[Noisebridge-discuss] hear ye hear ye, Noisebridge board elections

[Tom]

My utopia lacks a Noisbridge board. To that end, I fully support adapting
our by-laws <https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Policy_Wonks> to remove the
board. Until that lofty goal is reached, the board should avoid even the
appearance of interference in Noisebridge's affairs.

If elected to the board, I pledge:

- to resist the dark-side's tempting urge to use my mighty and awesome
board-powers;
- to cease working on matters of Noisebridge management, including the Policy
Wonks <https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Policy_Wonks>*;
- to relinquish my ability to block consensus*;
- neither to moderate, nor to scribe for a Noisebridge meeting*;
- never again to accept nomination for, nor to serve on Noisebride's board;
- nor to hold any officer position at Noisebridge*; and
- to execute the consensus of Noisebridge without let or hindrance as a
board member.

I hope that any candidate for election to the board takes a similar pledge.

Let me be clear: I do not want to be elected to the board. I would much
rather work on improving Noisebridge by Doing Things. However, I think that
the board should not Do Things, because **danger Will Robinson**.

I solemnly swear that I am not now nor have i ever been a machine
intelligence.

*For the duration of my time on the board.

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com> wrote:

> In accordance with my own suggestion for people to post their positions:
>
> My own board position is that the board should be a Minimal Viable
> Board, in which board members merely act to comply with the decisions
> proposed and accepted by the consensus process.
>
> I am suspicious and unaccepting of robot power, and think AIs should
> go back to Artificial Intelligentsia where they belong
>
> That is all!
>
> d.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 1:16 AM, Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com> wrote:
> > On the 31st of January, at 8PM, in the year of our Emperor Norton 153,
> > Noisebridge will hold its Broadly Irrelevant Board Elections at our
> > Officious Annual General Membership Meeting. All members in good
> > standing are encouraged to turn up to vote. If you don't know whether
> > you're a member in good standing, pay your dues to our treasurer before
> > the 31st, and you will be.
> >
> > Leif, our electionmaster for this brief voyage into the exigencies of
> > democracy, will shortly email with more details about how you can vote
> > in abstentia and how our fresh new voting process, approval voting, will
> > work. In the meantime, here is a list of the candidates, in
> > alphabeticonumerological order:
> >
> > https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/2012_board_nominations
> >
> > You are encouraged to pester the candidates on noisebridge-discuss with
> > queries about their future intentions towards your hackerspace, in reply
> > to this message.
> >
> > NOTE: As has been stated several times very clearly, NON-HUMAN
> > SENTIENCES ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR BOARD
> > MEMBERSHIP or VOTING RIGHTS. The hominids in the Noisebridge
> > organization are VERY SORRY about this but there is NOTHING THEY CAN DO.
> >
> > If you are approach by bots on IRC wishing to discuss your voting or
> > robots picketing the space, please IGNORE THEM. NO GOOD CAN COME OF IT.
> >
> > Yours in carbon-based comradery,
> >
> > the Noisebridge Secretary
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