[sudoroom] Meeting Notes for 8/20

[Jenny Ryan]

Forgot to add, you can add to these notes here:
https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroom


On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Jenny Ryan <jenny at thepyre.org> wrote:

> Tonight's meeting was seriously rad. Thanks to everyone who participated.
> Notes below!
>
> 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.
> *
> -------------------------
> 8/20/12*
>
> *Attendees*: max, deno, marc, anthony, jenny, rachel, matt, marina,
> aestetix
>
> *Announcements*:
>
> OA Hackathon @ PLOS: saturday/sunday 8/25-8/26:
> http://oahack2012.eventbrite.com/
>
> Art opening and show at coyote counter collective: saturday 8/25, 2-7PM:
> 423 40th st:
> http://coyotecounter.tumblr.com/post/29833778448/saturday-8-25-vagabondage-w-special-guests
>
> Sewing hackspace merging with hackspace: Rachel's sewing collective (
> http://coyotecounter.tumblr.com ) has a year in her lease. She is
> interested in merging with a hackerspace at the end of her lease.
>
> 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.
>
> *Sudosuite*
> Write a program to enact our budgeting and resource allocation plans.
>
>    - Interested parties: Jenny, Anthony, Marc, Matt, aestetix,
>
>
>    - Existing solutions: paypal, wepay, square, stripe, clearbon, Compare
>    to http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hackerspace_Software
>
>
>    - See also: metalab's hackerspace OS (
>    https://github.com/fhahn/hackerspace-os#readme); labitat's model (
>    https://github.com/labitat), more:
>    http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hackerspace_Software
>
>
>    - Feature Requirements:
>
>
>    - ability to take payments (strong preference to not use square/paypal)
>
>
>    - do we want to make available publically who pay and who doesn't? is
>    the budget public (within the membership vs to the outside)?
>
>
>    - ability to issue receipts
>
>
>    - internal economy/earmarked contributions
>
>
>    - 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
>
>
>    - track users, status of users, user history
>
>
>    - direct deposit
>
>
>    - tip jar?
>
>
>    - Ideally, this creates a sort of Kickstarter-like system for Sudoers
>    to contribute to group projects
>
>
>    - Group Membership
>
>
> *Federation Model*
>
>    - Rachel suggests future potential partnership w/ her
>    art/clothes-hacking co-operative workshop & store (lease ends in a year)
>
>
>    - DIYbio space w/ Ryan and friends
>
>
>    - FixIt Clinic
>
>
> Rachel is nominated to "Chancellor of Punching" - She accepts.
>
> Eddan: JOBS Act now open for public comments (specifically re:
> crowdfunding bill)
> -Also suggests funding August rent through soliciting organizational
> sponsorship
> --> 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
> -Concerns over 'being beholden' as well as it being too soon to engage in
> these activities
> -Concerns that money should not be involved to be able to sponsor Sudo Room
> ---> Vote of Confidence page!
> -The bylaws do allow for group membership
> -Important to open up
> -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).
>
> SudoPAC?!
> Eddan's spoken with some District 3 representatives, suggests holding a
> debate at Sudo Room re: tech & innovation policies in Oakland.
>
> Becoming Legit (in the eyes of the Powers That Be):
> Wednesday
> -Getting a DBA
> -Get bank account
> --> bring Proof of Existence, the DBA, and the bylaws/compact
>
> *Non-Monetary Membership*
> "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
> -Discussion of social justice wrt membership and currency valuation
> -Having time is in itself a privilege
> -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.
> -Let's work on creating a model that actually levels the playing field.
>
> ---------
> Jenny
> http://jennyryan.net
> http://thepyre.org
> http://thevirtualcampfire.org
> http://technomadic.tumblr.com
>
> `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
>  "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
> -Laurie Anderson
>
> "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it"
>  -Hannah Arendt
>
> "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
> -Stéphane Mallarmé
> ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
>
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