[Noisebridge-discuss] Meeting notes from last week

Ronald Cotoni setient at gmail.com
Wed Feb 12 07:50:32 UTC 2014


We should fix pony or move it to minitaur.  It should be easy to do but I
don't have access to any of the systems at noisebridge.  I prefer to keep
it that way but I can help with fixing stallion (which was the server that
hosted pony since it was just a vm)


On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:38 PM, <bfb at riseup.net> wrote:

> Updated.
>
> See https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014_02_04 and
> https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014_02_11
>
> Also, there's a great script called next_meeting.py that rolls over
> next_meeting, last_meeting, and the archive. It ran on a cron on Pony, but
> Pony has had more downtime than uptime lately. Can we find a new home for
> the cronjob? The script lives here
> <https://github.com/noisebridge/secretaribot>
>
> -Kevin
>
> > Just in time (sorta) for this week's meeting, please enjoy the notes from
> > the last one.
> >
> > How do I add this to the wiki without breaking things? Does one just
> > overwrite the previous week's notes?
> >
> > I'm not able to make it tonight but I'll put up the notes if anyone can
> > suggest the least destructive way.
> >
> > Ari
> >
> > ===
> >
> >
> > Tom is moderating.
> >
> > Ari gives a definition of Noisebridge as a space for people interested in
> > technology to congregate and work together.
> >
> > Names were read super quickly. 2 new people tonight.
> >
> > Announcements:
> > Madelynn is now running the Redshirts mailing list and is interested in
> >
> > Beer.js is at Bender's at 8pm tonight.
> >
> > Vi announces a Black History Month event at City Hall on Friday 2/7.
> >
> > Naomi: 5th anniversary of 5MoF is coming up, Aestetix will probably make
> > an
> > appearance.
> >
> > Josh: Tour of Noisebridge at 3pm on Friday 2/7.
> >
> > Tom: GPG key signing party on Wednesday 2/5, details on the wiki.
> >
> > ===
> > Membership binder:
> >
> > Monad defines the membership process as a four-week process requiring 2
> >
> > Josh describes associate membership: you just need to come in, introduce
> > yourself, and ask for four people
> >
> > 3 people are up for membership:
> > Hephaestus, Kate Kligman, and Douglas. No member vote since Hephaestus is
> > in week 3 and the others aren't here.
> >
> > ===
> > Financial report:
> >
> > Treasurer is not here. We have no idea what our financial situation is.
> >
> > Newly arriving folks with announcements.
> > Pigeon - introduces preferred pronouns, spent today fixing a bike.
> >
> > Kevin - introduces self as having no preferred pronouns, announces that
> > Andrew Byrne returned to Noisebridge last night and was asked to leave
> and
> > come back to a Tuesday meeting. Maybe this should be a discussion item?
> --
> > N.B. Andrew Byrne is not here.
> >
> > ===
> > Consensus items: a note on process. No straw poll, we'll just propose
> > three.
> >
> > People who are currently regarded as in the running, having indicated
> > [accepted] after their name on
> > https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Board/2014_Nominations:
> >
> > Al Sweigart
> > Naomi Most
> > Snail
> > Ben Kochie
> > Casey Callendrello
> > Alex Merlin Glowaski
> > Tom Lowenthal
> > Nick Owens
> > Jim Burke
> > Ari Lacenski
> > Madelynn Martiniere
> > Ronald Cotoni
> > Leif Ryge
> > Jade
> >
> > Consensus item: The people named above are now on the ballot slate for
> the
> > following month.
> > Outcome: Consensed!
> >
> > Kevin proposes that the above people edit their wiki pages to describe
> > their board platform.
> >
> > Consensus item: items for consensus must be proposed, then voted on two
> > weeks later in their exact original wording. The voted item mu
> > Outcome: Consensed!
> >
> > Consensus item: The canonical location for Noisebridge policies and
> > processes shall be a git repository.
> > Outcome: Consensed!
> >
> > Record attained: three consensus items in 5 minutes.
> >
> > Consensus item:
> > Renaming the category "Noisebridge Members" to the "Noisebridge Council",
> > and renaming the category "Associate Members" to "Noisebridge Members".
> > Tom and Jarrod speak in favor of the change.
> > Josh registers an objection because members may not actually be as
> > knowledgeable as longtime space associates.
> > Kevin would like more time to read the bylaws.
> >
> > Outcome: Consensus! Current members are now known as members of the
> > Noisebridge Council.
> >
> > Discussion item: Should Andrew Byrne be allowed to come back to a
> meeting?
> >
> > Charlie talks about conflicts between himself, Pigeon, Kevin. It is not
> > clear how this is related to Andrew.
> >
> > The people who most directly accused Andrew of sexual misconduct in email
> > did not come to the meeting to propose banning him.
> > Ronald and Jarrod join on the proposal of having a secondary meeting, not
> > the general one, and specifically inviting the people who raised personal
> > objections
> >
> > Pigeon proposes instead of discussing banning Andrew in particular. Ari
> > doesn't think that would be a workable solution.
> >
> > Madelynn suggests reaching out to the two people and making them a
> > specific
> > part of the committee meeting to address whether to invite Andrew back.
> >
> > We are not going to reach consensus tonight, but Tom says people
> > interested
> > in coming to a secondary meeting should write to nb-discuss to identify
> > their interest.
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-- 
Ronald Cotoni
Systems Engineer
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