[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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