Meeting Notes 2016 08 23 - Revision history

Pemulis: add full notes from riseup pad plus philanthropists

2016-08-24T04:09:48Z

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 * Finances: $12,250 left in the Equipment Fund, $18,529.82 for Noisetor, and general fund is unknown but all was well last we checked.
 * New members: No
-* New philanthropists: Jason Bohannon
+* New philanthropists: Jason Bohannon, Collin Overbay, Joe Nelson
 * Consensus Items:
 * Discussion Items:
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 If any important discussion happens, it should be happening after forward progress is made during consensus.
 = End of Meeting =

Pemulis at 04:07, 24 August 2016

2016-08-24T04:07:40Z

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	TLDR what happened at the meeting:		TLDR what happened at the meeting:
	* Announcements:		* Announcements:
	* Finances: $12,250 left in the Equipment Fund, $~~18529~~.82 for Noisetor, and general fund is unknown but all was well last we checked.		* Finances: $12,250 left in the Equipment Fund, $18,529.82 for Noisetor, and general fund is unknown but all was well last we checked.
	* New members: No		* New members: No
	* New philanthropists: Jason Bohannon		* New philanthropists: Jason Bohannon
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	* '''Invite a knowledgeable volunteer to explain''' [[Noisebridge_Vision\|what Noisebridge is about]]:		* '''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>		<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.		* 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):		* Round of introductions (remember, announcements come later):

			David: Here on and off. Been in SF two months.
			Blake: I just moved to SF, hanging out at Noisebridge a lot.
			Melanie: Second time here. Learned some basics.
			Colin: Been here about 6 weeks. Code, physics major.
			William: Production designer.
			Dennis: Architectural student.
			Mina: UI/UX designer. Spare time like to draw and do game design.
			Joyti: Software something or other.
			Steve: Physicist and data scientist and software developer. Member and have been coming around 3 or 4 years.
			Joe: Software dev and functional programming databases.

	** What's your name		** What's your name
	** What do you do		** What do you do
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	* Any happenings at the space of which members should be made aware.		* 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!		* Don't hog everyone's time since we all just want to hack!

			Melanie: Friends of mine holding a cultural salon. Thought it might be cool to bring them here one night and make kits and do hands-on stuff.
			Joe: It would be cool to have a Haskell hack night. May be 30-40 people. Would also like to get a Haskell specific mailing list.

	= Safe Space =		= Safe Space =
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	* Noisebridge strives to be radically inclusive. What does that mean?		* Noisebridge strives to be radically inclusive. What does that mean?
	* Noisebridge has an antiharassment policy. What does that mean?		* Noisebridge has an antiharassment policy. What does that mean?

			Steve: A couple months ago we had drama happen with someone associated with the space. We ended up banning him from the space. A month or so ago we had another long-time member with reports of being overbearing with people and asked him to leave for a month or so. Sometimes when you're in a space like this and feel harassed or someone is being overbearing you might just stop coming rather than talking to somebody. We have a Safe Space Working Group now for collecting reports and try to root out these issues. If you are being harassed or being given unwanted attention in the space you can talk to one of us and know we'll keep you anonymous and talk with the person and figure out what's going on and ask them to either leave permanently or take a break. It's important to know that we do take these things seriously. In most cases most members are probably going to be in contact with other members enough that they can be trusted to relay issues.

			Blake: One thing I like to do when I give a tour is point out the anti-harassment policy on the wall.

	= Participation =		= Participation =
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	* Describe how to get an rfid key for the door system		* Describe how to get an rfid key for the door system
	* Describe how to get access to slack		* Describe how to get access to slack

			Steve: Various ways of participating. Simplest way is also the most inclusive: Just come here, show up, hack on stuff with other people, hack on stuff by yourself, learn how to use things in the space. You don't have to pay any money. Hacking stuff here is contribution enough. In order to do that, you just need to be able to get in. Why isn't this guy in here right now? Because somebody has to open the door and take responsibility. We're an anarchist space and part of what that means is we all have to take a leadership role. Every one of us is a guardian of the space. Please let people in because if you don't how will anyone get in? But you have to take responsibility. Open 10am to 10pm. If you do come to the space a couple of times and want to come back more frequently but not ready to pay money, you can get an RFID token by the door. $5 for a key fob, or a $3 to get your Clipper card. This will get you in during open hours.

			We have a Slack channel and the Noisebridge Discuss mailing list but a lot of us have transitioned to Slack. If you want to participate in the online community ask any member to give you access and then wait a little bit for that to happen.

	= [[Philanthropists]]=		= [[Philanthropists]]=
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	* The rest of the meeting should reach consensus on whether they may join.		* The rest of the meeting should reach consensus on whether they may join.
	* Remember to applaud new members when they return.		* Remember to applaud new members when they return.

			Steve: As a philanthropist you make an $80 contribution the space and need to know our protocol with how to take care of the space and how to shut down the space. As far as membership goes, membership doesn't really get you any privileges. It lets you scan people's RFID things and gets you the ability to full participate in our decision-making process. Members can block consensus. We trust you so much as a member that if all the other members decide to do something you can block it.


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	* Noisetor (See the bulletpoints at the bottom of http://noisetor.net/finances/#summary):		* Noisetor (See the bulletpoints at the bottom of http://noisetor.net/finances/#summary):
	* Any other details by those participating in handling our financials		* Any other details by those participating in handling our financials

			$12,250 left in the Equipment Fund, $18,529.82 for Noisetor, and general fund is unknown but all was well last we checked.

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



	= End of Meeting =		= End of Meeting =

Pemulis: /* Meeting Summary */ add noisetor number

2016-08-24T03:12:50Z

Meeting Summary: add noisetor number

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	* Announcements:		* Announcements:
	* Finances: $12,250 left in the Equipment Fund. ~~Unknown amount in~~ Noisetor and general fund but all was well last we checked.		* Finances: $12,250 left in the Equipment Fund, $18529.82 for Noisetor, and general fund is unknown but all was well last we checked.
	* New members: No		* New members: No
	* New philanthropists: Jason Bohannon		* New philanthropists: Jason Bohannon

Pemulis: add number of meeting

2016-08-24T03:10:53Z

add number of meeting

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	These are the notes from the [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The ~~XXXth~~ Meeting of Noisebridge]. Date: August 23, 2016 Note-taker: John Shutt; Moderators: John Shutt.		These are the notes from the [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The 424th Meeting of Noisebridge]. Date: August 23, 2016 Note-taker: John Shutt; Moderators: John Shutt.
	* '''One or two bullet points of high-level meeting summary.'''		* '''One or two bullet points of high-level meeting summary.'''

Pemulis: some preliminary notes

2016-08-24T03:09:38Z

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+These are the notes from the [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge]. Date: August 23, 2016 Note-taker: John Shutt; Moderators: John Shutt.
 * '''One or two bullet points of high-level meeting summary.'''
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 TLDR what happened at the meeting:
 * Announcements:
-* Finances:
+* Finances: $12,250 left in the Equipment Fund. Unknown amount in Noisetor and general fund but all was well last we checked.
-* New members:
+* New members: No
-* New philanthropists:
+* New philanthropists: Jason Bohannon
 * Consensus Items:
 * Discussion Items:

Phong: Created new meeting page

2016-08-17T22:00:09Z

Created new meeting page

New page

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DELETE EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE WHEN YOU POST THE MEETING MINUTES KTHX!!!

= Instructions =

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

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.

DELETE EVERYTHING ABOVE THIS LINE WHEN YOU POST THE MEETING MINUTES KTHX!!!
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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

= [[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 and Discussion =

* '''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 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.

[[Category:Meeting Notes]]