Meeting Notes 2025 10 21

These are the notes from the The 836th Meeting of Noisebridge.

Date	2025 10 21
Note-takers	Loren and maybe others?
Moderators	Elan

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Meeting Summary

TLDR what happened at the meeting:

• Fundraising Update:
• Announcements:
  • this Saturday, LitCrawl (big) (last portion of annual event LitQuake (BIG)) -- 2 organizations applied, requesting use. & AfroSurreal writers workshop of Oakland, 15 years.
  • Science Foundation, Wednesday evening, Snacks and Discussion, signup: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1G3ztSJ1ehFDIvX9oW1YfoaXqIaNjE0_F4I17EJ40MdI
• Finances:
• New members:
• New associates:
• Consensus Items:
• Discussion Items:
  • Wantin gto host a multi-week, multi-week commitment Circuit Hacking Monday class, temperature check on the idea.

Introductions

• Ask people to share their name, access needs, and preferred gender pronouns what they do at noisebridge

Elan -
Carl -
Lauren - woodworking, laser cutting, physical fab
Loren - managing treasury stuff, software meetups
Eric - music stuff, 3d printing
Daniel - 3d print, laser cut, code
Lucas - likes AI + software, loves Noisebridge
Elle - on Noisebridge break but wants to make an announcements
Anuya - attended electronics meetup, works on hardware
IrishMASM - in hacker-scene, job hunting atm, retro computing
Nick - Video game dev, GameBridge, grant writing
Daniel (solder fumes and tea) - NoiseCafe, works 

Short announcements and events

• this Saturday, LitCrawl (big) (last portion of annual event LitQuake (BIG)) -- 2 organizations applied, requesting use. & AfroSurreal writers workshop of Oakland, 15 years.

• Science Foundation, Wednesday evening, Snacks and Discussion, signup: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1G3ztSJ1ehFDIvX9oW1YfoaXqIaNjE0_F4I17EJ40MdI

Excellence

Our One Rule is to Be Excellent to Each Other. (On first Tuesdays, seek a few definitions. Other Tuesday, give a 1-3 sentence summary.)

What does that mean? Please see our page on excellence https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Excellence!

Putting in extra effort to

Anti-Harassment Policy & Community Standards of Excellence

Noisebridge has an Anti-Harassment Policy https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Anti-Harassment_Policy Everyone is expected to follow the Anti-Harassment Policy, please familiarize yourself with it.) TWO MINUTES MAX More approachable & specific guidelines, https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Community_Standards https://safespace.noisebridge.net/ is one way to quickly raise issues which will be seen by people in Slack.

Brief Kudos

Recent examples of excellent behavior, say 3, unless the passion moves you.

• AntiGravKid - supported Pacific Regional HAM convetion

• Mike, Julius, Daniel,

Zoning, Permitting, & Improvements -- Standing Item

Status this week? Helpful broad asks to the community? NB city bureaucracy WG -- JD & Alice, among others.

Guilds

• What are guilds - briefly describe (much like the previous section on "Excellence")

• Any number of people greater than 1 and physical items in the space

New Members/Associate Members

What are they? Is anyone trying to become a Member or Associate Member? If not move on. No long discussions.

Financial Report (first Tuesday of month only)

Anarchist societies under a capitalist state need money to survive and thrive, yo.

• Monthly revenue, expenses. Big projects. Big fundraising events. Reserves in bank.
• Any other details by those participating in handling our financials
• The latest financial reports from the treasurer are available at https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Finances

Spending Needs

Gotta spend money on XYZ (i.e. Gate, wiring etc.). WHO CAN SIGN THE CHECK OR LEND THE CREDIT CARD!?!?! It doesn't matter if we agree to do something and it can’t be paid for.

Fundraising Update

How's it all going

Big C Consensus Items

Nobody likes 3 hour meetings, only explain if new people are present. https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Current_Consensus_Items

Consensus Items

Only for talking about Big C consensus items, small c consensus items should be discussed with people at the space at the time of the change/new item.

1: [Advanced Circuit Hacking class]

From/Raised by: Seeking: advice On topic:

Carl: Wants to have an advanced version of CHM.

Anuya: Would this be posted online?

Carl: Definitely would post lessons online?

Anuya: Circuit Hacking Tuesdays?

Lease questions: [topic]

From/Raised by: Seeking: decision/outcome/advice/[?] On topic:

What is in scope for Landlord repairs/permits etc

Do-ocratic Task Board

Participation also means doing stuff to contribute to the space. Propose new tasks or pick some tasks from Github, from what needs to be done around you, or whatever, and see if someone will sign up to work on that task. Anyone can sign up and it's a great way to show you are contributing!

End of Meeting

Note taker posts the notes

• Clean and tidy the meeting notes including removing all these really verbose instructions.
• Fill out the short summary at the top listing just announcements, consensus items, discussion topics, and names of new members and philanthropists.
• Copy paste the notes to the next meeting page. (They will become Last meeting at midnight.) https://www.noisebridge.net/index.php?title=Last_meeting&redirect=no
• Email the meeting summary to Noisebridge Discuss and Noisebridge Announce lists.
• CC on the email treasurer@noisebridge.net and secretary@noisebridge.net if there are new members and philanthropists.
• Edit the Current Consensus Items if anything is proposed for consensus next week.
• Edit the Consensus Items History if anything was reached consensus or failed to reach consensus this week.

Fun things to do after

• Do a 10 minute cleanup, bring dishes up stairs and wash them, clean the bathroom
• Have some beers on the patio
• Prepare the next weeks' meeting notes
• Lick the walls. Or just draw on them
• sing the Hackernationale (this almost never happens)