[Noisebridge-discuss] Meeting notes 2010-12-07

[Noisebridge Treasurer]

Hey look! A record of Carl's membership! Awesome.

Mike, can you put this on the wiki?

-Kelly

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 01:50, Michael C. Toren <mct at toren.net> wrote:
> Moderator Kelly, notetaker MCT.
>
> Frantisek is sadly departing, but Rikka will be taking over Tasebridge
> with weekly cooking classes starting in January.  (Rikka, please forgive
> me if I misspelled your name.)  Additionally, on Wednesday nights there
> will be brewing and culturing things happening, including making beer with
> alternative hops.
>
> Treasurer's report:  Currently $11,527 in the bank, but we haven't paid
> rent this month yet.  This represents a small increase in the amount we
> had at approximately the same time last month, but we're still behind our
> goal of having three months of expenses in the bank.  Kelly and her
> helpers have been going through the membership roster and contacting
> everyone; as a result, both the number of people official on hiatus (i.e.,
> not paying) and the number of people actively paying dues have gone up.
> Previously, of the ~60 members not on hiatus, only ~30 were paying dues.
> Now it's ~45.  Hopefully in a few weeks everyone will have been contacted
> and placed on either the official hiatus list, or the list of members
> actively paying dues.  It's awesome to have this degree of record keeping
> again, which we haven't had in a while.
>
> Other financial items:  We're trying to separate out the money we take in
> from t-shirt sales, beverages, and donations.  If you need to take money
> from a donation bin to buy something for the space (e.g., toilet paper),
> that's awesome, but please send mail to treasurer about it, and also leave
> a note in the bin documenting the money you removed so we can account for
> it properly.
>
> We're still doing the Sponsor-A-Day-of-Noisebridge, and there are a bunch
> of days in December up for sponsorship.  It takes approximately 60 *full*
> paying members to run the space ($5000/$80 == 62.5), which we don't have
> right now, so sponsorship is one way to keep us going.  You can signup for
> a day at <https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/SponsorADay>.
>
> If you've made a donation to the space and you need a receipt for tax
> purposes, please contact the treasurer.
>
> There was a brief discussion about formalizing the process of sponsoring
> another member's dues, and how involved the Noisebridge organization needs
> to be in such an arrangement.  Kelly points out that she'd like to know,
> only so she can account for it properly, and she may be adding PayPal
> links on the wiki to make it easier.
>
> Membership binder:  Carl is up for membership.  Signatures are from
> someone who is illegible, and from Leif.  No one objects.  Carl is a
> member.
>
> Discussion items:
>
> Jesus wanted to ask Andy what transpired with Sai and the press@ alias.
> Andy stated that everyone seemed to agree Sai should not be on the press
> alias, but that no one was willing to make a decision about it, so he
> stepped up removed him.  Jesus is satisfied with this answer, and the
> discussion ends quickly.
>
> Other items/announcements:
>
> Mike: Dishes are piling up in the kitchen. Proposed solution is to have
> individual dishes, rather than communal dishes.  Kelly suggests bringing
> this up as an announced discussion item for the next meeting.
>
> Mike: To address the issue of people sleeping in the space, suggests
> removing the couches and replacing them with more chairs.
>
> Seth: Came to the meeting late, but would like to reiterate thanks to
> Frantisek for all of his many contributions to Noisebridge!  Thanks,
> Frantisek, and good luck in your travels!
>
> Crutcher:  The elevator solution doesn't seem to be working.  Frequently
> the elevator doesn't come, even when the doors are closed upstairs, and
> the FRS radio has been missing (possibly stolen) for a while now.  This
> is personally an issue for him because he's currently in a leg brace
> following surgery, and although it is possible for him to climb stairs
> with some difficulty, it would certainly be impossible for someone
> confined to a wheelchair.  Is anyone interested in working on a better
> elevator solution?
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