<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Heading over now... Thought about this a bit, and here's my proposals so far:<br><br></div>1) at LOL we've had a lot of success with easing the process of the newcomer pipeline by having a weekly open hack night. We intentionally create a hyper collaborative safe space guided by several co-facilitators. It allows seasoned people with teh mad skillz to connect to people off the street and has done wonders for getting new people building our community and building the communication skills of more experienced people. We do have Monday nights, but I'd like to take it a step further and get something like this going at noisebridge. I'm willing to head it up, but am also worried that I won't be able to support 2 nights at 2 spaces regularly so I would also like some help on it.<br>
<br></div>2) I think it may be worth creating a noisebridge-mediation list which would siphon some of the drama off of noisebridge discuss, but keep people iterating on what are indeed important issues<br><br></div>3) I attempted (but did not get approval) for a noisebridge-mutualaid list. This would be for resource sharing and encourage active trade amongst noisebridgers<br>
<br></div>4) Taking a page from Liz Henry, I think having a regular inclusion group that meets would do wonders. I think we should have some form of overt diversity statement at noisebridge, or at least posted around. One of the downsides of tech is that we have a gender and race gap and noisebridge should be at the forefront of trying to hack that. Speaking as a person of color, even a simple pro-diversity statement goes a long long loooong way to get people feeling more establish in in ownership of the space. I think we should explicitly include social class in it as well.<br>
</div>4a) We have a lot of buildout to do for various accessibility needs: spanish language (we do live in the mission), differently abled, etc, and having some channels to collaboratively think about this stuff would be awesome<br>
<br></div>5) People, People, People. We need a way for people to plug into each other, collaboratively speaking. Knowing that there are experts that are willing to help on things like e-fabrics or machine learning is a HUGE resource. We should be more active in maintaining our spreadsheets/methods of finding a person. This worked out really well in the early days of noisebridge for spinning the culture up, we just need a way to scalably and actively maintain it.<br>
<br></div><3!! See you guys soon!<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 6:58 PM, James Sundquist <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sundquistjames@gmail.com" target="_blank">sundquistjames@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>What is the reboot? Rebase? What!?</div><div><br></div><div>We don't yet know specifics, but it will involve the power of consensus and the cooperation of the Noisebridge community.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For now it is a group that will meet weekly on Tuesdays, between 6 and 8pm, in the main hackitorium. Each meeting will have a theme; the theme for tomorrow's meeting is "culture." The group will set a moderator and designated note taker each week. Notes from previous meetings will be available on the wiki under "reboot" or "rebase" [1], while major meeting items will be posted to noisebridge-discuss.</div>
<div><br></div><div>What happens at the meeting?</div><div><br></div><div>Brief introductions, Proposals / ideas, general discussion once all proposals are finished, and final thoughts before the meeting concludes.</div>
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<br></div><div>What is the end goal?</div><div><br></div><div>The group will agree on a consensus item, a detailed master plan, which they will then propose for consensus at the general Tuesday meeting. Upon approval, announcements will be made on noisebridge-announce, noisebridge-discuss, on the wiki, and flyers will be physically placed around the space. Implementation will begin two weeks after approval. </div>
<div><br></div><div>How can I help?</div><div><br></div><div>The success of the process will depend on input from as many noisebridge users as possible. You are encouraged to share your ideas, doubts, concerns, passion, and enthusiasm at any meeting. If you cannot attend, others will be more than happy to present for you. Our next meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, June 18th.</div>
<div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Reboot" target="_blank">https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Reboot</a></div>
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