[Noisebridge-discuss] Meeting notes for 31-March-2009

aestetix aestetix aestetix at gmail.com
Wed Apr 1 13:35:41 UTC 2009


Meeting notes are attached as file "nbmeetingnotes".
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reading of the names
6 people up for membership
	david kelso	
	paul boem
	daniel packer
	ceren
	devon sean mcculloh
	san mehad
  all members approved
what noisebridge is about (address Wired article)
regular events
	gsm hacking
	thursday science huddle
	someone put something on the wiki about learning arabic languages
	go on sundays
treasurer's report
	we have $9126 in the bank at the end of the month (after rent and expenses for april)
	three months of operating expenses
	discussion on finances for expanding
	potential venue hunting for new places (closed down shop space)
	friend of enki's renting a warehouse for $4500/month
	some interest in moving to 83a (negotiations with landlord?)
	during the meeting, raised $5k off donations
	increased operating expenses and monthly requirements for a new space? discuss soon
	jake and andy will talk to the landlord about getting 83a for less than $2k/month
	ideally, we could convince people upstairs to move them next door, then we take two
		adjacent spaces	
	andy: been scoping other spaces in the mission
selling drinks for profit at NB?
	set up an electronic system to track?
	suggestions from university acm experience
	last set of drinks turned a 3x profit
	one problem: people needing to police the drinks
	need to advertise more so we don't have to police
	club mate!
		rpw is doing negotiations with company to import club mate
		someone needs to organize cost/distribution stuff
	use empty beer bottles to make our own root beer and soda
membership hiatus?
	people leaving for months at a time and not paying dues
	question of what hiatus is
	show up 6pm next tuesday for discussion on membership (kicking people out, hiatus,
		failing to get new members because of process)
affiliate membership
	people who want to hang out here without being a member
	how often can you show up here and still be an affiliate member? as much as you want
	reasons to allow it: they believe in what they have been doing, plus jake is giving
		our keys out to people
	already exists via paypal link
	important difference between affiliate member paying and random stranger paying: calling
		themselves a member
five minutes of fame
	twitter your submissions
maker faire coming up
	noisebridge will have a booth, check out wiki page
hacking at random early bird closes tomorrow, toorcamp coming up
forensics
	email aestetix to join the dc3 forensics team
diy bio 
	going to remove the fridge from noisebridge
	working more on posting processes to the wiki/mailing list
jake hacks the member process and pushed slim up for nomination
	slim is now a member
concern over safety
	if people something that looks unsafe going on, ask about it
pending membership for nikolai
	granted



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