[sudoroom] Notes from meeting today

[Matthew Senate]

Actually, a friend of mine who is interested in the hackerspace works for
IndieGoGo and can hook us up with a free project there. I agree, we should
pursue many and multiple income sources.

http://indiegogo.com/

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 2:52 PM, dude8604 <dude8604 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Just a quick thought on funding – someone had mentioned using
> kickstarter.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* sudoroom-bounces+dude8604=gmail.com at lists.hackerspaces.org[mailto:
> sudoroom-bounces+dude8604=gmail.com at lists.hackerspaces.org] *On Behalf Of
> *Matthew Senate
> *Sent:* Friday, November 18, 2011 2:47 PM
> *To:* sudoroom at lists.hackerspaces.org
> *Subject:* [sudoroom] Notes from meeting today
>
>
>
> The Noun Project should make hacker-space icons, but they have a lot of
> stuff already: http://thenounproject.com/
>
> *Notes:*
> + Possible strategy: find user groups to call the space home, connect to
> orgs or groups who want to put on pre-fab'd workshops.
> + Get a room, people will flock in.
> + Principles (options: "Be excellent to each other" and "No new rules"),
> but also guidelines (e.g. safe space)
> + Situate the group in terms of hacker culture and hacker ethic (history
> and education opportunity)
> + Build "Systems" not rules or policies.
>
> + There are sometimes trouble with personal items, but there are a lot of
> "service design" and automation opportunities through Labitat's projects to
> set up food purchasing, item/tool tracking with QRcodes and symbols, and
> member registration and access with magnetic stripped IDs.
> + Need to read "Hacker Spaces Patterns" document, outlining how to set up
> a new hacker space, or at least how others have done it.
>
> + Need to sort out the fiscal sponsorship asap, especially for bank
> account, property lease, and grant application purposes. (Open Science,
> Cooperative, and Collective "incubator" opportunities)
>   --> Goal here is to set up hierarchy only for business purposes, but
> help make the hacker space more lateral.
> + Create list of grants with deadlines on a simple calendar
> + Also need an event calendar for momentum-building.
>
> *Action plan:*
> + Meet in 2 weeks on Wednesday November 30th at 7pm (location TBD), and
> hold a weekly meeting every subsequent week. Provide food.
> + Get a space asap (do what's necessary to make that happen).
> + Make commitment to public access by holding "public open" sessions in
> the evenings.
>
> - Matt
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/private/sudoroom/attachments/20111118/f76e7d48/attachment.html>