[Noisebridge-discuss] meeting notes 2010-01-05

Wed Jan 5 20:02:41 UTC 2011

sounds like herding cats.

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com> wrote:

> *Meeting Notes 2011 01 04*
>
> *Agenda*
>
> The 142nd Meeting of Noisebridge<https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes>
>
> Note-taker: Danny O'Brien
>
> Moderator: Danny O'Brien
>
> It was a total nightmare. First of all, Josh organised this whole "Show
> and Tell"<https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-January/019411.html>(Tuesdays, 7.30) thing right before, so instead of limbering up for proper
> consensus and correct producedure, everyone sat around looking at Mike's
> ingenious elevator light LED hack and how he planned it, and a new kind of
> logic analyser <http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8938> that's basically
> just six wires and a USB connector, and some routers(?). Then they all
> discussed the hacks they were working on, and some ideas they were mulling,
> and sought out advice and shared knowledge with their peers.
>
> This was all apparently so "interesting" that by the time anyone wanted to
> stop, it was 8.20 already so basically we'd already screwed up the whole
> rules and procedures of the meeting. Nice job, Josh. *Real* smooth.
>
> I kept waiting for someone to sue us for this, but they didn't.
>
> Then I tried to get Dr Jesus<https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/User:Dr_jesus>to head the meeting, because he looks like a natural leader, doesn't he? But
> he was too busy talking to Gian Pablo<https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/User:Gpvillamil>about how to repair the Makerbot, and seemed almost happy at shirking his
> genetic responsibilities.
>
> By 8.30pm I realised that I was going to have to head the meeting
> "do-acratically" myself before our previously finely-tuned decision-making
> process descended into unmanageable chaos.
>
> I went and got the member binder and started noisily flicking through it,
> which I thought would at least shut people up. Finally I worked out how to
> get the projector screen to come down, but couldn't get the video to work.
> That attracted a few people's attention who "wanted to help".
>
> It was time to consense.
>
> *Introduction and Names*
>
> UNFORTUNATELY, just when I was getting to bit where I explain to everyone
> what Noisebridge is, our code of honor, how to get here if you're not here
> already etc, Miloh started being disruptive and un-excellent and said "Hey,
> everyone knows this stuff here, right?.
>
> As moderator, I quickly established consensus through a show of hands that
> everyone indeed knew this stuff.
>
> Miloh then proposed that instead of doing the usual meeting procedure, we
> should have a guided tour of the space, revealing secrets that many people
> did not know, even members. Before I had a chance to even THINK of blocking,
> everyone bloody consensed on this too.
>
> Look, can I at least read out the binder names? I whined, correctly.
>
> But it was too late, everyone was following Miloh around to see the
> electronics lab and heard a bunch of so called "secret knowledge" like what
> a Hell Box is, where you can find Quagga, how easy it would be to program
> the life-playing Big LED sign to do other stuff, how to get an account on
> pony, how cool the $500 de-solderer is, how to use John's new flat storage
> area in the FabLab, how you should put empty bottles by the third sink
> because we're going to be making a load of Kambucha, pondered on whether we
> should keep the shrink-wrap machine, learned the secret Masonic History of
> 2169 Mission, and the true origin of some of Noisebridge's most famous
> smells.
>
> I tried writing all of this down, but our meeting notes don't even have a
> category for stuff like this. I therefore ruled myself out of order and
> deleted it.
>
> I did scribble down everyone's names though, as per procedure, and for
> purposes of future prosecution. If you want to know these secrets, which go
> against every principle of openness Noisebridge stands for, you could ask
> Jack <https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/User:Jack>, Miloh<https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/User:Miloh>of course, and
> Carl <https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/User:Cobolt>. Gescykae and John
> Neurofog were also troublemaking (both of whom don't even have User pages
> yet, which is I believe a violation of our lease).
>
> *Financial Report*
>
> Treasurer Kelly<https://www.noisebridge.net/index.php?title=User:Hurtstotouchfire>wasn't around, because if she had been, I'm sure this mess-up could NOT HAVE
> HAPPENED.
>
> *Membership Binder*
>
> No new members, but a bunch of people getting close. Chandra and Jack<https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/User:Jack>,
> turn up to next meeting to be induced into the Academy of People Who Don't
> Have The Common Decency to Listen When You're Moderating them.
>
> *What's Going On At Noisebridge*
>
> Apparently, "everyone knows this shit seriously Danny let it go".
>
> *Announcements*
>
> Someone announced they were going off to fix the door-opening mechanism.
> Everyone wandered off to help. WTF? WE'RE NOT EVEN DONE.
>
> *Consensus Items*
>
> None. I suggested we debate banning someone for the space for what they
> said on noisebridge-discuss that one time, but everyone continued to have
> "better things to do".
>
> I was pretty much crying at this point.
>
> *Discussion Items*
>
> Finally! Andy <https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/User:Adi> turned up and
> pointed out that do need to consense about what voting system to use for the
> board elections.
>
> Please do this next week, PROPERLY. I have carefully expanded the meeting
> template <https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Meeting_Notes_Template>documentation so a meeting can never go this far wrong ever ever again.
>
> It is consoling to me you can fix any problem by adding more documentation.
>
> *End of Meeting*
>
> I said that I was going home to write up the meeting notes. Miloh said
> "Hey, can you do it in the form of a mid-nineties cyberpunk novel this
> time?", and everyone started telling me what kind of awesome character they
> wanted to be and what tricked out skateboard they would be riding.
>
> You know what? You people all totally deserve each other.
>
>
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