[Noisebridge-discuss] Updated Membership page with dues information

Madelynn Martiniere mmartiniere at gmail.com
Wed May 21 20:12:26 UTC 2014


Sounds good to me!


On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, so since we've been discussing the Secretary and Treasurer thing
> elsewhere, lemme just focus on the board vote.
>
> Problems:
>
> * Holding a new board election (we decided to do this within 90 of
> decision to redo the election.  I think that means we have about 50-60
> days left... should be ok.)
>
> * Many Members are in a Schroedinger's Membership state due to overly
> rapid change of policy.
>
> * The Secretary is supposed to arbitrate who is a Member in Good
> Standing, and we don't have that.
>
>
> SOLUTION:
>
> * Use the full Member list as it stands -- with formerly "delinquent"
> entries integrated -- plus any new Members Consensed between now and
> Election Day.
>
> Anybody object?
>
> --Naomi
>
>
> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Madelynn Martiniere
> <mmartiniere at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I wouldn't agree that the board is "moving like molasses". We've been
> > actively working towards getting issues with the city resolved. That
> being
> > said, a reminder that we a) lost two valuable members, b) a third is
> > currently under fire by the membership both online and off and c) last
> > meeting I was able to attend the board was told that we were illegitimate
> > and there was going to be another vote (which hasn't been set in motion,
> far
> > as I can tell?).
> >
> > I'm totally fine with the board appointing for the role of Secretary and
> > Treasurer, but we need some volunteers.
> >
> > Perhaps people don't realize the specifics of each role, as they both
> seem
> > very daunting. Maybe we could better detail what the EXACT tasks each
> role
> > entails? I'm thinking bullet points, contributed by some of those who
> have
> > held the role in the past?
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Kevin <bfb at riseup.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> How have we done this in the past? How much time per month does it take
> to
> >> be a good nb-treas/sec? Who will be available to pass on the knowledge
> of
> >> the role and answer questions?
> >>
> >>
> >> On May 21, 2014 10:39:51 AM PDT, Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Oy vey, the askewness in NB conversation vectors.
> >> >
> >> > OK, which is it: do we want to have an election or do we want the
> >> > Board to appoint someone?  At the last meeting it was, "the board
> >> > should do something about this."
> >> >
> >> > Either way, we need CANDIDATES.
> >> >
> >> > --Naomi
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Jeffrey Carl Faden
> >> > <jeffreyatw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > Consensus passed on dues last night. I agree it is pretty silly that
> >> > > membership status is determined by whether you're paying dues, but
> >> > there's
> >> > > no one in place to determine that.
> >> > >
> >> > > It would be great to have an election for those roles as soon as
> >> > possible.
> >> > > Sucks that those currently in those roles feel as if they've been
> >> > pushed
> >> > > away.
> >> > >
> >> > > Jeffrey
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> > >>
> >> > >> So, ummm... who's implementing this?  We still don't have a
> >> > >> fully-operational Treasurer or Secretary.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> *dodges tomatoes*
> >> > >>
> >> > >> I propose that enforcement of this proposal only begin when we find
> >> > >> new people to fill these roles.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> By the way: anybody here interested in becoming Treasurer?
> >> > Secretary?
> >> > >>
> >> > >> --Naomi
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
> >> > >> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Jeffrey Carl Faden
> >> > >> <jeffreyatw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > >> > Wording about dues has been restored to the membership page on
> >> > the wiki:
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> https://noisebridge.net/index.php?title=Membership&diff=42637&oldid=38129
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > I'd appreciate if someone would take a look through this diff and
> >> > make
> >> > >> > any
> >> > >> > improvements, in case the page has become at all difficult to
> >> > >> > understand.
> >> > >> > Once a day or two has passed, I'll send a pull request to
> >> > >> > https://github.com/noisebridge/bureaucracy/ with the new
> wording.
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > Jeffrey
> >> > >> >
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> >> > >>
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
> >> > >> --
> >> > >> Naomi Theora Most
> >> > >> naomi at nthmost.com
> >> > >> +1-415-728-7490
> >> > >>
> >> > >> skype: nthmost
> >> > >>
> >> > >> http://twitter.com/nthmost
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Naomi Theora Most
> >> > naomi at nthmost.com
> >> > +1-415-728-7490
> >> >
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> >> >
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> > mmartiniere at gmail.com
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>
> --
> Naomi Theora Most
> naomi at nthmost.com
> +1-415-728-7490
>
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Madelynn Martiniere
mmartiniere at gmail.com
@creativetaboo
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