the Services.

Slack sets and accesses our own cookies on the domains operated by Slack and its corporate affiliates. In addition, we use third parties like Google Analytics for website analytics. You may opt-out of third party cookies from Google Analytics on its website. We do not currently recognize or respond to browser-initiated Do Not Track signals as there is no consistent industry standard for compliance.

How we use your information
We use your information to provide and improve the Services.

1. Customer Data

Slack may access and use Customer Data as reasonably necessary and in accordance with Customer’s instructions to (a) provide, maintain and improve the Services; (b) to prevent or address service, security, technical issues or at a Customer’s request in connection with customer support matters; (c) as required by law or as permitted by the Data Request Policy and (d) as set forth in our agreement with the Customer or as expressly permitted in writing by the Customer. Additional information about Slack’s confidentiality and security practices with respect to Customer Data is available at our Security Practices page.

2. Other information

We use other kinds of information in providing the Services. Specifically:

To understand and improve our Services. We carry out research and analyze trends to better understand how users are using the Services and improve them.
To communicate with you by:
Responding to your requests. If you contact us with a problem or question, we will use your information to respond.
Sending emails and Slack messages. We may send you Service and administrative emails and messages. We may also contact you to inform you about changes in our Services, our Service offerings, and important Service related notices, such as security and fraud notices. These emails and messages are considered part of the Services and you may not opt-out of them. In addition, we sometimes send emails about new product features or other news about Slack. You can opt out of these at any time.
Billing and account management. We use account data to administer accounts and keep track of billing and payments.
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EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield
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=== Acceptable Use Policy ===

https://slack.com/acceptable-use-policy

Last Updated: November 10, 2016

This Acceptable Use Policy sets out a list of acceptable and unacceptable conduct for our Services. If we believe a violation of the policy is deliberate, repeated or presents a credible risk of harm to other users, our customers, the Services or any third parties, we may suspend or terminate your access. This policy may change as Slack grows and evolves, so please check back regularly for updates and changes. Capitalized terms used below but not defined in this policy have the meaning set forth in the User Terms of Service.

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San Francisco, CA
94103

[[Special:Contributions/73.202.10.63|73.202.10.63]] 22:34, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Category:Events

2017-11-20T07:22:14Z

Tomchristmas: Reverting changes

Official, Semi-Official, one-off and other events at the Noisebridge space.

= '''''THIS EVENTS LISTING MAY BE OUT OF DATE, PLEASE ALSO CHECK OUR MEETUP PAGE''''' =

Please check our [https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/ Noisebridge Meetup page <https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/>] for additional events at Noisebridge.

=Event Calendar=

<onlyinclude>
'''''Not all events make it onto this calendar.''' And some of the listings here may be out of date.'' 
Many events only make it to the [https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/ Discussion] or [https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-announce/ Announcements] mailing lists, [[IRC]], our '''[https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/ Noisebridge Meetup page <https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge>]''', or in person at [[Meetings | Tuesday meetings]]. Best of all, Noisebridge is about people getting together at the space in San Francisco to do stuff. DO pay attention, as some eventSs just arise organically from the bottom up!

'''Want to host your event at Noisebridge?''' We like seeing classes and talks on interesting things pertaining to various subjects of hacking. Most of all, we like seeing familiar faces. Please participate in the space and our [[Meetings|weekly Tuesday meetings]] to see if we're the right audience for what you want to share before announcing a new event. Additionally, please see our [[Hosting an Event|events hosting page]] for suggestions on how to use Noisebridge for your event/class/workshop.

 
 

=== Upcoming Events [https://www.noisebridge.net/index.php?title=Category:Events&action=edit&section=2 edit] ===








{{event
|time = Friday, November 17, 2017, 6:00pm
|title = Community Building
|description = Discussion of techniques available for formation, nurturing, growing and sustaining volunteer supported low budget public benefit organizations. In [[Church]] or [[CollaborationStation]].
}}

{{event
|time = Friday, November 17, 2017, 7:00pm
|title = Life After TechShop
|description = TechShop's closing their doors. Let's raise a glass or a mug together to TechShop, and discuss alternate places to make things now and in the future.
}}

{{event
|time = Sunday, November 19th, 2017, 12:00pm
|title = Audio Church
|description = Meet up for an hour long Show and Tell. Share the hardware and software instruments you've worked on at home or around Noisebridge.... all are strongly encouraged to attend and share their enthusiasm! Please add yourself to the wiki page and a one sentence re-cap of what you plan to bring. See you at noon! This may be a one off.
}}



{{Template:Recurring}} - Every week. 
{{Template:RecurringNumbered|1st}} - Certain weeks, e.g. 1st week only. 
{{Template:RecurringException|-2nd}} - Except certain weeks, or other schedule exceptions.

==== Mondays ====
* {{Template:Recurring}} '''[[House_Keeping#Trash_and_Recycling|Take Out the Trash Night]]''' - Be sure to put bins out by midnight as the trash truck comes between 1:30 to 2:30am.

* {{Template:Recurring}} '''7:00 pm to 9:00 pm [[Circuit Hacking Mondays]] ''' Learn to solder! And make cool things with electronics. [[User:maltman23|Mitch]], [[User:Tman66|J]], Rolf, [[User:Miloh|Miloh]], [[User:Cedric|Cedric]], Cheng, Greg, and/or a host of others will bring kits-for-purchase to make cool, hackable things for all skill levels that you can bring home after you make them! Many designed for '''absolute beginners'''! Bring your own projects to hack! Bring things to fix! All ages. All are welcome! See the [https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss Discuss list] and the [https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-announce Announce list] for weekly updates.

* {{Template:Recurring}} 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm '''[[PyClass|Intermediate Python with PyClass]]''' - Crash course in the Python standard library. Monday session is held in Church Classroom.

==== ''Super'' Tuesdays! ====

* {{Template:Recurring}} '''8:30 pm to 11:30 pm [[Gamebridge|Gamebridge Unityversity Game Dev Tuesdays]]''' - Beginner-friendly game development class and meetup, learn and share C# Unity coding, 2D/3D art, design, writing and audio. Learn how to mentor and help teach game dev. ([[Noise Square Table]]).
* {{Template:Recurring}} '''8:00 pm [[Meetings|Noisebridge Weekly Meeting]]''' - Introducing new people and events to the space, general discussion, and decision-making on key issues. '''This is your space, folks. Come on out here in person to express what you think about what's going on with it!'''
*{{Template:RecurringNumbered|1st}} {{Template:RecurringNumbered|3rd}} '''11am to 6pm [[freeCodeCamp|freeCodeCamp Workshop]]''' - Come code with us! Learn full stack web development with JavaScript, HTML, CSS. Everyone is welcome!

==== Wednesdays ====
* {{Template:RecurringNumbered|2nd, 4th}} Wednesday - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Crypto Builder* {{Template:RecurringNumbered|1st}} {{Template:RecurringNumbered|3rd}} {{Template:RecurringNumbered|5th}} 8:30 pm to 10:30pm pm [[FUN Tutoring]] in [[Church]] or [[CollaborationStation]]s Meetup! - Join up for casual lightning talks aSnd hacking on crypto/blockchain/decentralized in the Hackatorium.
* {{Template:Recurring}} 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm [[DreamTeam| Dream Team Neuro Hackery]] - EEG research & development project with general interest in sleep, dreaming, creative intelligence, and many loosely related topics such as: neurophysiology, signal processing, cognitive neuroscience, and (especially) hacking code and devices for data acquisition and analysis. Join us at the [[CollaborationStation]] (near the Hackatorium). Expect general discussion around 8 PM - usually moving along by 9 PM to focus on more technical aspects of current project.
* {{Template:RecurringNumbered|1st,3rd}} 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm Haskell Class in [[Church]].

==== Thursdays ====
* {{Template:Recurring}} [[House_Keeping#Trash_and_Recycling|Trash Night -- Round Two]] - Take out the trash for Friday morning! Do it by midnight as truck comes ~1:30am to 2:30am.
* {{Template:Recurring}} '''8:00 pm to 9:00pm [[Five Minutes of Fame]]''' a.k.a. 5MoF - Ten 5min talks in an hour, on any topic! Small 5MoFs every Thursday-ish, bigger ones on the 3rd Thursday of the month.
* {{Template:RecurringNumbered|biweekly}} 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Laser Safety Training every other Thursday evening. [http://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/ RSVP on meetup.com]


==== Fridays ====

* {{Template:RecurringNumbered|3rd}} [[Noisebridge Gaming Archivists]] Meetup 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm -- Come play, fix, mod retro consoles. Create and play is our motto! If you like video games, this is the place for you.
* {{Template:RecurringNumbered|1st}} {{Template:RecurringNumbered|3rd}} {{Template:RecurringNumbered|5th}} 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm [[Computerology]] (The study of computers, or any kind of work with computers; computing.) in [[Church]] or [[CollaborationStation]].
* {{Template:RecurringNumbered|1st}} {{Template:RecurringNumbered|3rd}} {{Template:RecurringNumbered|5th}} 8:30 pm to 10:30pm pm [[FUN Tutoring]] in [[Church]] or [[CollaborationStation]]

==== Saturdays ====
* {{Template:Recurring}} 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm - Privacy hackathon! Developers, designers, activists, journalists, and concerned citizens are all welcome to join us every Saturday at Noisebridge (at the tables in the back) to help contribute to free, open source, privacy-enhancing softwar8:00 pm to 10:00e that the world desperately needs. Brought to you by the [https://www.meetup.com/Cypherpunks-Write-Code/ Cypherpunks Write Code] meetup group <-- you can RSVP here. Edward Snowden risked everything to teach us how badly new privacy-enhancing software needs to exist. [https://www.meetup.com/Cypherpunks-Write-Code/ Let's make it happen!]

==== Sundays ====
* {{Template:Recurring}} 11:00 am to 1:00 pm [[Sunday Morning iOS Peer Lab Meetup]] - iOS Meetup for people want to hack together. Feel free to do whatever you want: work on your project, ask and teach each other, have a chat with folks.
* {{Template:RecurringException|alternating monthly}} 1:00 pm Monthly Lock Sport Collaboration: Come learn how to pick locks and learn more about them with the [http://www.tooolsf.org/ SF Bay Area chapter] of [http://toool.us/ TOOOL]. The group meets on alternating months at Noisebridge and in San Jose. Check the [httpsS://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tooolsf TOOOL SF announcement list] for details.
* {{Template:Recurring}} 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm [[Hack Days]] - We're getting together every Sunday and working on stuff together! (Bots/Robotics/Cybernetics/AI/ML/Crypto/Infrastructure/Dapps/etc). We're all about learning, sharing, and building together. [[church]] Bring what you're working on, or at least a healthy appetite to learn and share. All-in-all this will be a space to philosophize and dream as much as practice, hack, and publish. :)

</div>
</onlyinclude>

If you'd like to contact somebody at Noisebridge regarding these Events or even the Noisebridge Wiki itself, then please send an email message to one of the Board members listed in the [[Contacts]] list, e.g., <secretary@noisebridge.net> or <treasurer@noisebridge.net>

=== Orphaned Events ===
These events appear to be dormant or extinct.

* SAT 10:15 - 12:10 [[Juggling with Judy!]] Note: next class is scheduled for Saturday June 29th. Attention juggling fans! Judy will be at the 2013 World Juggling Day celebration Saturday June 15th at Ripley's Believe It Or Not Odditorium in San Francisco Fisherman's Warf - free event begins at 1. Come check it out!
* THU 18:00 - 21:00 '''[[Privacy Bay]]''' - A monthly meetup for Bay Area folks interested in privacy. Meets in Church on the last Thursday of the month.
* FRI 19:00 - 21:00 [[Anarchy_101|Anarchy 101]] - a class/seminar on what anarchy is and is not, and how it impacts us as individuals and as discrete groups.
* 20:00 - 22:00 [[Noise~_Wednesday | Noise~ Wed]] - Graphical media programming with Max/MSP/Jitter
* 19:00 [[Tahoe-LAFS]] - Occasional meetup of users and/or developers of the Least Authority File System.
* 14:00 - 16:00 Android Developer Support Group - Meet up with other app developers in the library for a lightly structured knowledge-share.
* {{Template:Recurring}} '''5:00 pm to 7:30 pm [[Songbridge|Songbridge Music Making Tuesdays]]''' - Beginner-friendly music making and mentoring meetup with Ableton/GarageBand/Logic tutorials for beginners and peer collabs. ([[Noise Square Table]]).

OrphanSed as of 2017-10-31:
* (Wednesday) {{Template:Recurring}} 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Build a Solar Lab Kit with SpyCamp - Starting June 14th to August 16th, at 2:00pm sharp Natalie (errcat) will be leading a solar charger kit lab for kids! Friends and family are invited to come with their kids and build a solar charger along side kids from SpyCamp. Kits are sold at the door for 20 dollars for whoever wishes to participate (5 dollars from each kit are donated to Noisebridge).
* (Wednesday) {{Template:RecurringException|alternating monthly}} 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm - '''[[Cyberspectrum|Cyberspectrum: Software Defined Radio Meetup]]''' in the Hackatorium(''new''): A place to learn and exchange ideas about SDR. Presentations on concepts, mystery signals, hardware/software and cool applications. Event alternates monthly between SF and the South Bay.
* (Wednesday) {{Template:RecurringNumbered|1st}} Wednesday of every month, 7:30-9. '''[[with Software; Art()]]''' Present your personal and expressive art made with software/hardware of your own making and get feedback and critical dialogue from fellow artist/technologists. ON HIATUS TILL OCTOBER! [Last updated August 2, 201S7].
* (Wednesday) {{Template:Recurring}} 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm - Career Change: How to kickstart your new career in web development
* (Thursday) {{Template:Recurring}} 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm The [[Go]] group meets up on Wednesdays and Thursdays to play.
* (Sunday) {{Template:Recurring}} 3:00 pm [[Go]] - Playing of the Go board game. On nice days we often take the boards to Dolores Park and play there.
* (Sunday) {{Template:Recurring}} 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm .impact Workathons in Turing classrom. Work on projects that will help humanity & beyond.

=== Proposed Future Events and Classes ===
:'''(TBD)''': [[Audio Show and Tell]] Let's meetup this November 19th, Sunday at noon in the Hackitorium to share our audio projects for an hour! Bring your project/art, hardware or software ...if interested contact and confirm you can attend michael@kzsu.stanford.edu
:'''(TBD)''': [[Sound Science]] A potential monthly lecture/demonstration series on the little known science behind sound reproductionTopics to include: Transducer Physics(speakers and mics), Room Acoustics, Signal Path and Cabling,Loudspeaker design 101, Music Production Tips for Big Sound, and How to make a small system sound SHUGEEach session to include hands on projects like making speakers from stuff lying around, Non-Newtonian bass monsters, and ez speaker mods for anyoneIf interested contact the new guy-> MattLong8 at gmail dot com, 805 four five three - six zero nine seven
:'''(TBD)''': [[Modular Synthesis]] a bi-weekly (or monthly) group devoted to modular synthesizers> workshop will include modular sound synthesis styles and techniques, a study of different modules and their functions, ie voltage controlled oscillator, voltage controlled filter, low frequency oscillator, envelope generator ect and how these modules interact with each other, what control voltage and triggers are..... as well as one on one time for each student with the modular, which is a 60 space large format Moog style modular synthesizer with big knobs and 1/4 jacks including performance and other awesomeness by Douglas. contact Douglas at greenshoos at gmail dotcom
:'''(TBD)''': [[VideoHacking]] a weekly video/video art devoted hacker group, including experiments in the 3D vr realm...if interested contact julialc4@gmail.com
:Wednesdays at 21:00 [[Brewing Bridge]] - Malakkar Proposal: Learn how to make your drinks fun AND antibacterial, using yeastThis will be recurring if enough interest or need is presentAssociated items - what to do with brewing leftovers, and brewers sample hour, etc.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Probability]] - Weekly probability study group based on [http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electSrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-041-probabilistic-systems-analysis-and-applied-probability-spring-2006/related-resources/ Fundamentals of Applied Probability Theory] by Al Drake
:'''(TBD)''': [[Mandarin Corner|Mandarin]] - Learn or practice Mandarin, all levels. Also currently on hiatus. Get on the mailing list.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Movie Night!]] - [[User:ThOMG|Thom]] wants to build community through nerdy sci-fi! (+Bill+Ted+Excellence++) (how about a Friday hacker movie night? -[[User:Carl|Carl]])
:'''(TBD)''': [[Introduction to the AVR Microcontroller]] - [[User:Mightyohm|Jeff]] and [[User:Maltman23|Mitch]] are planning an introductory class for people wanting to make cool projects with AVRs.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Basic Chemistry Lab Techniques]]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Cuddle Puddle for the Economy]] - Stress-hacking with informal massage exchange.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Milk and Cookies]] - Come read your favorite selections out loud With Milk and Cookies (and yeah, probably beer too).
:'''(TBD)''': [[Processing Workshop 2]] - [[User:Scmurray|Scott]] is interested in teaching this, and is busy thinking about what, where, when, why, and how.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Hack your Hardware]] -- We call BS on "no user-serviceable parts inside"
:'''(TBD)''': [[Homebrew Instruction Class]] - The Wort (pt 1/3)
:'''(TBD)''': [[Trip to Shooting Range]] - Field trip to a shooting range, to shoot guns Express interest at [[Trip to Shooting Range]]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Surface Mount Soldering Workshop]] - Learn how to solder cicuits with small surface mount parts [[User:maltman23|Mitch Altman]] and Martin Bogomolni and others will show their tricks [[User:maltman23|Mitch]] will bring hackable kits that uses surface mounts for you to solder<-YES! (mattlong8 at gmail dot com)
:'''(TBD)''' - [[Locksport and Lockpicking]]Turing
:'''(TBD)''' - [[Version control tutorial]]
:'''(TBD)''' - [[Foreign language learning for rocket scientists]] - I'm near-native (fool people when I try) in (French and) Japanese, and a pro trans/terpreter and will share my shortcuts (skill-order, vocab, speed/articulation, translation≅grammar) No expertise on tonal languages yet..so if you know how to remember tones or how tone-sandhi interacts with speed and/or how nuances of speaker attitude are expressed in them (what we do with rythm/inflection/sentence-intonation and stress in Eng., and with particles and ??? in e.g. Cantonese) please chime in or call me (415-608-0564) so I can convey your wisdom [also looking for a from-scratch Arabic partner]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Getting started with Arduino]]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Distributed Databases]]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Node.js Beginners Session]] - Interested in learning about Node.js? I amMaybe these guys want to teach it: http://www.meetup.com/Joyent-Butt-User-Group/events/81311542/

:'''(TBD)''': [[Scrum Club]] - I though I'd test the waters and see if anyone was interested in a noisebridge scrum club details are here http://scrumclub.org/scrum-clubs/ if inturested hit me up twitter: @theabcasian, facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theabcasian
:'''(TBD)''': [[CNC Mill Workshop]] - Who wants to make stuff on the [[MaxNCMill]]?
:'''(TBD)''': [[Math & Science Help]] - If you would like some math, science or engineering help, I'm down to lend a hand.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Cyborg Group|Cyborg Group / Sensebridge]] - Work on projects like artificial senses Someone needs to lead this!
:'''(TBD)''': [[OpenEEG]] - Brain techHas historically met on Sundays, at the behest of interested parties.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Programming_for_Poets | Programming for Poets]] - Gentle intro to programming using Processing
:'''(TBD)''': [[World Builders & Simgineers]] - Work together to create a beautiful & open virtual world & platform.
:'''(TBD)''': [[PlunderBridge]] - Metal detecting, detector technology & treasure hunting expeditions.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Ruby Mining]] - Ruby on Rails basics, interactive working group
:'''(TBD)''': [[MoinMoin Wiki]] - MoinMoin Wiki (details see there)
:'''(TBD)''': [[Noisebridge Fundraiser 2013]]

= Past Events =

===2016===
{{event
|time = Saturday, June 18th, 2016, 1pm
|title = Noisebridge picnic-potluck gathering 1pm-3pm
|description = Bring #{food, drink} whatever you want to share, potluck style! All Noisebridge folks and friends are welcome! Let's leave from NB 15min before or meet under the palm trees, South-East corner of Dolores Park near the Playground (20th & Church) in San Francisco, CA 94114: https://goo.gl/maps/8jmcnCMayoD2
}}
 
{{event
|time = Saturday, May 28th, 2016, 1pm
|title = Noisebridge picnic-potluck gathering 1pm-3pm
|description = Bring #{food, drink} whatever you want to share, potluck style! All Noisebridge folks and friends are welcome! Let's meet under the palm trees, South-East corner of Dolores Park near the Playground (20th & Church) in San Francisco, CA 94114: https://goo.gl/maps/8jmcnCMayoD2
}}
 
{{event
|time = Thursday, February 25th, 2016, 7pm
|title = SF Amateur Mathematicians
|description = Differential Geometry and Wide-Angle Photography with Chad Fong. In Church Room. See [http://www.meetup.com/SF-Amateur-Mathematicians/events/228761849/ Meetup page]. SF Amateur Mathematicians is a math club open to everyone interested in learning more about math. Topics and talks generally assume some collegiate mathematical background.
}}
 
{{event
|time = Sunday, February 7th, 2016, 11:00am
|title = HackTheLeft
|description = [[HackTheLeft|Hack the Left]] is an ''anticapitalist'' hackathon, going on for the entire long weekend of February 5th-7th at Noisebridge. This is an experiment to see what happens when you get a bunch of leftists in a room for a weekend with the intention to advance liberatory and ''anticapitalist'' projects using technology. This includes software projects like Tor and Signal, art projects like the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project and Men in Grey, hardware projects like mesh networks and signal jammers, and tools for rad organizations like Anti Police-Crimethink Project and Food Not Bombs. It's clear that there's a huge amount of opportunity for liberatory technology. It's up to us to build it. 

*Hackathon participants should be able to get into Noisebridge by [[Hours | its 11:00 AM opening hour]], if not earlier, for both weekend days.
}}

===2014===
*{{event
|time = Sunday, September 23, 5:00pm
|title = How to Start a Startup MOOC Lecture Viewings
|description = We would get together to watch the lectures together and conduct discussion and networking afterwards. http://startupclass.samaltman.com/
|}}

===2013===
*{{event
|time = Friday, August 9, 5:00pm
|title = Noisebridge Party Setup
|description = Volunteers will be preparing the space for Saturday's show. There are no scheduled conflicts; you might be asked to move multiple times by someone pushing a broom and assembling a raised stage simultaneously.
|}}

*{{event
|time = Saturday, August 10, 4:00pm
|title = Noisebridge "______ the Bridge" Party
|description = a summer fundraising party for Noisebridge, which YOU are invited to!
|suggested donation = $10, but no one turned away for lack of funds
|}}

*{{event
|time = Sunday, August 11, 2:00pm
|title = Bay Area Hackers' Association Meeting
|description = Jon Callas presenting on [[BAHA/2013-08-11|Secure Communications, Privacy, Counter-Surveillance]].
|}}

* '''Wednesday, May 22, 7.00 pm: Instructables Build Night''' - Bare Conductive, Instructables will supply Bare Conductive paint pens and pizza. Come experiment with the paint and post some Instructables. This is a FREE event.

===2012===
* '''December 20, Thursday, 20:00 - 22:00 - [[5MoF|5 Minutes of Fame]]''' - Following up on its triumphant return in November, 5MoF is back with another showcase of lightning talks & other good stuff, with your host Sir Danny O'Brien! Details TBA
*'''Tuesday Feb14th, 18:00 to 20:00''' ZiP MegaZine releases its inaugural issue with '''My Noisy Valentine''' Zine Release Microparty in the Noisebridge cafeFor more info follow [[zine | this]] link.
* '''Wednesday, Jan30, 20:00-22:00''' [[zine|ZiP]] meeting for zine-makers & others with an interest in printing & self-publishingThe meeting 1/30/13 is our first since mid-2012We plan to hold them regularly from now on at this time (Wednesday 8pm)This meeting will be informal & will probably take place in the printing/lasercutter area of the hackerspace.

===2011===

* '''September 11th 14:00 to 17:00''' - The San Francisco Chapter of the Open Organisation Of Lockpickers and Bay Area Hacker's Association present a joint meeting on [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Locksport locksport]
*'''August 4, 7PM, Thursday''' - [http://zeidman.net Bob Zeidman] will be giving a talk on video games and intellectual property, hosted by TheMADEHe will also speak about IP infringement cases.
*'''August 9, 6:30PM, Tuesday''' - [http://www.meetup.com/makesf/events/26413241/ Make:SF] - Chris Jefferies will speak about the wireless sensor kit he is developing and we are brinunderstanding and using computersging back our all star soldering kits.

* '''April 13th, 19:00''' - Kombucha fermentation class with [[BioBridge]]
*'''April 7th, 20:00''' - [[In-Depth|Noisebridge: In-Depth]] Our monthly lecture and round tableThis month's speaker will be Aragorn! his lecture will be "Anarchism & technology: An unbridgeable chasm"
*'''April 4th, 20:00''' - Camp KDE PartyCome and meet part of the KDE North America community and get a quick overview of this year's [http://camp.kde.org/ Camp KDE] conferenceThere will be beer
*'''April 3rd, 16:00''' - NoiseCaching: Meet-up to build some geocaches, and talk about making geocoinsThen we'll head out to find some local caches and place caches we made[http://www.geocaching.com More info about Geocaching here]
* '''March 20th, 19:00''' [[Hack Politics]] meetup -- the first meetup to figure out how we in the hacker community can effectively mobilize and create meaningful change in these interesting times
* '''March 12th, 12:00-18:00 - Noisebridge Hackathon!''' Second Saturday Hackathon is 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.
* '''March 10, Thursday, 19:00 - Group Grammar Clinic''' - Church Classroom - Donations gladly accepted - A clinic for grammar and writing evaluationPlease bring your web/social or technical writing for us to evaluateBring your laptop as well Collaboration groupware possibly provided(Please suggest groupware software to use if you wish)Constructive feedback from other group members is encouraged so that this clinic is a group process- Facilitator: [[User:Owen|Owen]] (opietro@yahoo.com)
* '''March 9th, 20:00''' - Ferment and filter a mash! [[fermentation logs]]

===2010===
* '''Sunday, August 22, 19:00 CLUB-MATE DROPOFF AND TASTING PARTY''' Nick Farr will be in town to drop off Club-Mate ordered by San Franciscans!
* '''June 5th, 12:00-19:00 - [[NoiseBridgeRehab]]''' - Help make the space more usable and accessible! Noisebridge needs your help!
* '''June 5th, 16:00-20:00 - [[Science For Juggalos]]''' - Science Fair in front of the Warfield Theater teaching magnetism to Juggalos
* '''June 6th, 15:00 - [[AVC Meetup]]''' - Entrepreneurial bonding & matchmaking
* '''June 9th, 21:00 - Your liver supports Noisebridge''' - Come to Elixir @ 16th & Guerrero anytime after 21:00 and drink, drink, drink! 50% of tips go to Noisebridge
* '''February 27th, 20:00 - [[Hacker EPROM]]''' - Noisebridge's first prom! Nice tie and a (robot) date requiredWe will have a DJ and punch.
* '''February 24th, 19:00, Wednesday - Joris Peels, of [http://www.shapeways.com Shapeways]''', and expert on 3D printing, will give a [[ShaperwaysPresentation | talk and demonstration]] at Noisebridge!.
* '''February 23rd, 18:00 - Cleaning day''' - Come and help clean Noisebridge, because everyone loves a clean hack space.
* '''February 12th, 21:00 - visit from Steve Jackson'''Game designer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_%28US_game_designer%29 Steve Jackson], founder of Steve Jackson Games, will visit Noisebridge.
* '''January 27th, 18:00-20:00 - [[beatrixjar event|Circuit Bending Workshop]]''' - [http://www.beatrixjar.com/ Beatrix*JAR] (contact [[User:Gpvillamil|Gian Pablo]] for more info)
* '''January 27th, 20:00-22:00 - [[beatrixjar event|Circuit Bending Performance]]''' - [http://www.beatrixjar.com/ Beatrix*JAR] - "Celebrate a night of new sound that will change your idea of music forever!"
* '''January 25th, 19:30 - [[Bag Porn]]''' - What's in your bag?
* '''January 20th, 19:00-21:00 - [http://groups.google.com/group/bacat/about Bay Categories & Types]''' - Categories, monoids, monads, functors and more! Held in the Alonzo Church classroom.
* '''January 20th, 19:00 - [[User Experience Book Club SF]]''' - Our book this month is "A Theory of Fun for Game Design" by Raph Koster - http://is.gd/6sEqw (meets in Turing)
* '''January 21st, 20:00 - [[Five Minutes of Fame]]''' - Monthly set of lightning talks on diverse topics
* '''January 22nd, 17:00 - [[CleaningParty| Cleaning Party]]''' - Come help clean up Noisebridge! Awsum fun!
* ...January 14th,16th, and 17th 1:00- ??? Build Out day for kitchen/bathroom/laundry bring yourself and a good attitude, learn a few things as well
* '''January 15th, 18:00 - [[CNC_Mill_Workshop]]''' - Learn to use the CNC mill for 2D engraving and circuit board routing
* Thursdays 17:00 [[ASL Group|American Sign Language]] - Learn how to talk without using your voice (or just come chat in ASL)[http://whenisgood.net/noisebridge/asl/generic click to reschedule]

===2009===
* '''November 18th, 19:30''' - [[Dorkbot_2009_11_18|Dorkbot]]
* '''November 19th, 18:00''' - [[Mesh meetup]]
* '''November 19th, 20:00''' - [[Five Minutes of Fame]]
* '''November 20th, 18:00''' - Loud Objects [http://www.flickr.com/photos/createdigitalmedia/3428249036/ Noise Toy workshop].
* '''November 20th, 20:00''' - Performance by [http://www.loudobjects.com/ Loud Objects], (featuring Tristan Perich and Lesley Flanigan) and [http://www.myspace.com/jibkidder Jib Kidder].
:'''2009-11-05''' - [http://www.server-sky.com/ Server Sky presentation: Internet and Computation in Orbit] by Keith Lofstrom
:'''2009-11-05''' - [[Mesh meetup]]
:'''2009-11-02''' - [[French]] book club meeting to discuss [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/2842612892/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance Une Si Longue Lettre]
: ''' October 1st, 18:00''' - [[Wireless_Mesh_Network_Meetup | Mesh wireless meetup]]
: ''' October 1st, 19:00''' - [http://groups.google.com/group/bacat Bay Area Categories and Types]
: '''2009-10-03''' [[Year 1 Open Hacker House]]
:'''Friday''': [[CrazyCryptoNight]] - Discussion of cryptography for beginners through experts6-???
:'''Sunday''' : [[OpenEEG | OpenEEG Hacking]] Sundays, at 3-5pm.
:'''Monday''': [[German]] - Learn German, all levels7pm beginners, 8pm advancedRSVP 24 hours in advance for the benefit of the instructorEvents ran May-November 2009Currently on Thursdays at 8Get on the mailing list.
:'''Tuesday''': [[Haskell/Haschool]] - Learn Haskell with Jason Dusek 6PM - 7:30PM, from May until we're all experts.
:'''Wednesday''': [[Adobe_Lightroom|Adobe Lightroom]] - Become a more organized photographerWeekly class (mostly held off site).
:'''Thursday''': [[Professional VFX Compositing With Adobe After Effects]] - Taught by [[User:SFSlim|Aaron Muszalski]]7:30PM - 10PM, most Thursdays in May & June & ? (click through dammit)
:'''2009-09-17''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]] 3D Edition
:'''2009-09-17''': [[Wireless Mesh Network Meetup | Mesh wireless meetup]]
:'''2009-08-20''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]] One Dee Edition
:'''2009-07-16''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]] Zero Dee
:'''2009-07-02 - 2009-07-05''': [http://toorcamp.org Toorcamp]
:'''2009-07-01''': Noisedroid meeting to discuss location logging on Android platform (and other stuff too, I'm sure)
:'''2009-06-30''': [[Powerbocking Class|Powerbocking class]]
:'''2009-06-30''': "Suing Telemarketers for Fun and Profit" (Toorcamp talk preview)
:'''2009-06-28''': "Meditation for Hackers" (Toorcamp workshop preview)
:'''2009-06-18''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]]
:'''2009-06-15''': [[Eagle Workshop]] Session two of the Eagle CAD workshop.
:'''2009-06-13''': [[RoboGames 2009]] Noisebridge had a booth staffed by vounteers, great fun!
:'''2009-05-21''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]]
:'''2009-04-27''': [[EagleCAD workshop]] -- learn to use this CAD tool for printed circuit board design
:'''2009-04-16''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]] April showers & flowers edition
:'''2009-04-11''': [[RFID Hacking]] weekend workshop (this event moved from the original March date)
:'''2009-04-05''': [[First aid and CPR class]] Learning how to not only not die, but also reduce scarring!
:'''2009-04-03''': [[Sudo pop]] 2PM and onMaking the first batch of a Noisebridge label yerba mate-niated rootbrew, gratis and DIY
:'''2009-03-26''': [[OpenEEG | OpenEEG Hacking]] first meet up for this new group: 8 pm
:'''2009-03-19''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]]
:'''2009-03-12''': [[OpenBTS and GSM]] talk by David Burgess
:'''2009-02-14''': [[Open Heart Workshop]] Valentine's Day blinkyheart soldering party!
:'''2009-02-13''': [[Time-t_Party|<tt>time_t</tt> Party]] to celebrate 1,234,567,890 since the Unix epoch.
:'''2009-02-09''': [[Spanish learning at 8:30]]
:'''2009-02-05''': [[PGP Key Workshop]]
:'''2009-01-31''': [[Locksport and Lockpicking]]

===2008===
:'''2008-12-27''': [[25C3]] Chaos Computer Congress in Berlin
:'''2008-12-20 & 21''': [[Creme Brulee]] Workshop on creating a french dessert, with bonus propane torch.
:'''2008-12-17 20:00''': [[Machine Learning]] Birds-of-a-feather
:'''2008-11-24''': [[Circuit Hacking Monday]] circuit design workshop
:'''2008-11-21,understanding and using computers 7pm''':[[Milk and Cookies]] -- [[User:Dmolnar|David Molnar]] hosts Milk and Cookies at 83CBring a short 5-7minute thing to read to othersBring a potluck cookie/snack/drink if you likeDavid will bring milk and cookies.
:'''2008-11-17, 7:30pm''': [[Basic Bicycle Maintain]] - [[User:rubin110|Rubin]] and [[User:rigel|rigel]] hate it w8:00 pm to 10:00hen we see a bike that isn't maintainedScreechy chains and clacking derailleur can go to hellBasic bike tune up, sharing the smarts on simple things you can do at home to make your ride suck a whole lot less.
:'''2008-11-16, 5:00pm''': [[RepRap Soldering Party]] - help assemble RepRap! RSVPs required on wiki! [[User:Adi|adi]]
:'''2008-11-16, 3:00pm''': [[Oscilloscopes]] - Learn how to use this versatile tool to test electronic circuits Maximum 6 slots, please sign up ahead of time! [[User:dstaff|dstaff]]
:'''2008-10-31''': [[Halloween Open House]] - NoiseBridge's own [[PPPC]] threw an awesome open house/halloween galaPost pictures if you got 'em!
:'''2008-10-25''': [[Soldering Workshop]] and Pumpkin Hackin' - Learn to solder for total newbies (or learn to solder better!), including surface mountAdditionally, carve your halloween pumpkins and enjoy some experimental pumpkin pie and/or soup.
:'''2008-10-07''': (tuesday before meeting) - Etch a circuit boardI'll be trying a photo resist etching and a basic printed mask etchingThis is step 1/3 for a project called "annoying USB thingie" which will execute pre-defined keystrokes by sneaking a tiny USB dongle onto a victim^h^h^h^h^h buddy's computer.
:'''2008-09-13''': [[Processing Workshop]] — Learn this very easy-to-use programming language! - [[Processing Workshop Report]]
:'''2008-02-16''': [[Brain Machine Workshop|Brain Machine Making Workshop]]: Our first hardware sprint!

[[Category:Top level]]

User:Tomchristmas

2017-11-18T01:55:53Z

Tomchristmas:

I'm just [http://progsoc.org/wiki/User:Tomchristmas this guy], y'know?[1]

I don't think I'll ever be a Noisebridge member, since I don't live in, nor I have ever been in, the Bay Area (let alone the United States for that matter), although I do not categorically rule it out as a possibility in the future.

I <s>once helped run</s>still run (who am I kidding?) for many years, a [http://progsoc.org university student programmers' society in the Great Southern Land], a society that pre-dates the Hackerspace movement by about 20 years, yet until about 2015, resembled a hackerspace somewhat[2]. We had [https://foursquare.com/v/uts-programmers-society-progsoc/4bf5051394af2d7fb5343b72/photos our own room] on campus with workbenches, computers, servers, old gear, books, couches, even a mini-fridge and a webcam. And we met every '''Thursday'''[3]. It was awesome.

Unfortunately, when the [https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-engineering-and-information-technology faculty] moved to a [https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/venues-and-facilities/our-venues/broadway-building new shiny modern building] next door, no space was allocated for us, so sadly the hackerspace-like aspects of our society died, and eventually the society itself became moribund.

But not dead.

Fortunately, thanks to a recent change in attitude by the faculty, it seems that before too long, we will enjoy a renaissance. You see, the faculty is actually interested in actively supporting and fostering a hackerspace-like culture on campus, whereas before we were kinda-sorta left to our own devices. They have now allocated space for our society, as well other technically-minded societies, so, y'know, if we all collaborate, who knows what amazing things we can accomplish? I am genuinely excited for our future.

To assist with the rebuild[4] of our society, I have been looking at, and will continue to look at, other hackerspaces (such as this very one here) for inspiration, to see what we ought to be doing to build an active, awesome, technically-minded, creative community.

------

[1] that has become aware of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' through cultural osmosis, but has never actually read said book...

[2] although I hesitate to call it a true hackerspace, since we did operate under the auspices of the university.

[3] not Tuesday -- remember, we pre-date hackerspaces.

[4] despite having graduated -- we owe our longevity to a) having a regular room and b) our vast alumni network.

------

= How to join Noisebridge =

Here is a list of steps people usually complete as they become part of the Noisebridge community. All are optional, and they may be completed in any order.

* [[Getting_In|Enter]] Noisebridge
* Strike up a productive conversation with other Noisebridge visitors
** Your chats don't '''have''' to be with members.
* Ask someone to give you a tour
** Ask them how they learned about Noisebridge
* Attend a [[Meetings|Weekly Meeting]]
** But don't stress it if you're not a meeting person
* <s>Create a [https://www.noisebridge.net/Special:UserLogin&type=signup Wiki User Account]</s>
** <s>Create a user page.</s>
** <s>Copy this to-do list to your user page. Strike out the tasks you've accomplished.</s>
* Join a like-minded [[Mailinglist]]
** Send a message introducing yourself
* Try and comprehend our particular flavor of collectivist, diversified anarchy by reading the [[Hours]] page.
** Don't worry if it seems a bit strange.
* <s>Clean up something that needs cleaning</s> (cleaning up a few pages on the wiki counts, right?)
* Befriend a member.
** Ask her to set you up with a [[RFID_Token|Access token]]
* Be excellent in a new and surprising way
* Get a proper tour of the [[Resources/Shop|Dirty / Wood shop]].
** Don't be afraid of the scary tools.
** Fingers grow back, right?
* Attend Circuit Hacking Monday
** <s>Meet [[User:Maltman23|Mitch]]</s> (I met him!! :D He's the coolest dude ever :) But not at Noisebridge itself, rather at an official Noisebridge activity -- [[NoisebridgeChinaTrip7|HTTC 2017]]. It's why I'm here, basically.)
** <s>Buy a kit and build it.</s> (yeah, I've done this before...)
* Take a [[:Category:Events|class]]
* Learn how to use the [[Media_Center|Jukebox]]
** Play some awesome music.
** Rock out.
* Set up a recurring [[Donate_or_Pay_Dues|donation]] (I gave a one time donation of $13.37 -- I'll consider recurring donations later)
* Become familiar with where we as a community have been by listening to [[User:rubin110|Rubin]] drone on about the histories of Noisebridge
* <s>Edit a wiki page that could use some improvement</s> (yep, as mentioned before)
** <s>Add something to this list</s>
** To this list? Or to the original list which I copied?
* Learn to use the [[Vinyl_cutter|vinyl cutter]]
** Make a sticker for your laptop.
** Make a sticker for somebody else's laptop
* Learn how to use the sewing machines
* Learn to use the [[Lasercutter]]
* Learn to use the 3d printers
* Give a [[Hosting_an_Event|class]]
* Give a newcomer a tour
* Apply for [[Membership]]
* Get a [[Passport|Hackerspace Passport]]
** Add a Noisebridge visa
* Help out other more newbie newbies
* Hack the planet

User:Tomchristmas

2017-11-18T01:13:27Z

Tomchristmas:

I'm just this guy, y'know?[1]

I don't think I'll ever be a Noisebridge member, since I don't live in, nor I have ever been in, the Bay Area (let alone the United States for that matter), although I do not categorically rule it out as a possibility in the future.

I <s>once helped run</s>still run (who am I kidding?) for many years, a [http://progsoc.org university student programmers' society in the Great Southern Land], a society that pre-dates the Hackerspace movement by about 20 years, yet until about 2015, resembled a hackerspace somewhat[2]. We had [https://foursquare.com/v/uts-programmers-society-progsoc/4bf5051394af2d7fb5343b72/photos our own room] on campus with workbenches, computers, servers, old gear, books, couches, even a mini-fridge and a webcam. And we met every '''Thursday'''[3]. It was awesome.

Unfortunately, when the [https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-engineering-and-information-technology faculty] moved to a [https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/venues-and-facilities/our-venues/broadway-building new shiny modern building] next door, no space was allocated for us, so sadly the hackerspace-like aspects of our society died, and eventually the society itself became moribund.

But not dead.

Fortunately, thanks to a recent change in attitude by the faculty, it seems that before too long, we will enjoy a renaissance. You see, the faculty is actually interested in actively supporting and fostering a hackerspace-like culture on campus, whereas before we were kinda-sorta left to our own devices. They have now allocated space for our society, as well other technically-minded societies, so, y'know, if we all collaborate, who knows what amazing things we can accomplish? I am genuinely excited for our future.

To assist with the rebuild[4] of our society, I have been looking at, and will continue to look at, other hackerspaces (such as this very one here) for inspiration, to see what we ought to be doing to build an active, awesome, technically-minded, creative community.

------

[1] that has become aware of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' through cultural osmosis, but has never actually read said book...

[2] although I hesitate to call it a true hackerspace, since we did operate under the auspices of the university.

[3] not Tuesday -- remember, we pre-date hackerspaces.

[4] despite having graduated -- we owe our longevity to a) having a regular room and b) our vast alumni network.

------

= How to join Noisebridge =

Here is a list of steps people usually complete as they become part of the Noisebridge community. All are optional, and they may be completed in any order.

* [[Getting_In|Enter]] Noisebridge
* Strike up a productive conversation with other Noisebridge visitors
** Your chats don't '''have''' to be with members.
* Ask someone to give you a tour
** Ask them how they learned about Noisebridge
* Attend a [[Meetings|Weekly Meeting]]
** But don't stress it if you're not a meeting person
* <s>Create a [https://www.noisebridge.net/Special:UserLogin&type=signup Wiki User Account]</s>
** <s>Create a user page.</s>
** <s>Copy this to-do list to your user page. Strike out the tasks you've accomplished.</s>
* Join a like-minded [[Mailinglist]]
** Send a message introducing yourself
* Try and comprehend our particular flavor of collectivist, diversified anarchy by reading the [[Hours]] page.
** Don't worry if it seems a bit strange.
* <s>Clean up something that needs cleaning</s> (cleaning up a few pages on the wiki counts, right?)
* Befriend a member.
** Ask her to set you up with a [[RFID_Token|Access token]]
* Be excellent in a new and surprising way
* Get a proper tour of the [[Resources/Shop|Dirty / Wood shop]].
** Don't be afraid of the scary tools.
** Fingers grow back, right?
* Attend Circuit Hacking Monday
** <s>Meet [[User:Maltman23|Mitch]]</s> (I met him!! :D He's the coolest dude ever :) But not at Noisebridge itself, rather at an official Noisebridge activity -- [[NoisebridgeChinaTrip7|HTTC 2017]]. It's why I'm here, basically.)
** <s>Buy a kit and build it.</s> (yeah, I've done this before...)
* Take a [[:Category:Events|class]]
* Learn how to use the [[Media_Center|Jukebox]]
** Play some awesome music.
** Rock out.
* Set up a recurring [[Donate_or_Pay_Dues|donation]] (I gave a one time donation of $13.37 -- I'll consider recurring donations later)
* Become familiar with where we as a community have been by listening to [[User:rubin110|Rubin]] drone on about the histories of Noisebridge
* <s>Edit a wiki page that could use some improvement</s> (yep, as mentioned before)
** <s>Add something to this list</s>
** To this list? Or to the original list which I copied?
* Learn to use the [[Vinyl_cutter|vinyl cutter]]
** Make a sticker for your laptop.
** Make a sticker for somebody else's laptop
* Learn how to use the sewing machines
* Learn to use the [[Lasercutter]]
* Learn to use the 3d printers
* Give a [[Hosting_an_Event|class]]
* Give a newcomer a tour
* Apply for [[Membership]]
* Get a [[Passport|Hackerspace Passport]]
** Add a Noisebridge visa
* Help out other more newbie newbies
* Hack the planet

2009 Director Elections

2017-11-18T00:31:37Z

Tomchristmas: Reverting changes

The below process was agreed to by consensus at the meeting on 2009-11-17.

'''NOM_DATE: 2009-12-01'''. Date nominations close. NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED.

'''ELECTION_DATE: 2009-12-08'''. Date on which the elections are held. Ballot collection will close at 9PM on this date. Absentee ballots must be received by this date.

'''VOTE_COUNTER''': Person who processes the votes. Seth Schoen, the Secretary, will do this with the assistance of at least one other person TBD.

[https://www.noisebridge.net/images/5/5a/2009ballot.pdf Download the ballot here]

This is what it should look like filled out correctly. Don't use check marks! Use numbers!

[[Image:Sampleballot.jpg]]

== Board's proposal: ==
Nominations shall open immediately, and close on 2009-12-01. Nominees shall be listed on this wiki, on [[2009 Board Nominees]]. On 2009-12-01 the wiki page will be locked for changes, so if you want or don't want to be a board member, make sure your name is or is not on it by 2009-12-01.

The ballot will look like the example on the Schulze method wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Preferential_ballot.svg . It will have explanatory text at the top:

"Write a ranking next to one or more candidates (i.e. 1 is most preferred and larger numbers are less preferred). You may repeat your rankings as often as you want or leave any number of candidates unranked, but we suggest you rank at least 4 candidates as there are 4 openings."

The Secretary will provide a list of all members in good standing (these are the eligible voters) by 2009-12-01. If you aren't sure you're in good standing, check with the Secretary (Seth Schoen) or Treasurer (Jeffrey Malone) before then. Good standing basically means you're paid up. This list will be the voter roll. It will be available for review by any member upon request from any board member or officer.

We will have a ballot box at Noisebridge from 2009-12-01 onwards into which you may place an absentee ballot if you can't make it to the election. If you can't make it to Noisebridge at all you can mail a ballot, which must be clearly marked 'BALLOT' on the envelope, to the PMB address which we'll check the afternoon of 2009-12-08. You can also submit your ballot to any board member or officer, or in any other way it occurs to you as long as it gets into the box by 2009-12-08.

On 2009-12-08 all those on the voter roll who have not already voted will receive paper ballots and can fill them out and put them in the box. After every member who chooses to vote has put their ballot in the box, Seth will set up the Python Schultze implementation written by Ka-Ping Yee (http://zesty.ca/condorcet.zip) and enter all the votes into it. The 4 nominees with the most wins will become the new board members.

We will do no work to prevent voting fraud (fraud is after all un-excellent). If there are many more ballots than voters on the roll, we'll have to throw out the results and do something else. If there are only one or two more ballots than voters, we will assume that someone voted twice by accident, forgetting that they already did, and accept the results.

This process is based on Andy's proposal at https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/board/2009-October/000629.html but has a few changes. Also, Andy says:

"I do not believe we currently have any active members identified solely
by digital signature. (What a shame!) However we do have one anonymous
member AFAIK, who may wish to become so identified for voting purposes.
If we want to support electronic voting we can publish a GPG key to
which signed ballots can be encrypted. However I have no reasonable way
to implement secret ballots in such a system."

If someone wants to support electronic voting they should build a system and demonstrate its use.

==Election results==

Rachel, Andy, Miloh, and Ani were elected as directors of Noisebridge.

=== Ballot data ===
38 ballots were deposited in the ballot box. Three ballots were not counted:
* One ballot was a spoof containing a vote for Richard Nixon.
* One ballot was a piece of paper with just the name "Ani" written large in crayon.
* One ballot had some candidates ranked with integers, some with e and pi, one with sqrt(-1), and one with infinity.
** The counters felt that if sqrt(-1) had not been present then the voter's intent would have been obvious, but given incommensurate cartesian values it was a spoiled ballot.
Other than the noncounted ballots, the following was also observed:
* Several ballots had crossed-out values, difficult-to-read integers, and other confusion, but were easy to agree on an interpretation.
* One ballot had checkmarks rather than integers, and was treated as a "1" vote for each check and a - for each blank.

The following data is formatted for use with [http://zesty.ca/condorcet.zip Ping's condorcet implementation].
Position: Board
Candidates: miloh rachel ani zedd andy mark christie jacob jim john jonathan

3 1 - - 4 - - 2 - - -
- 3 2 4 - - - - 1 - -
1 1 2 - 1 - - 2 - - 2
6 1 5 - 2 - 4 3 7 - -
6 3 9 - 1 7 8 2 5 - 4
- 2 - - 1 - - - 3 - 4
2 1 - - 2 2 1 - 1 - 1
2 1 4 5 6 - 7 - - - 3
1 1 2 - 1 - 1 1 1 - 1
2 - 3 1 - - - - - - 4
2 3 4 - 1 - - - - - -
1 1 2 - 1 - - 1 - - 2
- 2 - 4 3 - 1 - - - -
3 1 - 2 - - - - 4 - -
1 1 4 2 1 3 1 4 3 4 2
- 1 - - 2 - - - 3 - 4
3 - 1 - 2 - - 4 - - -
3 1 - 4 - - - - 2 - -
1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 - 2
- 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4
2 3 1 8 3 7 4 5 6 9 2
1 1 2 - - - 1 - 1 - 3
4 1 5 8 2 10 6 3 7 9 11
3 1 3 3 1 4 2 2 1 5 2
3 2 10 11 1 9 8 5 4 6 7
2 3 1 4 5 8 9 11 7 10 6
3 1 - - 2 - 8 5 - - 4
2 1 - 3 1 2 2 2 1 - 1
1 1 1 - 1 - - - - - -
3 1 2 - 4 - - - - - -
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4 2 3 - 1 7 9 8 6 - 5
6 2 8 10 1 4 7 5 9 11 3

Board Platform - Ani

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{{Historic}}

[[2009 Board Nominees]]

[[2009 Director Elections]]

=Board Nominee Platform Template=

==If elected, what will you do?==

* Make Noisebridge a sexier place.
* Regularly update http://noisedrama.tumblr.com and make sure it is always amusing to read.
* And lastly, create epic lulz on a regular basis.

==What do you believe a board member's job is?==

To satisfy the 501c3 requirements for having a board.

User:Elleko

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Bullitt Bourbon - the McQueen

Category:Events

2017-11-15T11:54:44Z

Tomchristmas: Removed vandalism that went past the radar...

Official, Semi-Official, one-off and other events at the Noisebridge space.

= '''''THIS EVENTS LISTING MAY BE OUT OF DATE, PLEASE ALSO CHECK OUR MEETUP PAGE''''' =

Please check our [https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/ Noisebridge Meetup page <https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/>] for additional events at Noisebridge.

=Event Calendar=

<onlyinclude>
'''''Not all events make it onto this calendar.''' And some of the listings here may be out of date.'' 
Many events only make it to the [https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/ Discussion] or [https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-announce/ Announcements] mailing lists, [[IRC]], our '''[https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/ Noisebridge Meetup page <https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge>]''', or in person at [[Meetings | Tuesday meetings]]. Best of all, Noisebridge is about people getting together at the space in San Francisco to do stuff. DO pay attention, as some eventSs just arise organically from the bottom up!

'''Want to host your event at Noisebridge?''' We like seeing classes and talks on interesting things pertaining to various subjects of hacking. Most of all, we like seeing familiar faces. Please participate in the space and our [[Meetings|weekly Tuesday meetings]] to see if we're the right audience for what you want to share before announcing a new event. Additionally, please see our [[Hosting an Event|events hosting page]] for suggestions on how to use Noisebridge for your event/class/workshop.

 
 

=== Upcoming Events [https://www.noisebridge.net/index.php?title=Category:Events&action=edit&section=2 edit] ===








{{event
|time = Friday, November 17, 2017, 6:00pm
|title = Community Building
|description = Discussion of techniques available for formation, nurturing, growing and sustaining volunteer supported low budget public benefit organizations. In [[Church]] or [[CollaborationStation]].
}}

{{event
|time = Sunday, November 19th, 2017, 12:00pm
|title = Audio Church
|description = Meet up for an hour long Show and Tell. Share the hardware and software instruments you've worked on at home or around Noisebridge.... all are strongly encouraged to attend and share their enthusiasm! Please add yourself to the wiki page and a one sentence re-cap of what you plan to bring. See you at noon! This may be a one off.
}}



{{Template:Recurring}} - Every week. 
{{Template:RecurringNumbered|1st}} - Certain weeks, e.g. 1st week only. 
{{Template:RecurringException|-2nd}} - Except certain weeks, or other schedule exceptions.

==== Mondays ====
* {{Template:Recurring}} '''[[House_Keeping#Trash_and_Recycling|Take Out the Trash Night]]''' - Be sure to put bins out by midnight as the trash truck comes between 1:30 to 2:30am.

* {{Template:Recurring}} '''7:00 pm to 9:00 pm [[Circuit Hacking Mondays]] ''' Learn to solder! And make cool things with electronics. [[User:maltman23|Mitch]], [[User:Tman66|J]], Rolf, [[User:Miloh|Miloh]], [[User:Cedric|Cedric]], Cheng, Greg, and/or a host of others will bring kits-for-purchase to make cool, hackable things for all skill levels that you can bring home after you make them! Many designed for '''absolute beginners'''! Bring your own projects to hack! Bring things to fix! All ages. All are welcome! See the [https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss Discuss list] and the [https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-announce Announce list] for weekly updates.

* {{Template:Recurring}} 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm '''[[PyClass|Intermediate Python with PyClass]]''' - Crash course in the Python standard library. Monday session is held in Church Classroom.

==== ''Super'' Tuesdays! ====

* {{Template:Recurring}} '''8:30 pm to 11:30 pm [[Gamebridge|Gamebridge Unityversity Game Dev Tuesdays]]''' - Beginner-friendly game development class and meetup, learn and share C# Unity coding, 2D/3D art, design, writing and audio. Learn how to mentor and help teach game dev. ([[Noise Square Table]]).
* {{Template:Recurring}} '''8:00 pm [[Meetings|Noisebridge Weekly Meeting]]''' - Introducing new people and events to the space, general discussion, and decision-making on key issues. '''This is your space, folks. Come on out here in person to express what you think about what's going on with it!'''
*{{Template:RecurringNumbered|1st}} {{Template:RecurringNumbered|3rd}} '''11am to 6pm [[freeCodeCamp|freeCodeCamp Workshop]]''' - Come code with us! Learn full stack web development with JavaScript, HTML, CSS. Everyone is welcome!

==== Wednesdays ====
* {{Template:RecurringNumbered|2nd, 4th}} Wednesday - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Crypto Builder* {{Template:RecurringNumbered|1st}} {{Template:RecurringNumbered|3rd}} {{Template:RecurringNumbered|5th}} 8:30 pm to 10:30pm pm [[FUN Tutoring]] in [[Church]] or [[CollaborationStation]]s Meetup! - Join up for casual lightning talks aSnd hacking on crypto/blockchain/decentralized in the Hackatorium.
* {{Template:Recurring}} 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm [[DreamTeam| Dream Team Neuro Hackery]] - EEG research & development project with general interest in sleep, dreaming, creative intelligence, and many loosely related topics such as: neurophysiology, signal processing, cognitive neuroscience, and (especially) hacking code and devices for data acquisition and analysis. Join us at the [[CollaborationStation]] (near the Hackatorium). Expect general discussion around 8 PM - usually moving along by 9 PM to focus on more technical aspects of current project.
* {{Template:RecurringNumbered|1st,3rd}} 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm Haskell Class in [[Church]].

==== Thursdays ====
* {{Template:Recurring}} [[House_Keeping#Trash_and_Recycling|Trash Night -- Round Two]] - Take out the trash for Friday morning! Do it by midnight as truck comes ~1:30am to 2:30am.
* {{Template:Recurring}} '''8:00 pm to 9:00pm [[Five Minutes of Fame]]''' a.k.a. 5MoF - Ten 5min talks in an hour, on any topic! Small 5MoFs every Thursday-ish, bigger ones on the 3rd Thursday of the month.
* {{Template:RecurringNumbered|biweekly}} 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Laser Safety Training every other Thursday evening. [http://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/ RSVP on meetup.com]


==== Fridays ====

* {{Template:RecurringNumbered|3rd}} [[Noisebridge Gaming Archivists]] Meetup 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm -- Come play, fix, mod retro consoles. Create and play is our motto! If you like video games, this is the place for you.
* {{Template:RecurringNumbered|1st}} {{Template:RecurringNumbered|3rd}} {{Template:RecurringNumbered|5th}} 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm [[Computerology]] (The study of computers, or any kind of work with computers; computing.) in [[Church]] or [[CollaborationStation]].
* {{Template:RecurringNumbered|1st}} {{Template:RecurringNumbered|3rd}} {{Template:RecurringNumbered|5th}} 8:30 pm to 10:30pm pm [[FUN Tutoring]] in [[Church]] or [[CollaborationStation]]

==== Saturdays ====
* {{Template:Recurring}} 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm - Privacy hackathon! Developers, designers, activists, journalists, and concerned citizens are all welcome to join us every Saturday at Noisebridge (at the tables in the back) to help contribute to free, open source, privacy-enhancing softwar8:00 pm to 10:00e that the world desperately needs. Brought to you by the [https://www.meetup.com/Cypherpunks-Write-Code/ Cypherpunks Write Code] meetup group <-- you can RSVP here. Edward Snowden risked everything to teach us how badly new privacy-enhancing software needs to exist. [https://www.meetup.com/Cypherpunks-Write-Code/ Let's make it happen!]

==== Sundays ====
* {{Template:Recurring}} 11:00 am to 1:00 pm [[Sunday Morning iOS Peer Lab Meetup]] - iOS Meetup for people want to hack together. Feel free to do whatever you want: work on your project, ask and teach each other, have a chat with folks.
* {{Template:RecurringException|alternating monthly}} 1:00 pm Monthly Lock Sport Collaboration: Come learn how to pick locks and learn more about them with the [http://www.tooolsf.org/ SF Bay Area chapter] of [http://toool.us/ TOOOL]. The group meets on alternating months at Noisebridge and in San Jose. Check the [httpsS://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tooolsf TOOOL SF announcement list] for details.
* {{Template:Recurring}} 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm [[Hack Days]] - We're getting together every Sunday and working on stuff together! (Bots/Robotics/Cybernetics/AI/ML/Crypto/Infrastructure/Dapps/etc). We're all about learning, sharing, and building together. [[church]] Bring what you're working on, or at least a healthy appetite to learn and share. All-in-all this will be a space to philosophize and dream as much as practice, hack, and publish. :)

</div>
</onlyinclude>

If you'd like to contact somebody at Noisebridge regarding these Events or even the Noisebridge Wiki itself, then please send an email message to one of the Board members listed in the [[Contacts]] list, e.g., <secretary@noisebridge.net> or <treasurer@noisebridge.net>

=== Orphaned Events ===
These events appear to be dormant or extinct.

* SAT 10:15 - 12:10 [[Juggling with Judy!]] Note: next class is scheduled for Saturday June 29th. Attention juggling fans! Judy will be at the 2013 World Juggling Day celebration Saturday June 15th at Ripley's Believe It Or Not Odditorium in San Francisco Fisherman's Warf - free event begins at 1. Come check it out!
* THU 18:00 - 21:00 '''[[Privacy Bay]]''' - A monthly meetup for Bay Area folks interested in privacy. Meets in Church on the last Thursday of the month.
* FRI 19:00 - 21:00 [[Anarchy_101|Anarchy 101]] - a class/seminar on what anarchy is and is not, and how it impacts us as individuals and as discrete groups.
* 20:00 - 22:00 [[Noise~_Wednesday | Noise~ Wed]] - Graphical media programming with Max/MSP/Jitter
* 19:00 [[Tahoe-LAFS]] - Occasional meetup of users and/or developers of the Least Authority File System.
* 14:00 - 16:00 Android Developer Support Group - Meet up with other app developers in the library for a lightly structured knowledge-share.
* {{Template:Recurring}} '''5:00 pm to 7:30 pm [[Songbridge|Songbridge Music Making Tuesdays]]''' - Beginner-friendly music making and mentoring meetup with Ableton/GarageBand/Logic tutorials for beginners and peer collabs. ([[Noise Square Table]]).

OrphanSed as of 2017-10-31:
* (Wednesday) {{Template:Recurring}} 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Build a Solar Lab Kit with SpyCamp - Starting June 14th to August 16th, at 2:00pm sharp Natalie (errcat) will be leading a solar charger kit lab for kids! Friends and family are invited to come with their kids and build a solar charger along side kids from SpyCamp. Kits are sold at the door for 20 dollars for whoever wishes to participate (5 dollars from each kit are donated to Noisebridge).
* (Wednesday) {{Template:RecurringException|alternating monthly}} 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm - '''[[Cyberspectrum|Cyberspectrum: Software Defined Radio Meetup]]''' in the Hackatorium(''new''): A place to learn and exchange ideas about SDR. Presentations on concepts, mystery signals, hardware/software and cool applications. Event alternates monthly between SF and the South Bay.
* (Wednesday) {{Template:RecurringNumbered|1st}} Wednesday of every month, 7:30-9. '''[[with Software; Art()]]''' Present your personal and expressive art made with software/hardware of your own making and get feedback and critical dialogue from fellow artist/technologists. ON HIATUS TILL OCTOBER! [Last updated August 2, 201S7].
* (Wednesday) {{Template:Recurring}} 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm - Career Change: How to kickstart your new career in web development
* (Thursday) {{Template:Recurring}} 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm The [[Go]] group meets up on Wednesdays and Thursdays to play.
* (Sunday) {{Template:Recurring}} 3:00 pm [[Go]] - Playing of the Go board game. On nice days we often take the boards to Dolores Park and play there.
* (Sunday) {{Template:Recurring}} 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm .impact Workathons in Turing classrom. Work on projects that will help humanity & beyond.

=== Proposed Future Events and Classes ===
:'''(TBD)''': [[Audio Show and Tell]] Let's meetup this November 19th, Sunday at noon in the Hackitorium to share our audio projects for an hour! Bring your project/art, hardware or software ...if interested contact and confirm you can attend michael@kzsu.stanford.edu
:'''(TBD)''': [[Sound Science]] A potential monthly lecture/demonstration series on the little known science behind sound reproductionTopics to include: Transducer Physics(speakers and mics), Room Acoustics, Signal Path and Cabling,Loudspeaker design 101, Music Production Tips for Big Sound, and How to make a small system sound SHUGEEach session to include hands on projects like making speakers from stuff lying around, Non-Newtonian bass monsters, and ez speaker mods for anyoneIf interested contact the new guy-> MattLong8 at gmail dot com, 805 four five three - six zero nine seven
:'''(TBD)''': [[Modular Synthesis]] a bi-weekly (or monthly) group devoted to modular synthesizers> workshop will include modular sound synthesis styles and techniques, a study of different modules and their functions, ie voltage controlled oscillator, voltage controlled filter, low frequency oscillator, envelope generator ect and how these modules interact with each other, what control voltage and triggers are..... as well as one on one time for each student with the modular, which is a 60 space large format Moog style modular synthesizer with big knobs and 1/4 jacks including performance and other awesomeness by Douglas. contact Douglas at greenshoos at gmail dotcom
:'''(TBD)''': [[VideoHacking]] a weekly video/video art devoted hacker group, including experiments in the 3D vr realm...if interested contact julialc4@gmail.com
:Wednesdays at 21:00 [[Brewing Bridge]] - Malakkar Proposal: Learn how to make your drinks fun AND antibacterial, using yeastThis will be recurring if enough interest or need is presentAssociated items - what to do with brewing leftovers, and brewers sample hour, etc.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Probability]] - Weekly probability study group based on [http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electSrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-041-probabilistic-systems-analysis-and-applied-probability-spring-2006/related-resources/ Fundamentals of Applied Probability Theory] by Al Drake
:'''(TBD)''': [[Mandarin Corner|Mandarin]] - Learn or practice Mandarin, all levels. Also currently on hiatus. Get on the mailing list.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Movie Night!]] - [[User:ThOMG|Thom]] wants to build community through nerdy sci-fi! (+Bill+Ted+Excellence++) (how about a Friday hacker movie night? -[[User:Carl|Carl]])
:'''(TBD)''': [[Introduction to the AVR Microcontroller]] - [[User:Mightyohm|Jeff]] and [[User:Maltman23|Mitch]] are planning an introductory class for people wanting to make cool projects with AVRs.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Basic Chemistry Lab Techniques]]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Cuddle Puddle for the Economy]] - Stress-hacking with informal massage exchange.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Milk and Cookies]] - Come read your favorite selections out loud With Milk and Cookies (and yeah, probably beer too).
:'''(TBD)''': [[Processing Workshop 2]] - [[User:Scmurray|Scott]] is interested in teaching this, and is busy thinking about what, where, when, why, and how.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Hack your Hardware]] -- We call BS on "no user-serviceable parts inside"
:'''(TBD)''': [[Homebrew Instruction Class]] - The Wort (pt 1/3)
:'''(TBD)''': [[Trip to Shooting Range]] - Field trip to a shooting range, to shoot guns Express interest at [[Trip to Shooting Range]]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Surface Mount Soldering Workshop]] - Learn how to solder cicuits with small surface mount parts [[User:maltman23|Mitch Altman]] and Martin Bogomolni and others will show their tricks [[User:maltman23|Mitch]] will bring hackable kits that uses surface mounts for you to solder<-YES! (mattlong8 at gmail dot com)
:'''(TBD)''' - [[Locksport and Lockpicking]]Turing
:'''(TBD)''' - [[Version control tutorial]]
:'''(TBD)''' - [[Foreign language learning for rocket scientists]] - I'm near-native (fool people when I try) in (French and) Japanese, and a pro trans/terpreter and will share my shortcuts (skill-order, vocab, speed/articulation, translation≅grammar) No expertise on tonal languages yet..so if you know how to remember tones or how tone-sandhi interacts with speed and/or how nuances of speaker attitude are expressed in them (what we do with rythm/inflection/sentence-intonation and stress in Eng., and with particles and ??? in e.g. Cantonese) please chime in or call me (415-608-0564) so I can convey your wisdom [also looking for a from-scratch Arabic partner]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Getting started with Arduino]]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Distributed Databases]]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Node.js Beginners Session]] - Interested in learning about Node.js? I amMaybe these guys want to teach it: http://www.meetup.com/Joyent-Butt-User-Group/events/81311542/

:'''(TBD)''': [[Scrum Club]] - I though I'd test the waters and see if anyone was interested in a noisebridge scrum club details are here http://scrumclub.org/scrum-clubs/ if inturested hit me up twitter: @theabcasian, facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theabcasian
:'''(TBD)''': [[CNC Mill Workshop]] - Who wants to make stuff on the [[MaxNCMill]]?
:'''(TBD)''': [[Math & Science Help]] - If you would like some math, science or engineering help, I'm down to lend a hand.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Cyborg Group|Cyborg Group / Sensebridge]] - Work on projects like artificial senses Someone needs to lead this!
:'''(TBD)''': [[OpenEEG]] - Brain techHas historically met on Sundays, at the behest of interested parties.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Programming_for_Poets | Programming for Poets]] - Gentle intro to programming using Processing
:'''(TBD)''': [[World Builders & Simgineers]] - Work together to create a beautiful & open virtual world & platform.
:'''(TBD)''': [[PlunderBridge]] - Metal detecting, detector technology & treasure hunting expeditions.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Ruby Mining]] - Ruby on Rails basics, interactive working group
:'''(TBD)''': [[MoinMoin Wiki]] - MoinMoin Wiki (details see there)
:'''(TBD)''': [[Noisebridge Fundraiser 2013]]

= Past Events =

===2016===
{{event
|time = Saturday, June 18th, 2016, 1pm
|title = Noisebridge picnic-potluck gathering 1pm-3pm
|description = Bring #{food, drink} whatever you want to share, potluck style! All Noisebridge folks and friends are welcome! Let's leave from NB 15min before or meet under the palm trees, South-East corner of Dolores Park near the Playground (20th & Church) in San Francisco, CA 94114: https://goo.gl/maps/8jmcnCMayoD2
}}
 
{{event
|time = Saturday, May 28th, 2016, 1pm
|title = Noisebridge picnic-potluck gathering 1pm-3pm
|description = Bring #{food, drink} whatever you want to share, potluck style! All Noisebridge folks and friends are welcome! Let's meet under the palm trees, South-East corner of Dolores Park near the Playground (20th & Church) in San Francisco, CA 94114: https://goo.gl/maps/8jmcnCMayoD2
}}
 
{{event
|time = Thursday, February 25th, 2016, 7pm
|title = SF Amateur Mathematicians
|description = Differential Geometry and Wide-Angle Photography with Chad Fong. In Church Room. See [http://www.meetup.com/SF-Amateur-Mathematicians/events/228761849/ Meetup page]. SF Amateur Mathematicians is a math club open to everyone interested in learning more about math. Topics and talks generally assume some collegiate mathematical background.
}}
 
{{event
|time = Sunday, February 7th, 2016, 11:00am
|title = HackTheLeft
|description = [[HackTheLeft|Hack the Left]] is an ''anticapitalist'' hackathon, going on for the entire long weekend of February 5th-7th at Noisebridge. This is an experiment to see what happens when you get a bunch of leftists in a room for a weekend with the intention to advance liberatory and ''anticapitalist'' projects using technology. This includes software projects like Tor and Signal, art projects like the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project and Men in Grey, hardware projects like mesh networks and signal jammers, and tools for rad organizations like Anti Police-Crimethink Project and Food Not Bombs. It's clear that there's a huge amount of opportunity for liberatory technology. It's up to us to build it. 

*Hackathon participants should be able to get into Noisebridge by [[Hours | its 11:00 AM opening hour]], if not earlier, for both weekend days.
}}

===2014===
*{{event
|time = Sunday, September 23, 5:00pm
|title = How to Start a Startup MOOC Lecture Viewings
|description = We would get together to watch the lectures together and conduct discussion and networking afterwards. http://startupclass.samaltman.com/
|}}

===2013===
*{{event
|time = Friday, August 9, 5:00pm
|title = Noisebridge Party Setup
|description = Volunteers will be preparing the space for Saturday's show. There are no scheduled conflicts; you might be asked to move multiple times by someone pushing a broom and assembling a raised stage simultaneously.
|}}

*{{event
|time = Saturday, August 10, 4:00pm
|title = Noisebridge "______ the Bridge" Party
|description = a summer fundraising party for Noisebridge, which YOU are invited to!
|suggested donation = $10, but no one turned away for lack of funds
|}}

*{{event
|time = Sunday, August 11, 2:00pm
|title = Bay Area Hackers' Association Meeting
|description = Jon Callas presenting on [[BAHA/2013-08-11|Secure Communications, Privacy, Counter-Surveillance]].
|}}

* '''Wednesday, May 22, 7.00 pm: Instructables Build Night''' - Bare Conductive, Instructables will supply Bare Conductive paint pens and pizza. Come experiment with the paint and post some Instructables. This is a FREE event.

===2012===
* '''December 20, Thursday, 20:00 - 22:00 - [[5MoF|5 Minutes of Fame]]''' - Following up on its triumphant return in November, 5MoF is back with another showcase of lightning talks & other good stuff, with your host Sir Danny O'Brien! Details TBA
*'''Tuesday Feb14th, 18:00 to 20:00''' ZiP MegaZine releases its inaugural issue with '''My Noisy Valentine''' Zine Release Microparty in the Noisebridge cafeFor more info follow [[zine | this]] link.
* '''Wednesday, Jan30, 20:00-22:00''' [[zine|ZiP]] meeting for zine-makers & others with an interest in printing & self-publishingThe meeting 1/30/13 is our first since mid-2012We plan to hold them regularly from now on at this time (Wednesday 8pm)This meeting will be informal & will probably take place in the printing/lasercutter area of the hackerspace.

===2011===

* '''September 11th 14:00 to 17:00''' - The San Francisco Chapter of the Open Organisation Of Lockpickers and Bay Area Hacker's Association present a joint meeting on [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Locksport locksport]
*'''August 4, 7PM, Thursday''' - [http://zeidman.net Bob Zeidman] will be giving a talk on video games and intellectual property, hosted by TheMADEHe will also speak about IP infringement cases.
*'''August 9, 6:30PM, Tuesday''' - [http://www.meetup.com/makesf/events/26413241/ Make:SF] - Chris Jefferies will speak about the wireless sensor kit he is developing and we are brinunderstanding and using computersging back our all star soldering kits.

* '''April 13th, 19:00''' - Kombucha fermentation class with [[BioBridge]]
*'''April 7th, 20:00''' - [[In-Depth|Noisebridge: In-Depth]] Our monthly lecture and round tableThis month's speaker will be Aragorn! his lecture will be "Anarchism & technology: An unbridgeable chasm"
*'''April 4th, 20:00''' - Camp KDE PartyCome and meet part of the KDE North America community and get a quick overview of this year's [http://camp.kde.org/ Camp KDE] conferenceThere will be beer
*'''April 3rd, 16:00''' - NoiseCaching: Meet-up to build some geocaches, and talk about making geocoinsThen we'll head out to find some local caches and place caches we made[http://www.geocaching.com More info about Geocaching here]
* '''March 20th, 19:00''' [[Hack Politics]] meetup -- the first meetup to figure out how we in the hacker community can effectively mobilize and create meaningful change in these interesting times
* '''March 12th, 12:00-18:00 - Noisebridge Hackathon!''' Second Saturday Hackathon is 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.
* '''March 10, Thursday, 19:00 - Group Grammar Clinic''' - Church Classroom - Donations gladly accepted - A clinic for grammar and writing evaluationPlease bring your web/social or technical writing for us to evaluateBring your laptop as well Collaboration groupware possibly provided(Please suggest groupware software to use if you wish)Constructive feedback from other group members is encouraged so that this clinic is a group process- Facilitator: [[User:Owen|Owen]] (opietro@yahoo.com)
* '''March 9th, 20:00''' - Ferment and filter a mash! [[fermentation logs]]

===2010===
* '''Sunday, August 22, 19:00 CLUB-MATE DROPOFF AND TASTING PARTY''' Nick Farr will be in town to drop off Club-Mate ordered by San Franciscans!
* '''June 5th, 12:00-19:00 - [[NoiseBridgeRehab]]''' - Help make the space more usable and accessible! Noisebridge needs your help!
* '''June 5th, 16:00-20:00 - [[Science For Juggalos]]''' - Science Fair in front of the Warfield Theater teaching magnetism to Juggalos
* '''June 6th, 15:00 - [[AVC Meetup]]''' - Entrepreneurial bonding & matchmaking
* '''June 9th, 21:00 - Your liver supports Noisebridge''' - Come to Elixir @ 16th & Guerrero anytime after 21:00 and drink, drink, drink! 50% of tips go to Noisebridge
* '''February 27th, 20:00 - [[Hacker EPROM]]''' - Noisebridge's first prom! Nice tie and a (robot) date requiredWe will have a DJ and punch.
* '''February 24th, 19:00, Wednesday - Joris Peels, of [http://www.shapeways.com Shapeways]''', and expert on 3D printing, will give a [[ShaperwaysPresentation | talk and demonstration]] at Noisebridge!.
* '''February 23rd, 18:00 - Cleaning day''' - Come and help clean Noisebridge, because everyone loves a clean hack space.
* '''February 12th, 21:00 - visit from Steve Jackson'''Game designer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_%28US_game_designer%29 Steve Jackson], founder of Steve Jackson Games, will visit Noisebridge.
* '''January 27th, 18:00-20:00 - [[beatrixjar event|Circuit Bending Workshop]]''' - [http://www.beatrixjar.com/ Beatrix*JAR] (contact [[User:Gpvillamil|Gian Pablo]] for more info)
* '''January 27th, 20:00-22:00 - [[beatrixjar event|Circuit Bending Performance]]''' - [http://www.beatrixjar.com/ Beatrix*JAR] - "Celebrate a night of new sound that will change your idea of music forever!"
* '''January 25th, 19:30 - [[Bag Porn]]''' - What's in your bag?
* '''January 20th, 19:00-21:00 - [http://groups.google.com/group/bacat/about Bay Categories & Types]''' - Categories, monoids, monads, functors and more! Held in the Alonzo Church classroom.
* '''January 20th, 19:00 - [[User Experience Book Club SF]]''' - Our book this month is "A Theory of Fun for Game Design" by Raph Koster - http://is.gd/6sEqw (meets in Turing)
* '''January 21st, 20:00 - [[Five Minutes of Fame]]''' - Monthly set of lightning talks on diverse topics
* '''January 22nd, 17:00 - [[CleaningParty| Cleaning Party]]''' - Come help clean up Noisebridge! Awsum fun!
* ...January 14th,16th, and 17th 1:00- ??? Build Out day for kitchen/bathroom/laundry bring yourself and a good attitude, learn a few things as well
* '''January 15th, 18:00 - [[CNC_Mill_Workshop]]''' - Learn to use the CNC mill for 2D engraving and circuit board routing
* Thursdays 17:00 [[ASL Group|American Sign Language]] - Learn how to talk without using your voice (or just come chat in ASL)[http://whenisgood.net/noisebridge/asl/generic click to reschedule]

===2009===
* '''November 18th, 19:30''' - [[Dorkbot_2009_11_18|Dorkbot]]
* '''November 19th, 18:00''' - [[Mesh meetup]]
* '''November 19th, 20:00''' - [[Five Minutes of Fame]]
* '''November 20th, 18:00''' - Loud Objects [http://www.flickr.com/photos/createdigitalmedia/3428249036/ Noise Toy workshop].
* '''November 20th, 20:00''' - Performance by [http://www.loudobjects.com/ Loud Objects], (featuring Tristan Perich and Lesley Flanigan) and [http://www.myspace.com/jibkidder Jib Kidder].
:'''2009-11-05''' - [http://www.server-sky.com/ Server Sky presentation: Internet and Computation in Orbit] by Keith Lofstrom
:'''2009-11-05''' - [[Mesh meetup]]
:'''2009-11-02''' - [[French]] book club meeting to discuss [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/2842612892/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance Une Si Longue Lettre]
: ''' October 1st, 18:00''' - [[Wireless_Mesh_Network_Meetup | Mesh wireless meetup]]
: ''' October 1st, 19:00''' - [http://groups.google.com/group/bacat Bay Area Categories and Types]
: '''2009-10-03''' [[Year 1 Open Hacker House]]
:'''Friday''': [[CrazyCryptoNight]] - Discussion of cryptography for beginners through experts6-???
:'''Sunday''' : [[OpenEEG | OpenEEG Hacking]] Sundays, at 3-5pm.
:'''Monday''': [[German]] - Learn German, all levels7pm beginners, 8pm advancedRSVP 24 hours in advance for the benefit of the instructorEvents ran May-November 2009Currently on Thursdays at 8Get on the mailing list.
:'''Tuesday''': [[Haskell/Haschool]] - Learn Haskell with Jason Dusek 6PM - 7:30PM, from May until we're all experts.
:'''Wednesday''': [[Adobe_Lightroom|Adobe Lightroom]] - Become a more organized photographerWeekly class (mostly held off site).
:'''Thursday''': [[Professional VFX Compositing With Adobe After Effects]] - Taught by [[User:SFSlim|Aaron Muszalski]]7:30PM - 10PM, most Thursdays in May & June & ? (click through dammit)
:'''2009-09-17''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]] 3D Edition
:'''2009-09-17''': [[Wireless Mesh Network Meetup | Mesh wireless meetup]]
:'''2009-08-20''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]] One Dee Edition
:'''2009-07-16''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]] Zero Dee
:'''2009-07-02 - 2009-07-05''': [http://toorcamp.org Toorcamp]
:'''2009-07-01''': Noisedroid meeting to discuss location logging on Android platform (and other stuff too, I'm sure)
:'''2009-06-30''': [[Powerbocking Class|Powerbocking class]]
:'''2009-06-30''': "Suing Telemarketers for Fun and Profit" (Toorcamp talk preview)
:'''2009-06-28''': "Meditation for Hackers" (Toorcamp workshop preview)
:'''2009-06-18''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]]
:'''2009-06-15''': [[Eagle Workshop]] Session two of the Eagle CAD workshop.
:'''2009-06-13''': [[RoboGames 2009]] Noisebridge had a booth staffed by vounteers, great fun!
:'''2009-05-21''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]]
:'''2009-04-27''': [[EagleCAD workshop]] -- learn to use this CAD tool for printed circuit board design
:'''2009-04-16''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]] April showers & flowers edition
:'''2009-04-11''': [[RFID Hacking]] weekend workshop (this event moved from the original March date)
:'''2009-04-05''': [[First aid and CPR class]] Learning how to not only not die, but also reduce scarring!
:'''2009-04-03''': [[Sudo pop]] 2PM and onMaking the first batch of a Noisebridge label yerba mate-niated rootbrew, gratis and DIY
:'''2009-03-26''': [[OpenEEG | OpenEEG Hacking]] first meet up for this new group: 8 pm
:'''2009-03-19''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]]
:'''2009-03-12''': [[OpenBTS and GSM]] talk by David Burgess
:'''2009-02-14''': [[Open Heart Workshop]] Valentine's Day blinkyheart soldering party!
:'''2009-02-13''': [[Time-t_Party|<tt>time_t</tt> Party]] to celebrate 1,234,567,890 since the Unix epoch.
:'''2009-02-09''': [[Spanish learning at 8:30]]
:'''2009-02-05''': [[PGP Key Workshop]]
:'''2009-01-31''': [[Locksport and Lockpicking]]

===2008===
:'''2008-12-27''': [[25C3]] Chaos Computer Congress in Berlin
:'''2008-12-20 & 21''': [[Creme Brulee]] Workshop on creating a french dessert, with bonus propane torch.
:'''2008-12-17 20:00''': [[Machine Learning]] Birds-of-a-feather
:'''2008-11-24''': [[Circuit Hacking Monday]] circuit design workshop
:'''2008-11-21,understanding and using computers 7pm''':[[Milk and Cookies]] -- [[User:Dmolnar|David Molnar]] hosts Milk and Cookies at 83CBring a short 5-7minute thing to read to othersBring a potluck cookie/snack/drink if you likeDavid will bring milk and cookies.
:'''2008-11-17, 7:30pm''': [[Basic Bicycle Maintain]] - [[User:rubin110|Rubin]] and [[User:rigel|rigel]] hate it w8:00 pm to 10:00hen we see a bike that isn't maintainedScreechy chains and clacking derailleur can go to hellBasic bike tune up, sharing the smarts on simple things you can do at home to make your ride suck a whole lot less.
:'''2008-11-16, 5:00pm''': [[RepRap Soldering Party]] - help assemble RepRap! RSVPs required on wiki! [[User:Adi|adi]]
:'''2008-11-16, 3:00pm''': [[Oscilloscopes]] - Learn how to use this versatile tool to test electronic circuits Maximum 6 slots, please sign up ahead of time! [[User:dstaff|dstaff]]
:'''2008-10-31''': [[Halloween Open House]] - NoiseBridge's own [[PPPC]] threw an awesome open house/halloween galaPost pictures if you got 'em!
:'''2008-10-25''': [[Soldering Workshop]] and Pumpkin Hackin' - Learn to solder for total newbies (or learn to solder better!), including surface mountAdditionally, carve your halloween pumpkins and enjoy some experimental pumpkin pie and/or soup.
:'''2008-10-07''': (tuesday before meeting) - Etch a circuit boardI'll be trying a photo resist etching and a basic printed mask etchingThis is step 1/3 for a project called "annoying USB thingie" which will execute pre-defined keystrokes by sneaking a tiny USB dongle onto a victim^h^h^h^h^h buddy's computer.
:'''2008-09-13''': [[Processing Workshop]] — Learn this very easy-to-use programming language! - [[Processing Workshop Report]]
:'''2008-02-16''': [[Brain Machine Workshop|Brain Machine Making Workshop]]: Our first hardware sprint!

[[Category:Top level]]

L am an example of someone excluded from your facilities.

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l am an occasional user of ur facilities. In the past, l have considered membership, participating more and contributing to your space, but repeated negative experiences, and the refusal of the members of the facilities to take action have made me stop using your facilities all together. l am writing a page as a gesture of good faith because l can see that said problems can be addressed, however, l will not be in the facilities physically, as l experience emotional and physical threat repeatedly from people who frequent the facilities whenever l am there.

l began using your facilities about a year ago, c May 2010 until about September of the same year. l used mainly your kitchen facilities and wifi. l hold certain views about how to improve the overall health and well-being of the general populace, which l express through direct action. Explaining what these views are gives background to the conflict that ensued. l encourage people to take food that is fit for consumption when they do not have the monetary means to purchase such items. This includes becoming informed about food safety, quality of food products and how it affects its safety in consumption. it's not so much learning about different chemical additives, etc. and becoming a scholar of such things. l promote practices that maintain health for the individual such as avoiding additive-laden goods, eating food that has not been tainted; on the other side of the coin, learning about food variety, and about what may not seem appetizing but are safe to consume and nutritious, such as certain insects. A war of words is not what l am looking for in the situation, it is making sure people are not only fed, but properly fed and nourished.
l feel that the proper nourishment of the populace is more important than the value of camaraderie formed through dumpster diving with others, and certainly more important than the economic barriers, which is set up in many cases by vendors to support rigid business practices: warehouses of food are destroyed in storage in order to fix prices in stores everyday. As well, problems plague existing distribution infractructure for those who do not have the economic means to purchase adequate food (as exemplified by what this article describes http://boingboing.net/2007/03/23/food-bank-dump-in-th.html
,) not to mention the humiliation the general social environment imposes upon those receiving such aid, corruption within the infrastructure which takes from the disenfranchised exactly because they are without support. l will not explain this in further detail as this is only meant to give background to the conflict.
The actions l take to express these views include taking food from shelves in stores, preparing it, and distributing it. It is doing this in your facilities that prompted a member to make it difficult for me to be in the space. This presents a paradox because it is the availability of your infrastructure that made me try the space out in the first place.

This member made frequent use of the kitchen facilities around this time. He also lived in the space. A lot of activities which are frowned upon by the Law take place in Noisebridge, for which the facilities are not responsible. However, this member felt the need to tell me that l should not use the kitchen facilities because my activities were illegal; he also brought the matter to a member meeting, which l did attend even though l was never a member. Debates ensued over the matter, but that all meant very little to me because the whole time it became harder and harder for me to use the facilities, and l was also stigmatized for taking actions based on my views, not to meant ion being told what to do by someone in the space.

The members did nothing about the above, which l thought was integral to the vision of the space. If someone told any other member what to do, l believe that actions would have been taken. l think '''Kurt Vonnegut''' put it quite well in ''Slaughter House Five'', that the bible illustrated the aggressors upon Jesus experienced the wrath of God because Jesus is the son of God, which taught people that it is the well-connected whom they should fear. Instead, if the bible illustrated Jesus as a complete and total loser right up to the moment when he was about to die from the mistreatment visited upon him, suddenly the skies opened up and 'God' tells everyone that he is adopting this loser on the spot, and everyone who has ever attacked him shall suffer the wrath of this being, then a lot of conflict in the Western world could have been prevented.
l was not stupid enough to stick around for attacks in 2010, (nor it is a good use of time to participate in lengthy discussion when l was not even a member,) but essentially, to the people present at this member meeting as well as ensuing IRC discussions, l am a poorly-connected loser. But that's not true either, it's just that people who thought what was happening to me was wrong weighed peace within their community over fighting over ideology, and hence, l don't cook in your facilities. This actually occurred. What the other person did after that is outside of the scope of my argument because l did not and do not give a shit what he does. It boiled down to me not being able to use your facilities and no one did anything about it. Word mincing does not obliterate this fact, attack upon my integrity and my work does not obliterate this fact; rather, it compromises the integrity of your organization.

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In 2010, aside from the aforementioned experience, l also encountered other people in the Noisebridge facilities who disrupted me from working. l want to point out that during my visits in August of 2011, these men were still around the facilities and often slept there. That's a full year of 'residence'.
One experience is while making a video pitch for venture funding, a man repeatedly entered the frame, and eventually stopped me from my work. This is a person whom l saw on the premises on multiple occasions and to whom l was polite and humored with conversation. Even before this incident, this man displayed a demanding attitude toward my attention. Another man who was demanding of my attention after l humored him with conversation in 2010 was also still present at Noisebridge during my visits in August 2011. l stayed clear of these men for the most part, except on the morning of 08/14/2011, the man who kept me from working on my video made it impossible for me to be at the facility by picking a verbal fight with me. l avoided the conflict by extricating out of the conversation and leaving the facilities.
They have taken it upon themselves to wake people up from sleeping or telling others they 'must hack or leave'. There's no greater attractor for hate than falling asleep in public in San Francisco, and at your facilities it is no exception. There's not better way to stay away from scrutiny than initiating scrutiny themselves. Again, l want to point out that these 2 men have been spending nights at your facilities for about 1 year at this point.

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lt would be nice if the place was full of cool people late into the night who are provided with a space to connect with each other, but with this type of weirdness it will never happen. Having a 24 hour facility available is valuable to the community in general. l'm no stranger to polyphasic sleep and working around the clock. The type of witch-hunting mob manipulation being generated at your facility makes my blood boil, not to mention how it promotes and protects the act of pretending to work while simultaneously prevents real work from being done. It is a reflection of the plague that grinds this country's economy to a halt, and the 'innovators' do nothing!

l imagine that the reason people do not call abusive use of the facilities out because it's perceived to be a can of worms: if one person's behavior can be construed as abuse, then everyone can be accused for whatever reason. l don't think this is true, you can point out blatant abuse and stop it in its tracks. But these men that made the environment a hazard for me, and who have lived at your facilities for a year are still there. This tells me l am not imagining that people defend the exclusive rights of those who have personally reached them (whom they've spoken to,) justifying their actions, or they are simply too weak to stand up to bullshit, pretend it's not there and give up.

All it takes is for me to come in and the illusion is gone, or let me guess, it's still easier to just pretend you don't get what l'm talking about and let them hang out rather than to tell them they are the problem or get them some help. Shutting the place down to everyone in the face of abuse means that the abuse has compromised the very purpose of the institution: so it could be used. If the place is a social experiment, the first proposed solution has proven itself to be ineffective: so change to another one, duh.v

And then you might say: Who is this person to say anything. I don't know her; her experience isn't anyone else's experience. You might even expand that and venture to guess that other people are probably not excluded from the facilities, and even if they are, it isn't you yet so who gives a shit.

Everyone chooses from whom s/he draws sustenance. Every time l come in, l see that people's slummer/ garbage-can-inspired imagination point them toward subsistent penny-pinching, pushing out other influences. You have to get rid of what your don't want to get what you do want. Whenever l've made contributions in the past, l didn't say a word, not so with people who are doing it for brownie points so they can abuse the place. This facility used to be a sweat shop, at least back then the people in the facilities were getting ripped off and not making peons running on intellectual pride out of themselves.

l don't have a problem with anyone, l choose to stay away. l do this not because l'm scared, it's that l respect even that mentality and decisions that were made along those lines of thought. Reader, if you were a target, would you have that kind of courtesy? The last thing l'd like to point out is that l decided not to be a member because l am pushed out by behavior that l thought was antithetical to the spirit of your establishment, yet, the behaviour is allowed. l've met great people at your spot as well, but they don't live at the place, and l really didn't see them around in the 2 weeks l've used the facilities in 2011. l have no attachment your facilities, l am just talking about my experience as feedback to the facility. l see the problems and l would really be peeved if the place gets pwned/ shuts down and people simply pretend (in hindsight) that they didn't see the problems as they arose and tell others that 'no one knew what the problems were nor could they have known what those problems were.' The integrity of your facility is compromised physically and spiritually, l don't understand why all the people who say they love the place do nothing. The first step to solving problems is to acknowledge them.

peace

-Elle Ko

(aka Bullitt Bourbon)

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I don't know who you are but your commentary here leaves me with the feeling that you are the kind of person we are trying to exclude. You are comically inarticulate and I would hazard to guess are one of the cadre of people abusing the space by not using it for it's stated purpose: "TECHNICAL-CREATIVE PROJECTS", which is exactly what it sounds like. ---178.32.210.159

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I don't know who you are, 178.32.210.159, because you have chosen to go anonymous, unlike the quite articulate Elle here. Your complete obliviousness to the fact that she *was* doing "technical-creative projects" leaves me with the feeling that you are the kind of person we are trying to exclude. You are comically illiterate and I would hazard to guess one of the cadre of people abusing the space by not contributing anything of value, spiritually or physically, whilst overlooking the chronic harassment problems Noisebridge has suffered from which Elle has here detailed. --[[User:Nthmost|Nthmost]] ([[User talk:Nthmost|talk]]) 21:44, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Contacts

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Hi everyone: Just a quick question: Is there ANY way Hackmeet can be webcast for those who cannot attend? Real time or archived fine. Really want to be there, but can't. Please do so!

Thank you all for your exquisite work!
: It looks like @punkboyinsf will be streaming some of it: https://twitter.com/punkboyinsf/status/259034584174444544 (there are three simultaneous tracks of talks, though). [[User:Leif|Leif]] ([[User talk:Leif|talk]]) 21:09, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

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Patrick (aka Jin)
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Jeff in 2017.

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User:Jof

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Jonathan Lassoff 
http://thejof.com 
jof[at]thejof.com 
Mobile: +1-415-215-2464 

Technology generalist. Especially interested in internetworking technologies and all things security.

== IDs ==
=== Laptop ssh key ===
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=== user db ===
jof:x:1000:1000:jof,,,:/home/jof:/bin/zsh

# adduser --shell /bin/zsh --gecos 'jof' jof

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[[Category:Keys_Available]]

User:Jake

2017-11-08T19:40:07Z

Tomchristmas: Reverting changes

<h2>Jake</h2>
No, the OTHER jake. Not the famous one.
 
or email jake at spaz pünct org
 

[[Category:Keys_Available]]

I am a Member of Noisebridge. I have a page where I keep PGP-signed statements of endorsement of people applying to be Associate Members or Members of noisebridge, but I have started endorsing people with a simple link to my user page out of laziness. If you want to discuss or confirm my endorsement of someone please contact me by email or on irc right away.

I have been coming to noisebridge since 83C when the silver microwave was dragged in off the street. My friend repaired it. Now it's broken again and it might need a new magnetron. <S>I might turn it into a large vacuum-tube amplifier.</S> It was then sabotaged by Jesse Z. to discourage use of the kitchen, and then it was thrown away.

There are some posts by me on the noisebridge-discuss list.
 
I started several wiki pages, including Noise-Bot (MCHawking the robot wheelchair), NoiseLand (let's buy a farm together), and WeKnow (the collective knowledge of the noisebridge community in question and answer form).
 
At Noisebridge, I know where things are, and try to know who's around.
 
I made a microscope camera with Mike which outputs to composite video, so everyone can see the tiny solder joints you're doing (and so can you)

PGP key 4096R/E0492075

==SSH PubKey (ONLY FOR SSH LOGIN)==
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==adduser stanza==
# adduser --shell /bin/bash --uid 31337 --gecos 'Jake' jake
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ChinaTrip

2017-11-08T06:35:50Z

Tomchristmas: /* NOISEBRIDGE CHINA TRIP */

= NOISEBRIDGE CHINA TRIP =

{{PastEvent|2009-10-20 to 2009-11-03}}


'''THIS TRIP IS PAST -- but I am planning another Noisebridge China Trip:'''
 
'''Because the first Noisebridge China Trips were so successful,''' 
'''I am planning an eighth [[NoisebridgeChinaTrip8|Hacker Trip to China]] -- 2018!!!!''' 

''You can also see info on the [[NoisebridgeChinaTrip2|Noisebridge China Trip 2]], that happened in 2011,'' 
''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip3|Noisebridge China Trip 3]], that happened in 2013,'' 
''[[NoisebridgeChinaTrip4|Noisebridge China Trip 4]], that happened in 2014,'' 

--[[user: maltman23 | Mitch]].

= Noisebridge China Trip =

My contract manufacturer for TV-B-Gone and TripGlasses and Trippy RGB Waves kits (and a few other things) has a plant in Shanghai and a plant in Ji Ning (about half way between Shanghai and Beijing) (both are SEZs -- Special Economic Zones).

Mike Zhao, an American who lives in San Rafael, but born in Shanghai, is the head of the contract manufacturer, called Etonnet. He's also a total geek, and goes to Maker Faire, and has been to Noisebridge. He's going to Shanghai and Ji Ning starting 20-October-2009, and asked me if I'd like to go, and asked if other NB people (and/or others) would like to go check out the manufacturing scene and China. Mike will return on the 27th, but I think it would be cool if the rest of us go to Beijing for a few days and check out a bit of China-ness there, as well as visit with some hacker-types at Beijing university. We will return on 3-November-2009.

'''To give a little taste of what it might be like:'''

A few months ago, Bunny, who manufactures Chumby in China, organized a trip to China to show interested people the manufacturing scene (and China). Evil Mad Scientist went along: [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/shenzhen/ Evil Mad Scientist Schenzhen trip]

The cost will be very reasonable, as these things go, and the bulk of the cost would be the plane tickets to and from China. At the moment, a round trip ticket costs $694 (SFO to Shanghai, and then Beijing to SFO). When I went last time, nice hotel rooms were about $15 per night in the part of Shanghai I stayed in, and the total cost for me besides the plane ticket was about $350.

'''Note: ''We will need to limit the trip to the first 5 people''''' other than me and Mike to buy their tickets, since we only have one large van to take us around once we get to China.

If you are interested, please add your name, below.

[[user: maltman23 | Mitch]].

= People interested in going to China from 20-October-2009 through 3-November-2009: =

'''You do not need to be a member of Noisebridge to go on this trip.'''

The trip is limited to 5 people other than Mitch, so the first 5 people on this list (after Mitch) who buy their plane tickets will be able to join us:

''[[user: maltman23 | Mitch Altman]]'' 
David Yao 
[[user: zaius | David Kelso]] 
bernieS 
''[[user: cmaier | Christoph Maier]]'' 
Jimmie Rodgers 
[[user:mrericboyd | Eric Boyd]] 
[[user:Jtfoote | Jonathan Foote]] 

= [[ChinaTripPreparations | Travel preparations]] =

= And here we go! =
==[http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=nbchina09&w=all Pictures]!!!==

[[Category:Projects]] [[Category:History]] [[Category:Travel]]

Starving hackers

2017-11-07T06:55:42Z

Tomchristmas: Reverting changes

It is probably not hyperbolic to state that San Francisco has a housing crisis. Despite a general sympathy and frustration with the shortcomings of capitalism, unfortunately Noisebridge simply does not have the resources to address all these issues - either to function an adequate homeless resource center, nor remain a conducive environment for others to hack while doubling as a shelter. We want you to come to Noisebridge, but we also want you to have a place to call your own, and to be able to get to and from there safely.

The nature of creative work means it doesn't always pan out financially, so every now and then even the best of us can have a cash flow problem. Many of the following items are linked to from [http://sfhomeless.wikia.com/wiki/San_Francisco_Homeless_Resource San Francisco Homeless Resource], which is a fantastic resource for anyone who finds themselves in a tough situation in our great city.

==General Resources==

* https://www.projecthomelessconnect.org/get-help/ Project Homeless Connect]
* [http://www.freeprintshop.org/ The SF Help Charts] offer a variety of guides to local social services including hot meals, pantries, shelter, medical care, mental health care, and neighborhood assistance
* [http://sfhomeless.wikia.com/wiki/Glide_Memorial_Church GlideSF] offers a variety of programs and services including emergency shelter placement, women's services, health services, a hot meals program, and bagged groceries programs
* http://www.berkeleyfreeclinic.org/resources/
* [http://211bayarea.org/ 211] - Call 211 for food, health care, shelter referrals, resources and info
* [http://sfhomeless.wikia.com/wiki/Homeless_Outreach_Team_-_HOT_Team_-_H.O.T._Team] - SF Homeless Outreach Team, connects people with resources. (415) 401-2660, (415) 554-8471

== Food ==

* Volunteer at [http://sffnb.org/ SF Food Not Bombs]
* [http://www.sffoodbank.org/programs/get_food.html The SF Food Bank] offers a variety of ways to get free or reduced cost food.
* The Print List's [http://www.freeprintshop.org/download/eats_english.pdf Free Eats chart]
* [http://www.martindeporres.org/ Martín de Porres House]
* [http://www.glide.org GlideSF] provides a daily [http://glide.org/page.aspx?pid=395 free meals program] with three service times, and unlimited repeat trips through the line until tickets run out. Recommend you get in line early for a quick trip through.
**Breakfast: '''8am - 9am''' 
**Lunch: '''Noon - 1:30pm''' 
**Dinner: '''4pm - 5:30pm''' Monday - Friday, bagged lunch served '''Noon - 1:30pm''' Saturday & Sunday
* [http://www.sfhsa.org/158.htm Apply for Food Stamps]

== Shelters, Housing, Camping, Sleep ==
* If you need a safe place to sleep try [https://thegubbioproject.org The Gubbio Project]. It's open every weekday 6AM-3PM, 133 Golden Gate. No reservation needed.
* Sleeping at Noisebridge is not excellent
* Neither is trolling those who are not bothering you. Offer kind, constructive suggestions and understanding. It could be you in this position.
* Get involved with [http://www.homesnotjailssf.org/wb/pages/faqs.php Homes Not Jails]
* Free shelter chart ([http://www.freeprintshop.org/download/shelter_english.pdf PDF])
* [http://sfhsa.org/82.htm Reserve a bed] at a shelter
* [http://glide.org/page.aspx?pid=383 GlideSF]
* [http://www.thclinic.org/ Tenderloin Housing Clinic]
* Hostels (some will let you do work trade), co-ops (some rent cheap bunks or sublets)
* [http://www.larkinstreetyouth.org/youth-connections/easy-access-to-services/get-help-now/ Larkin Street Youth Center] provides emergency shelter placement and a variety of other services to at-risk or homeless youth under 19
* [http://www.couchsurfing.org/ Couchsurfing]
* Find [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/roo/ some roommates] or an [http://www.padmapper.com/ apartment]
* Camp in Golden Gate Park or one of SF's forested areas

==Showers==
* Lava Mae http://lavamae.org/ san francisco schedule & locations

mondays

8:30am-2pm
St. Anthony's
Golden Gate & Jones St.

tuesdays

8:30am-2pm
SF Main Public Library in Civic Center
Fulton St. at Hyde St.
2:30pm - 8pm
First Friendship (FAMILIES ONLY)
Oak St. & Steiner St.

wednesdays

3:00pm- 7:00pm
Most Holy Redeemer Church, San Francisco
100 Diamond St

thursdays

2:00pm- 6:00pm
St. Anthony's Winter Shelter
Golden Gate & Jones St.

fridays

8:30am-2pm
GLIDE in the Tenderloin
Taylor St. & Ellis St.

saturdays

7:00am- 1:00pm
Mission Neighborhood Resource Center
16th & Capp

* [http://www.martindeporres.org/ Martin de Porres]
* [http://sfhomeless.wikia.com/wiki/Mission_Neighborhood_Resource_Center Mission Neighborhood Resource Center]
* Get a gym trial or join the Y [http://www.ymcasf.org/ the Y]. Many [http://www.24hourfitness.com/ 24 Hour Fitness] branches are, as their name implies, open 24 hours.
* If you're a student your school may have shower facilities.

==Storage==
* Storing stuff on member shelves is not excellent. Member shelves are for projects, material for hacking, and so on. They are not for general posessions.
* Homeless Storage: 350 Jones Street at Ellis
Limited storage is available for any person who is homeless. Clothes and shoes only may be stored for up to six months. There is a maximum amount of storage space available to each person. Persons can request storage and access to stored items once a day during business hours: Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Call (415) 921-1978 for any additional information.
* [http://sfhomeless.wikia.com/wiki/City_Storage City Storage], 150 Otis St. (between Gough and Duboce), 415-557-6339, Hours: 9am-3:30pm

== Employment, Job Skills, Self-improvement ==

* [http://www.sfhsa.org/427.htm San Francisco Personal Assisted Employment Services (PAES)]
* [https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-jobs Noisebridge Jobs mailing list]
* [http://www.sfhsa.org/424.htm SF CAAP General Assistance]
* Classes at [http://www.ccsf.edu/ City College of San Francisco] (Free for most low-income SF/CA residents)
* Free classes at Noisebridge!
* Need ID? How to get your: [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w.htm Birth Certificate], [http://www.sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=110 SF City ID], [http://dmv.ca.gov/dl/dl.htm State ID/Drivers License], [http://travel.state.gov/passport/npic/agencies/agencies_900.html Passport] and [http://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/ Social Security Card]

== Transportation ==

* [http://www.bikekitchen.org/ The Bike Kitchen] is close enough that you can walk to it, and by volunteering your time you can earn enough credit to build your own bike from their spare parts. Some Noisebridge members have bikes from the bike kitchen and although they took some elbow grease, they work great.
* [http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/shuttle.htm The Bay Bridge bike bridge] is a cheap way to get across the Bay Bridge. It only runs during commute hours, but it's $1 cash each way (exact change only), much less than any other option.
* [http://transit.511.org/ 511's online TripPlanner] shows public transit options around the Bay

== Computers / Wifi ==

* Noisebridge wireless access is excellent
* [[User:dr_jesus|Dr. Jesus]] coordinates computer loans and donations through a generous hardware grant to Noisebridge.
* [http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=0100000201 San Francisco Public Library, Mission Branch] is nearby and has computers available to use.
** other branches, housing projects and some other city facilities ([http://www.sfgov3.org/ftp/survey/wifi_map.html map])
* St Anthony's Computer Lab
* Monkeybrains.net free wifi hotspots (corner of 19th and Valencia, Dolores Park, numerous other locations)
* McDonalds, Starbucks, Safeway, Union Square, the Metreon

== Medical Care ==
* [http://www.healthysanfrancisco.org Healthy San Francisco] - Free & sliding-scale medical care for uninsured San Francisco residents
* [http://www.freeprintshop.org/download/mental_english.pdf Mental health resources]
* [http://www.sfdph.org/dph/comupg/oservices/medSvs/sfgh/default.asp SF General Hospital] - Nearby hospital; ER, urgent care and other services
* [http://www.vetsos.org/ VetSOS] and [http://www.sfspca.org/veterinary-hospital SFSPCA Hospital] - Free and sliding scale veterinary care for companion animals.

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= Instructions =

Congratulations and/or condolences! You're reading this because you're participating in a meeting of Noisebridge!

Meetings should be limited to an hour when possible. Shorter is fine, but avoid rushing.

You should read this instructional section thoroughly, and treat them as a guideline for how to host a meeting of Noisebridge. There are three ingredients to an [[Excellent]] meeting: A number of note takers, some facilitators, and participants.

Meetings are just one of the tools used at Noisebridge to create net forward progress on whatever it is we're all trying to do. Meetings aren't the only way to make decisions or have discussions, and in fact its usually a much better idea to talk about things outside the meeting before dragging the entire community kicking and screaming into it.

== Note Takers ==
# Confirm last meeting was saved
# Take new notes
# Save and share the notes at the end of the meeting (instructions at the bottom).

== Facilitators ==

There are generally two kinds of facilitator roles at a Noisebridge meeting:

* Stack taker - Useful when a lot of folks want to hop on the discussion stack. This gives everyone a turn to have their feelings heard. Usually only works when there is exactly one stack taker.
* Moderators - Keeps the meeting moving and prevents everyone from wasting too much time on one subject. Anyone is free to pick up moderation and move the meeting along.

In general, moderators should:
* Understand the structure of Noisebridge [[consensus|decision-making]]
* Make sure everyone gets a chance to speak.
* Speak only minimally yourself.
* Keep the meeting moving, and avoid getting bogged down.
* Identify discussion items, arrange times limits for talking about each item.
* Identify and summarize consensus, suggest things that need to be done.
* '''Get the [[membership binder]] and ensure that it is returned safely.'''

== Participants ==

Everyone at a Noisebridge meeting who has consented to participating in one is a participant!

* Say your name before you talk.
* Remain on-topic, and speak as concisely as possible.
* Assist the note-taker with any links or corrections that are needed.
* Remain respectful of other participants, their time, and the consensus and moderation process.

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These are the notes from the [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge]. Date: FIXME THE DATE HERE Note-taker: FIXME YOUR NAME HERE; Moderators: FIXME THEIR NAME HERE.
* '''One or two bullet points of high-level meeting summary.'''

== Meeting Summary ==
FIXME FILL OUT AT END OF MEETING AND SEND TO MAILING LIST
TLDR what happened at the meeting:
* Announcements:
* Finances:
* New members:
* New philanthropists:
* Consensus Items:
* Discussion Items:

= Introductions =

* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to explain''' [[Noisebridge_Vision|what Noisebridge is about]]:
<blockquote>Noisebridge is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides a space for creation, collaboration, and learning about technology and creative projects. Noisebridge provides space, power tools, and infrastructure to help the public learn new skills and create cool things. Noisebridge continues to exist through and depends entirely on membership fees and donations. Our code of conduct is 'Be excellent to each other'."</blockquote>
* Introduce any experimental or unusual moderation techniques that may be using during the meeting like: direct responses, limited speaking time, orderless stack, &c.
* Round of introductions (remember, announcements come later):
** What's your name
** What do you do
** What do you maintain at Noisebridge?
** if you are new: how did you hear about Noisebridge?

= Short announcements and events =
* Cool new projects? Something you'd like people to know? Say now, but keep it short! One or two sentences please!
* Any happenings at the space of which members should be made aware.
* Don't hog everyone's time since we all just want to hack!

= Safe Space =

'''Note:''' This section is experimental. We discussed it at [[Meeting_Notes_2016_06_28]]. We're going to try it for the next meeting, and see how it goes, and then discuss in the discussion section how it went, and how we'd like to tweak it.

Noisebridge is a safe space. '''Invite a volunteer to describe''' what that means.

Some specific points you might prompt the group to touch on, if it doesn't happen naturally:
* What to do if you feel uncomfortable.
* Noisebridge strives to be radically inclusive. What does that mean?
* Noisebridge has an antiharassment policy. What does that mean?

= Participation =

Invite a knowledgable volunteer to describe who can participate at Noisebridge, including:
* Describe how to get an rfid key for the door system
* Describe how to get access to slack

= [[Philanthropist|Philanthropists]]=
* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to describe''' [[Philanthropist/Pledge|Philantropy]], and the application process.
* Read off any names from the binder for the past month. Any applicants must have their sponsor present to vouch for them.
* If there are no objections, they're a philanthropist! Their pledge should be handed over to the [[Secretary]] posthaste, after which their token will be updated to give them the 24/7 access they've earned(?)

= [[ Membership Binder ]] =

* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to describe''' [[membership]], and the application process.
<blockquote>Being a member of Noisebridge is not like being a member of a gym or your local chess club. Anyone can come to Noisebridge to hack and learn: you don't need to be a member for that. At Noisebridge, membership is something different: it means taking responsibility and committing to help to maintain, improve, and govern Noisebridge. As a member of Noisebridge, you don't just come here to hack and learn, you actively work to improve what you see around you, help to deal with problems, and make this community and space better than it is today.</blockquote>
* Read off any names from the binder for the past month. Mark down a check or other indicator on every open application to keep track of how many weeks they've been read out.
* Anyone eligible to join this week should
** introduce themselves,
** answer any questions members may have for them, then
** leave the area in search of gifts (traditionally beer and a lime, or cookies) for the rest of the group.
* The rest of the meeting should reach consensus on whether they may join.
* Remember to applaud new members when they return.

= Financial Report =
* 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

= Consensus =

* '''invite a knowledgeable volunteer to give '''[[Consensus Process|a brief primer on consensus process]]
* It is important that everyone in attendance understands at least:
** Blocking with verbalized principled objections.
** Why we use consensus over other approaches to decision making.
** How consensus isn't a legislative process
** Why consensus isn't applicable to some things like conflict resolution, resolution of time sinks, and the like.

== [[ Consensus Items History | Proposals from last week ]] ==
''(Add any items which are consensed upon or someone has raised a principle objection for to the [[Consensus Items History]] page.)''

== [[ Current Consensus Items | Proposals for next week ]] ==
''(Add any new items for consensus to the [[Current Consensus Items]] page.)''

= Discussion =

Longer discussion items belong here. This is the last part of the meeting so that people can break off and continue their discussion afterwards.

== Discussion Items ==

If any important discussion happens, it should be happening after forward progress is made during consensus.

= End of Meeting =

# Return the [[membership binder]] to its rightful location.
# Discuss any items for which there was not time during the meeting.
# Enjoy the company of your fellow hacker, robot, or robothacker.

== Note taker posts the notes ==
# Clean and tidy the meeting notes including removing all these really verbose instructions.
# Fill out the short summary at the top listing just announcements, consensus items, discussion topics, and names of new members and philanthropists.
# Copy paste the notes to the [http://www.noisebridge.net//Next_meeting next meeting] page. (They will become [[Last meeting]] at midnight.)
# Email the meeting summary to [mailto:noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net?subject=MeetingNotes Noisebridge Discuss] and [mailto:noisebridge-announce@lists.noisebridge.net?subject=MeetingNotes Noisebridge Announce] lists.
# CC on the email treasurer@noisebridge.net and secretary@noisebridge.net if there are new members and philanthropists.
# Edit the [[Current_Consensus_Items|Current Consensus Items]] if anything is proposed for consensus next week.
# Edit the [[Consensus_Items_History|Consensus Items History]] if anything was reached consensus or failed to reach consensus this week.

== Fun things to do after ==
* Reprise of the [[Hackernationale]]. [This is anarchy - we do what the wiki says!]
* [[PGP|PGP Key Signing]] could happen now (if it doesn't happen '''before''' any given Meeting). Ask others around the space or check the [[PGP|list]] to see who wants in on the action.

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__NOEDITSECTION__[[Image:Noisebridge_soldering.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Learning by doing!]]
[[Image:Evocell_ecoli15.png|thumb|right|180px|Do cool stuff!]]
[[Image:Noisebridge_at_night.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Interact with interesting people!]]
Noisebridge is a space for sharing, creation, collaboration, research, development, mentoring, and of course, learning. Noisebridge is also more than a physical space; it's a community with roots extending around the world.

<blockquote>
For we're excellent to each other here 
We rarely ever block 
We value tools over pre-emptive rules 
And spurn the key and the lock. 
       — Danny O'Brien, 2010-11-09 general meeting notes
</blockquote>

''We make stuff. So can you.''

== The Idea ==

Noisebridge is an educational non-profit corporation, 501(c)3 public charity status.

We provide infrastructure and collaboration opportunities for people interested in programming, hardware hacking, physics, chemistry, mathematics, security, robotics, all kinds of art, and, of course, technology. Through talks, workshops, and [[projects]] we encourage knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring.

As a space for artistic collaboration and experimentation, we are open to most types of art - with a special emphasis on the crossover of art and technology. From hardware labs to electronics and sound labs, most things that're creative are most definitely welcome.

Many interesting things happen in the space. We've found that sharing is essential to making this work. We strive to begin from a point of respect and trust. We believe it builds a safe community and that this best fosters innovation and creation.
Our motto is "Be excellent to each other." We also have writings on [[community standards]] and an [[anti-harassment policy]] which covers all conduct in the physical space and in our online spaces.

Leadership is taken by individual members for specific projects. We call this "sudo leadership" after the *nix command ''sudo'' which allows a regular user to do one root-level, or superuser, task. In other words, if you want Noisebridge to do something, start doing it.

Here's some paraphrasing from our bylaws:
Through talks, classes, workshops, collaborative projects, and other activities, we want to encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring in a safe, clean space. We provide educational spaces for teaching practical skills and theory of technology, science, and art. We provide work space, storage, and other resources for projects related to art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members' personal growth in their fields of interest, encouraging the individual members to share their projects and knowledge for the betterment of society through art, science and technology. We create, learn, and teach, individually and as a group, inviting members of the community in the San Francisco Bay area and the world. We develop, support the development of, and provide resources for the development of free and open source software and hardware for the benefit of society. We promote collaboration across disciplines for the benefit of cultural, charitable, and scientific causes.

== Tripartite Pillars ==

===Excellence===
'''Be excellent to each other''' is the guiding principle of Noisebridge. Wikipedia uses [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_a_dick a somewhat similar rule], which they call "''the fundamental rule of all social spaces. Every other policy for getting along is a special case of it.''" Unlike Wikipedia, Noisebridge takes a positive approach, and avoids the practice of officially enumerating the myriad potential special cases; ''' "be excellent" ''' is enough.

===Consensus===
We make official Noisebridge decisions by consensus, which means the willing consent of all of our members. Decisions are typically made at our [[:Category:Meeting_Notes|weekly meetings]] or via our online management venues, and items proposed for consensus are announced at least a week in advance to give everyone time to hear about them. Conceivably, members could block by proxy if they are unable to attend or if they wish to block anonymously.

More information on the [[Consensus Process]].

===Do-ocracy===
Doing excellent stuff at Noisebridge does not require permission or an official consensus decision. If you're uncertain about the excellence of something you want to do, you should ask someone else what they think.

== Testimonials ==

[[Testimonials | Why people love Noisebridge]]

* Smart creative people, welcoming community, friendly to newbies
* Equipment, tools, books, materials, and the space itself
* Its culture of free, open, accessible, DIY awesomeness

== Financing it ==

We self-finance through membership fees ($80 per member/month with $40 "starving hacker" rate), beverage sales, and parties, the way European hacker spaces do it. We also welcome one-time or recurring [[Donate_or_Pay_Dues|donations]] from members and non-members alike. Donations and sponsorships will accompany renovation and equipment purchase. Within the first 24 hours of renting a space, we raised over $10,000 for a cool location and meaningful projects. Within our first month, we've nearly become cash flow positive from membership dues alone. Further discussion is happening on the [[Finances]] wiki page.

== Inspiration ==
Noisebridge is inspired by similar European clubs like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalab Metalab] of Vienna, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-base CBase] of Berlin, [http://www.mi2.hr/ MAMA] of Zagreb, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_%28squat%29 ASCII] of Amsterdam. Many other clubs of a similar stripe can be found at [http://hacklabs.org/index_en.php Hacklabs] and [http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/List_of_Hacker_Spaces Hackerspaces dot Org]. It would not be out of the question to consider Noisebridge a possible [http://events.ccc.de/2007/09/27/say-hello-to-bitkanonecccde/ San Francisco Chaostreff]. Noisebridge is a hacker space and community that shares a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorkbot Dorkbot]-like ethic, and indeed, many of the members of Noisebridge are long-time Dorkbotters.

== The Name ==
A "noise bridge" performs useful services by injecting noise into a system. Such a device is often used in RF electronics.

== The Space ==
Read some [[oral histories]] from members, or add your own!

=See Also=
*[[Community Standards]]

[[Category:Pages with a Noisebridge Tiny URL]]
[[Category: Excellence]]
[[Category: About Noisebridge]]

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= Introductions =

* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to explain''' [[Noisebridge_Vision|what Noisebridge is about]]:
<blockquote>Noisebridge is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides a space for creation, collaboration, and learning about technology and creative projects. Noisebridge provides space, power tools, and infrastructure to help the public learn new skills and create cool things. Noisebridge continues to exist through and depends entirely on membership fees and donations. Our code of conduct is 'Be excellent to each other'."</blockquote>

Ryan: Noisebridge is as some people call it a hacker spaceship, a place for cool ppl incl. everyone here to come hack and build cool things based on the process of doocracy, so you don't have to ask others to do things you just do them, as long as you follow the one simple rule of noisebridge which is be excellent to each other. Enjoy your time here, have fun, hack on things that say hack me, don't hack on things that say do not hack. Open from the hours of 11am to 10pm, and when other events happen.

* Introduce any experimental or unusual moderation techniques that may be using during the meeting like: direct responses, limited speaking time, orderless stack, &c.

* Round of introductions (remember, announcements come later):
** What's your name
** What do you do
** What do you maintain at Noisebridge?
** if you are new: how did you hear about Noisebridge?

Introductions:
* Peter: working on a bike share route planner thing, if anyone's good at mapbox, etc come talk
* Senthil: learning about woodworking tools
* Augur: Teach laser cutting, do functional programming,
* Steve: Programming, Persuance project w/ Barrett Brown, hosts privacy hackathon every saturday 4-10pm in Church
* NickH: I .. I do cool stuff!
* Eddy: Usually comes here to work on side projects, incl currently a Code For America project, webapp that visualizes speed and reliability of Muni busses using realtime data
* Zach: Been coming to NB since 2010; electrical engineer, hacks video systems and scooters. anyone good w/ DC or DC convertors, talk to me! i also fix laptops
* NickP: Unsuccessfully trying to fix a reflow oven currently, w/ Zach
* Heather: Working with Eddy on the Muni visualization project
* Morris: Visiting from NY, wanted to come and check out noisebridge. hopefully will be back in SF, starting an AI-for-sports startup
* Chris: recently moved to SF from Germany, likes 3d printing, generally does software. next project is making a shelf w/ a lamp and wireless charger in it
* Ryan: soon to be Pumpkin Head of Noisebridge. likes hacking on lots of thinkgs incl. pumpkins, mainly comes for the Tuesday meetings, helping people out and doing gamedev stuff in the back as well as taking care of the VR setup
* Jarrod: mostly does woodworking in the woodshop. cabinets and furniture and stuff, occassional other things at the space
* Adrian: does 3d printing, machine tool stuff, teaching a Fusion360 class this Thursday at 7pm

= Short announcements and events =
* Cool new projects? Something you'd like people to know? Say now, but keep it short! One or two sentences please!
* Any happenings at the space of which members should be made aware.
* Don't hog everyone's time since we all just want to hack!

* Ryan: Film Festival near Japantown called Another Hole in the Head - Horror Scifi Fantasy (tho mostly horror) filmfest w/ lots of classical films, short films, indie films. Started Oct25 ends Nov8, extra posters and pamphlets by the entrance. Good halloween movies! Also lots of foreign and animated foreign feature films and premiers.
* Augur: Haskell Class #2 tomorrow (Wednesday, at 8pm)
* Jarrod: Aaron Swartz Hackathon this weekend at the Internet Archive! RSVP on the website please!
* Steve: Related to Aaron Swartz day, not actually $75 to get into the event, that's just for the special Sat. evening event not the hackathon! Hackers get in free, get in touch w/ Steve
* Zach: Elevator update! Paddy fixed a lot of issues w/ the front gate! It works really well now, opens nicely, huge improvement. Spoke w/ neighbors about their elevator repair company. Also I installed a new light, which is brighter and better than the old light.

= Safe Space =

'''Note:''' This section is experimental. We discussed it at [[Meeting_Notes_2016_06_28]]. We're going to try it for the next meeting, and see how it goes, and then discuss in the discussion section how it went, and how we'd like to tweak it.

Noisebridge is a safe space. '''Invite a volunteer to describe''' what that means.

Some specific points you might prompt the group to touch on, if it doesn't happen naturally:
* What to do if you feel uncomfortable.
* Noisebridge strives to be radically inclusive. What does that mean?
* Noisebridge has an antiharassment policy. What does that mean?

* Augur: ...
* NickH: Can always ask for help kicking people out from others at noisebridge b/c sometimes that can be tricky and hard

= Participation =

Invite a knowledgable volunteer to describe who can participate at Noisebridge, including:
* Describe how to get an rfid key for the door system
* Describe how to get access to slack

* Jarrod: One way is if you're coming regularly and people know you, you can track down a member and get a 30 day day-time RFID access for the door. Beyond that, you can become a philanthropist, and take on additional responsibilities and pay a membership fee. Also you can become a member which is even more responsibilities. But in general you can participate just by coming to noisebridge and hacking on stuff w/ the tools and resources here, provide you're excellent when doing it. Feel free to use the space and hack on the space and modify things.
* Ryan: Please dont hack on Do Not Hack things, and if you're moving someone's project, please let them know, leave a note, etc.
NickH: Communication is important! When in doubt, communicate! Leave notes, etc!

= [[Philanthropist|Philanthropists]]=
* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to describe''' [[Philanthropist/Pledge|Philantropy]], and the application process.
* Read off any names from the binder for the past month. Any applicants must have their sponsor present to vouch for them.
* If there are no objections, they're a philanthropist! Their pledge should be handed over to the [[Secretary]] posthaste, after which their token will be updated to give them the 24/7 access they've earned(?)

No new philanthropists!

* Jarrod: If you want 24h access to noisebridge, become a philanthropist! $80 a month, $40 starving hacker rate. Also take on responsibilities such as closing down the space. Apply for philanthropy w/ a form from the binder, get a member to sponsor, then after you become one, get in touch w/ treasurer and get RFID access in #rack.
* Augur: Can also renew 30 day access tokens!

= [[ Membership Binder ]] =

* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to describe''' [[membership]], and the application process.
<blockquote>Being a member of Noisebridge is not like being a member of a gym or your local chess club. Anyone can come to Noisebridge to hack and learn: you don't need to be a member for that. At Noisebridge, membership is something different: it means taking responsibility and committing to help to maintain, improve, and govern Noisebridge. As a member of Noisebridge, you don't just come here to hack and learn, you actively work to improve what you see around you, help to deal with problems, and make this community and space better than it is today.</blockquote>
* Read off any names from the binder for the past month. Mark down a check or other indicator on every open application to keep track of how many weeks they've been read out.
* Anyone eligible to join this week should
** introduce themselves,
** answer any questions members may have for them, then
** leave the area in search of gifts (traditionally beer and a lime, or cookies) for the rest of the group.
* The rest of the meeting should reach consensus on whether they may join.
* Remember to applaud new members when they return.

* Jarrod: NB is run by the members of the space technically. Run by everyone in the space at any given time, but officially governed through Consensus. Ppl who participate are the Members, who take on additional responsibilities to keep noisebridge running, make sure interesting things are happening, things get repaired, etc. Ppl who think NB is an important part of the world as they see it, and put in time and effort to keep it in existence. Made members through the consensus process. Which is...
* Zach: A very very important process of how we decide important shit at noisebridge. If noisebridge had a constitution, the consensus process is how we'd made amendments. Different from voting tho, we try to get everyone to agree when something fundamental about noisebridge changes, through the consensus process. Integral that it's more inclusive than voting: not about majority. Involves lots more discussing, meeting with people to work out problems, requires more maturity and work, but has a lot of benefits. There's an official concensus process listed on the wiki page - anyone unfamiliar w/ it can talk to Zach. Consensus items can be proposed by anyone, but only members can block - which is the only REALLY big thing about being a member at noisebridge. EG not renewing the lease. Members can block, like a veto.
* Jarrod: Typically in practice, the consensus process discussions continue until either its clear that the proposal won't move forward, or it goes until it progresses towards actual consensus among everyone in the community. Minimum is two weeks - first week its proposed, where its also discussed. If the language that comes out of that meeting is good, it goes to next week, where any new developments are discussed again, more commentary is possible, and if everyone is still happy with it, then it gets consensed. Sometimes during the second meeting, the language of the proposal will be changed such that pushing it back is necessary, or sometimes the proposers aren't present for discussion. Generally as long as communication is happening, the process can be flexible.
* Steve: For membership, tho, its a 4 week process.
* Zach: There's a sort of ongoing discussion about clarifying the process b/c at the last meeting there was some confusion about it. If anyone wants to help with that, talk to Zach.
*
* ----
*
* Zach: A member at noisebridge is an unstoppable tyrant that you cant disagree with at any point, who has the power of Caesar and Alexander the Great combined! No no. Noisebridge members are like everyone else except they can veto shit, are committed to the space in a deeper way, and provide financial support for NB's rent and infrastructure toward that goal. Have 24/7 access. But w/ great power comes great responsibility, so if you let people in late, or give them keycard access, you're responsible for them and their behavior.
*
* Ryan: The diff. between philanthropy and membership is pretty much only veto power, which overall doesn't get used very often.
* Zach: Members can also sponsor philanthriopists, new members, which is worthwhile. Membership says something about how much you care about the space, more so than philanthropist does.
* Jarrod: It also means I will nag you to get involved in big projects.. A *lot*.

* Jarrod: Become a member by filling out the application, put it in the binder w/ sponsor signature, and then go through the process! 4 meetings reading it out, usually.

Current applications:
* Merlin (Many MANY check marks, since May! where are you tho :( )
* Nicole Gaard (5 check marks! come to a meeting!)
* Lady Red (6 check marks! come to a meeting!)

= Financial Report =
* 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

TBD

= Consensus =

* '''invite a knowledgeable volunteer to give '''[[Consensus Process|a brief primer on consensus process]]
* It is important that everyone in attendance understands at least:
** Blocking with verbalized principled objections.
** Why we use consensus over other approaches to decision making.
** How consensus isn't a legislative process
** Why consensus isn't applicable to some things like conflict resolution, resolution of time sinks, and the like.

== [[ Consensus Items History | Proposals from last week ]] ==
''(Add any items which are consensed upon or someone has raised a principle objection for to the [[Consensus Items History]] page.)''

* Zach's elevator repair fund. Jarrod: no one in opposition, 3 members present (Alex Peake present for quorum). Quorum. Consensed!

== [[ Current Consensus Items | Proposals for next week ]] ==
''(Add any new items for consensus to the [[Current Consensus Items]] page.)''

No new consensus proposals.

= Discussion =

Longer discussion items belong here. This is the last part of the meeting so that people can break off and continue their discussion afterwards.

== Discussion Items ==

If any important discussion happens, it should be happening after forward progress is made during consensus.

===Zach's discussion item===

* Zach: Work in process trying to clarify the consensus process, b/c the wiki documentation isn't very clearly written. So that in the future, the process is easier to understand for everyone involved. The recent consensus proposal lead to a ton of confusion from people, b/c of things that aren't in the wiki that ppl are strongly opinionated about (eg quorum), plus some things in the wiki are confusing (eg changing text of the proposal, as long as the modification isn't "radical", but what does that mean?). The idea that clarification of what it means to not have consensus with people who don't come to meetings, and is consensus by people who come to meetings or do we have to use slack, or any particular platform, for communicating consensus items? If you don't read the discuss list, or the notes, etc. is this a problem for participating in consensus? Possibly also we should modify the consensus process to make it all clearer, but this obviously requires loooots of discussion.

* Jarrod: summary: What's quorum?? Altered text?? What really is the process?? Is slack required, or not??

* Augur: Can ppl retroactively block b/c this was mentioned in slack but it sounds shady. Torrie mentioned effective retroactive blocking by not doing the work to make a thing happen, eg. financial work by the treasurer.

* Adrian: What's up w/ quorum?
* Jarrod: It seems to be a new thing, tbh. Used to have lots of people here, but now only a handful of members.

* Steve: Where do these things need to be advertised??
* Zach: That's related to the question of how you get members to meetings to participate if there really is a quorum requirement. I feel like noisebridge is a community that you can participate to the extent you want to, so if you don't participate, it's your choice, and if something is really important to you, you should be active, read the meeting notes, come to meetings. If I choose not to, it's on me if I don't see something that's been in the meeting notes that I don't like. Also about quorum, it's not like there's just three ppl here, there's a table full of people, they're just not all members, but they DO participate and contribute to noisebridge, so needing some minimum of membership seems too much. Another thing that doesn't make sense to me is, I was explicitly told to post on NB discuss about this item w/ the text, I did that, and that's what launched a long discussion w/ multiple people, so it was out there. So if members don't show up to block, it seems like a strange burden on the proposer that you need to go get some of members to be physically present before an item can be consensed on. Another really important thing about the process in the wiki is that it says you can have someone proxy for you, so quorum is kind of easier in principle.

* Jarrod: Zach's description sounds like he went through all the right channels. Back in the day there were 4 things for validity: proposed at meeting and recorded in notes, placed on the current items wiki page, and brought up on discuss for discussion (so 4 locations it can appear). this used to be the process of due diligence.
* Adrian: No official list of ways to bring the item to the community. Would like to add slack as a recommended place to propose it (could posted by anyone, not just the proposer).
* Zach: The current items page was not listed on the consensus doc page as a place where things need to be posted. As a whole, this is a lot of process and takes such a lot of time and effort, and adding more things, like slack, to this process is an even bigger thing. We should have a big conversation about this change, esp. given that slack is a big corporate entity, that it's a privately-owned communication medium, etc. If anyone has info on slack privacy policies and practices, I'd be interested in reading, b/c this is a concern. I think it's just not in line w/ the 501c3 to have slack be such a central, required part of the process of noisebridge, as opposed to just a convenient tool people choose to use.
* Kevin: Slack being a chat app is more about conversations and very much about syncronous convos. The mailing list is very asynchronous, there's an expectation of delay where convos take time. I think there are numerous issues with making slack an official medium for getting business done. Great place to have convos that make up business, but not good for it as a place of record, announcement, etc. It's too mashed up, not collected into topics, reply threads, etc. Also slack is invite only, not very accessible, while the mailing list is public. Slack also isn't very accessible, requires good typing speed, good eyesight, etc.

* Steve: I was just going to ask if there could be some kind of online tools??

* Zach: Additionally, who's the admin for discuss?
* Jarrod: Maybe Andy Isaacson? Maybe Danny O'Brian?

===Ryan's discussion items===

* Ryan: City College is starting to build makerspaces and we're going to have a somewhat large meeting tomorrow 2-4pm at the CC library media center (3rd floor, first floor from the front entrance w/ the hill) which is going to become one of the makerspaces. I'd be happy if anyone could make it or message me any info you'd like me to bring up. I'm @pyconaut on slack. The mediacenter one is going to be mostly computer and VR dev stuff, not so much electronics hacking. It's a large space tho and is in the library, and it will be public access, as CC library is a public library, so everyone at noisebridge can use it.

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Hello everyone! I'm trying to make stuff. Feel free to talk or ask.

I'm an active user of KDE Neon Linux.

== Things done at Noisebridge ==

Here is a list of steps people usually complete as they become part of the Noisebridge community. All are optional, and they may be completed in any order.

* <s> [[Getting_In|Enter]] Noisebridge </s>
* <s> strike up a productive conversation with other Noisebridge visitors </s>
** Your chats don't '''have''' to be with members.
* Ask someone to give you a tour
** Ask them how they learned about Noisebridge
* Attend a [[Meetings|Weekly Meeting]]
** But don't stress it if you're not a meeting person
* <s> Create a [https://www.noisebridge.net/Special:UserLogin&type=signup Wiki User Account]</s>
** Create a user page.
** Copy this to-do list to your user page. Strike out the tasks you've accomplished.
* Join a like-minded [[Mailinglist]]
** Send a message introducing yourself
* Try and comprehend our particular flavor of collectivist, diversified anarchy by reading the [[Hours]] page.
** Don't worry if it seems a bit strange.
* Clean up something that needs cleaning
* <s> Befriend a member.</s>
** Ask her to set you up with a [[RFID_Token|Access token]]
* Be excellent in a new and surprising way
* Get a proper tour of the [[Resources/Shop|Dirty / Wood shop]].
** Don't be afraid of the scary tools.
** Fingers grow back, right?
* Attend Circuit Hacking Monday
** Meet [[User:Maltman23|Mitch]]
** Buy a kit and build it.
* Take a [[:Category:Events|class]]
* Learn how to use the [[Media_Center|Jukebox]]
** Play some awesome music.
** Rock out.
* Set up a recurring [[Donate_or_Pay_Dues|donation]]
* <strike>Create an account on [[Pony]], our illustrious file server</strike>
** Poke around. Find some lulz.
** Upload new lulz.
* Become familiar with where we as a community have been by listening to [[User:rubin110|Rubin]] drone on about the histories of Noisebridge
* Edit a wiki page that could use some improvement
** Add something to this list
* Learn to use the [[Vinyl_cutter|vinyl cutter]]
** Make a sticker for your laptop.
** Make a sticker for somebody else's laptop
* Learn how to use the sewing machines
* Learn to use the [[Lasercutter]]
* Learn to use the 3d printers
* Give a [[Hosting_an_Event|class]]
* Give a newcomer a tour
* Apply for [[Membership]]
* Get a [[Passport|Hackerspace Passport]]
** Add a Noisebridge visa
* Help out other more newbie newbies
* Hack the planet

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== Request ==
The IRS responded to our 501(c)3 application with a [http://web.hexapodia.org/~adi/noisebridge/irs-letter-2009-05.pdf request for additional information] (7MB PDF). We are responding as follows.

== Response Context ==

Our lawyer has asked us to focus on responses to Questions 2, 3,5, 7,8, and 10 from the IRS request for information. We met with her at 11AM on Friday 6 June 2009. Based on that meeting, we have the following TODOs:

0) (done) Write a short paragraph introducing Noisebridge and framing our contributions to the general public. For example, one possible framing is as an "independent community center with a focus on art and technology."

1) '''TODO''' Update our budget for 2008 and 2009-to-date in the submission to the IRS to reflect what we actually spent.

2) '''TODO''' Consolidate the verbiage in the response to avoid repetition, especially for all free activities.

3) '''TODO''' Directly address the issue of people living at the space, for example with meeting minutes where we discuss no one should live there or statements from people who have politely informed people that living in the space is not ok.

4) Clarify residency program
:'''TODO''' Give examples of previous people who would be potential residents, such as Enki and Thomas, including what they contributed to Noisebridge and the general public.
:'''TODO''' Clarify that stipend would be only travel expenses (well, talk about if that's what we want..?)

5) (done) Make sure ExCEL program advised NB is 501c3 pending, not yet 501c3 (this is DONE)

6) Demonstrate publicity is working to attract new people from general public to the space.
:'''TODO''' Collect fliers from Maker Faire.
:(done) Collect news articles.
:(done) Collect blog entries from middle school students
:'''TODO''' Give rough estimates of # new members not friends of existing members per month

7) Inventory issues
:(done) Check who is running inventory of books, other NB materials
:(done) Write paragraph clarifying how NB materials are not the same as individual members' project materials (see Question 10)

8) '''TODO''' Time matrix - make hours add up to 24 x 7 per week or account for overlapping activities

== Introductory Paragraph ==

Noisebridge is an independent community center that focuses on education in art and technology for the general public. Noisebridge is incorporated as a non-profit educational membership corporation for public benefit and run collectively by its members. Any member of the general public can come to Noisebridge to take advantage of infrastructure and collaboration opportunities for people interested in programming, hardware hacking, physics, chemistry, mathematics, photography, security, robotics, all kinds of art, and, of course, technology. Through talks, workshops, and projects we encourage knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring. Since its founding in October 2008, Noisebridge has become home to a wide variety of classes offering free instruction in areas of art and technology. For example, Noisebridge offers free instruction on Mondays in the skill of soldering, which is a critical skill for building new electronics projects, Tuesdays has free instruction in the computer languages Python and Haskell, and Fridays has group study on the science of cryptography.

== Question 2: Time Matrix ==

Note: I made a one-off gDocs spreadsheet anyone can edit for this, here: [http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=r04ctAsgVjhOuFLr-LLSA_g&hl=en http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=r04ctAsgVjhOuFLr-LLSA_g&hl=en]. Anyone (and I do mean ''anyone'' can edit it) -jbm

Time usage matrix

Activity %time (must sum to 100)

Circuit Hacking Monday

ExCEL project

Noisebridge Meeting

Python Class

Haskell Class

Machine Learning Wednesday

Mandarin Corner

German

Design Huddle

Five Minutes of Fame

VFX Class

Crazy Crypto Night

Cyborg Group

== Text Response ==

== Question 2: Noisebridge Activities ==

=== 2.1 Circuit Hacking Monday ===

2.1.a The activity offers instruction in "soldering," which is a basic skill required to build electronics. The following extended description appears at the web page advertising the activity, available at
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Circuit_Hacking_Mondays

"Learn to solder! Mitch will bring kits to make cool, practical, intriguing, hackable things that you can bring home after you make it. Of course, you can also bring your own projects to hack.

Anyone can learn to solder! Even if you have never made anything in your life, you can learn this very useful and enjoyable skill. It really is fun! Mitch has taught thousands of people to solder all around the world, and he can teach you, too! Add yourself to the ever increasing community!"

2.1.b The instructor is Mitch Altman. Altman's qualifications include being a founder of 3Ware, pioneering virtual reality research at VPL Research, and founding Cornfield Electronics. In addition, Mitch has run soldering teaching sessions at a variety of locations across the world. Mitch Altman is also a Noisebridge member, the Noisebridge treasurer, and a member of the Noisebridge board of directors. See his wikipedia entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Altman

The instructor is responsible for teaching participants the skill of soldering. This skill is fundamental to building electronics.

The instructor's duties are to greet participants, then assesses each participant's current level of skill. The instructor then works with each participant to improve his or her soldering skills. Typically, this will be done by the participant completing a small project under the supervision of the instructor.

2.1.c The activity is conducted at the main Noisebridge facility, located at 83C Wiese Street, San Francisco, CA.

2.1.d The activity is conducted every Monday night from 8:30PM until participants agree to stop.

2.1.e The instructors deeply believe in teaching anyone who wants to learn the basic skills required to build electronics. No instructor receives a financial benefit or has any financial interest from the activity.

2.1.f The activity is part of a series of Noisebridge education activities that are open to the general public. As such, the activity is important to Noisebridge's mission and exempt purposes.

2.1.g Anyone may participate in the activity. In particular, participation is not limited to Noisebridge members.

2.1.h Anyone who shows up at the Noisebridge facility at 8:30PM on Monday night and wishes to participate in the activity participates. In the event that there are not enough materials or space to accomodate everyone, participation slots are allocated on a first come first serve basis.

2.1.i Participants may optionally buy kits containing parts required to build small electronic devices. Noisebridge charges only the cost of parts. Noisebridge offers different kits with a range of $7 to $25. Purchasing such a kit is not required for participation; participants may bring in their own electronics projects for soldering instruction.

During the activity, we also suggest donations to Noisebridge in the $3 to $5 range per person, but participation is encouraged even without such donations. All donations go directly to Noisebridge. No member of Noisebridge and no instructor of the activity receive any financial benefit from the activity.

2.1.k The event is free and readily accessible to the general public. As described in 2.1.i, participants may optionally buy kits containing parts for small devices and may optionally donate to Noisebridge, but there is no fee for participation.

Noisebridge advertises the event on the front page of its web site http://noisebridge.net. Instructors also send periodic reminders of the activity to electronic mailing lists run by Noisebridge and to other electronic mailing lists. Noisebridge has also advertised the event at Maker Faire 2009, a public event held 29 and 30 May 2009 at the San Mateo Fairgrounds, as part of a booth at the fair.

2.1.l The purpose of Noisebridge set out in its bylaws is

"The purpose of this corporation is to promote and encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills through individual projects, social collaboration, and education. Also in the context of these purposes, the corporation shall engage in scientific, charitable and educational activities
within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to:
:(a). Through talks, classes, workshops, collaborative projects, and other activities, to encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring in a safe, clean space.
:(b). Provide educational spaces for teaching practical skills and theory of technology, science, and art.
:(c). Provide work space, storage, and other resources for projects related to art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members' personal growth in their fields of interest, encouraging the individual members to share their projects and knowledge for the betterment of society through art, science and technology.
:(d). To create, learn, and teach, individually and as a group, inviting members of the community in the San Francisco Bay area and the world.
:(e). To develop, support the development of, and provide resources for the development of free and open source software and hardware for the benefit of society.
:(f). Collaboration across disciplines for the benefit of cultural, charitable, and scientific causes.
:(g). To foster, by all legal means, the common purposes of its participants.
:(h). To conduct or engage in all lawful activities in furtherance of the stated purposes or those incidental to them."

The activity furthers the exempt charitable purposes of Noisebridge by providing free instruction to the general public in basic skills required to create new electronics technology. This falls under paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (g), and (h) of the Noisebridge exempt purpose.

2.1.m Noisebridge dedicates 0% of total general funds to this activity. Specifically, no labor costs are involved in the activity because the instructor donates his time. Costs for parts are covered by the participants, either in the form of their own electronics projects or in the purchase of optional electronics kits. Noisebridge does pay for the rent of the facility used for this activity, but the rent money is not specifically earmarked for this activity.

2.1.n Some of the kits available for purchase during the activity are designed by Cornfield Electronics, which is a company founded by the instructor and Noisebridge treasurer Mitch Altman. Cornfield Electronics donates the design of the kits, including the list of parts required and instructions for assembly to the general public.

2.1.o See matrix of time attached.

=== 2.2 San Francisco Unified School District ExCEL Project (Pending Activity) ===

2.2.a Noisebridge recently partnered with Teach Me To Make to propose after-school instruction in basic electronics for children in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). The proposal has been filed with the ExCEL program of SFUSD. Noisebridge is currently waiting for a response from the ExCEL program.

We have a page on the Noisebridge web site dedicated to this effort:
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Sfusd_excel_program

The page links to a detailed proposal, including budget, to the SFUSD ExCEL program. The proposal is also attached to this response to the request for information.

2.2.b From the proposal:

"Our organizations [Noisebridge and Teach Me To Make] include a great many members covering a wide range of skills, experiences, and areas of expertise. While many may participate in the ExCEL program as guest speakers, a much smaller subset will be the formal instructional personnel.

Teachers are chosen on the basis of knowledge, interpersonal skills, and the ability to impart their knowledge to students in a clear, easy-to-follow manner. To participate in this program, teachers must show sensitivity to the needs and understanding of different students, and must be able to explain concepts in alternate ways appropriate to each students. Teachers must be patient, good listeners, and respectful." Please also see the attached proposal.

'''Qualification, Position descriptions, and duties for parties involved'''

* Lee Sonko - Coordinator and instructor. Lee has taught computer classes to adults children, he had held a substitute teacher certification in New Jersey, he has managed and owned businesses requiring coordination of activities.

* Michael Shiloh - Coordinator and instructor.

* J.D. Zamfirescu - Coordinator and instructor.

* Mitch Altman - Coordinator and instructor.

* Other members of Noisebridge - instructors.

2.2.c The activity will be conducted at local schools of the San Francisco Unified School District. Specific schools will be established if the proposal is accepted by the SFUSD.

2.2.d The time of the activity will be established jointly by Noisebridge, Teach Me To Make, and SFUSDif the proposal is accepted by the SFUSD.

2.2.e The Noisebridge members involved with the proposal have a deep and passionate commitment to teaching others basic electronic skills. In addition, the proposal includes financial compensation for time spent teaching. Please refer to the attached proposal budget for details.

2.2.f The activity forms part of Noisebridge's efforts at outreach to the general public. Because this activity will, if accepted by SFUSD, take Noisebridge's educational mission directly to children in their schools, the activity is significant.

2.2.g School children enrolled in participating schools within the SFUSD may participate.

2.2.h If the proposed activity is accepted by SFUSD, Noisebridge will work with SFUSD to determine criteria for selecting participants in the event.

2.2.i Please see attached budget.

2.2.j Yes, the proposal budget includes $3840 compensation for teaching time for an electronics teacher, as shown in the attached budget.

2.2.k The activity, if accepted by SFUSD, will be free and accessible to students enrolled in schools of the SFUSD. The activity will be advertised by participating schools.

2.2.l The purpose of Noisebridge set out in its bylaws is

"The purpose of this corporation is to promote and encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills through individual projects, social collaboration, and education. Also in the context of these purposes, the corporation shall engage in scientific, charitable and educational activities within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to:
:(a). Through talks, classes, workshops, collaborative projects, and other activities, to encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring in a safe, clean space.
:(b). Provide educational spaces for teaching practical skills and theory of technology, science, and art.
:(c). Provide work space, storage, and other resources for projects related to art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members' personal growth in their fields of interest, encouraging the individual members to share their projects and knowledge for the betterment of society through art, science and technology.
:(d). To create, learn, and teach, individually and as a group, inviting members of the community in the San Francisco Bay area and the world.
:(e). To develop, support the development of, and provide resources for the development of free and open source software and hardware for the benefit of society.
:(f). Collaboration across disciplines for the benefit of cultural, charitable, and scientific causes.
:(g). To foster, by all legal means, the common purposes of its participants.
:(h). To conduct or engage in all lawful activities in furtherance of the stated purposes or those incidental to them."

The activity furthers the exempt charitable purposes of Noisebridge by providing instruction to public school children in basic skills required to create new electronics technology. This falls under paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (g), and (h) of the Noisebridge exempt purposes.

2.2.m Noisebridge devotes no funds directly to this activity. Funding for the activity, if approved, will comes from the ExCEL program of the SFUSD.

2.2.n The proposal is joint between Noisebridge and Teach Me To Make. One principal of Teach Me To Make, Michael Shiloh, is also a member of Noisebridge, but Teach Me To Make is a separate organization. For more information on Teach Me To Make, see their web site
http://www.teachmetomake.com/

2.2.o See attached matrix.

== Noisebridge Free Activities ==

The following activities fall under Noisebridge "Free Activities." For all Free Activities, unless noted, the following answers to Question 2(b),(c),(d),(e),(f),(g) apply.

=== 2.3 Python Class ===

2.3.a Noisebridge offers free instruction in the computer language Python. Python is a popular language used in developing new web sites.
Please see attached class announcements distributed to Noisebridge electronic mailing lists.

2.3.b The activity was created by Noisebridge member Asheesh Laroia. Asheesh is a professional programmer and startup founder with several years of experience working in Python. Asheesh led the first round of classes.

Currently the activity is led by Noisebridge member Daniel C. Silverstein. Daniel holds a bachelors degree in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley, and is a professional programmer with deep expertise in building large scalable web services. Daniel has over a decade of experience with a variety of programming languages including several years working in Python.

2.3.c The activity is conducted at the main Noisebridge facility at 83C Wiese Street, San Francisco, CA.

2.3.d The activity is conducted every Monday at 6:30PM.

2.3.e The teaching of Python has deep personal
interest to Asheesh and Dan; several Noisebridge
members also enjoy learning new programming
languages. No Noisebridge member has a financial
interest in the development of the language.

2.3.f The activity is a part of Noisebridge's
mission of offering education in art and technology
to the general public.

2.3.g Any member of the general public may
participate in the activity.

2.3.h Anyone who shows up at the Noisebridge
facility at 6:30PM on Monday night and wishes to
participate in the activity participates. In the
event that there are not enough materials or space
to accomodate everyone, participation slots are
allocated on a first come first serve basis.

2.3.i There is no fee for participation in the activity.

2.3.j No member of Noisebridge receives any financial incentive to teach or to participate in this activity.
2.3.k The activity is free and readily accessible to the general public. The activity is advertised through electronic mailing lists, on the front page of the Noisebridge web site, and announced at Noisebridge general meetings.

2.3.l The purpose of Noisebridge set out in its
bylaws is

"The purpose of this corporation is to promote and
encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills
through individual projects, social collaboration,
and education. Also in the context of these
purposes, the corporation shall engage in
scientific, charitable and educational activities
within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to:
:(a). Through talks, classes, workshops, collaborative projects, and other activities, to encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring in a safe, clean space.
:(b). Provide educational spaces for teaching practical skills and theory of technology, science, and art.
:(c). Provide work space, storage, and other resources for projects related to art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members' personal growth in their fields of interest, encouraging the individual members to share their projects and knowledge for the betterment of society through art, science and technology.
:(d). To create, learn, and teach, individually and as a group, inviting members of the community in the San Francisco Bay area and the world.
:(e). To develop, support the development of, and provide resources for the development of free and open source software and hardware for the benefit of society.
:(f). Collaboration across disciplines for the
benefit of cultural, charitable, and scientific
causes.
:(g). To foster, by all legal means, the common purposes of its participants.
:(h). To conduct or engage in all lawful activities in furtherance of the stated purposes or those incidental to them."

The activity furthers the exempt charitable purposes of Noisebridge by providing free instruction to the general public in how to program computers. This falls under paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (g), and (h) of the Noisebridge exempt purpose.

2.3.m No funds are devoted specifically to this activity. Noisebridge does pay the rent for the facility used by this activity, but those funds are not devoted specifically to the activity.

2.3.n Noisebridge works with no other individual members or organizations for this activity.

2.3.o See attached time matrix.

=== 2.4 Haskell Class ===

2.4.a Noisebridge offers free instruction in the computer language Haskell. Haskell is a language noted for its stress on a "pure functional" style, which differs significantly from traditional computer languages.

2.4.b The activity was created and is led by Noisebridge member Jason Dusek.

2.4.c The activity is conducted at the main Noisebridge facility at 83C Wiese Street, San Francisco, CA.

2.4.d The activity is conducted every Tuesday at 6:30PM.

2.4.e The teaching of Haskell has deep personal interest to Jason; several Noisebridge members also enjoy learning new programming languages. No Noisebridge member has a financial interest in the development of the language.

2.4.f The activity is a part of Noisebridge's mission of offering education in art and technology to the general public.

2.4.g Any member of the general public may participate in the activity.

2.4.h Anyone who shows up at the Noisebridge facility at 6:30PM on Tuesday night and wishes to participate in the activity participates. In the event that there are not enough materials or space to accomodate everyone, participation slots are allocated on a first come first serve basis.

2.4.i There is no fee for participation in the activity.

2.4.j No member of Noisebridge receives any financial incentive to teach or to participate in this activity.

2.4.k The activity is free and readily accessible to the general public. The activity is advertised through electronic mailing lists, on the front page of the Noisebridge web site, and announced at Noisebridge general meetings.

2.4.l The purpose of Noisebridge set out in its bylaws is

"The purpose of this corporation is to promote and encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills through individual projects, social collaboration, and education. Also in the context of these purposes, the corporation shall engage in scientific, charitable and educational activities within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to:
:(a). Through talks, classes, workshops, collaborative projects, and other activities, to encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring in a safe, clean space.
:(b). Provide educational spaces for teaching practical skills and theory of technology, science, and art.
:(c). Provide work space, storage, and other resources for projects related to art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members' personal growth in their fields of interest, encouraging the individual members to share their projects and knowledge for the betterment of society through art, science and technology.
:(d). To create, learn, and teach, individually and as a group, inviting members of the community in the San Francisco Bay area and the world.
:(e). To develop, support the development of, and provide resources for the development of free and open source software and hardware for the benefit of society.
:(f). Collaboration across disciplines for the benefit of cultural, charitable, and scientific causes.
:(g). To foster, by all legal means, the common purposes of its participants.
:(h). To conduct or engage in all lawful activities in furtherance of the stated purposes or those incidental to them."

The activity furthers the exempt charitable purposes of Noisebridge by providing free instruction to the general public in how to program computers. This falls under paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (g), and (h) of the Noisebridge exempt purpose.

2.4.m No funds are devoted specifically to this activity. Noisebridge does pay the rent for the facility used by this activity, but those funds are not devoted specifically to the activity.

2.4.n Noisebridge works with no other individual members or organizations for this activity.

2.4.o See attached time matrix.

=== 2.5 Noisebridge Weekly Meeting ===

2.5.a Noisebridge hosts an open weekly meeting to discuss current issues of interest to the general public and to members of Noisebridge. The weekly meeting is the method used by Noisebridge to bring up questions for discussion and resolution by the Noisebridge membership.

2.5.b All members of the general public may participate in the activity. Decisions are made by consensus. Members of Noisebridge may block consensus, causing no action to be taken on a specific issue, while members of the general public may not.

2.5.c The activity is conducted at the main
Noisebridge facility at 83C Wiese Street, San
Francisco, CA.

2.5.d The activity is conducted every Tuesday at
8PM.

2.5.e Every member of Noisebridge has an interest in the weekly meeting because it is where decisions are made about the direction of Noisebridge.

2.5.f The activity is critical because it determines what other activities will be carried out as part of Noisebridge's
mission of offering education in art and technology
to the general public.

2.5.g Any member of the general public may
participate in the activity. To block consensus, however, a person must be a member of Noisebridge.

2.5.h Anyone who shows up at the Noisebridge
facility at 8PM on Tuesday night and wishes to
participate in the activity participates. In the
event that there are not enough materials or space
to accomodate everyone, participation slots are
allocated on a first come first serve basis.

2.5.i There is no fee for participation in the activity.

2.5.j No member of Noisebridge receives any financial incentive to participate in this activity.

2.5.k The activity is free and readily accessible to the general public. The activity is advertised through electronic mailing lists, on the front page of the Noisebridge web site, and announced at Noisebridge general meetings.

2.5.l The purpose of Noisebridge set out in its bylaws is

"The purpose of this corporation is to promote and encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills through individual projects, social collaboration, and education. Also in the context of these purposes, the corporation shall engage in scientific, charitable and educational activities within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to:
:(a). Through talks, classes, workshops, collaborative projects, and other activities, to encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring in a safe, clean space.
:(b). Provide educational spaces for teaching practical skills and theory of technology, science, and art.
:(c). Provide work space, storage, and other resources for projects related to art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members' personal growth in their fields of interest, encouraging the individual members to share their projects and knowledge for the betterment of society through art, science and technology.
:(d). To create, learn, and teach, individually and as a group, inviting members of the community in the San Francisco Bay area and the world.
:(e). To develop, support the development of,
and provide resources for the development of free and open source software and hardware for the benefit of society.
:(f). Collaboration across disciplines for the benefit of cultural, charitable, and scientific causes.
:(g). To foster, by all legal means, the common purposes of its participants.
:(h). To conduct or engage in all lawful activities in furtherance of the stated purposes or those incidental to them."

The activity furthers the exempt charitable purposes of Noisebridge by directing Noisebridge's future efforts and projects. This falls under paragraphs (a), (b), (c ), (d),(e), (f), (g), and (h) of the Noisebridge exempt purpose.

2.5.m No funds are devoted specifically to this activity. Noisebridge does pay the rent for the facility used by this activity, but those funds are not devoted specifically to the activity.

2.5.n Noisebridge works with no other individual members or organizations for this activity.

2.5.o See attached time matrix.

=== 2.6 Machine Learning Wednesday ===

2.6.a Noisebridge offers instruction in and group discussion time for statistics, mathematics, and programming techniques related to the field of “machine learning.”

2.6.b The activity was created and is led by Noisebridge member
Josh Myer. Josh has a degree in mathematics (the underpinnings of Machine Learning), and three years of industry experience using machine learning techniques. He is a professional programmer working for The Mechanical Zoo. His day job involves machine learning as part of working on a product called Aardvark. His duties as coordinator of Machine Learning Wednesday entail both soliciting/coordinating speakers (from within the noisebridge community) and preparing lectures and activities.

2.6.c The activity is conducted at the main Noisebridge facility at 83C Wiese Street, San Francisco, CA.

2.6.d The activity is conducted every Wednesday at 8PM.

2.6.e The teaching of Machine Learning has deep personal interest to Josh; several Noisebridge members also enjoy learning new mathematics.

2.6.f The activity is a part of Noisebridge's mission of offering education in art and technology to the general public.

2.6.g Any member of the general public may participate in the activity.

2.6.h Anyone who shows up at the Noisebridge facility at 8PM on Wednesday night and wishes to participate in the activity participates. In the event that there are not enough materials or space to accomodate everyone, participation slots are allocated on a first come first serve basis.

2.6.i There is no fee for participation in the activity.

2.6.j No member of Noisebridge receives any financial incentive to teach or to participate in this activity.

2.6.k The activity is free and readily accessible to the general public. The activity is advertised through electronic mailing lists, on the front page of the Noisebridge web site, and announced at Noisebridge general meetings.

2.6.l The purpose of Noisebridge set out in its bylaws is

"The purpose of this corporation is to promote and encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills through individual projects, social collaboration, and education. Also in the context of these purposes, the corporation shall engage in scientific, charitable and educational activities within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to:
:(a). Through talks, classes, workshops, collaborative projects, and other activities, to encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring in a safe, clean space.
:(b). Provide educational spaces for teaching practical skills and theory of technology, science, and art.
:(c). Provide work space, storage, and other resources for projects related to art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members' personal growth in their fields of interest, encouraging the individual members to share their projects and knowledge for the betterment of society through art, science and technology.
:(d). To create, learn, and teach, individually and as a group, inviting members of the community in the San Francisco Bay area and the world.
:(e). To develop, support the development of, and provide resources for the development of free and open source software and hardware for the benefit of society.
:(f). Collaboration across disciplines for the benefit of cultural, charitable, and scientific causes.
:(g). To foster, by all legal means, the common purposes of its participants.
:(h). To conduct or engage in all lawful activities in furtherance of the stated purposes or those incidental to them."

The activity furthers the exempt charitable purposes of Noisebridge by providing space for discussion of and instruction in machine learning. This falls under paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (g), and (h) of the Noisebridge exempt purpose.

2.6.m No funds are devoted specifically to this activity. Noisebridge does pay the rent for the facility used by this activity, but those funds are not devoted specifically to the activity.

2.6.n Noisebridge works with no other individual members or organizations for this activity.

2.6.o See attached time matrix.

=== 2.7 German Class ===

2.7.a Noisebridge offers free instruction in the
German language. Please see our web page
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/German

2.7.b The activity is run by Charlotte, who has a BA and MA in German and ten years of experience as an instructor. Charlotte has taught workshops on creative games and activities for foreign language
acquisition, and using multiple intelligences for foreign language
acquisition, and pain-free classroom management. She taught college, high
school, Business German, German for children (ages 6 to 18) both for
children of native speakers and non-native speakers.

2.7.c The activity is conducted at the main
Noisebridge facility at 83C Wiese Street, San
Francisco, CA.

2.7.d The activity is conducted every Thursday at
6PM.

2.7.e The teaching of German is of interest to Charlotte.

2.7.f The activity is a part of Noisebridge's
mission of offering education
to the general public.

2.7.g Any member of the general public may
participate in the activity.

2.7.h Anyone who shows up at the Noisebridge
facility at the event time and wishes to
participate in the activity participates. In the
event that there are not enough materials or space
to accomodate everyone, participation slots are
allocated on a first come first serve basis.

2.7.i There is no fee for participation in the activity.

2.7.j No member of Noisebridge receives any financial incentive to teach or to participate in this activity.

2.7.k The activity is free and readily accessible to the general public. The activity is advertised through electronic mailing lists, on the front page of the Noisebridge web site, and announced at Noisebridge general meetings.

2.7.l The purpose of Noisebridge set out in its
bylaws is

"The purpose of this corporation is to promote and
encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills
through individual projects, social collaboration,
and education. Also in the context of these
purposes, the corporation shall engage in
scientific, charitable and educational activities
within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to:
:(a). Through talks, classes, workshops, collaborative projects, and other activities, to encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring in a safe, clean space.
:(b). Provide educational spaces for teaching practical skills and theory of technology, science, and art.
:(c). Provide work space, storage, and other resources for projects related to art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members' personal growth in their fields of interest, encouraging the individual members to share their projects and knowledge for the betterment of society through art, science and technology.
:(d). To create, learn, and teach, individually
and as a group, inviting members of the community in the San Francisco Bay area and the world.
:(e). To develop, support the development of, and provide resources for the development of free and open source software and hardware for the benefit of society.
:(f). Collaboration across disciplines for the benefit of cultural, charitable, and scientific causes.
:(g). To foster, by all legal means, the common purposes of its participants.
:(h). To conduct or engage in all lawful activities in furtherance of the stated purposes or those incidental to them."

The activity furthers the exempt charitable purposes of Noisebridge by providing free instruction to the general public about the German language. This falls under paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (g), and (h) of the Noisebridge exempt purpose.

2.7.m No funds are devoted specifically to this activity. Noisebridge does pay the rent for the facility used by this activity, but those funds are not devoted specifically to the activity.

2.7.n Noisebridge works with no other individual members or organizations for this activity.

2.7.o See attached time matrix.

=== 2.8 Professional VFX Compositing With Adobe After Effects Class ===

2.8.a Noisebridge offers free instruction in the computer program Adobe After Effects. After Effects is a program used for video editing and video effects (“VFX”). See the program description on the web here:
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Professional_VFX_Compositing_With_Adobe_After_Effects

2.8.b The activity was created and is led by Noisebridge member Aaron Muszalski. Aaron is a professional Visual Effects Artist, who formerly worked at Industrial Light + Magic. Aaron currently teaches classes in VFX at the San Francisco Academy of Art University, including classes on Compositing, Rotoscoping and Digital Paint. Applications used in my classes include Photoshop, After Effects, Shake (though less so since Apple killed it), Commotion, Combustion and Silhouette.

2.8.c The activity is conducted at the main Noisebridge facility at 83C Wiese Street, San Francisco, CA.

2.8.d The activity is conducted the first, second, and fourth Thursdays of each month at 7PM.

2.8.e The teaching of visual effects generation has deep personal interest to Aaron.

2.8.f The activity is a part of Noisebridge's mission of offering education in art and technology to the general public.

2.8.g Any member of the general public may participate in the activity.

2.8.h Anyone who shows up at the Noisebridge facility at the appointed time and wishes to participate in the activity participates. In the event that there are not enough materials or space to accomodate everyone, participation slots are allocated on a first come first serve basis.

2.8.i There is no fee for participation in the activity. The instructor does offer the ability for participants to donate to the instructor or to Noisebridge during the activity, but these donations are not required for participation.

2.8.j No member of Noisebridge receives any financial incentive to teach or to participate in this activity. The instructor does offer the ability for participants to donate to the instructor or to Noisebridge during the activity, but these donations are not required for participation.

2.8.k The activity is free and readily accessible to the general public. The activity is advertised through electronic mailing lists, on the front page of the Noisebridge web site, and announced at Noisebridge general meetings.

2.8.l The purpose of Noisebridge set out in its bylaws is "The purpose of this corporation is to promote and encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills through individual projects, social collaboration, and education. Also in the context of these purposes, the corporation shall engage in scientific, charitable and educational activities within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to:
:(a). Through talks, classes, workshops, collaborative projects, and other activities, to encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring in a safe, clean space.
:(b). Provide educational spaces for teaching practical skills and theory of technology, science, and art.
:(c). Provide work space, storage, and other resources for projects related to art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members' personal growth in their fields of interest, encouraging the individual members to share their projects and knowledge for the betterment of society through art, science and technology.
:(d). To create, learn, and teach, individually and as a group, inviting members of the community in the San Francisco Bay area and the world.
:(e). To develop, support the development of, and provide resources for the development of free and open source software and hardware for the benefit of society.
:(f). Collaboration across disciplines for the benefit of cultural, charitable, and scientific causes.
:(g). To foster, by all legal means, the common purposes of its participants.
:(h). To conduct or engage in all lawful activities in furtherance of the stated purposes or those incidental to them."

The activity furthers the exempt charitable purposes of Noisebridge by providing free instruction to the general public in how to use computers to perform video editing. This falls under paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (g), and (h) of the Noisebridge exempt purpose.

2.8.m No funds are devoted specifically to this activity. Noisebridge does pay the rent for the facility used by this activity, but those funds are not devoted specifically to the activity.

2.8.n Noisebridge works with no other individual members or organizations for this activity.

2.8.o See attached time matrix.

=== 2.9 Science, Engineering, and Design Huddle ===

2.9.a Noisebridge offers a group brainstorming session for people who have trouble with current design or engineering projects. The session focuses on high level goals for projects to help participants think through problems they are having with carrying out such projects.
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Science,_Engineering_%26_Design_Huddle

2.9.b The activity was created and is led by Noisebridge member Michael Kan.

2.9.c The activity is conducted at the main Noisebridge facility at 83C Wiese Street, San Francisco, CA.

2.9.d The activity is conducted each Thursday at 7PM.

2.9.e Helping people with their projects is of deep personal interest to Michael Kan.

2.9.f The activity is a part of Noisebridge's mission of offering education in art and technology to the general public.

2.9.g Any member of the general public may
participate in the activity.

2.9.h Anyone who shows up at the Noisebridge facility at the appointed time and wishes to participate in the activity participates. In the event that there are not enough materials or space to accomodate everyone, participation slots are allocated on a first come first serve basis.

2.9.i There is no fee for participation in the activity.

2.9.j No member of Noisebridge receives any financial incentive to teach or to participate in this activity.

2.9.k The activity is free and readily accessible to the general public. The activity is advertised through electronic mailing lists, on the front page of the Noisebridge web site, and announced at Noisebridge general meetings.

2.9.l The purpose of Noisebridge set out in its
bylaws is
"The purpose of this corporation is to promote and
encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills
through individual projects, social collaboration,
and education. Also in the context of these
purposes, the corporation shall engage in
scientific, charitable and educational activities
within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to:
:(a). Through talks, classes, workshops, collaborative projects, and other activities, to encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring in a safe, clean space.
:(b). Provide educational spaces for teaching practical skills and theory of technology, science, and art.
:(c). Provide work space, storage, and other resources for projects related to art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members' personal growth in their fields of interest, encouraging the individual members to share their projects and knowledge for the betterment of society through art, science and technology.
:(d). To create, learn, and teach, individually and as a group, inviting members of the community in the San Francisco Bay area and the world.
:(e). To develop, support the development of, and provide resources for the development of free and open source software and hardware for the benefit of society.
:(f). Collaboration across disciplines for the benefit of cultural, charitable, and scientific causes.
:(g). To foster, by all legal means, the common purposes of its participants.
:(h). To conduct or engage in all lawful activities in furtherance of the stated purposes or those incidental to them."

The activity furthers the exempt charitable purposes of Noisebridge by providing time and space for members of the general public to share ideas about engineering projects. This falls under paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (g), and (h) of the Noisebridge exempt purpose.

2.9.m No funds are devoted specifically to this activity. Noisebridge does pay the rent for the facility used by this activity, but those funds are not devoted specifically to the activity.

2.9.n Noisebridge works with no other individual members or organizations for this activity.

2.9.o See attached time matrix.

=== 2.10 Five Minutes of Fame ===

2.10.a Noisebridge offers an opportunity for members of the general public to give five-minute talks about current projects or areas of interest. These five minute talks are an opportunity for participants to practice public speaking and to seek out potential collaborators on areas of interest. Please see
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Five_Minutes_of_Fame for a list of previous talks.

Noisebridge also publishes free videos on YouTube of talks from the Five Minutes of Fame series. Please see
http://www.youtube.com/noisebridge

2.10.b The activity is run by Noisebridge members aestetix and Ani Vinow. The main qualifications required to run the activity are the ability to organize people and publicize the activity, which they have shown themselves to have by running the activity for several months.

2.10.c The activity is conducted at the main Noisebridge facility at 83C Wiese Street, San Francisco, CA.

2.10.d The activity is conducted every third Thursday 8PM.

2.10.e Providing a platform for others to do five minute talks is of interest to Noisebridge members Ani Vinow and aestetix.

2.10.f The activity is a part of Noisebridge's mission of offering education to the general public.

2.10.g Any member of the general public may participate in the activity.

2.10.h Anyone who shows up at the Noisebridge facility at the event time and wishes to participate in the activity participates. In the event that there are not enough materials or space to accomodate everyone, participation slots are allocated on a first come first serve basis.

2.10.i There is no fee for participation in the activity, either to present a five minute talk or to listen.

2.10.j No member of Noisebridge receives any financial incentive to participate in this activity.

2.10.k The activity is free and readily accessible to the general public. The activity is advertised through electronic mailing lists, on the front page of the Noisebridge web site, and announced at Noisebridge general meetings.

2.10.l The purpose of Noisebridge set out in its bylaws is

"The purpose of this corporation is to promote and encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills through individual projects, social collaboration, and education. Also in the context of these purposes, the corporation shall engage in scientific, charitable and educational activities within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to:
:(a). Through talks, classes, workshops, collaborative projects, and other activities, to encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring in a safe, clean space.
:(b). Provide educational spaces for teaching practical skills and theory of technology, science, and art.
:(c). Provide work space, storage, and other resources for projects related to art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members' personal growth in their fields of interest, encouraging the individual members to share their projects and knowledge for the betterment of society through art, science and technology.
:(d). To create, learn, and teach, individually and as a group, inviting members of the community in the San Francisco Bay area and the world.
:(e). To develop, support the development of, and provide resources for the development of free and open source software and hardware for the benefit of society.
:(f). Collaboration across disciplines for the benefit of cultural, charitable, and scientific causes.
:(g). To foster, by all legal means, the common purposes of its participants.
:(h). To conduct or engage in all lawful activities in furtherance of the stated purposes or those incidental to them."

The activity furthers the exempt charitable purposes of Noisebridge by providing a platform for members of the general public to present their ideas to a wide audience. This falls under paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (g), and (h) of the Noisebridge exempt purpose.

2.10.m No funds are devoted specifically to this activity. Noisebridge does pay the rent for the facility used by this activity, but those funds are not devoted specifically to the activity.

2.10.n Noisebridge works with no other individual members or organizations for this activity.

2.10.o See attached time matrix.

=== 2.11 Mandarin Corner ===

2.11.a Noisebridge offers group study in the Mandarin Chinese language. Please see our web page
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Mandarin_Corner

2.11.b The activity is run by Adam Skory and several other Noisebridge members who have studied Chinese for several years and traveled extensively in China. The participants have a wide range of abilities in speaking and reading/writing Mandarin Chinese.

2.11.c The activity is conducted at the main Noisebridge facility at 83C Wiese Street, San Francisco, CA.

2.11.d The activity is conducted every Friday at 5PM.

2.11.e Chinese culture and language is of interest to several Noisebridge members.

2.11.f The activity is a part of Noisebridge's mission of offering education to the general public.

2.11.g Any member of the general public may participate in the activity.

2.11.h Anyone who shows up at the Noisebridge facility at the event time and wishes to participate in the activity participates. In the event that there are not enough materials or space to accomodate everyone, participation slots are allocated on a first come first serve basis.

2.11.i There is no fee for participation in the activity.

2.11.j No member of Noisebridge receives any financial incentive to teach or to participate in this activity.

2.11.k The activity is free and readily accessible to the general public. The activity is advertised through electronic mailing lists, on the front page of the Noisebridge web site, and announced at Noisebridge general meetings.

2.11.l The purpose of Noisebridge set out in its bylaws is

"The purpose of this corporation is to promote and encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills through individual projects, social collaboration, and education. Also in the context of these purposes, the corporation shall engage in scientific, charitable and educational activities within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to:
:(a). Through talks, classes, workshops, collaborative projects, and other activities, to encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring in a safe, clean space.
:(b). Provide educational spaces for teaching practical skills and theory of technology, science, and art.
:(c). Provide work space, storage, and other resources for projects related to art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members' personal growth in their fields of interest, encouraging the individual members to share their projects and knowledge for the betterment of society through art, science and technology.
:(d). To create, learn, and teach, individually and as a group, inviting members of the community in the San Francisco Bay area and the world.
:(e). To develop, support the development of, and provide resources for the development of free and open source software and hardware for the benefit of society.
:(f). Collaboration across disciplines for the benefit of cultural, charitable, and scientific causes.
:(g). To foster, by all legal means, the common purposes of its participants.
:(h). To conduct or engage in all lawful activities in furtherance of the stated purposes or those incidental to them."

The activity furthers the exempt charitable purposes of Noisebridge by providing free instruction to the general public about the German language. This falls under paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (g), and (h) of the Noisebridge exempt purpose.

2.11.m No funds are devoted specifically to this activity. Noisebridge does pay the rent for the facility used by this activity, but those funds are not devoted specifically to the activity.

2.11.n Noisebridge works with no other individual members or organizations for this activity.

2.11.o See attached time matrix.

=== 2.12 Crazy Crypto Night ===

2.12.a Noisebridge offers a group study session on the theory and practice of cryptography, the science of secret codes.
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/CrazyCryptoCnight

2.12.b The activity is run by its participants.

2.12.c The activity is conducted at the main Noisebridge facility at 83C Wiese Street, San Francisco, CA.

2.12.d The activity is conducted every Friday at 6PM.

2.12.e David Molnar, a Noisebridge member and Noisebridge secretary, has a deep personal interest in cryptography.

2.12.f The activity is a part of Noisebridge's mission of offering education to the general public.

2.12.g Any member of the general public may
participate in the activity.

2.12.h Anyone who shows up at the Noisebridge facility at the event time and wishes to participate in the activity participates. In the event that there are not enough materials or space to accomodate everyone, participation slots are allocated on a first come first serve basis.

2.12.i There is no fee for participation in the activity.

2.12.j No member of Noisebridge receives any financial incentive to teach or to participate in this activity.

2.12.k The activity is free and readily accessible to the general public. The activity is advertised through electronic mailing lists, on the front page of the Noisebridge web site, and announced at Noisebridge general meetings.

2.12.l The purpose of Noisebridge set out in its bylaws is

"The purpose of this corporation is to promote and encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills through individual projects, social collaboration, and education. Also in the context of these purposes, the corporation shall engage in scientific, charitable and educational activities within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to:
:(a). Through talks, classes, workshops, collaborative projects, and other activities, to encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring in a safe, clean space.
:(b). Provide educational spaces for teaching practical skills and theory of technology, science, and art.
:(c). Provide work space, storage, and other resources for projects related to art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members' personal growth in their fields of interest, encouraging the individual members to share their projects and knowledge for the betterment of society through art, science and technology.
:(d). To create, learn, and teach, individually and as a group, inviting members of the community in the San Francisco Bay area and the world.
:(e). To develop, support the development of, and provide resources for the development of free and open source software and hardware for the benefit of society.
:(f). Collaboration across disciplines for the benefit of cultural, charitable, and scientific causes.
:(g). To foster, by all legal means, the common purposes of its participants.
:(h). To conduct or engage in all lawful activities in furtherance of the stated purposes or those incidental to them."

The activity furthers the exempt charitable purposes of Noisebridge by providing group study in the science of cryptography. This falls under paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (g), and (h) of the Noisebridge exempt purpose.

2.12.m No funds are devoted specifically to this activity. Noisebridge does pay the rent for the facility used by this activity, but those funds are not devoted specifically to the activity.

2.12.n Noisebridge works with no other individual members or organizations for this activity.

2.12.o See attached time matrix.

=== 2.13 Cyborg Group Meeting ===

2.13.a Noisebridge offers a group study and build session focusing on new user interfaces for computers.

2.13.b The activity is run by the participants.

2.13.c The activity is conducted at the main Noisebridge facility at 83C Wiese Street, San Francisco, CA.

2.13.d The activity is conducted every Sunday at 11AM.

2.13.e Building new ways to interface with computers is of interest to several Noisebridge members.

2.13.f The activity is a part of Noisebridge's mission of offering education to the general public.

2.13.g Any member of the general public may
participate in the activity.

2.13.h Anyone who shows up at the Noisebridge facility at the event time and wishes to participate in the activity participates. In the event that there are not enough materials or space to accomodate everyone, participation slots are allocated on a first come first serve basis.

2.13.i There is no fee for participation in the activity.

2.13.j No member of Noisebridge receives any financial incentive to teach or to participate in this activity.

2.13.k The activity is free and readily accessible to the general public. The activity is advertised through electronic mailing lists, on the front page of the Noisebridge web site, and announced at Noisebridge general meetings.

2.13.l The purpose of Noisebridge set out in its bylaws is

"The purpose of this corporation is to promote and encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills through individual projects, social collaboration, and education. Also in the context of these purposes, the corporation shall engage in scientific, charitable and educational activities within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to:
:(a). Through talks, classes, workshops, collaborative projects, and other activities, to encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring in a safe, clean space.
:(b). Provide educational spaces for teaching practical skills and theory of technology, science, and art.
:(c). Provide work space, storage, and other resources for projects related to art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members' personal growth in their fields of interest, encouraging the individual members to share their projects and knowledge for the betterment of society through art, science and technology.
:(d). To create, learn, and teach, individually and as a group, inviting members of the community in the San Francisco Bay area and the world.
:(e). To develop, support the development of, and provide resources for the development of free and open source software and hardware for the benefit of society.
:(f). Collaboration across disciplines for the benefit of cultural, charitable, and scientific causes.
:(g). To foster, by all legal means, the common purposes of its participants.
:(h). To conduct or engage in all lawful activities in furtherance of the stated purposes or those incidental to them."

The activity furthers the exempt charitable purposes of Noisebridge by providing group design and build sessions focused on new user interfaces for computers. This falls under paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (g), and (h) of the Noisebridge exempt purpose.

2.13.m No funds are devoted specifically to this activity. Noisebridge does pay the rent for the facility used by this activity, but those funds are not devoted specifically to the activity.

2.13.n Noisebridge works with no other individual members or organizations for this activity.

2.13.o See attached time matrix.

=== 2.14 Free Phone ===

2.14.a Noisebridge offers the ability to make free phone calls from the Noisebridge facility to anywhere in the United States. The phone calls are made from a salvaged pay phone converted to make phone calls over the internet. The salvaged pay phone was found in the garbage in Oakland, California, then rescued and repurposed for offering free phone calls to the general public. Please see our web page regarding the design and operation of the converted pay phone.
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Payphone

2.14.b The activity is run by Noisebridge member Seth Schoen and various others who help out as needed.

2.14.c The activity is conducted at the main Noisebridge facility at 83C Wiese Street, San Francisco, CA.

2.14.d The activity is available 24/7 within the Noisebridge facility.

2.14.e Making free phone calls available to others is of interest to Seth.

2.14.f The activity is a part of Noisebridge's mission of offering art and technology to the general public. The pay phone is a specific example of repurposing seemingly obsolete technology for the public benefit.

2.14.g Any member of the general public may participate in the activity. Just pick up the phone.

2.14.h Anyone who shows up at the Noisebridge facility and wishes make a phone call can participate. In the event that there is someone already on the phone, a participant needs to wait until that person has hung up.

2.14.i There is no fee for participation in the activity. The phone service is donated to Noisebridge by Seth Schoen.

2.14.j No member of Noisebridge receives any financial incentive to participate in this activity, aside from the benefit of being able to make free phone calls.

2.14.k The activity is free and readily accessible to the general public. The activity is advertised through electronic mailing lists, on the front page of the Noisebridge web site, and announced at Noisebridge general meetings. The pay phone itself is mounted in an easily visible location within the Noisebridge facility .

2.14.l The purpose of Noisebridge set out in its bylaws is

"The purpose of this corporation is to promote and encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills through individual projects, social collaboration, and education. Also in the context of these purposes, the corporation shall engage in scientific, charitable and educational activities within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to:
:(a). Through talks, classes, workshops, collaborative projects, and other activities, to encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring in a safe, clean space.
:(b). Provide educational spaces for teaching practical skills and theory of technology, science, and art.
:(c). Provide work space, storage, and other resources for projects related to art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members' personal growth in their fields of interest, encouraging the individual members to share their projects and knowledge for the betterment of society through art, science and technology.
:(d). To create, learn, and teach, individually and as a group, inviting members of the community in the San Francisco Bay area and the world.
:(e). To develop, support the development of, and provide resources for the development of free and open source software and hardware for the benefit of society.
:(f). Collaboration across disciplines for the benefit of cultural, charitable, and scientific causes.
:(g). To foster, by all legal means, the common purposes of its participants.
:(h). To conduct or engage in all lawful activities in furtherance of the stated purposes or those incidental to them."

The activity furthers the exempt charitable purposes of Noisebridge by providing free phone calls to members of the general public.. This falls under paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (g), and (h) of the Noisebridge exempt purpose.

2.14.m No funds are devoted specifically to this activity. While the phone service does cost money, this service is paid for and donated by Seth Schoen.

2.14.n Noisebridge works with no other individual members or organizations for this activity.

2.14.o See attached time matrix.

== 2.15 Rent and Utilities for 83C ==

2.15.a Noisebridge pays the rent and utilities for a facility at 83C Wiese Street, San Francisco, CA. This facility is the location for most of Noisebridge's other activities.

2.15.b The rent and utilities are paid monthly by the Noisebridge Treasurer, Mitch Altman.

2.15.c The activity is conducted at the main Noisebridge facility at 83C Wiese Street, San Francisco, CA.

2.15.d The activity is ongoing.

2.15.e The facility and its use are of deep personal interest to every member of Noisebridge.

2.15.f The activity is critical to Noisebridge's mission of offering education to the general public, because it establishes the space where educational activities occur.

2.15.g Any member of the general public may participate in the Noisebridge facility.

2.15.h Anyone who shows up at the Noisebridge facility at a scheduled event time and wishes to participate in an event participates. In the event that there are not enough materials or space to accomodate everyone, participation slots are allocated on a first come first serve basis. In addition, the space is available outside of scheduled events for people to meet informally and exchange information about projects.

2.15.i There is no fee for participation in the activity. Becoming a Noisebridge member is not required to use the Noisebridge facility.

2.15.j No member of Noisebridge receives any financial incentive to participate in this activity. Noisebridge members donate either $40 or $80 per month to Noisebridge to pay for rent and utilities.

2.15.k Use of the space is free. Noisebridge members have keys to the space, but membership in Noisebridge is not required to obtain a key to the Noisebridge facility. Activities taking place at the Noisebridge facility are advertised through electronic mailing lists, on the front page of the Noisebridge web site, and announced at Noisebridge general meetings. Members of the general public are welcome at the space at all times.

2.15.l The purpose of Noisebridge set out in its bylaws is

"The purpose of this corporation is to promote and encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills through individual projects, social collaboration, and education. Also in the context of these purposes, the corporation shall engage in scientific, charitable and educational activities within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to:
:(a). Through talks, classes, workshops, collaborative projects, and other activities, to encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring in a safe, clean space.
:(b). Provide educational spaces for teaching practical skills and theory of technology, science, and art.
:(c). Provide work space, storage, and other resources for projects related to art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members' personal growth in their fields of interest, encouraging the individual members to share their projects and knowledge for the betterment of society through art, science and technology.
:(d). To create, learn, and teach, individually and as a group, inviting members of the community in the San Francisco Bay area and the world.
:(e). To develop, support the development of, and provide resources for the development of free and open source software and hardware for the benefit of society.
:(f). Collaboration across disciplines for the benefit of cultural, charitable, and scientific causes.
:(g). To foster, by all legal means, the common purposes of its participants.
:(h). To conduct or engage in all lawful activities in furtherance of the stated purposes or those incidental to them."

The activity furthers the exempt charitable purposes of Noisebridge by providing space for activities by members of Noisebridge and members of the general public. This falls under paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) of the Noisebridge exempt purpose.

2.15.m Noisebridge pays the rent and utilities for the 83C facility. Rent is $1975 per month, utilities vary but are roughly $400 per month. This constitutes the main part of the monthly Noisebridge budget.[TODO: fill in exact percentage.]

2.15.n Noisebridge works with no other individual members or organizations for this activity.

2.15.o See attached time matrix.

== Question 3: Ownership of Noisebridge Lease ==

Our facility, 83C Wiese Street, San Francisco, CA is
owned by Ahuva Jolish, who is not a member of nor
affiliated in any way with Noisebridge. The facility
is leased to the organization. The lease for 83C
Wiese Street, San Francisco, CA is held by
Noisebridge. This is the only facility currently
associated with Noisebridge. All activities
mentioned in our response Question 2 are conducted
at 83C Wiese Street, except for the pending activity
with the San Francisco Unified School District ExCEL
program (section 2.2), which will take place at San
Francisco schools.

No member of Noisebridge has a direct or indirect
financial interest in the space. We did have a brief
period in October 2008 prior to the incorporation of
Noisebridge when the lease was in the name of
individual members. We immediately re-signed the
lease to transfer the lease to Noisebridge after
incorporation. The lease is now held by Noisebridge
alone.

== Question 5: Describe Residency Program ==

We do not currently offer a residency program, but we marked the box on the application because we hope to offer such a program in the future. When we do offer such a program, we envision that the program will consist of inviting an artist or technologist to visit the Noisebridge facility and interact with members of the general public. This interaction would consist of discussions with members of the public present at the Noisebridge facility and leading new activities at the space.

The resident would not live in the Noisebridge facility. Instead, the person would be housed by a Noisebridge member as part of the program, at no cost to Noisebridge or the person. Noisebridge would pay for the person's expenses and a small reasonable stipend for the person. The specifics of the reimbursement, lodging, and stipend will be determined if and when we offer such a residency program. We welcome suggestions for ways to improve this process.

== Question 7: Describe Oversight/Selection for Residency ==

As mentioned in the answer to question 5, we do not currently offer the residency program, but we hope to offer such a program in the future. When we do offer this program, we plan to select potential residents by recommendations from Noisebridge members or members of the general public brought up at Noisebridge general meetings. A committee of Noisebridge members would then review these recommendations, screen for the appearance of conflicts of interest, and make recommendations to the general membership. Noisebridge members would then come to a consensus about the selection of a resident to invite and the duration of the residency. We welcome suggestions for ways to improve this process.

=== Previous Visitors Who Exemplify Qualities Desired In Residents ===

This section describes people who have visited Noisebridge in the past on an informal basis, without any formal support of any kind from Noisebridge, and made significant contributions to the general public and to Noisebridge. Our residency program's goal would be to encourage future interactions of this type. The proposed residency program would make it possible for people like this to visit Noisebridge and lead activities in line with Noisebridge's mission.

Enki - Founder, metalab, specific expertise in running hacker spaces, pushed us to actually get a space, created Noisebridge Go activity, all kinds of other stuff.

Tom - Intern with Mitch, worked on electronics projects, experience with German hacker spaces

== Question 8: Describe Publication Activities ==

Noisebridge does not engage in any printed
publication activity. Noisebridge does publish videos of the "Five
Minutes of Fame" lightning talks held at Noisebridge
(see response 2.10 above) on YouTube. See
http://www.youtube.com/noisebridge

Noisebridge makes no charge for and derives no
income from this publication activity. Noisebridge acquires no rights in the presenters' work as part of this activity. Noisebridge
posts these videos to further the exempt purposes of
the "Five Minutes of Fame" talk series, as described
above, by making the talks available
to a broad public audience for no cost. All work required to create these videos was donated by Noisebridge members and volunteers.

== Question 10: Ownership In Name of Noisebridge ==

The Noisebridge facility and all common tools, equipment, and books are all held in the name of the Noisebridge organization. These tools, equipment, and books are labeled as property of Noisebridge to avoid confusion with private property of members of the general public that may be visiting the Noisebridge facility. Books held by Noisebridge are cataloged with a system created All donations made to the organization directly, not to individuals associated with the organization.

Noisebridge does provide shelves for the use of members of the general public or members of Noisebridge who are working on projects at Noisebridge. These shelves hold private property and are clearly labeled as separate from Noisebridge property.

Meeting Notes 2017 10 10

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These are the notes from the [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The 479th Meeting of Noisebridge]. Date: 10/10/2017

Note-taker: [[User:nthmost]]

Moderators: [[User:nthmost]]

* '''NB meetings can be fun. Let's keep the elevator repaired!'''

== Meeting Summary ==

TLDR what happened at the meeting:
* Announcements: Haskell Class starting Oct 18th (every 1st and 3rd Wednesday). Cryptobuilders workshop every 2nd and 4th Wednesday.
* Finances: ???
* New members: nope but we should contact Merlin and let her know she's at 4 weeks!
* New philanthropists: nope
* Consensus Items: Elevator Repair Fund
* Discussion Items: people lost interest and went to the Internet Archive at this point.

[[Noisebridge_Vision|what Noisebridge is about]]:
<blockquote>Noisebridge is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides a space for creation, collaboration, and learning about technology and creative projects. Noisebridge provides space, power tools, and infrastructure to help the public learn new skills and create cool things. Noisebridge continues to exist through and depends entirely on membership fees and donations. Our code of conduct is 'Be excellent to each other'.</blockquote>

Something says, "See, this is why meetings don't happen, because everyone knows what Noisebridge is."

= Introductions =

* Marco -- Building a search engine for Code Learning resources, UX design, traveling between Berlin and SF.
* Dang -- Founding member of HACKER CLUB consisting of just ME. What are we talking about? I'm just workjing on signing some documents.
* Augur -- You all know me as Augur. I hack on shit, like the laser cutter and I teach laser cuttering things. Soon to teach a Haskell class.
* Nthmost -- i like to take meetings notes
* Kyle -- I'm not even here, but you skipped Nick. No that's just a statement of fact.
* Nick -- I travel around looking for insecure wifi without passwords to hack. And I'm printing stuff.
* Michael -- I teach at Cogswell college, a VR class in Santa Clara. We need wizards for the Singularity.
* Alex -- I do Gamebridge U on Tuesdays, making the Internet Archive into its own VR version.
* Juan -- I hack. I am a cyberwizard. Not yet a lizard.
* Paul -- I go by Schwifty. I make things, a lot of things out of plastics. Flowers, expanding foam, bouncy balls. Sometimes skateboards. 3D modeling, trying to sew.
* grey (グレェ) -- Just started working with the MADE. Starting to do inventory on 1000s of games. Like to go to other hackerspaces like Sudo Room

= Short announcements and events =
* Augur -- starting Oct 18th and every other Wednesday (1st and 3rd, opposite cryptobuilders) -- Haskell Class at 8pm. On Slack it's #haskell-class
* Cryptobuilders workshop in Hackitorium 2nd and 4th Wednesday. Alt currency, pizza, meet and greet.
* Schwifty -- I really am going to make Club Mate. [Something about dry ice and straining.] I AM gonna do it but you guys should be on the lookout for a metal strainer and metal bowl, 4" to 8" diameter.

= Safe Space =

* Augur: We want NB to be as welcome as possible. It's excellent if a person told they are being unexcellent for being inconsiderate is willing to stop that conversation. We have an Ask to Leave policy that may be applied when people aren't responsive to being politely asked to stop bothering.

= Participation =

Augur: If you want to do stuff at Noisebridge, come do stuff at Noisebridge! (And be Excellent while you are doing so!)

= [[Philanthropist|Philanthropists]]=

[Augur checks the binder, no new applications.]

= [[ Membership Binder ]] =

Augur: Membership is a bit more responsibility. You can block Consensus items and grant RFID tokens.

Merlin: 4 checks ... hasn't been here in a while. [I'll let her know! --nthmost]
Nicole: 2 checks
Lady Red: 3 checks

= Financial Report =
* Funds in bank: We dunno ATM, we'll ask Pemulis.
* Noisetor (See the bulletpoints at the bottom of http://noisetor.net/finances/#summary):

Nick: we should all be aware that the garbage guys won't take anything that's not in a trash can!!!

= Consensus =

* [[Consensus Process|a brief primer on consensus process]]

== [[ Consensus Items History | Proposals from last week ]] ==

''nope''

== [[ Current Consensus Items | Proposals for next week ]] ==

=== Elevator Repair Fund ===

'''Zach proposes that NB set aside $400 per year for the purpose of elevator repair costs. Any deductions from this fund can be recorded with receipts and sent to noisebridge-discuss or the Wiki'''

N: where does that number come from?

Z: A low number that will make people happy.

N: What have been our costs in the past?

Z: I did the repairs recently, those costs have been "not verty much"... Parts cost "quite low" because it's not fully fixed yet -- some crimps, a couple light bulbs, most of which was found in NB, but we need to replace significant parts of the gate. Henner might fabricate a new wooden panel. I feel like ppl should be compensated for their time in this.

N: historically we don't compensate for time...

J: This might fall under the existing equipment fund. We can consider the elevator something like infrastructure for the space.

A: Patrick commented 2 weeks ago that NB has had a policy of paying for things as infrastructure, it's just never been officially ratified. It may be too hazy that no one knows about it so we should make it more official as a consensus item.

Z: didn't know about the equipment fund. I do have to say, personally, I think the elevator should be under a different guideline as it's not a tool that makes NB cooler, it's something that prevents community members from entering the space.

N: Right, we have to be ADA accessible.

K: I'd feel cool about paying a pro, less good about paying NB people.

A: it's really the landlord's responsibility. We should build a device that convinces the landlord to fix it.

Alex: I support the elevator fund.

N: I suggest writing up this proposal a little more formally and then writing a bit about what it will take to get the elevator up to par in the coming months (or year). We usually post to the mailing list and discussion about it can happen either there or on the Slack.

Z: Cool.

= Discussion =

[Everybody gets distracted and leaves because something else is more interesting than the meeting.]

= End of Meeting =

[[Category:Meeting Notes]]

SecureDrop

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https://securedrop.org/

=== Android ===

https://guardianproject.info/apps/orbot/
https://guardianproject.info/apps/orfox/

=== Hackathon (Aaron Swartz Day) ===

https://gist.github.com/redshiftzero/81779c42b66738c9478e0f8b830f337f

=== Developing in Arch ===

'''''trying to get this to work, hack in progress'''''

git clone https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop

pacman -S vagrant python-virtualenvwrapper python-pip

Complete the required steps for Python2 compatibility:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Python/Virtual_environment#Installation_2

<code>mkvirtualenv -p /usr/bin/python2 securedrop</code>

<code>workon securedrop</code> to restart a env

install pip dependencies from inside virtualenv:

<pre>
pip install -r securedrop/requirements/develop-requirements.txt
pip install -r testinfra/requirements.txt
</pre>

NOTE: May also need to run <code>pip install -r securedrop/requirements/securedrop-requirements.txt</code> (This could be multi-platform issues?)

copy config example <code>cp config.py.example config.py</code>

<code>pip install ansible</code>

cd into git directory and run <code>vagrant up</code>

run <code>vagrant provision</code> to re-initialization vagrant if there's a failure or issue

cd into <code>/vagrant</code> inside vagrant dev environment

cd into <code>securedrop</code> folder, run <code> ./manage.py run</code>

User:Tomchristmas

2017-11-05T04:17:38Z

Tomchristmas: Created page with "I'm just this guy, y'know?[1] I don't think I'll ever be a Noisebridge member, since I don't live in, nor I have ever been in, the Bay Area (let alone the United States for ..."

I'm just this guy, y'know?[1]

I don't think I'll ever be a Noisebridge member, since I don't live in, nor I have ever been in, the Bay Area (let alone the United States for that matter), although I do not categorically rule it out as a possibility in the future.

I <s>once helped run</s>still run (who am I kidding?) for many years, a [http://progsoc.org university student programmers' society in the Great Southern Land], a society that pre-dates the Hackerspace movement by about 20 years, yet until about 2015, resembled a hackerspace somewhat[2]. We had our own room on campus with workbenches, computers, servers, old gear, books, couches, even a mini-fridge and a webcam. And we met every '''Thursday'''[3]. It was awesome.

Unfortunately, when the [https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-engineering-and-information-technology faculty] moved to a [https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/venues-and-facilities/our-venues/broadway-building new shiny modern building] next door, no space was allocated for us, so sadly the hackerspace-like aspects of our society died, and eventually the society itself became moribund.

But not dead.

Fortunately, thanks to a recent change in attitude by the faculty, it seems that before too long, we will enjoy a renaissance. You see, the faculty is actually interested in actively supporting and fostering a hackerspace-like culture on campus, whereas before we were kinda-sorta left to our own devices. They have now allocated space for our society, as well other technically-minded societies, so, y'know, if we all collaborate, who knows what amazing things we can accomplish? I am genuinely excited for our future.

To assist with the rebuild[4] of our society, I have been looking at, and will continue to look at, other hackerspaces (such as this very one here) for inspiration, to see what we ought to be doing to build an active, awesome, technically-minded, creative community.

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[1] that has become aware of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' through cultural osmosis, but has never actually read said book...

[2] although I hesitate to call it a true hackerspace, since we did operate under the auspices of the university.

[3] not Tuesday -- remember, we pre-date hackerspaces.

[4] despite having graduated -- we owe our longevity to a) having a regular room and b) our vast alumni network.

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= How to join Noisebridge =

Here is a list of steps people usually complete as they become part of the Noisebridge community. All are optional, and they may be completed in any order.

* [[Getting_In|Enter]] Noisebridge
* Strike up a productive conversation with other Noisebridge visitors
** Your chats don't '''have''' to be with members.
* Ask someone to give you a tour
** Ask them how they learned about Noisebridge
* Attend a [[Meetings|Weekly Meeting]]
** But don't stress it if you're not a meeting person
* <s>Create a [https://www.noisebridge.net/Special:UserLogin&type=signup Wiki User Account]</s>
** <s>Create a user page.</s>
** <s>Copy this to-do list to your user page. Strike out the tasks you've accomplished.</s>
* Join a like-minded [[Mailinglist]]
** Send a message introducing yourself
* Try and comprehend our particular flavor of collectivist, diversified anarchy by reading the [[Hours]] page.
** Don't worry if it seems a bit strange.
* <s>Clean up something that needs cleaning</s> (cleaning up a few pages on the wiki counts, right?)
* Befriend a member.
** Ask her to set you up with a [[RFID_Token|Access token]]
* Be excellent in a new and surprising way
* Get a proper tour of the [[Resources/Shop|Dirty / Wood shop]].
** Don't be afraid of the scary tools.
** Fingers grow back, right?
* Attend Circuit Hacking Monday
** <s>Meet [[User:Maltman23|Mitch]]</s> (I met him!! :D He's the coolest dude ever :) But not at Noisebridge itself, rather at an official Noisebridge activity -- [[NoisebridgeChinaTrip7|HTTC 2017]]. It's why I'm here, basically.)
** <s>Buy a kit and build it.</s> (yeah, I've done this before...)
* Take a [[:Category:Events|class]]
* Learn how to use the [[Media_Center|Jukebox]]
** Play some awesome music.
** Rock out.
* Set up a recurring [[Donate_or_Pay_Dues|donation]] (I gave a one time donation of $13.37 -- I'll consider recurring donations later)
* Become familiar with where we as a community have been by listening to [[User:rubin110|Rubin]] drone on about the histories of Noisebridge
* <s>Edit a wiki page that could use some improvement</s> (yep, as mentioned before)
** <s>Add something to this list</s>
** To this list? Or to the original list which I copied?
* Learn to use the [[Vinyl_cutter|vinyl cutter]]
** Make a sticker for your laptop.
** Make a sticker for somebody else's laptop
* Learn how to use the sewing machines
* Learn to use the [[Lasercutter]]
* Learn to use the 3d printers
* Give a [[Hosting_an_Event|class]]
* Give a newcomer a tour
* Apply for [[Membership]]
* Get a [[Passport|Hackerspace Passport]]
** Add a Noisebridge visa
* Help out other more newbie newbies
* Hack the planet

Hong Kong Guide

2017-11-04T23:01:26Z

Tomchristmas:

This is a small, but growing Hong Kong Guide by [[User:BuddhaHacker|Jonas S Karlsson]], for [[NoisebridgeChinaTrip8|HTTC 2018]]. Please feel free to add to the guide.

== Overview ==

Hong Kong may be considered to be on Chinese land, but it does not have most of the restrictions of China, as it is its own territory. The principle is "One country - two systems"; in practice it's probably "One country - ''seven'' systems". For all practical purposes, Hong Kong is "like a country"; it's actually the territory that's most like a country, but isn't. There is even a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Special_Administrative_Region_passport Hong Kong passport].

== Arrival ==

Most of you will arrive in Hong Kong at the airport. At immigration, where you fill out your arrival card, you'll get a slip with a date -- keep this in your passport at all times. It will show how long you can stay in Hong Kong. Also you will need to keep the passport on your person at all times when outside.

== Octopus card ==

Yes, get an Octopus card -- it's NOT optional. It's available at the airport in the Arrivals area after immigration. It costs 150 HKD, which includes a 50 HKD deposit (fully refundable upon departure from Hong Kong), and you'll get 100 HKD travel credit, although you will definitely want to add extra credit to your card with an Add Value Machine nearby at this point, especially if you are taking the Airport Express train to Hong Kong station, which costs 110 HKD. If you take a bus, you will need exact change, or you'll just pay more money than if you were using your Octopus. Also, you'll be staying in Tsim Sha Tsui (TST), where there are many tourists, so buying tickets is a nuisance.

The Octopus card makes for speedy transport, and is accepted on the MTR (subway), buses, boats, minibuses. You can also use your Octopus at 7-11 stores and other minimarts, McDonalds (all 24 hours) and sometimes even for beer!

Top-up easily at 7-11.

== Travel from Airport ==
Type in the name of your hotel in Google Maps to [https://www.google.com.hk/maps/dir/Airport+Passenger+Terminal+1,+Chek+Lap+Kok/Tsim+Sha+Tsui+Station,+Tsim+Sha+Tsui/@22.28109,113.9207718,11z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x3403e2db776c18df:0xf6d79e0664794b1!2m2!1d113.936484!2d22.3145244!1m5!1m1!1s0x340400edf4d4d36b:0x35c1ce833432319d!2m2!1d114.172175!2d22.297604!3e3?hl=en get directions from Hong Kong International Airport]. You'll need your Octopus card!

Most popular hotels are in TST so take the A22 or E23 bus -- its about 25 HKD! It takes about 1-1.5 hours.

Much faster: On MTR Airport Express, go to Kowloon Station: 100 HKD, take taxi to hotel in TST: ~24 HKD.

To avoid taxis: Go to Hong Kong Station on the MTR Airport Express line (110 HKD), exit the station, then take a nice long subterranean walk to Central Station. Board the train that takes you towards Tsuen Wan. Disembark at TST Station.

== Mobile Phone Card ==

You'll need internet in Hong Kong to get around (Google Maps), as well as to keep in touch with the group for any last minute changes on WeChat. See [[HTTC_Internet_Tips]] for info about what SIM cards to get.

Particular, a Hong Kong ONLY card with 5 days unlimited 4G data will cost about 75 HKD.

For China cards: No card should cost more than 150 HKD and should give you at least 1GB and 30 days, and be rechargeable through internet (~100 HKD/1GB add).

=== Extract (China cards) ===
Q. What are the SIM cards that you recommend specifically? How much do they cost?
If your phone supports TDD-LTE, China Mobile “CMHK 4G/3G Individual traveller Prepaid SIM Card" It costs 68 HKD(8.69 US) for the SIM, and 168 HKD (21.48 USD) for each 2GB data pack. Make sure it matches the picture below: it is likely that the cashier will get confused and try to sell you a HK-only local sim instead!

[http://www.hk.chinamobile.com/en/corporate_information/Prepaid_SIM/inbound_tourists/4G3Gprepaid-services-individual.html see this card]

[https://noisebridge.net/images/thumb/0/07/HK_SIM.jpg/400px-HK_SIM.jpg image]

Before you leave HK and enter China, recharge it online using this website: https://1cm.hk.chinamobile.com/bill/prepaid-refill.html?lang=en and activate a 2GB China & Hong Kong Data Package for 168 HKD.

If your phone doesn’t support TDD-LTE, or you’re just not sure, you can get the China Unicom Cross Border King https://www.cuniq.com/hk_en/data-card/great-china/cross-border-king-hkno.html Sim Costs 138 HKD (17.64 USD) Data packages are 118 HKD (15.09 USD) / 1 GB.

Q. Where to look for these two cards?
7/11, Circle K 👌 and market stalls selling SIM cards. Make sure the photo matches and you are not being given a HK-only-SIM!

=== Mobiles/Cell phones ===
Phones
* American cellphones may not work.
* European mobile phones will typically work with Unicom.
* iPhones will generally work (especially with China Mobile in China)
* Buy cheap phone in HK: Xiaomi hongmi note 4x 3GB/32GB - 1099HKD, HK phones should have all Google apps working...
* Buy phone in China: Google Play apps will NOT work, contacts not sync, often cannot install maps correctly etc, only if you know it can be flashed beforehand
* Don't buy iPhone on the streets, they may be stolen, or you'll be part of a bait-and-switch scam and get a non-phone, it happened once in Shanghai, ask us about it...

Buy SIM card in China
* not convenient unless you're staying long time or go to China often.
* you'll need your passport, sellers will take a picture.
* go to Unicom store: 56 RMB/1 month 500MB, average 60 RMB/GB. Suggest pay 100 RMB.

== Internet ==

Works fine. See [[HTTC Internet Tips]]

== Sightseeing ==

Various guides you can find on internet.

Big ones:
* The Peak
* Giant Buddha (near airport)
* Garden of Stars (Bruce Lee statue)
* TST Ferry to Central/Wan Chai
* Beaches (Sai Kung minibus from Dundas)
* Science Museum

See more from [http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/see-do/highlight-attractions/top-10/index.jsp official site].

Here are the local fun ones:
* Tin Hau Temple and street night market (MTR: Yau Ma Tei)
* Women's clothing market (MTR: Mong Kok, Prince Edwards)
* Chungking Mansions (TST)

MTR Prince Edwards:
* Gold fish market
* Flower market
* Bird Garden/market
* Dim Sum: Tim Ho Wan (walk from Prince Edwards, in Sham Shui Po)

== Electronics ==

MTR: Sham Shui Po
* Golden Computer Center - everything new
* Apliu Street electronics market, spy cams, second hand mobile phones
* Capital Building, Un Chau Street - second hand computers/laptops (cheap Thinkpads)

Other areas
* Computer Center (MTR: Mong Kok) - new computers, mobiles, parallel import
* Sin Tat Center (MTR: Mong Kok) - games, second hand iPhones, iPads
* Wan Chai Computer Center (MTR: Wan Chai)

== Nightlife ==
Hong Kong cluster bars at certain streets in certain neighborhoods, here are the main ones:

* LKF (Lan Kwai Fong, MTR: Central) - western style bars/clubs - a must go once for Fri/Sat
* Wan Chai (MTR: Wan Chai) - "legendary for its exotic night life" (bar district/hostess bars)
* Mong Kong - cafes/late night eating/some local brewery bars
* TST - two bar districts (Hart Street, Ashley Road)
* Sheung Wan (MTR) - 3 gay bars, near DimSumLabs, ask locals
* Tung Choi street, behind Mong Kok Police station (MTR: Prince Edwards)

Bars, Taprooms, Microbreweries
* Tap Room (TST, Ashley Road)
* The Ale Project: Kowloon Tap Room (MTR: Mong Kok)

== Food ==
Hong Kong is known for its diverse range of food. I like to go low-end. Service is fast and expedient. When the wait-staff arrives they'll expect you to order immediately. After two seconds if you're not yet ordering, they'll say "I'll come back later", and they will. Unless it's English food with foreign wait-staff don't expect them to speak English.

I use the Android app: Hanping Chinese (free) + [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.embermitre.hanping.app.reader.pro&hl=en Hanping Chinese Camera (9 USD)] Well worth the price as it scans text live and looks up characters.

* Cha Chaan Teng (茶餐廳) - local Chinese <s>/western food cooked with western ingredients</s> diner
* Lai Cha (奶茶) - Hong Kong super strong milk tea! MUST TRY!
* Yuanyang (鴛鴦) - Lai Cha mixed with coffee!
* Dim Sum (點心) - "Chinese tapas", but traditionally for breakfast/lunch.
* Vegetarian -- in Hong Kong the specialty is fake meat!
* Snake soup (蛇羹) (MTR: Sham Shui Po or Central)

== Internet ==

=== List of apps to install BEFORE entering Mainland China ===

* WeChat: the WhatsApp + blog + Twitter + everything -- we'll use it all the time
* ofo: bicycle share, 199 RMB deposit.
* shadowsocks: bypass VPN limitations.
* Didi: Uber of China.
* hanping: free Chinese dictionary.
* hanping OCR: live scan ORC 2 USD?
* Google Translate: download Chinese for offline translation.
* alternative maps app: "MAPS.ME" have good data, some businesses
* ctrip: buy flight + train tickets + hotel, often have cheapest deal to China, and essential in China.
* Baidu Maps: all in Chinese but it works...

=== Websites ===
- ditu.google.cn : unblocked Google maps in the browser!

Hong Kong Guide

2017-11-04T11:44:38Z

Tomchristmas: /* Octopus card */

This is a small, but growing Hong Kong Guide by Jonas S Karlsson ([[BuddhaHacker]]), for [[NoisebridgeChinaTrip8|HTTC 2018]]. Please feel free to add to the guide.

== Overview ==

Hong Kong may be considered to be on Chinese land, but it does not have most of the restrictions of China, as it is its own territory. The principle is "One country - two systems"; in practice it's probably "One country - ''seven'' systems". For all practical purposes, Hong Kong is "like a country"; it's actually the territory that's most like a country, but isn't. There is even a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Special_Administrative_Region_passport Hong Kong passport].

== Arrival ==

Most of you will arrive in Hong Kong at the airport. At immigration, where you fill out your arrival card, you'll get a slip with a date -- keep this in your passport at all times. It will show how long you can stay in Hong Kong. Also you will need to keep the passport on your person at all times when outside.

== Octopus card ==

Yes, get an Octopus card -- it's NOT optional. It's available at the airport in the Arrivals area after immigration. It costs 150 HKD, which includes a 50 HKD deposit (fully refundable upon departure from Hong Kong), and you'll get 100 HKD travel credit, although you will definitely want to add extra credit to your card with an Add Value Machine nearby at this point, especially if you are taking the Airport Express train to Hong Kong station, which costs 110 HKD. If you take a bus, you will need exact change, or you'll just pay more money than if you were using your Octopus. Also, you'll be staying in Tsim Sha Tsui (TST), where there are many tourists, so buying tickets is a nuisance.

The Octopus card makes for speedy transport, and is accepted on the MTR (subway), buses, boats, minibuses. You can also use your Octopus at 7-11 stores and other minimarts, McDonalds (all 24 hours) and sometimes even for beer!

Top-up easily at 7-11.

== Travel from Airport ==
Type in the name of your hotel in Google Maps to [https://www.google.com.hk/maps/dir/Airport+Passenger+Terminal+1,+Chek+Lap+Kok/Tsim+Sha+Tsui+Station,+Tsim+Sha+Tsui/@22.28109,113.9207718,11z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x3403e2db776c18df:0xf6d79e0664794b1!2m2!1d113.936484!2d22.3145244!1m5!1m1!1s0x340400edf4d4d36b:0x35c1ce833432319d!2m2!1d114.172175!2d22.297604!3e3?hl=en get directions from Hong Kong International Airport]. You'll need your Octopus card!

Most popular hotels are in TST so take the A22 or E23 bus -- its about 25 HKD! It takes about 1-1.5 hours.

Much faster: On MTR Airport Express, go to Kowloon Station: 100 HKD, take taxi to hotel in TST: ~24 HKD.

To avoid taxis: Go to Hong Kong Station on the MTR Airport Express line (110 HKD), exit the station, then take a nice long subterranean walk to Central Station. Board the train that takes you towards Tsuen Wan. Disembark at TST Station.

== Mobile Phone Card ==

You'll need internet in Hong Kong to get around (Google Maps), as well as to keep in touch with the group for any last minute changes on WeChat. See [[HTTC_Internet_Tips]] for info about what SIM cards to get.

Particular, a Hong Kong ONLY card with 5 days unlimited 4G data will cost about 75 HKD.

For China cards: No card should cost more than 150 HKD and should give you at least 1GB and 30 days, and be rechargeable through internet (~100 HKD/1GB add).

=== Extract (China cards) ===
Q. What are the SIM cards that you recommend specifically? How much do they cost?
If your phone supports TDD-LTE, China Mobile “CMHK 4G/3G Individual traveller Prepaid SIM Card" It costs 68 HKD($8.69 US) for the SIM, and 168 HKD ($21.48 USD) for each 2GB data pack. Make sure it matches the picture below: it is likely that the cashier will get confused and try to sell you a HK-only local sim instead!

[http://www.hk.chinamobile.com/en/corporate_information/Prepaid_SIM/inbound_tourists/4G3Gprepaid-services-individual.html see this card]

[[https://noisebridge.net/images/thumb/0/07/HK_SIM.jpg/400px-HK_SIM.jpg image]]

Before you leave HK and enter China, recharge it online using this website: https://1cm.hk.chinamobile.com/bill/prepaid-refill.html?lang=en and activate a 2GB China & Hong Kong Data Package for 168 HKD.

If your phone doesn’t support TDD-LTE, or you’re just not sure, you can get the China Unicom Cross Border King https://www.cuniq.com/hk_en/data-card/great-china/cross-border-king-hkno.html Sim Costs $138 HKD ($17.64 USD) Data packages are $118 HKD ($15.09 USD) / 1 GB.

Q. Where to look for these two cards?
7/11, Circle K 👌 and market stalls selling SIM cards. Make sure the photo matches and you are not being given a HK-only-SIM!

=== Mobiles/Cell phones ===
Phones
* American cellphones may not work.
* European mobile phones will typically work with Unicom.
* iPhones will generally work (especially with China Mobile in China)
* Buy cheap phone in HK: Xiaomi hongmi note 4x 3GB/32GB - 1099HKD, HK phones should have all Google apps working...
* Buy phone in China: Google Play apps will NOT work, contacts not sync, often cannot install maps correctly etc, only if you know it can be flashed beforehand
* Don't buy iPhone on the streets, they may be stolen, or you'll be part of a bait-and-switch scam and get a non-phone, it happened once in Shanghai, ask us about it...

Buy SIM card in China
* not convenient unless you're staying long time or go to China often.
* you'll need your passport, sellers will take a picture.
* go to Unicom store: 56 RMB/1 month 500MB, average 60 RMB/GB. Suggest pay 100 RMB.

== Internet ==

Works fine. See [[HTTC Internet Tips]]

== Sightseeing ==

Various guides you can find on internet.

Big ones:
* The Peak
* Giant Buddha (near airport)
* Garden of Stars (Bruce Lee statue)
* TST Ferry to Central/Wan Chai
* Beaches (Sai Kung minibus from Dundas)
* Science Museum

See more from [http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/see-do/highlight-attractions/top-10/index.jsp official site].

Here are the local fun ones:
* Tin Hau Temple and street night market (MTR: Yau Ma Tei)
* Women's clothing market (MTR: Mong Kok, Prince Edwards)
* Chung King Mansion (TST)

MTR Prince Edwards:
* Gold fish market
* Flower market
* Bird Garden/market
* Dim Sum: Tim Ho Wan (walk from Prince Edwards, in Sham Shui Po)

== Electronics ==

MTR: Sham Shui Po
* Golden Computer Center - everything new
* Apliu Street electronics market, spy cams, second hand mobile phones
* Capital Building, Un Chau Street - second hand computers/laptops (cheap Thinkpads)

Other areas
* Computer Center (MTR: Mong Kok) - new computers, mobiles, parallel import
* Sin Tat Center (MTR: Mong Kok) - games, second hand iPhones, iPads
* Wan Chai Computer Center (MTR: Wan Chai)

== Nightlife ==
Hong Kong cluster bars at certain streets in certain neighborhoods, here are the main ones:

* LKF (Lan Kwai Fong, MTR: Central) - western style bars/clubs - a must go once for Fri/Sat
* Wan Chai (MTR: Wan Chai) - "legendary for its exotic night life" (bar district/hostess bars)
* Mong Kong - cafes/late night eating/some local brewery bars
* TST - two bar districts (Hart Street, Ashley Road)
* Sheung Wan (MTR) - 3 gay bars, near DimSumLabs, ask locals
* Tung Choi street, behind Mong Kok Police station (MTR: Prince Edwards)

Bars, Taprooms, Microbreweries
* Tap Room (TST, Ashley Road)
* The Ale Project: Kowloon Tap Room (MTR: Mong Kok)

== Food ==
Hong Kong is known for its diverse range of food. I like to go low-end. Service is fast and expedient. When the wait-staff arrives they'll expect you to order immediately. After two seconds if you're not yet ordering, they'll say "I'll come back later", and they will. Unless it's English food with foreign wait-staff don't expect them to speak English.

I use the Android app: Hanping Chinese (free) + [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.embermitre.hanping.app.reader.pro&hl=en Hanping Chinese Camera (9 USD)] Well worth the price as it scans text live and looks up characters.

* Cha Chaan Teng (茶餐廳) - local Chinese <s>/western food cooked with western ingredients</s> diner
* Lai Cha (奶茶) - Hong Kong super strong milk tea! MUST TRY!
* Yuanyang (鴛鴦) - Lai Cha mixed with coffee!
* Dim Sum (點心) - "Chinese tapas", but traditionally for breakfast/lunch.
* Vegetarian -- in Hong Kong the specialty is fake meat!
* Snake soup (蛇羹) (MTR: Sham Shui Po or Central)

== Internet ==

=== List of apps to install BEFORE entering Mainland China ===

* WeChat: the WhatsApp + blog + Twitter + everything -- we'll use it all the time
* ofo: bicycle share, 199 RMB deposit.
* shadowsocks: bypass VPN limitations.
* Didi: Uber of China.
* hanping: free Chinese dictionary.
* hanping OCR: live scan ORC 2 USD?
* Google Translate: download Chinese for offline translation.
* alternative maps app: "MAPS.ME" have good data, some businesses
* ctrip: buy flight + train tickets + hotel, often have cheapest deal to China, and essential in China.
* Baidu Maps: all in Chinese but it works...

=== Websites ===
- ditu.google.cn : unblocked Google maps in the browser!

Hong Kong Guide

2017-11-04T07:41:02Z

Tomchristmas: /* Travel from Airport */

This is a small, but growing Hong Kong Guide by Jonas S Karlsson ([[BuddhaHacker]]), for [[NoisebridgeChinaTrip8|HTTC 2018]]. Please feel free to add to the guide.

== Overview ==

Hong Kong may be considered to be on Chinese land, but it does not have most of the restrictions of China, as it is its own territory. The principle is "One country - two systems"; in practice it's probably "One country - ''seven'' systems". For all practical purposes, Hong Kong is "like a country"; it's actually the territory that's most like a country, but isn't. There is even a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Special_Administrative_Region_passport Hong Kong passport].

== Arrival ==

Most of you will arrive in Hong Kong at the airport. At immigration, where you fill out your arrival card, you'll get a slip with a date -- keep this in your passport at all times. It will show how long you can stay in Hong Kong. Also you will need to keep the passport on your person at all times when outside.

== Octopus card ==

Yes, get an Octopus card -- it's NOT optional. It's available at the airport in the Arrivals area after immigration. It costs 150 HKD, which includes a 50 HKD deposit, and you'll get 100 HKD travel credit, although you will definitely want to add extra credit to your card with an Add Value Machine nearby at this point, especially if you are taking the Airport Express train to Hong Kong station, which costs 110 HKD. If you take a bus, you will need exact change, or you'll just pay more money than if you were using your Octopus. Also, you'll be staying in Tsim Sha Tsui (TST), where there are many tourists, so buying tickets is a nuisance.

The Octopus card makes for speedy transport, and is accepted on the MTR (subway), buses, boats, minibuses. You can also use your Octopus at 7-11 stores and other minimarts, McDonalds (all 24 hours) and sometimes even for beer!

Top-up easily at 7-11.

== Travel from Airport ==
Type in the name of your hotel in Google Maps to [https://www.google.com.hk/maps/dir/Airport+Passenger+Terminal+1,+Chek+Lap+Kok/Tsim+Sha+Tsui+Station,+Tsim+Sha+Tsui/@22.28109,113.9207718,11z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x3403e2db776c18df:0xf6d79e0664794b1!2m2!1d113.936484!2d22.3145244!1m5!1m1!1s0x340400edf4d4d36b:0x35c1ce833432319d!2m2!1d114.172175!2d22.297604!3e3?hl=en get directions from Hong Kong International Airport]. You'll need your Octopus card!

Most popular hotels are in TST so take the A22 or E23 bus -- its about 25 HKD! It takes about 1-1.5 hours.

Much faster: On MTR Airport Express, go to Kowloon Station: 100 HKD, take taxi to hotel in TST: ~24 HKD.

To avoid taxis: Go to Hong Kong Station on the MTR Airport Express line (110 HKD), exit the station, then take a nice long subterranean walk to Central Station. Board the train that takes you towards Tsuen Wan. Disembark at TST Station.

== Mobile Phone Card ==

You'll need internet in Hong Kong to get around (Google Maps), as well as to keep in touch with the group for any last minute changes on WeChat. See [[HTTC_Internet_Tips]] for info about what SIM cards to get.

Particular, a Hong Kong ONLY card with 5 days unlimited 4G data will cost about 75 HKD.

For China cards: No card should cost more than 150 HKD and should give you at least 1GB and 30 days, and be rechargeable through internet (~100 HKD/1GB add).

=== Extract (China cards) ===
Q. What are the SIM cards that you recommend specifically? How much do they cost?
If your phone supports TDD-LTE, China Mobile “CMHK 4G/3G Individual traveller Prepaid SIM Card" It costs 68 HKD($8.69 US) for the SIM, and 168 HKD ($21.48 USD) for each 2GB data pack. Make sure it matches the picture below: it is likely that the cashier will get confused and try to sell you a HK-only local sim instead!

[http://www.hk.chinamobile.com/en/corporate_information/Prepaid_SIM/inbound_tourists/4G3Gprepaid-services-individual.html see this card]

[[https://noisebridge.net/images/thumb/0/07/HK_SIM.jpg/400px-HK_SIM.jpg image]]

Before you leave HK and enter China, recharge it online using this website: https://1cm.hk.chinamobile.com/bill/prepaid-refill.html?lang=en and activate a 2GB China & Hong Kong Data Package for 168 HKD.

If your phone doesn’t support TDD-LTE, or you’re just not sure, you can get the China Unicom Cross Border King https://www.cuniq.com/hk_en/data-card/great-china/cross-border-king-hkno.html Sim Costs $138 HKD ($17.64 USD) Data packages are $118 HKD ($15.09 USD) / 1 GB.

Q. Where to look for these two cards?
7/11, Circle K 👌 and market stalls selling SIM cards. Make sure the photo matches and you are not being given a HK-only-SIM!

=== Mobiles/Cell phones ===
Phones
* American cellphones may not work.
* European mobile phones will typically work with Unicom.
* iPhones will generally work (especially with China Mobile in China)
* Buy cheap phone in HK: Xiaomi hongmi note 4x 3GB/32GB - 1099HKD, HK phones should have all Google apps working...
* Buy phone in China: Google Play apps will NOT work, contacts not sync, often cannot install maps correctly etc, only if you know it can be flashed beforehand
* Don't buy iPhone on the streets, they may be stolen, or you'll be part of a bait-and-switch scam and get a non-phone, it happened once in Shanghai, ask us about it...

Buy SIM card in China
* not convenient unless you're staying long time or go to China often.
* you'll need your passport, sellers will take a picture.
* go to Unicom store: 56 RMB/1 month 500MB, average 60 RMB/GB. Suggest pay 100 RMB.

== Internet ==

Works fine. See [[HTTC Internet Tips]]

== Sightseeing ==

Various guides you can find on internet.

Big ones:
* The Peak
* Giant Buddha (near airport)
* Garden of Stars (Bruce Lee statue)
* TST Ferry to Central/Wan Chai
* Beaches (Sai Kung minibus from Dundas)
* Science Museum

See more from [http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/see-do/highlight-attractions/top-10/index.jsp official site].

Here are the local fun ones:
* Tin Hau Temple and street night market (MTR: Yau Ma Tei)
* Women's clothing market (MTR: Mong Kok, Prince Edwards)
* Chung King Mansion (TST)

MTR Prince Edwards:
* Gold fish market
* Flower market
* Bird Garden/market
* Dim Sum: Tim Ho Wan (walk from Prince Edwards, in Sham Shui Po)

== Electronics ==

MTR: Sham Shui Po
* Golden Computer Center - everything new
* Apliu Street electronics market, spy cams, second hand mobile phones
* Capital Building, Un Chau Street - second hand computers/laptops (cheap Thinkpads)

Other areas
* Computer Center (MTR: Mong Kok) - new computers, mobiles, parallel import
* Sin Tat Center (MTR: Mong Kok) - games, second hand iPhones, iPads
* Wan Chai Computer Center (MTR: Wan Chai)

== Nightlife ==
Hong Kong cluster bars at certain streets in certain neighborhoods, here are the main ones:

* LKF (Lan Kwai Fong, MTR: Central) - western style bars/clubs - a must go once for Fri/Sat
* Wan Chai (MTR: Wan Chai) - "legendary for its exotic night life" (bar district/hostess bars)
* Mong Kong - cafes/late night eating/some local brewery bars
* TST - two bar districts (Hart Street, Ashley Road)
* Sheung Wan (MTR) - 3 gay bars, near DimSumLabs, ask locals
* Tung Choi street, behind Mong Kok Police station (MTR: Prince Edwards)

Bars, Taprooms, Microbreweries
* Tap Room (TST, Ashley Road)
* The Ale Project: Kowloon Tap Room (MTR: Mong Kok)

== Food ==
Hong Kong is known for its diverse range of food. I like to go low-end. Service is fast and expedient. When the wait-staff arrives they'll expect you to order immediately. After two seconds if you're not yet ordering, they'll say "I'll come back later", and they will. Unless it's English food with foreign wait-staff don't expect them to speak English.

I use the Android app: Hanping Chinese (free) + [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.embermitre.hanping.app.reader.pro&hl=en Hanping Chinese Camera (9 USD)] Well worth the price as it scans text live and looks up characters.

* Cha Chaan Teng (茶餐廳) - local Chinese <s>/western food cooked with western ingredients</s> diner
* Lai Cha (奶茶) - Hong Kong super strong milk tea! MUST TRY!
* Yuanyang (鴛鴦) - Lai Cha mixed with coffee!
* Dim Sum (點心) - "Chinese tapas", but traditionally for breakfast/lunch.
* Vegetarian -- in Hong Kong the specialty is fake meat!
* Snake soup (蛇羹) (MTR: Sham Shui Po or Central)

== Internet ==

=== List of apps to install BEFORE entering Mainland China ===

* WeChat: the WhatsApp + blog + Twitter + everything -- we'll use it all the time
* ofo: bicycle share, 199 RMB deposit.
* shadowsocks: bypass VPN limitations.
* Didi: Uber of China.
* hanping: free Chinese dictionary.
* hanping OCR: live scan ORC 2 USD?
* Google Translate: download Chinese for offline translation.
* alternative maps app: "MAPS.ME" have good data, some businesses
* ctrip: buy flight + train tickets + hotel, often have cheapest deal to China, and essential in China.
* Baidu Maps: all in Chinese but it works...

=== Websites ===
- ditu.google.cn : unblocked Google maps in the browser!

Hong Kong Guide

2017-11-04T07:39:25Z

Tomchristmas:

This is a small, but growing Hong Kong Guide by Jonas S Karlsson ([[BuddhaHacker]]), for [[NoisebridgeChinaTrip8|HTTC 2018]]. Please feel free to add to the guide.

== Overview ==

Hong Kong may be considered to be on Chinese land, but it does not have most of the restrictions of China, as it is its own territory. The principle is "One country - two systems"; in practice it's probably "One country - ''seven'' systems". For all practical purposes, Hong Kong is "like a country"; it's actually the territory that's most like a country, but isn't. There is even a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Special_Administrative_Region_passport Hong Kong passport].

== Arrival ==

Most of you will arrive in Hong Kong at the airport. At immigration, where you fill out your arrival card, you'll get a slip with a date -- keep this in your passport at all times. It will show how long you can stay in Hong Kong. Also you will need to keep the passport on your person at all times when outside.

== Octopus card ==

Yes, get an Octopus card -- it's NOT optional. It's available at the airport in the Arrivals area after immigration. It costs 150 HKD, which includes a 50 HKD deposit, and you'll get 100 HKD travel credit, although you will definitely want to add extra credit to your card with an Add Value Machine nearby at this point, especially if you are taking the Airport Express train to Hong Kong station, which costs 110 HKD. If you take a bus, you will need exact change, or you'll just pay more money than if you were using your Octopus. Also, you'll be staying in Tsim Sha Tsui (TST), where there are many tourists, so buying tickets is a nuisance.

The Octopus card makes for speedy transport, and is accepted on the MTR (subway), buses, boats, minibuses. You can also use your Octopus at 7-11 stores and other minimarts, McDonalds (all 24 hours) and sometimes even for beer!

Top-up easily at 7-11.

== Travel from Airport ==
Type in the name of your hotel in Google Maps to [[https://www.google.com.hk/maps/dir/Airport+Passenger+Terminal+1,+Chek+Lap+Kok/Tsim+Sha+Tsui+Station,+Tsim+Sha+Tsui/@22.28109,113.9207718,11z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x3403e2db776c18df:0xf6d79e0664794b1!2m2!1d113.936484!2d22.3145244!1m5!1m1!1s0x340400edf4d4d36b:0x35c1ce833432319d!2m2!1d114.172175!2d22.297604!3e3?hl=en get directions from Hong Kong International Airport]]. You'll need your Octopus card!

Most popular hotels are in TST so take the A22 or E23 bus -- its about 25 HKD! It takes about 1-1.5 hours.

Much faster: On MTR Airport Express, go to Kowloon Station: 100 HKD, take taxi to hotel in TST: ~24 HKD.

To avoid taxis: Go to Hong Kong Station on the MTR Airport Express line (110 HKD), exit the station, then take a nice long subterranean walk to Central Station. Board the train that takes you towards Tsuen Wan. Disembark at TST Station.

== Mobile Phone Card ==

You'll need internet in Hong Kong to get around (Google Maps), as well as to keep in touch with the group for any last minute changes on WeChat. See [[HTTC_Internet_Tips]] for info about what SIM cards to get.

Particular, a Hong Kong ONLY card with 5 days unlimited 4G data will cost about 75 HKD.

For China cards: No card should cost more than 150 HKD and should give you at least 1GB and 30 days, and be rechargeable through internet (~100 HKD/1GB add).

=== Extract (China cards) ===
Q. What are the SIM cards that you recommend specifically? How much do they cost?
If your phone supports TDD-LTE, China Mobile “CMHK 4G/3G Individual traveller Prepaid SIM Card" It costs 68 HKD($8.69 US) for the SIM, and 168 HKD ($21.48 USD) for each 2GB data pack. Make sure it matches the picture below: it is likely that the cashier will get confused and try to sell you a HK-only local sim instead!

[http://www.hk.chinamobile.com/en/corporate_information/Prepaid_SIM/inbound_tourists/4G3Gprepaid-services-individual.html see this card]

[[https://noisebridge.net/images/thumb/0/07/HK_SIM.jpg/400px-HK_SIM.jpg image]]

Before you leave HK and enter China, recharge it online using this website: https://1cm.hk.chinamobile.com/bill/prepaid-refill.html?lang=en and activate a 2GB China & Hong Kong Data Package for 168 HKD.

If your phone doesn’t support TDD-LTE, or you’re just not sure, you can get the China Unicom Cross Border King https://www.cuniq.com/hk_en/data-card/great-china/cross-border-king-hkno.html Sim Costs $138 HKD ($17.64 USD) Data packages are $118 HKD ($15.09 USD) / 1 GB.

Q. Where to look for these two cards?
7/11, Circle K 👌 and market stalls selling SIM cards. Make sure the photo matches and you are not being given a HK-only-SIM!

=== Mobiles/Cell phones ===
Phones
* American cellphones may not work.
* European mobile phones will typically work with Unicom.
* iPhones will generally work (especially with China Mobile in China)
* Buy cheap phone in HK: Xiaomi hongmi note 4x 3GB/32GB - 1099HKD, HK phones should have all Google apps working...
* Buy phone in China: Google Play apps will NOT work, contacts not sync, often cannot install maps correctly etc, only if you know it can be flashed beforehand
* Don't buy iPhone on the streets, they may be stolen, or you'll be part of a bait-and-switch scam and get a non-phone, it happened once in Shanghai, ask us about it...

Buy SIM card in China
* not convenient unless you're staying long time or go to China often.
* you'll need your passport, sellers will take a picture.
* go to Unicom store: 56 RMB/1 month 500MB, average 60 RMB/GB. Suggest pay 100 RMB.

== Internet ==

Works fine. See [[HTTC Internet Tips]]

== Sightseeing ==

Various guides you can find on internet.

Big ones:
* The Peak
* Giant Buddha (near airport)
* Garden of Stars (Bruce Lee statue)
* TST Ferry to Central/Wan Chai
* Beaches (Sai Kung minibus from Dundas)
* Science Museum

See more from [http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/see-do/highlight-attractions/top-10/index.jsp official site].

Here are the local fun ones:
* Tin Hau Temple and street night market (MTR: Yau Ma Tei)
* Women's clothing market (MTR: Mong Kok, Prince Edwards)
* Chung King Mansion (TST)

MTR Prince Edwards:
* Gold fish market
* Flower market
* Bird Garden/market
* Dim Sum: Tim Ho Wan (walk from Prince Edwards, in Sham Shui Po)

== Electronics ==

MTR: Sham Shui Po
* Golden Computer Center - everything new
* Apliu Street electronics market, spy cams, second hand mobile phones
* Capital Building, Un Chau Street - second hand computers/laptops (cheap Thinkpads)

Other areas
* Computer Center (MTR: Mong Kok) - new computers, mobiles, parallel import
* Sin Tat Center (MTR: Mong Kok) - games, second hand iPhones, iPads
* Wan Chai Computer Center (MTR: Wan Chai)

== Nightlife ==
Hong Kong cluster bars at certain streets in certain neighborhoods, here are the main ones:

* LKF (Lan Kwai Fong, MTR: Central) - western style bars/clubs - a must go once for Fri/Sat
* Wan Chai (MTR: Wan Chai) - "legendary for its exotic night life" (bar district/hostess bars)
* Mong Kong - cafes/late night eating/some local brewery bars
* TST - two bar districts (Hart Street, Ashley Road)
* Sheung Wan (MTR) - 3 gay bars, near DimSumLabs, ask locals
* Tung Choi street, behind Mong Kok Police station (MTR: Prince Edwards)

Bars, Taprooms, Microbreweries
* Tap Room (TST, Ashley Road)
* The Ale Project: Kowloon Tap Room (MTR: Mong Kok)

== Food ==
Hong Kong is known for its diverse range of food. I like to go low-end. Service is fast and expedient. When the wait-staff arrives they'll expect you to order immediately. After two seconds if you're not yet ordering, they'll say "I'll come back later", and they will. Unless it's English food with foreign wait-staff don't expect them to speak English.

I use the Android app: Hanping Chinese (free) + [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.embermitre.hanping.app.reader.pro&hl=en Hanping Chinese Camera (9 USD)] Well worth the price as it scans text live and looks up characters.

* Cha Chaan Teng (茶餐廳) - local Chinese <s>/western food cooked with western ingredients</s> diner
* Lai Cha (奶茶) - Hong Kong super strong milk tea! MUST TRY!
* Yuanyang (鴛鴦) - Lai Cha mixed with coffee!
* Dim Sum (點心) - "Chinese tapas", but traditionally for breakfast/lunch.
* Vegetarian -- in Hong Kong the specialty is fake meat!
* Snake soup (蛇羹) (MTR: Sham Shui Po or Central)

== Internet ==

=== List of apps to install BEFORE entering Mainland China ===

* WeChat: the WhatsApp + blog + Twitter + everything -- we'll use it all the time
* ofo: bicycle share, 199 RMB deposit.
* shadowsocks: bypass VPN limitations.
* Didi: Uber of China.
* hanping: free Chinese dictionary.
* hanping OCR: live scan ORC 2 USD?
* Google Translate: download Chinese for offline translation.
* alternative maps app: "MAPS.ME" have good data, some businesses
* ctrip: buy flight + train tickets + hotel, often have cheapest deal to China, and essential in China.
* Baidu Maps: all in Chinese but it works...

=== Websites ===
- ditu.google.cn : unblocked Google maps in the browser!

HTTC Internet Tips

2017-11-04T06:50:37Z

Tomchristmas:

<pre style="color: black; font-size:xx-large;">
Noah’s Guide
to Chinese Internet & Phones,
       Translation, Navigation,
       Recommended Phone Apps, and
       What to Do Before Getting to China
</pre>

'''''This is useful info for people who want to travel in China''''' 
''It was specifically created for people traveling on the [[NoisebridgeChinaTrip7|Hacker Trip To China]] in 2017, but hopefully will be updated for the [[NoisebridgeChinaTrip8|2018 edition]] closer to the start date.''

= VPN, Internet, Blocked Websites, and SIM cards for your phone =

'''The Great Firewall of China''' 

As most people know, China censors its internet. The equipment that blocks some internet, and lets other internet through, is called a “Firewall”. There are ways around this, so that people in China (such as you!) can use any website that you like on your phone or laptop.

'''What is VPN?''' 

“VPN” is a means of securely connecting to other computers. It can be used to get around “The Great Firewall”.
 

Q: I have 10 proxies, 4 VPNs and Tor. Do I need this guide?

Yes: because there are times (anecdotally between 4pm and 11:30pm some days) where the international pipes are just too damn clogged! Relying on something overseas during those times ''may not help you.''

Also, Tor is blocked and China has an army of computer science graduates coming up with automated scripts to block your VPNs. Think about this before you assume it's not blocked.

Q. Do I need a SIM card / mobile internet for my phone on this trip? Can’t I use wifi?

I’m glad you asked. It is true that public wifi is available throughout China. However, it usually (not always) requires mainland phone number SMS identification. It is likely that you will have Internet at your hotel but may find it hard to get connected to wifi out and about. Also, for a group of this size, you need to be able to follow developments on the group WeChat and have access to GPS maps, or you will get left behind/lost very early!

Q: What doesn't work in China?

Gmail. YouTube. Dropbox. Google Search. Facebook. Line. Twitter. Facebook messenger, many news sites.
Don't save your VPN passwords and flight details solely in Gmail or Dropbox.

Q: What does work in China that might surprise me?
:• Most Microsoft services, including Skype and Bing. Bing is your only option for English search. Skype is a great option for calls, China's mobile network is pretty solid, so long as you pick China Mobile or Unicom.
:• WhatsApp (though might change soon...)
:• Teamviewer
:• Most Apple services work but can be slow. Apple maps / iMessage works fine, App Store works but is slow. Apple News is blocked, even with a VPN, and photo backup / iCloud backup will possibly work at appalling speeds.


Q. Are there any tricks that will get me uncensored internet 100% of the time?


Yes! The big workaround is to get a roaming SIM card, because all SIM data traffic is tunneled to your country of origin, and you can browse websites like you are back home.


Q. Oh, you mean like Google Fi or my carrier's roaming packs?


Google Fi is one option, but it’s important to realize that it may not be the fastest/cheapest. For a start, to remain competitive they have to negotiate the cheapest deal possible in each country, so you may end up on a budget 2G/3G data connection instead of a premium LTE service. Also, because all traffic is routed back to your provider, your latency may be very high, possibly interfering with using services such as Skype and WeChat voice calls.


Q. What is the better option?


The better option is to get a SIM card in Hong Kong that is owned by a mainland telecom provider, which routes traffic back to Hong Kong over their carrier owned (hopefully congestion free) pipes. Two such examples are China Unicom and China Mobile. Make sure you are getting a ''roaming to China'' SIM and not a Hong Kong ''ONLY'' sim.

More reading:
https://www.larrysalibra.com/hop-over-the-great-firewall-with-government-help/


Q. Will any SIM work in my phone?


Not always. China has historically deployed different radio spectra to other countries (different even from Hong Kong, so just because your phone works when you arrive doesn’t mean it will work in China). In recent times, the situation has gotten better, with iPhone 6 and above and many android phones supporting LTE bands on China Mobile, and China Unicom also supports a wide range of bands (but gives worse service/value than China Mobile).


Please also check if your phone is unlocked by your carrier, as it is common for many phones sold under contract to be tied to a provider. Often if you call them before you leave for China they will unlock it for you for free.


Q. How do I tell which SIM card to get?


If your phone supports TDD-LTE, get China Mobile, else get China Unicom.
:1. Find out the model number of your phone eg "iPhone 6S: Model A1688"
:2. Google "A1688 bands” to find out what it supports
:3. If your phone supports (TD-LTE) Bands: 38, 39, 40, 41, you are good to go with China Mobile!
:4. Else, get China Unicom.
For more information see: http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/China


Q. Can you help me buy a SIM card?


Yes, Noah will be buying and distributing SIM cards in Hong Kong, please reply to his questions sent out by Mitch in an email to the HTTC group – he knows what type of SIM card to get you.


Q. What are the SIM cards that you recommend specifically? How much do they cost?


If your phone supports TDD-LTE,
China Mobile “CMHK 4G/3G Individual traveller Prepaid SIM Card"
It costs $68HKD($8.69 US) for the SIM, and $168 HKD ($21.48 USD) for each 2GB data pack.
''Make sure it matches the picture below'': it is likely that the cashier will get confused and try to sell you a HK-only local sim instead!

http://www.hk.chinamobile.com/en/corporate_information/Prepaid_SIM/inbound_tourists/4G3Gprepaid-services-individual.html


Before you leave HK and enter China, recharge it online using this website: https://1cm.hk.chinamobile.com/bill/prepaid-refill.html?lang=en and activate a 2GB China & Hong Kong Data Package for $168 HKD.


If your phone doesn’t support TDD-LTE, or you’re just not sure, you can get the China Unicom Cross Border King
https://www.cuniq.com/hk_en/data-card/great-china/cross-border-king-hkno.html
Sim Costs $138 HKD ($17.64 USD)
Data packages are $118 HKD ($15.09 USD) / 1 GB.

[[File:HK_SIM.jpg|400px]]
 


Q. Where to look for these two cards?


7/11, Circle K 👌 and market stalls selling SIM cards. ''Make sure the photo matches and you are not being given a HK-only-SIM!''


Q: What about getting a local (Chinese Mainland) SIM Card:


Yes, you can do that. but everything will be blocked, and you will need real name registration with your passport and possibly a few hours to set it up. The first time I tried to do this, I thought I was getting prepaid but accidentally signed up for a 24 month plan.. and now I can’t get another due to leaving the country and not making payments. 🤦‍♂️ I don’t recommend this option.


= Translation tips =

Q: How can I translate and talk to Chinese people?

There are several good options:
:1. Google Translate: but it only works if you have a VPN and or have downloaded the offline pack beforehand. If you are translating offline, the quality of translation may be much less. Does however have an extremely nifty live translate options, that works offline and is completely indispensable for translating restaurant menus!
:2. Bing Translate: Works in china, and automatically translates text from screenshots. Also has a Safari plugin that can translate websites.
:3. Baidu Translate: Chinese native translation app. Great for second-checking Google/Bing translate when you are confused. Has a great AI / machine learning team and actually rolled out machine learning translate before Google did.
:4. WeChat: You can translate conversations while you are chatting to people. A lot of Chinese know this, and will ask for your WeChat right away so they can talk to you.
:5. Chinese Keyboards: If possible, install Chinese keyboards/input methods on your phone. This is so a Chinese person can type their part of the conversation using your phone. You may need a few because everyone has their own preference, e.g. pinyin, stroke, and handwriting. For Android, download the "Google Pinyin Input" app -- this has several Chinese keyboards in one. For iOS, you can enable "Chinese - Simplified Handwriting", "Chinese - Simplified Pinyin", and "Chinese - Simplified Stroke" on your phone.

Q: I want to buy a banana in China, but I don’t speak any Chinese, how can I buy a banana?

Here is a picture of a Banana. Now you can show this picture and very soon you will have your very own banana. Seriously, Bing Images speaks 1000 Chinese words. You can use text translate all day, but a picture of the thing you want will always get faster results.

[[File:Bananas.png|200px]]
 

Q: Wait Bing images?

Yes, remember Google is blocked 🙃

= Navigation tips =

Know the subway exit closest to your accommodation. Have someone write it down for you in Chinese to show a taxi driver or subway staff. Also, get your hotel to write down in Chinese the name of the building and address and phone number, so you can show to a taxi driver.

Q: My VPN works fine 😀 Can I rely on Google Maps?

Google Maps in China offsets GPS locations by a random amount. Even with a VPN. You will get very lost using it. Also, the maps haven't been updated much since Google left China years ago. The directions they give you may or may not be correct, but the blue dot WILL be wrong.

Q. What about Apple Maps? Openstreetmaps?

Both of these work although may not be that detailed. Apple Maps has public transport directions (in English!) for some cities.

Q: How to get up to date public transport/walking directions?

Use Baidu Maps.

Q: Wait I downloaded Baidu Maps and it's all in Chinese. WTF?

Welcome to China. A tip I recommend is to take a screenshot and then use Microsoft Translator to understand what the functions are. But if you've used mapping apps before most of functions are the same. I recommend copy and pasting the Chinese address, or getting a Chinese person to type it in for you. For this you may need a few Chinese keyboards, as each person has their own preference of keyboard type.

Baidu Maps also has excellent public transport directions, including subway and buses. It takes a bit of back and forward between Bing Translate to understand what to do, see example screenshot below.

[[File:BaiduMapExample_composite.png|500px]]
 

Q: Why install a Chinese app? It's all too confusing.

So Chinese people can help you. So you can get up to date public transport. So you can navigate there in augmented reality mode. (really)... so you can hire bicycles to get you there... so you can save the whole map offline.

Q: Got any tips to save me battery / SIM Card data?
:1. Buy a powerbank. Almost easier to find than food in China.
:2. Because some services will be blocked, your phone might waste a lot of time trying to connect to things and fail. If it’s sensible, it will give up and not constantly retry. but if you get battery drain you can try turning off any push email and background app refresh for blocked services e.g. Facebook / Google Apps.
:3. Make sure you don’t have things like Camera Roll upload to Dropbox turned on for Cellular data!

Q: This is really weird. So what services do Chinese people use?

I’m glad you asked 😀. The Chinese Internet industry is flourishing, and Chinese use a wide range of locally developed apps.

I recommend checking out a top 100 list of apps such as the iTunes China App store rankings, but here are some examples: 
:Netease/Baidu/Kogou - like Spotify
:Alipay - Like Paypal, but can be used in real life to pay for anything including Metro tickets.
:Kwai - Funny videos
:didi - Like Uber, and available in English!
:iQiyi - Like Netflix
:Mobike - Share bikes
:Meitu - Beauty app, with live video transformations
:Dianping - Like foursquare/yelp, only been around longer and more organised.
:Bilibili / Youku - Social video platforms
:Taobao / Tmall / JD - Ebay, Amazon, etc
:Baidu Pan - Like Dropbox, only they give you 2TB for free..
:Baidu Maps / Amap - Like Google maps, but still has fierce competition for features.

= Which VPN should I use? =

Astrill has a long history of working in China.. why that is? 🤔 Well.. I can only speculate. You should set your expectation for any VPN service low, and not expect it to work at all times of the day. Make sure you buy it before you arrive in the mainland, and save the server list/app on your device.

I also use Lantern as a backup https://getlantern.org and I’ve heard good things about ExpressVPN.

= Before you come to China =

Get a VPN Account (eg, Astrill, ExpressVPN or Lantern)
Let Mitch know if you want a SIM card.

Download Apps:
WeChat (Chat)
Baidu Maps (Public transport directions)
Bing Translate
Baidu Translate
Skype (cheap landline or Internet calls back home, not blocked by firewall)
Google Translate (English —> Chinese) && (Chinese —> English) Offline translation pack
For Android, install Google Pinyin Input
For iPhone, enable Chinese keyboards/input methods (eg at least pinyin / handwriting / stroke),    which you can do this in your phone language settings.

== Tell your bank before you leave that you are travelling to China ==
If you rely on your local phone number for SMS 2FA (Banking, iCloud, Finance, etc), then either

== Tell your phone provider you are travelling to China ==
Get them to turn on international roaming and bring a spare phone with your SIM. 
       OR
Get the 2FA codes disabled while you are in China. 
Turn OFF data roaming before you arrive, unless you are only using a local SIM in your phone.
Be aware of which of your bank cards are going to charge you an international transaction fee and/or a ATM withdrawal fee. (Charles Schwab charges neither) If you can’t avoid fees, then make sure you do big ATM cash withdrawals each time to reduce ATM fees.

== I'm too busy, can't I just get it all when I get to China? ==

Yes, but..
:• Google Play Store is completely blocked in China. So either you will be downloading apps at a very slow speed over a VPN or downloading random .apks from untrusted sources
:• iPhones are easier, but hotel wifi is universally shitty and you will still be lost the first few days before you install everything
:• Banks and phone companies might not want to talk to you once you leave the country.

== Going down internet rabbit holes... ==

Q: China is gonna pwn my phone and spy on me. I'm scared 😰

Yep, could happen. Also, the NSA is already spying on you (PRISM). And the UK (Tempura). And Canada.. and Australia..(Five Eyes). and Russia.. and who knows who else.

So set your paranoia level accordingly. You want to come with a fresh phone? Go right ahead. But just remember that the internet is global, you can get hacked in any country, and most of your phones parts probably originated in China anyway…
Don’t be so scared that you spend your whole trip lost using a feature phone..

Sensible preparations include making sure you are running the latest version of your OS and apps, and having backups of everything you take with you. Changing passwords regularly or after your trip is also a sensible thing to do.

Q: I don’t trust Astrill, I wanna set up my own VPN.-

Straight OpenVPN is likely to get blocked after working for a few minutes, OpenVPN with obfsproxy less so, and any protocols that big businesses use are more likely to work, eg PPTP / Cisco Anyconnect / L2TP.
Also worth looking at projects that script an install for you onto a VPS, such as https://github.com/madbuda/brasscrow

Running a public Tor on your server at home will get the entire IP blocked the first time you use it.

Q. Can I just use SSH tunnels? Surely China won’t block SSH..

You can use SSH interactively, but when you start to transfer data through it, the packet loss goes through the roof until you restart the session. See for example: http://blog.zorinaq.com/my-experience-with-the-great-firewall-of-china/

Q: My VPN stopped working and now my internet is really slow.. Are they on to me? 😬

It’s probably just slow for everyone. VPNs aren’t illegal in China, but they do have automated processes for blocking them. Just because they blocked your server doesn’t mean they are targeting you.

Q. Can I use Teamviewer?

Yes….

Q. Can I watch Netflix?

Not unless you are really lucky. Streaming speeds are really bad over VPNs.


Q. What should I do next?


Answer questions in the email Mitch sent to the group about your phone and getting SIM cards for you.

HTTC Internet Tips

2017-11-04T06:50:06Z

Tomchristmas:

<pre style="color: black; font-size:xx-large;">
Noah’s Guide
to Chinese Internet & Phones,
       Translation, Navigation,
       Recommended Phone Apps, and
       What to Do Before Getting to China
</pre>

'''''This is useful info for people who want to travel in China''''' 
''It was specifically created for people traveling on the [[NoisebridgeChinaTrip7|Hacker Trip To China]] in 2017, but hopefully will be updated for the [[NoisebridgeChinaTrip7|2018 edition]] closer to the start date.''

= VPN, Internet, Blocked Websites, and SIM cards for your phone =

'''The Great Firewall of China''' 

As most people know, China censors its internet. The equipment that blocks some internet, and lets other internet through, is called a “Firewall”. There are ways around this, so that people in China (such as you!) can use any website that you like on your phone or laptop.

'''What is VPN?''' 

“VPN” is a means of securely connecting to other computers. It can be used to get around “The Great Firewall”.
 

Q: I have 10 proxies, 4 VPNs and Tor. Do I need this guide?

Yes: because there are times (anecdotally between 4pm and 11:30pm some days) where the international pipes are just too damn clogged! Relying on something overseas during those times ''may not help you.''

Also, Tor is blocked and China has an army of computer science graduates coming up with automated scripts to block your VPNs. Think about this before you assume it's not blocked.

Q. Do I need a SIM card / mobile internet for my phone on this trip? Can’t I use wifi?

I’m glad you asked. It is true that public wifi is available throughout China. However, it usually (not always) requires mainland phone number SMS identification. It is likely that you will have Internet at your hotel but may find it hard to get connected to wifi out and about. Also, for a group of this size, you need to be able to follow developments on the group WeChat and have access to GPS maps, or you will get left behind/lost very early!

Q: What doesn't work in China?

Gmail. YouTube. Dropbox. Google Search. Facebook. Line. Twitter. Facebook messenger, many news sites.
Don't save your VPN passwords and flight details solely in Gmail or Dropbox.

Q: What does work in China that might surprise me?
:• Most Microsoft services, including Skype and Bing. Bing is your only option for English search. Skype is a great option for calls, China's mobile network is pretty solid, so long as you pick China Mobile or Unicom.
:• WhatsApp (though might change soon...)
:• Teamviewer
:• Most Apple services work but can be slow. Apple maps / iMessage works fine, App Store works but is slow. Apple News is blocked, even with a VPN, and photo backup / iCloud backup will possibly work at appalling speeds.


Q. Are there any tricks that will get me uncensored internet 100% of the time?


Yes! The big workaround is to get a roaming SIM card, because all SIM data traffic is tunneled to your country of origin, and you can browse websites like you are back home.


Q. Oh, you mean like Google Fi or my carrier's roaming packs?


Google Fi is one option, but it’s important to realize that it may not be the fastest/cheapest. For a start, to remain competitive they have to negotiate the cheapest deal possible in each country, so you may end up on a budget 2G/3G data connection instead of a premium LTE service. Also, because all traffic is routed back to your provider, your latency may be very high, possibly interfering with using services such as Skype and WeChat voice calls.


Q. What is the better option?


The better option is to get a SIM card in Hong Kong that is owned by a mainland telecom provider, which routes traffic back to Hong Kong over their carrier owned (hopefully congestion free) pipes. Two such examples are China Unicom and China Mobile. Make sure you are getting a ''roaming to China'' SIM and not a Hong Kong ''ONLY'' sim.

More reading:
https://www.larrysalibra.com/hop-over-the-great-firewall-with-government-help/


Q. Will any SIM work in my phone?


Not always. China has historically deployed different radio spectra to other countries (different even from Hong Kong, so just because your phone works when you arrive doesn’t mean it will work in China). In recent times, the situation has gotten better, with iPhone 6 and above and many android phones supporting LTE bands on China Mobile, and China Unicom also supports a wide range of bands (but gives worse service/value than China Mobile).


Please also check if your phone is unlocked by your carrier, as it is common for many phones sold under contract to be tied to a provider. Often if you call them before you leave for China they will unlock it for you for free.


Q. How do I tell which SIM card to get?


If your phone supports TDD-LTE, get China Mobile, else get China Unicom.
:1. Find out the model number of your phone eg "iPhone 6S: Model A1688"
:2. Google "A1688 bands” to find out what it supports
:3. If your phone supports (TD-LTE) Bands: 38, 39, 40, 41, you are good to go with China Mobile!
:4. Else, get China Unicom.
For more information see: http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/China


Q. Can you help me buy a SIM card?


Yes, Noah will be buying and distributing SIM cards in Hong Kong, please reply to his questions sent out by Mitch in an email to the HTTC group – he knows what type of SIM card to get you.


Q. What are the SIM cards that you recommend specifically? How much do they cost?


If your phone supports TDD-LTE,
China Mobile “CMHK 4G/3G Individual traveller Prepaid SIM Card"
It costs $68HKD($8.69 US) for the SIM, and $168 HKD ($21.48 USD) for each 2GB data pack.
''Make sure it matches the picture below'': it is likely that the cashier will get confused and try to sell you a HK-only local sim instead!

http://www.hk.chinamobile.com/en/corporate_information/Prepaid_SIM/inbound_tourists/4G3Gprepaid-services-individual.html


Before you leave HK and enter China, recharge it online using this website: https://1cm.hk.chinamobile.com/bill/prepaid-refill.html?lang=en and activate a 2GB China & Hong Kong Data Package for $168 HKD.


If your phone doesn’t support TDD-LTE, or you’re just not sure, you can get the China Unicom Cross Border King
https://www.cuniq.com/hk_en/data-card/great-china/cross-border-king-hkno.html
Sim Costs $138 HKD ($17.64 USD)
Data packages are $118 HKD ($15.09 USD) / 1 GB.

[[File:HK_SIM.jpg|400px]]
 


Q. Where to look for these two cards?


7/11, Circle K 👌 and market stalls selling SIM cards. ''Make sure the photo matches and you are not being given a HK-only-SIM!''


Q: What about getting a local (Chinese Mainland) SIM Card:


Yes, you can do that. but everything will be blocked, and you will need real name registration with your passport and possibly a few hours to set it up. The first time I tried to do this, I thought I was getting prepaid but accidentally signed up for a 24 month plan.. and now I can’t get another due to leaving the country and not making payments. 🤦‍♂️ I don’t recommend this option.


= Translation tips =

Q: How can I translate and talk to Chinese people?

There are several good options:
:1. Google Translate: but it only works if you have a VPN and or have downloaded the offline pack beforehand. If you are translating offline, the quality of translation may be much less. Does however have an extremely nifty live translate options, that works offline and is completely indispensable for translating restaurant menus!
:2. Bing Translate: Works in china, and automatically translates text from screenshots. Also has a Safari plugin that can translate websites.
:3. Baidu Translate: Chinese native translation app. Great for second-checking Google/Bing translate when you are confused. Has a great AI / machine learning team and actually rolled out machine learning translate before Google did.
:4. WeChat: You can translate conversations while you are chatting to people. A lot of Chinese know this, and will ask for your WeChat right away so they can talk to you.
:5. Chinese Keyboards: If possible, install Chinese keyboards/input methods on your phone. This is so a Chinese person can type their part of the conversation using your phone. You may need a few because everyone has their own preference, e.g. pinyin, stroke, and handwriting. For Android, download the "Google Pinyin Input" app -- this has several Chinese keyboards in one. For iOS, you can enable "Chinese - Simplified Handwriting", "Chinese - Simplified Pinyin", and "Chinese - Simplified Stroke" on your phone.

Q: I want to buy a banana in China, but I don’t speak any Chinese, how can I buy a banana?

Here is a picture of a Banana. Now you can show this picture and very soon you will have your very own banana. Seriously, Bing Images speaks 1000 Chinese words. You can use text translate all day, but a picture of the thing you want will always get faster results.

[[File:Bananas.png|200px]]
 

Q: Wait Bing images?

Yes, remember Google is blocked 🙃

= Navigation tips =

Know the subway exit closest to your accommodation. Have someone write it down for you in Chinese to show a taxi driver or subway staff. Also, get your hotel to write down in Chinese the name of the building and address and phone number, so you can show to a taxi driver.

Q: My VPN works fine 😀 Can I rely on Google Maps?

Google Maps in China offsets GPS locations by a random amount. Even with a VPN. You will get very lost using it. Also, the maps haven't been updated much since Google left China years ago. The directions they give you may or may not be correct, but the blue dot WILL be wrong.

Q. What about Apple Maps? Openstreetmaps?

Both of these work although may not be that detailed. Apple Maps has public transport directions (in English!) for some cities.

Q: How to get up to date public transport/walking directions?

Use Baidu Maps.

Q: Wait I downloaded Baidu Maps and it's all in Chinese. WTF?

Welcome to China. A tip I recommend is to take a screenshot and then use Microsoft Translator to understand what the functions are. But if you've used mapping apps before most of functions are the same. I recommend copy and pasting the Chinese address, or getting a Chinese person to type it in for you. For this you may need a few Chinese keyboards, as each person has their own preference of keyboard type.

Baidu Maps also has excellent public transport directions, including subway and buses. It takes a bit of back and forward between Bing Translate to understand what to do, see example screenshot below.

[[File:BaiduMapExample_composite.png|500px]]
 

Q: Why install a Chinese app? It's all too confusing.

So Chinese people can help you. So you can get up to date public transport. So you can navigate there in augmented reality mode. (really)... so you can hire bicycles to get you there... so you can save the whole map offline.

Q: Got any tips to save me battery / SIM Card data?
:1. Buy a powerbank. Almost easier to find than food in China.
:2. Because some services will be blocked, your phone might waste a lot of time trying to connect to things and fail. If it’s sensible, it will give up and not constantly retry. but if you get battery drain you can try turning off any push email and background app refresh for blocked services e.g. Facebook / Google Apps.
:3. Make sure you don’t have things like Camera Roll upload to Dropbox turned on for Cellular data!

Q: This is really weird. So what services do Chinese people use?

I’m glad you asked 😀. The Chinese Internet industry is flourishing, and Chinese use a wide range of locally developed apps.

I recommend checking out a top 100 list of apps such as the iTunes China App store rankings, but here are some examples: 
:Netease/Baidu/Kogou - like Spotify
:Alipay - Like Paypal, but can be used in real life to pay for anything including Metro tickets.
:Kwai - Funny videos
:didi - Like Uber, and available in English!
:iQiyi - Like Netflix
:Mobike - Share bikes
:Meitu - Beauty app, with live video transformations
:Dianping - Like foursquare/yelp, only been around longer and more organised.
:Bilibili / Youku - Social video platforms
:Taobao / Tmall / JD - Ebay, Amazon, etc
:Baidu Pan - Like Dropbox, only they give you 2TB for free..
:Baidu Maps / Amap - Like Google maps, but still has fierce competition for features.

= Which VPN should I use? =

Astrill has a long history of working in China.. why that is? 🤔 Well.. I can only speculate. You should set your expectation for any VPN service low, and not expect it to work at all times of the day. Make sure you buy it before you arrive in the mainland, and save the server list/app on your device.

I also use Lantern as a backup https://getlantern.org and I’ve heard good things about ExpressVPN.

= Before you come to China =

Get a VPN Account (eg, Astrill, ExpressVPN or Lantern)
Let Mitch know if you want a SIM card.

Download Apps:
WeChat (Chat)
Baidu Maps (Public transport directions)
Bing Translate
Baidu Translate
Skype (cheap landline or Internet calls back home, not blocked by firewall)
Google Translate (English —> Chinese) && (Chinese —> English) Offline translation pack
For Android, install Google Pinyin Input
For iPhone, enable Chinese keyboards/input methods (eg at least pinyin / handwriting / stroke),    which you can do this in your phone language settings.

== Tell your bank before you leave that you are travelling to China ==
If you rely on your local phone number for SMS 2FA (Banking, iCloud, Finance, etc), then either

== Tell your phone provider you are travelling to China ==
Get them to turn on international roaming and bring a spare phone with your SIM. 
       OR
Get the 2FA codes disabled while you are in China. 
Turn OFF data roaming before you arrive, unless you are only using a local SIM in your phone.
Be aware of which of your bank cards are going to charge you an international transaction fee and/or a ATM withdrawal fee. (Charles Schwab charges neither) If you can’t avoid fees, then make sure you do big ATM cash withdrawals each time to reduce ATM fees.

== I'm too busy, can't I just get it all when I get to China? ==

Yes, but..
:• Google Play Store is completely blocked in China. So either you will be downloading apps at a very slow speed over a VPN or downloading random .apks from untrusted sources
:• iPhones are easier, but hotel wifi is universally shitty and you will still be lost the first few days before you install everything
:• Banks and phone companies might not want to talk to you once you leave the country.

== Going down internet rabbit holes... ==

Q: China is gonna pwn my phone and spy on me. I'm scared 😰

Yep, could happen. Also, the NSA is already spying on you (PRISM). And the UK (Tempura). And Canada.. and Australia..(Five Eyes). and Russia.. and who knows who else.

So set your paranoia level accordingly. You want to come with a fresh phone? Go right ahead. But just remember that the internet is global, you can get hacked in any country, and most of your phones parts probably originated in China anyway…
Don’t be so scared that you spend your whole trip lost using a feature phone..

Sensible preparations include making sure you are running the latest version of your OS and apps, and having backups of everything you take with you. Changing passwords regularly or after your trip is also a sensible thing to do.

Q: I don’t trust Astrill, I wanna set up my own VPN.-

Straight OpenVPN is likely to get blocked after working for a few minutes, OpenVPN with obfsproxy less so, and any protocols that big businesses use are more likely to work, eg PPTP / Cisco Anyconnect / L2TP.
Also worth looking at projects that script an install for you onto a VPS, such as https://github.com/madbuda/brasscrow

Running a public Tor on your server at home will get the entire IP blocked the first time you use it.

Q. Can I just use SSH tunnels? Surely China won’t block SSH..

You can use SSH interactively, but when you start to transfer data through it, the packet loss goes through the roof until you restart the session. See for example: http://blog.zorinaq.com/my-experience-with-the-great-firewall-of-china/

Q: My VPN stopped working and now my internet is really slow.. Are they on to me? 😬

It’s probably just slow for everyone. VPNs aren’t illegal in China, but they do have automated processes for blocking them. Just because they blocked your server doesn’t mean they are targeting you.

Q. Can I use Teamviewer?

Yes….

Q. Can I watch Netflix?

Not unless you are really lucky. Streaming speeds are really bad over VPNs.


Q. What should I do next?


Answer questions in the email Mitch sent to the group about your phone and getting SIM cards for you.