<div class="" id="magicdomid2"><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z b u">Tonight's meeting was seriously rad. Thanks to everyone who participated. Notes below!<br><br>Also, please add to these notes, as much is missing! Specifically, no one was taking notes when we were discussing the current space and actively working out the budget for September.<br>
<b><br>-------------------------<u><br>8/20/12</u></b></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid3"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid4"><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z b"><b>Attendees</b></span><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">: max, deno, marc, anthony, jenny, rachel, matt, marina, aestetix</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid5"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid6"><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z b"><b>Announcements</b></span><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">:</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid7"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid8"><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">OA Hackathon @ PLOS: saturday/sunday 8/25-8/26: </span><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z url"><a href="http://oahack2012.eventbrite.com/">http://oahack2012.eventbrite.com/</a></span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid9"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid10"><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">Art opening and show at coyote counter collective: saturday 8/25, 2-7PM: 423 40th st: </span><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z url"><a href="http://coyotecounter.tumblr.com/post/29833778448/saturday-8-25-vagabondage-w-special-guests">http://coyotecounter.tumblr.com/post/29833778448/saturday-8-25-vagabondage-w-special-guests</a></span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid11"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid12"><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">Sewing hackspace merging with hackspace: Rachel's sewing collective (</span><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z url"><a href="http://coyotecounter.tumblr.com">http://coyotecounter.tumblr.com</a></span><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z"> ) has a year in her lease. She is interested in merging with a hackerspace at the end of her lease.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid13"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid14"><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">Art
Murmur 9/7: live clothes-hacking, sculptures, etc. parties who are
interested in working on the next art murmur, when should we meet? MK
will email the list to figure out a good day to meet to plan.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid15"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid16"><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z b"><b>Sudosuite</b></span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid17"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">W</span><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">rite a program to enact our budgeting and resource allocation plans.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid18"><ul class="list-indent1"><li><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">Interested parties: Jenny, Anthony, Marc, Matt, aestetix, </span></li></ul></div><div class="" id="magicdomid19">
<ul class="list-indent1"><li><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">Existing solutions: paypal, wepay, square, stripe, clearbon, Compare to </span><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z url"><a href="http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hackerspace_Software">http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hackerspace_Software</a></span></li>
</ul></div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid1260"><ul class="list-indent1"><li><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">See also: metalab's hackerspace OS (</span><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z url"><a href="https://github.com/fhahn/hackerspace-os#readme%29">https://github.com/fhahn/hackerspace-os#readme)</a></span><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">; labitat's model (</span><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z url"><a href="https://github.com/labitat%29">https://github.com/labitat)</a></span><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">, more: </span><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z url"><a href="http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hackerspace_Software">http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hackerspace_Software</a></span><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z"> </span></li>
</ul></div><div class="" id="magicdomid21"><ul class="list-indent1"><li><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">Feature Requirements:</span></li></ul></div><div class="" id="magicdomid22"><ul class="list-bullet3">
<li><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">ability to take payments (strong preference to not use square/paypal)</span></li></ul></div><div class="" id="magicdomid23"><ul class="list-bullet3"><li>
<span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">do we want to make available publically who pay and who doesn't? is the budget public (within the membership vs to the outside)?</span></li></ul></div><div class="" id="magicdomid24">
<ul class="list-bullet3"><li><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">ability to issue receipts</span></li></ul></div><div class="" id="magicdomid25"><ul class="list-bullet3"><li><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">internal economy/earmarked contributions</span></li>
</ul></div><div class="" id="magicdomid26"><ul class="list-bullet4"><li><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">Desirable
trades: your own or any other member's future/current dues, member
projects, keep in the pot, raising/lowering dues, one time payments,
recurring payments</span></li></ul></div><div class="" id="magicdomid27"><ul class="list-bullet3"><li><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">track users, status of users, user history</span></li>
</ul></div><div class="" id="magicdomid28"><ul class="list-bullet3"><li><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">direct deposit</span></li></ul></div><div class="" id="magicdomid29"><ul class="list-bullet3">
<li><span class="author-a-z83zb29z84zz77zbz88zrxz85z6z87zz84zgz89z">tip jar?</span></li></ul></div><div class="" id="magicdomid30"><ul class="list-bullet3"><li><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">Ideally, this creates a sort of Kickstarter-like system for Sudoers to contribute to group projects</span></li>
</ul></div><div class="" id="magicdomid31"><ul class="list-bullet3"><li><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">Group Membership</span></li></ul></div><div class="" id="magicdomid32"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid33">
<span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z b"><b>Federation Model</b></span></div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid1290"><ul class="list-bullet3"><li><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">Rachel suggests future potential partnership w/ her art/clothes-hacking co-operative workshop & store (lease ends in a year)</span></li>
</ul></div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid1291"><ul class="list-bullet3"><li><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">DIYbio space w/ Ryan and friends</span></li></ul></div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid1292">
<ul class="list-bullet3"><li><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">FixIt Clinic <br></span></li></ul><p><span class="author-a-7ez74zaz122zz80zmohexz78zz122zz122zlh"><br></span></p><p><span class="author-a-7ez74zaz122zz80zmohexz78zz122zz122zlh">Rachel is nominated to "Chancellor of Punch</span><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">ing</span><span class="author-a-7ez74zaz122zz80zmohexz78zz122zz122zlh">" - She accepts.</span></p>
</div><div class="" id="magicdomid39"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid40"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">Eddan: JOBS Act now open for public comments (specifically re: crowdfunding bill)</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid41"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">-Also suggests funding August rent through soliciting organizational sponsorship</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid42"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">-->
Matt is not into this idea, thinks we need to cover our own costs and
not do this form of sponsorship for the purpose of covering our basic
costs</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid43"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">-Concerns over 'being beholden' as well as it being too soon to engage in these activities</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid44">
<span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">-Concerns that money should not be involved to be able to sponsor Sudo Room</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid45"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">---> Vote of Confidence page!</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid46"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">-The bylaws do allow for group membership </span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid47"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">-Important to open up </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid48">-Difference between, say, being sponsored by O'Reilly (Matt doesn't like their business model; Rachel points out that they're DARPA-funded) and being sponsored by DanceSafe.. and what 'sponsorship' entails (see 'Non-Monetary Membership', below). <br>
<br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid49"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">SudoPAC?!</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid50"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">Eddan's
spoken with some District 3 representatives, suggests holding a debate
at Sudo Room re: tech & innovation policies in Oakland.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid51"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid52"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">Becoming Legit (in the eyes of the Powers That Be): Wednesday </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid53"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">-Getting a DBA</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid54"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">-Get bank account</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid55"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">--> bring Proof of Existence, the DBA, and the bylaws/compact</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid56"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid57">
<span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z b"><b>Non-Monetary Membership</b></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid58"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">"Want
List" - Every member can vote on one thing they want to have in the
space, which gets added to the group's "want list" for non-monetary
contributions</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid59"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">-Discussion of social justice wrt membership and currency valuation</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid60">
<span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">-Having time is in itself a privilege</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid61"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">-One
person's labor, and the time put into that labor, is not equivalent to
another's - beyond skill/expertise is the individual's
background/education/privilege, granting varying levels of choice, resources and responsibilities.<br></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid62"><span class="author-a-egx81z122z8z81zz88zdmjsmqz73z">-Let's work on creating a model that actually levels the playing field.<br>
<br>---------<br></span></div>Jenny<br>
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"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."<br>
-Laurie Anderson<br>
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"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."<br>
-Hannah Arendt<br>
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"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."<br>
-Stéphane Mallarmé<br>
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