Meeting Notes 2011 07 05
HOWTO moderate a meeting
Anyone can moderate the meeting, though it helps a great deal if you have been to meetings before.
- Say "Five minutes to meeting!". This will give you time to read these instructions.
- Get someone to grab the membership binder. It is kept near the shrine, which is currently on the south wall, between the electronics and sewing areas.
- Get someone to take notes. Point the shocked and bemused note-taker to the sub-instructions below these instructions.
- (Optional) Get someone to put this wiki page up on the projector.
- Skim read through the Agenda below that to get a feel for what a meeting will looks like.
- People may have added Discussion Items to this page, or they may raise them during the meeting. If they emerge during the meeting, suggest that they be discussed _in_ the Discussion Item section, rather than derail other sections of the meeting. Discussion for these can be open-ended, but you should aim to wrap up the meeting within an hour. It can be handy to explicitly summarise what people intend to do as a result of the discussion. There is no requirement on you, Noisebridge the organization, or anyone else to do anything as a result of a discussion item.
- If there are Consensus Items, ensure that they were raised in meeting last week (the membership needs a week's warning for consensus items). Your main job in consensus is to listen to what everyone is saying, make sure everyone gets a chance to say something, and then -- if the debate is beginning to go round in circles or settle -- propose a Position that everyone seems to agree on. If people disagree with the Position, they will wrangle some more, or someone else will propose a Position. If no-one disagrees with the Position, say "So do we consense on $POSITION?". If no one objects, ask the note-taker to record the Position. If things are getting nowhere and we're all getting bored and antsy, identify the people objecting, and ask them to discuss the problem with the proposers of Consensus Item outside the meeting, and return next week with a compromise solution.
- Shout "Meeting starts now!" now, and start reading (out loud) through the Agenda!
- When you are done, consult with the note-taker, and make sure they know what they have to do to finish their job -- especially updating the wiki, and mailing nb-discuss, and the treasurer with new membership details.
- Put back the membership binder by the Shrine.
- Bathe in the glow of the respect of your fellow Noisebridgers.
HOWTO note-take a meeting
- Your moderator should give you five minutes to read these instructions. If they don't, say "Woah there cowboy, I need to know what I'm doing. Five minutes, por favor!". Use exactly those words.
- This page should have a URL like "https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2010_12_28", with today's year, month and date in it. If doesn't, copy [Meeting Notes Template] to a wiki page with that kind of URL. If you don't know how to copy wiki pages, say, "Can someone help me with the Noisebridge Wiki?", and get them to create a page with that kind of URL, and then show you how to copy this page to it and edit it.
- Edit this page. Add notes under each category -- you can delete any placeholder explanatory text as you go.
- Save the wiki page when you're done (no-one expects you to finish as the meeting is finished; it usually takes a half-hour or so after the meeting to get everything in order). Try to hyperlink stuff that should be linked. You can delete all this patronising instructional crap. Here's [Meeting_Notes_2010_12_28 an example] of a finally edited meeting.
- Create a page for next week's meeting, by copying over Meeting Notes Template to an URL with next week's date in it (see step 1). If anybody proposed Consensus Items for next week, write them in here, and add them to the Current Consensus Items.
- If there were any consensus items decided at your meeting, add them to Consensus Items History, and take them out of the Current Consensus Items.
- Go to the front page meetings notice and edit the page that so that the Prev and Next meetings now point to this meeting notes, and the new meeting notes you just created respectively'. (If that link is broken, it's a section half-way down the [front page]
- Important! Send a final copy of the notes to noisebridge-discuss, and email treasurer@noisebridge.net the details of any new members (you can get all the details from the membership binder, which may now be hidden over by the shrine.)
- Chill out, have a cocktail with a friendly robot, continue to rock the world.
Agenda
The XXXth Meeting of Noisebridge
Note-taker: FIXME YOUR NAME HERE
Moderator: FIXME THEIR NAME HERE
Introduction and Names
- What Noisebridge is about: "Noisebridge is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides a space for creation, collaboration, and learning about technology and creative projects. Noisebridge provides space, power tools, and infrastructure to help the public learn new skills and create cool things. Noisebridge continues to exist through and depends entirely on membership fees and donations. Our code of conduct is 'Be excellent to each other'."
- Round of introductions: What's your name, what do you do, and if you are new, how did you hear about Noisebridge? Start with the moderator and go left.
- A brief primer on consensus process: We agree and so should you! Only paid-up members can block consensus.
Announcements
Financial Report
Funds in bank:
Membership Binder
- Read off any names from the binder for the past month.
- Anyone up for join this week should introduce themselves then leave the area in search of gifts (traditionally beer and a lime) for the rest of the group. The rest of the meeting should consense on whether they may join.
What's Going On at Noisebridge
One short sentence about each of the following:
This is the active list of events from the main page:
Event Calendar
events are haphazardly cross-posted on Meetup, the Discord, and Google Calender here
Some noisebridger's have also started hosting Events from a calendar at https://noisebridge.today/, and new (additional) associated gCal.
Key:
W: Weekly |
1st 2nd 3rd 4th: Certain weeks |
-2nd: Except certain weeks |
S: Streaming |
event: caution maybe dead |
event: management of space
Upcoming Events
Mondays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | 7:00pm | Meetups/Infra | Self-hosting, rough consensus, & running code. Find upcoming sessions on Meetup or in #meetup-infra on Discord. |
| W | 7:00pm | Circuit Hacking Monday | Learn electronics, Arduino, and/or how to solder! We have kits and Arduinos for donations, or bring your own project. Most Mondays at 7PM. More details on Meetup |
| W | you-o-clock | TRASH NIGHT | Please take out all three large trash bins!! They are on the patio. |
Tuesdays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W S | 5:00pm | Premeeting Social Story Time | Noisebridge's excellence, do-ocracy, and consensus are inspired by anarchism and a rich lore of lessons learned. Meet members, learn about membership, share ideas, ask anything and question everything! |
| W S | 7:00pm | Noisebridge Weekly Meeting | (In person & online via Jitsi) - Introduce new people and events, joining, announcements, discussions, and consensus. Come express what you think about what's going on with your space! |
| W | 7:00pm | San Francisco Writers Workshop | Free drop-in writers workshop, get feedback and critique! Located on the first floor hackitorium. |
Wednesdays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W S | 5:00pm - 7:00pm | Tablebridge | tabletop gaming & hobbying for playing and designing boardgames, RPGs, wargames and mini painting hobbying. |
| W | 6:00pm - 9:00pm | Woodhacking Wednesday | "Have a woodworking project in mind but you don't know where to get started? This is a good time to come ask questions, get some help, and ideas from other woodworkers. Everyone is welcome..." Confirm dates with Meetup |
| W S | 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Gamebridge | game development mentoring & coworking meetup for gamedev beginners and indies alike.
|
Thursdays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 7:00pm - 10:00pm | Indiebridge Showcase Throwdown Thursdays | Indie Game Showcases & Game Tournaments for casual-friendly competition in console & PC games like Smash Brothers, Halo, Quake, Marathon, etc. |
| 2nd | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Tablebridge | Tablebridge tabletop gaming & design (board/card/miniature/rpg/party/ARG/etc). |
| 2nd | 8:00pm - 9:30pm | DC415 | Defcon 415 Security on 2nd Thursdays: Informal meetup group about all things security related. |
| 3rd S | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Ten Minutes of Game a.k.a. 10MoG | Five 10min talks in an hour and discussions on any gaming/gamedev topic |
| 3rd S | 8:00pm - 9:00pm | Five Minutes of Fame a.k.a. 5MoF | Ten 5min talks in an hour, on any topic |
| 4th S | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Songbridge | Music making meetup & mentoring for electronic and experimental music, soundtracks, VJing, music videos |
| Mar 26 8:30pm - 11:30pm | School of Melee Workshop Tournament | Super Smash Melee Self Improvement Workshop & Tournament: Learn to master Super Smash Melee with expert mentors LanTurN & Megaman and test what you've learned in a tournament! | |
| 4th S | 8:00pm - 10:30pm | Resident Electronic Music | An electronic music open mic! |
| W | you-o-clock | TRASH NIGHT | Please take out all three large trash bins!! They are on the patio. |
Fridays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | 9:00am - 5:00pm | Hack on Noisebridge! | a good open time for cleaning 'n re-organizing the physical space. Coffee and Donuts on a first-come first-served basis! See #facilities-aka... channel on the Discord |
Saturdays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2:00pm - 5:00pm | Unitybridge Unity Meetup | Learn Unity and cowork with fellow indies using it |
| 2nd | 2:00pm - 5:00pm | Unrealbridge Unreal Meetup | Learn Unreal and cowork with fellow indies using it |
| W | 12pm-2pm | Robotics Meetup | Co-hack on robotics with us. Work on our group projects, or bring your own. No robotics experience required. |
| 3rd | 2:00pm - 6:00pm | Godot Meetup | Gamedev workshop & networking for users of the Godot game engine. |
| 4th | 2:00pm - 5:00pm | Graphicsbridge graphics & engine coding meetup | Custom graphics & engine development meetup & mentoring |
| 4th | 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Building Guitar Pedals Workshop | Come build guitar pedals or other electronic music equipment! Look for the #pedal-building channel under #events in the discord. Check the Meetup for more info and confirmed dates. |
| 4th | 4:00pm - 7:00pm | Decentralized Web | Presentations and networking for those interested in weaving a decentralized web. |
| W | 8pm | Noisebridge Cinema! |
Sundays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | 12:00pm - 1:30pm | 3D Printing Class | Learn how to use a 3D printer |
| W | 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Laser Cutter safety training | Get certified to use the laser cutter (limited availability) |
| 2nd | 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Fabrication 101 2nd Wood Shop Sundays | class on safety and basic techniques |
| W | 4:00pm - 8:00pm | Spacebridge Weekly Meeting | Noisebridge's resident space program. Meetup page. (Sometimes we watch a politically-related movie around 7:30) |
Other Bay Area Consortium of Hackerspaces Events
- Queerious Labs is open during limited times, check it's status
- SudoRoom: Women & Non-Binary Coding Mondays 7-9pm
- SudoRoom: Hardware Hacking Tuesdays 7-10pm
Non-weekly
- Second Saturdays are Noisebridge hackathon:
a casual monthly event dedicated to working on the space or relevant projects and building community. This is a great time to get feedback or help on any projects you have been considering that center around the space, culture, and infrastructure of Noisebridge. You can also help with existing projects and find out ways to get involved.
- Five Minutes of Fame
- Bay Area Hackers Association - (Second Sunday, 2PM)
Project Updates
- mid and xek's Mode-S_Receiver (aka "airplane watching thingummy")
- kitchen maintenance update
Consensus items
That Noisebridge pays money out of general funds for a cleaner for a trial period of three months, the price thereof to be determined at the consensus meeting.
(Add any new items for consensus to the Current Consensus Items page.)
Discussion Items
danny wants to meta-talk about tweaking this meeting structure
memorial for Len Sassaman
Noisebridge Vomitorium
End of Meeting
- PGP Key Signing could happen now, check the list to see who wants in on the action.
- Put back the membership binder by the Shrine.
- Save the meeting notes to the wiki.
- Send a copy of the meeting notes to the discussion list.
- Copy the Meeting Notes Template for next week's agenda and update the main wiki page's link to it.
- Enjoy a cocktail with your fellow hacker or robot.