[sudoroom] Art murmur planning - meet this week?

Wed Aug 22 02:00:42 CEST 2012

I'm not available this week, but I'm excited to participate next week.

I've got a supply of conductive thread, LED's, and the skills to teach
people how to combine them into clothing.

Anca.

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com>wrote:

> hi everyone,
>
> what would be a good day for folks who are interested in organizing art
> murmur stuff to meet?
>
> is anyone available tomorrow during the day? what about friday evening (a
> very popular time to work on things, i know ;))? any other times?
>
> (i know that thursday is bad for rachel, i can do tomorrow anytime except
> for around 6:30.)
>
> thanks,
> marina
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Jenny Ryan <jenny at thepyre.org> wrote:
>
>> 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 <http://coyotecounter.tumblrcom> ) 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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