[Noisebridge-discuss] Meeting this Thursday

[Rachel McConnell]

This is an excellent agenda for tomorrow's meeting.  Thanks Matt!

See you all tomorrow.

Rachel

Matt Peterson wrote:
> The wiki notes for the first meeting didn't have clear action items or 
> next steps, I've gathered a few that might be useful to use as a 
> baseline agenda for Thursday's meeting.  It would be great to hear input 
> from folks who can't make to the in-person meeting too.
> 
> ...Bill & space
> * Formal relationship - Bill makes a good point that the group should be 
> a clear separate entity from NoStarch, along with his desire to interact 
> formally with a non-profit (I'm guessing this relates to things like 
> insurance, contracts, etc).
> 
> It would appear that setting up a 501(c)(3) will require a time 
> investment and prior proof of existance, short of that - can we more 
> forward with atleast a DBA registered in SF with >1 member listed?  A 
> simple DBA also allows us to open up a bank account (US Bank offers a 
> fee-free monthly small biz account that I've used in the past, sometimes 
> credit unions will allow organizations to join too) under the name of 
> group.  The Hacker Foundation has offered in the past to sponsor 
> start-up spaces, this is fairly classic way of gaining non-profit status 
> by being "sponsored" or mentored.
> 
> * Improvements - The notes weren't clear if Bill was expecting us and/or 
> him to make building improvements.  These could be simple things like 
> modern wiring or insulation, to full fledged efforts like making the 
> space ADA compliant.
> 
> ...Funding - The european clubs seem to have a number of passive 
> fundraising options, the biggest being selling a high-energy German 
> soda'ish drink known as Club Mate.  Can we have an additional option 
> besides monthly dues to also collect moola?
> 
> I didn't see a discussion on initial start-up costs, things such as 
> chairs, basic tools, lighting, storage/bins/"borrowed" milk crates, etc 
> - is it assumed most of this will be donated by folks?
> 
> Thanks very much to Mitch and Rachel for the space/meeting 
> coordination/offering!
> 
> --Matt
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