Howdy,<br><br>Techliminal will be closed this Wednesday Dec 28th, so we're moving back to Caffe Mediterraneum (on Telegraph near UC Berkeley) for this week! The Med should be good since not many people will be able to make it this week, and we've had our meetup there before. It's relatively quiet, and public. <br>
<br>The next week (Jan 4), we'll be moseying back to Techliminal. <br><br>Last week's minutes: <a href="http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Sudo_room/12-21-2011_Meetup">http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Sudo_room/12-21-2011_Meetup</a><br>
<br>Action items:<br><br>* Expect an email about our list of potential spaces: <a href="http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Sudo_room/open_a_space">http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Sudo_room/open_a_space</a><br>* Please contribute to our Fund-raising strategies, especially outlining a plan and dependencies: <a href="http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Sudo_room/funding_opportunities">http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Sudo_room/funding_opportunities</a><br>
* Also expect an email about our first MAJOR EVENT--a DNA bar-coding workshop, emphasis on GMO testing, tentatively at the end of February. <br> ** This is especially important because doing the workshop with some initial results finished beforehand will be fun, engaging, and underscore how much we would be able to do with our own space, equipment, etc. Further, that we could take steps toward the kinds of un-GMOing these folks did (and Michael emailed about):<br>
<br>A short description:<br>
<a href="http://www.common-flowers.org/ComFlow-Description.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.common-flowers.org/ComFlow-Description.pdf</a><br>
An Interview with the Artist:<br>
<a href="http://bcl.biopresence.com/meets/bcl/" target="_blank">http://bcl.biopresence.com/meets/bcl/</a><br><br>Final note:<br>So far I've been doubling as secretary and facilitator, but it can be difficult to stay in the conversation while taking notes, so perhaps we can mix that up for our January 4th meeting (in two weeks)? Let me know if you would be interested in facilitating or being secretary (if you would like to facilitate, share some experience you've had, or if none, let me know and we can chat about good strategies).<br>
<br>- Matt<br><br><br>