[sudoroom] Meeting Minutes

[Anca Mosoiu]

October 16th at Tech Liminal works great.  What time were you thinking?

Anca.

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate at gmail.com>wrote:

> 9/19/2012
>
> attendees: matt, marina, andrew, jay, andy 5.0, juan, praveen, rusty,
> nile, evan,  rachel, victoria, ryanb, jason, anthony, tanya, jenny
>
>
>    1. Announcements
>
>
>    1. Cryptoparty
>
>
>    1. HackMeet is putting together a more informal kind of cryptoparty
>
>
>    1. Third week of October (before HackMeet's event).
>
>
>    1. Shooting for Techliminal October 16th (need confirmation)
>
>
>    1. 1-Year Anniversary of Occupation of Oscar Grant Plaza in Downtown
>    Oakland.
>
>
>    1. oct 10th
>
>
>    1. Event w/ Pants Interface (open source wearable control device with
>    wireless radios on it)
>
>
>    1. Release party for source documentation on November 3rd
>
>
>    1. call for artists! Interactive projects of any kind
>
>
>    1. Art Murmur
>
>
>    1. coming up again on Oct. 5
>
>
>    1. interested parties? what are possible activities?
>
>
>    1. Rachel takes responsibility for 3-d printer friends not being
>    available and making us all sad :(
>
>
>    1. They're sorry and want to come back
>
>
>    1. Ryanb proposed a "Faire"
>
>
>    1. Rachel is available to come by but has a limited amount of help to
>    offer. MK is not available - will email tracy.
>
>
>    1. Open Science / Creative / Maker Faire type of event
>
>
>    1. Vegan event until 9pm at Saturn Cafe in Berkeley
>
>
>    1. Bank Account (Anthony?) ====>>>>>>
>    http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/264/241/9e9.gif
>
>
>    1. Exists at Community Bank of the Bay, a local community bank with a
>    favorable/consistent mission to SR's values!
>
>
>    1. Created an account of an unincorporated association, we get the
>    non-profit deal (no fees)
>
>
>    1. Did this all without a tax-id
>
>
>    1. Anthony, Matt, and Eddan all gave W-9 documents, but this tax
>    information is independent of the SR account.
>
>
>    1. Eddan has been talking with CBOTB for months now, clarified with
>    their legal department, etc
>
>
>    1. Wad of cash is deposited, supplementing our minimum balance
>
>
>    1. Let's just do everything in Canadian $'s
>
>
>    1. LOLspace is interested, they need a bank account asap!
>
>
>    1. Brainstorm of Integrations with Spaces
>
>
>    1. Find out info from George about $6500 space upstairs
>
>
>    1. Square footage
>
>
>    1. Windows
>
>
>    1. Access
>
>
>    1. Rooms
>
>
>    1. Adjacent rooms
>
>
>    1. Can try to hold/reserve the room
>
>
>    1. Weight considerations, equipment?
>
>
>    1. Talk to compatriots, grow list
>
>
>    1. Biohackers
>
>
>    1. Coyote Clothing Collective
>
>
>    1. Fixit Clinic
>
>
>    1. Techliminal
>
>
>    1. OpenWatch
>
>
>    1. "Roshambo Media" - Filming equipment, may want to start a film
>    collective, a green screen, etc
>
>
>    1. ?
>
>
>    1. Update our requirements and discuss on thread
>
>
>    1. Consider all the ideas and constraints, update our list
>
>
>    1. Range of configurations
>
>
>    1. Full Sudo Room
>
>
>    1. Some partial Sudo Room space, hap-hazard
>
>
>    1. Some down-sides
>
>
>    1. j.Things Rachel does is more dirty than what she currently does
>    (e.g. use a table saw).
>
>
>    1. Limitations of common space, have been under-utilized thusfar
>
>
>    1. Up-sides
>
>
>    1. Month-to-month aspect is nice
>
>
>    1. Open up the whole building search
>
>
>    1. Oakland Tribune
>
>
>    1. We have a map of listings that could be updated
>
>
>    1. Let's set a date soon to bike around and identify possibly
>    appropriate for lease spaces.
>
>
>    1. Matt is coming in in the mornings, building a work bench and
>    starting classes
>
>
>    1. Let him know if you want to join/
>
>
>    1. Bay Area Hackerspaces Hackathon
>
>
>    1. All the hackerspaces (not just hackerspaces), similar, creative
>    groups--have problems!
>
>
>    1. consensus management
>
>
>    1. budgeting
>
>
>    1. inventory
>
>
>    1. sharing / collaborating
>
>
>    1. Want to hold a "Personal democracy" hackathon some time in november
>
>
>    1. Praveen has a list, contact him over the mailing list when Praveen
>    makes a thread!
>
>
>    1. What are we missing? What tools? Federation? etc.
>
>
>    1. Vegan Cheese project
>
>
>    1. Selection of vegan cheeses brought for tasting (must assess
>    competition
>
>
>    1. recommend vegan pizza wednesdays for future testing (esp for
>    crucial issues such as melting)
>
>
>    1. Conflict Resolution
>
>
>    1. Fiscal Solvency
>
>
>    1. Proposals to change Articles of Association
>
>
>    1. Initial Idea: (to be crafted over the coming weeks) Emphasize
>    positive feedback process in Articles of Association.
>
>
>    1. Endorsements
>
>
>    1. Proposal: Cryptoparty
>
>
>    1. Rapidly approaching
>
>
>    1. Question: What about Art Murmur?
>
>
>    1. Protests re: Bradly Manning
>
>
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