[sudo-discuss] Pseudo Sudo Meeting + Postpone Meetings Until August?

[Vicky Knox]

Quick note: It must be said that Pseudo Sudo Mtg was a collective effort of
those present, and that Julio did the notewriting. I merely polished the
notes and sent them out. ;]


2014-07-17 11:16 GMT-07:00 <hol at gaskill.com>:

>  i think we could stand to improve our run-up to meetings.  designating a
> facilitator and scribe at the prior meeting, circulating the agenda and
> having a space on the riseup pad for RSVPs?  just trying to think of how to
> improve with the most minimal increase in effort.  let's make next week a
> huge meeting and bring lots of n00bs into the fray so it won't be a
> question of 'public' access. the omni meetings and omni meta meta meetings
> have been increasing exponentially in frequency so alot of meeting
> bandwidth has been sunk into those.  i just try to avoid all meetings ever
> unless there's something of interest on the consensus agenda.
>
> also i noticed the copy of the articles is not up to date, including
> amendments to the safe space policy and conflict resolution that were
> passed a few months ago.  i'll track them down and revise the main page
> with the consensed-upon language.  does someone want to take the lead on
> drafting a revision to the membership process? i was never that clear on
> the mechanics of the recent revisions.  was an 'initial pondering'
> conducted this week? sounds like we should get them to write something to
> the list introducing themselves since there wasn't quorum last night. my
> reading of our existing procedure is that we have this week to make
> objections, and if there are none then all these prospective members are
> ratified at next week's super mega awesome meeting.
>
> also whitney had volunteered to help daniel find a server cabinet for sudo
> mesh, which i believe is on the way to the space though not sure whether as
> a result of whitney's help.  may we all reach 501c3 glory.
> "DONATIONS + 501C*
>
> +Whitney came representing a network hardware group after following a
> suggestion from Daniel that Sudo should be able to solicit and accept
> donations like old networking equipment from school districts when they
> acquire new equipment. The group has to be able to accept donations that
> are tax-deductible, and this is only possible if Sudo has federal
> non-profit status [501(c)(*)], and the Sudo wiki states that process as
> pending. It is not clear that a decision has been made. Whitney will
> message sudo-discuss and sudo-board about his request for information."
>
>
>
> cheers
>
>
>
>
> On 2014-07-17 06:16, yar wrote:
>
> Sorry i couldn't be there! Out of town for the week. A lot of core members
> are busy with other things this month, it's true.
>
> I think that's all the more reason to hurry up and allow some NEW people
> to be members :)
>
> The access control issues are not trivial. Right now only a handful of
> people are qualified to lock up, due to few keys, still learning the card
> swipe system, and need for training on how to sweep the building for
> people. Closing sudo is a harder job than it used to be. And when they go
> home for the night they have to kick everyone out. It sucks. It means
> there's social pressure for them to stay up and lose sleep.
>
> And there are definitely other important things sudo needs done asap.
>
> So i say, if some people are too busy, the remaining folks should take
> ownership!
>
> Thanks for much Vicky for stepping up and doing the meeting/notes!
> On Jul 16, 2014 11:16 PM, "Vicky Knox" <vknoxsironi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey folks!
>>
>> Not enough people came to the meeting tonight to hold a true meeting and
>> have quorum for approving our three new member requests. I heard that last
>> week's meeting was also sparsely attended. Given that we're in a transition
>> stage, should we consider postponing meetings until, say, August? (And just
>> to get all meta/catch-22 on you, can we even make this decision without
>> holding a meeting? The twilight zone...). Anyway, here are some pseudo
>> notes taken by Julio:
>>
>> People pseudo-present at Sudo Room meeting:
>> +Vicky
>> +Julio
>> +Timothy
>> +Elizabeth
>> +Whitney
>>
>> TO-DO:
>> +Vicky will scrub the wordpress to make sure it's clear that we are now
>> at the new place (someone may have already done this)
>> +Vicky will update the Google Place for Sudo Room
>> +Julio will upload photos for how to access the new Sudo.
>> +Julio will scrub Sudo Room Wiki and Oakland Wiki to make sure it's clear
>> that Sudo Room is now at a new location.
>>
>> NEW MEMBERS
>> +Three prospective members (Timothy, Elizabeth, and Whitney) were waiting
>> for a meeting that didn't happen due to lack of quorum (10 Sudo members)
>> pursuant to the current process for becoming a member:
>> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association#Section_2.1.0_Process_for_becoming_a_member
>> +They will try again next week though Timothy suggested that we may
>> consider having an acceptable process that does not require a quorum at a
>> physical meeting. He had other ideas about making decisions collectively
>> online, when necessary, using reddit or reddit-like tools (including one he
>> recently coded, but is in beta).  Timothy will address the Sudo Room
>> community via email with suggestions.
>> +In the absence of an alternative process, it was suggested the
>> prospective members ping the lists/IRC/etc to see if a meeting is actually
>> happening in case that's their sole reason for coming to Sudo Room on any
>> specific Wednesday.
>>
>> DONATIONS + 501C*
>> +Whitney came representing a network hardware group after following a
>> suggestion from Daniel that Sudo should be able to solicit and accept
>> donations like old networking equipment from school districts when they
>> acquire new equipment. The group has to be able to accept donations that
>> are tax-deductible, and this is only possible if Sudo has federal
>> non-profit status [501(c)(*)], and the Sudo wiki states that process as
>> pending. It is not clear that a decision has been made. Whitney will
>> message sudo-discuss and sudo-board about his request for information.
>>
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