Meeting Notes 2026 02 17

These are the notes from the The 853rd Meeting of Noisebridge.

Date	2026 02 17
Note-taker[s]	Michael	Daniel
Moderator[s]	Nthmost

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Meeting Summary

• Fundraising Update: Spontaneous community donation frenzy during live demo of donation system
• Announcements: March 4-8 welding workshop (shelving prep needed); Feb 21 Degoogle/self-hosting event; awning restoration in progress; hackerspace closing in San Pablo — free items via #donations on Discord
• Finances: Shelving $1,200-$2,000 (Naomi, purchasing for reimbursement); post-meeting: wire pallet shelves sourced at $1,000 for 9 units, delivery Thu/Fri
• New members: None
• New associates: None
• Consensus Items: SF Federal Credit Union banking resolution — approved (small-c consensus)
• Discussion Items: 1. Wheezy ATL - deferred to smaller group; 2. Donation alerts display - live demo, community donated; 3. SHELVING - wire pallet shelves $1,000/9 units sourced, possible work day Saturday; 4. Laminar Flow Bench - Daniel considering donation, logistics TBD; 5. SSBM tournament - possibly March 11 GDC event night; 6. SF Federal Credit Union banking resolution - approved; 7. Email to Secretary - Viking Hacks school hackathon sponsorship request, info dispersal only

Attendance: Weezy, Christopher, Elan, Kavia, Josh, Daniel (cube sat/laminar flow), Sophia, Michael, Zacchae, Daniel (web/TypeScript), Nemo, Marceline, Naomi/Nthmost, Alby (Jitsi), Blitzkreig/Chris, Loren, LX

Introductions

• Weezy: hacking on photolithog and chip design
• Christopher: Likes to investigate things. New here. Into 3D printing and home assisstant stuff.
• Elan: Likes computers sometimes
• Kavia: Sewing
• Josh: Tinkerer
• Daniel: - first time here, cube sat, laminar flow discussion
• Sophia also first time here, with Cube Sat Daniel
• Michael: Gamebridge attender
• Zacchae: C++ compiler hell sufferer
• Daniel: TypeScript + 3D Printing fanatic
• Nemo: permaculture :D
• Marceline: into music raves etc!
• Naomi: Doing too many things? aka Nthmost
• Alby: (on jitsi, was hard to hear)
• Blitzkreig (Chris): Builds furniture and helps out at Woodshop Wednesdays
• Loren: Come to the infra meetup on mondays!
• LX: Games guild gamebridge wednesdays

Short announcements and events

• March 4-8th welding workshop is coming to NB. Need to clean up and build shelving for it. Maybe a discussion topic later

• Feb 21st (Saturday) Degoogle your life with self hosting event.

• Loren: there's an awning... we need a cover for it. i'm plotting to get it back up on the front, possibly during or after the welding class since it may need some welds.

• there's a hacker space closing in san pablo we can acquire loot from -- see #donations on Discord -- limited time offer!

Excellence

Our One Rule is to Be Excellent to Each Other.

What does that mean? Please see our page on Excellence !

• Go above and beyond (Daniel). It is to be noted infinity is inherently excellent.
• The standard that we try to inspire each other to. Try to do great things. Making our time and coordination and money spent together feel worthwhile, satisfying and meaningful.

Anti-Harassment Policy & Community Standards of Excellence

Noisebridge has an Anti-Harassment Policy!

Everyone is expected to follow the Anti-Harassment Policy, please familiarize yourself with it.)

For approachable & specific guidelines see: Community Standards

It should be noted harrassment is considered unexcellent

Please note: https://safespace.noisebridge.net/ is one way to quickly raise issues which will be seen by people in Discord.

Brief Kudos

• Kudos to mystery monday trash person
• Nemo brought guac!
• Jet for being the best tour guide (Jet generally considered excellent)

Guilds & WGs

• Sewing - domestic sewing machines are always broken - expertise for fixing sewing machines lacking, we also constantly need bobbin covers

• Treasuring - Zacchae: automating? Loren: donation portal coming along. membership portal would help ppl self-serve, find classes they want, etc. Loren is definitely looking for a potential successor

New Members/Access Members

No new members today?

Spending Needs

• Need money for heavy duty shelving (Naomi reiterating from last meeting so it's well-known) -- will cost between $1200 and $2000 -- she will purchase herself and ask for reimbursement real real soon (see discussion below).

Discussion Items

1: Wheezy ATL

On topic:	Wheezy ATL
From/Raised by:	Wheezy
Seeking:	Advice

Wheezy: I'm back, i wanted to make sure i'm not in a grey zone here... Wants to have discussion about person who asked him to leave. Seeking advice.

Weezy: I love this and appreciate friends that wanted me here. Seeking advice on what I should do moving forward

Naomi: Move to have this discussion in a smaller circle

Loren: Historically banning only happens at single bad incidents.

Weezy: Does anyone who does know about why i was asked to leave believe it was fair or not

• Kavia asks how ATL works*

Loren: we try to be anarchic. implementing rule systems is an invitation to fuzz the rules. we have a mission to host education, excellent hacking on projects. we have a community...

(several ppl on Jitsi comment that this process has never been clear or explainable)

(Naomi again pushes to close this topic and assemble the "right" group for a separate conversation out of fairness to ppl w/o any context, i.e. most ppl at the mtg right now)

2: Donation alerts display

On topic:	Donation alerts display
From/Raised by:	Daniel (Web)
Seeking:	Money and attention

• Daniel Demos how to donate money. Donates 11 dollars. someone asks y no $111? Naomi questions commitment to sparkle motion. Hackers across the room grab their phones to join in a spontaneous donation frenzy*

NOISEBRIDGE IS SAVED!

3: SHELVING

On topic:	SHELVING
From/Raised by:	Naomi
Seeking:	concrete plans (typo? should be wood plans)

What we're gonna need to do is buy lumbar within the next week.

Josh: Why are we using wood and not standard steel racking?

Chris (blitz): One reason is sizing. Another is cost. Wood is more flexible. Palette racking comes in standard sizing. We are retricted a bit by the blocking which is already in place.

Naomi: Scoping question. Should we just do 1 rack of shelves, get most of the stuff out of the way, and do the rest later?

Chris (blitz): Valid question, maybe? ALso might be just as easy to get all the materials for all 3.

Elan: To destress, as a backup plan can we just move shit if we really need to?

Naomi: Yes absolutely.

Sounds like this Saturday might be a good day to do it.

Post-meeting update: Chris (blitz) finds a supplier of wire pallet shelves -- $1000 for 9 of them (all 3 racks). Naomi agrees to receive them Thursday or Friday. Progress!

4: Laminar Flow Bench

On topic:	Laminar Flow Bench
From/Raised by:	Daniel (not web)
Seeking:	decision/outcome/advice/[?]

Daniel considering donating a laminar flow bench. Questions about logistics of doing it. 10cm^3 is the CubeSat but we need maybe more space around it for air flow.

Cleanliness of area is important for this equipment

Josh suggests maybe we can build a box ourselves to contain this.

Elan: Sounds cool, just get more clear on dimensions + requirements

5: SSBM

On topic:	SSBM
From/Raised by:	Nemo
Seeking:	Decision + advice

Can we host a smash bros tournament here? Multiple CRTs involved. Needs bigger space than gaming room. Maybe 4-6 CRTs. Maybe 10-20 people. Maybe a friday night thing. Don't have a specific date, but recommend after March 10th.

Naomi: link up w/ LX on Discord, he'll be stoked to help

Loren: find a sponsor, maybe even promote it via our NB socials

LX: let's expand the GDC party here at NB using this event

March 11th is our listed GDC event night already, we could do smash bros tournament there with people attending GDC

• Location could be main hackitorium using projectors to make the CRT visuals visible to more people and have the biggest area.

6: San Francisco Federal Credit Union

On topic:	San Francisco Federal Credit Union
From/Raised by:	Elan
Seeking:	Approval of language

Template doc : https://instantnonprofit.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/NEW-Download-Banking-Resolution-Template.docx.pdf

``` Noisebridge (EIN:26-3507741) - Banking Resolution

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has determined it to be in the best interest of the Corporation to establish a banking resolution with San Francisco Federal Credit Union , be it:

RESOLVED, that the Corporation execute and deliver to said bank a duly signed original of the completed banking resolution as is annexed thereto, and that the authority to transact business, including but not limited to the maintenance of savings, checking and other accounts as well as borrowing by the Corporation, shall be as contained in said resolution with the named officers therein authorized to so act on behalf of the Corporation as specified hereto.

The undersigned hereby certifies that he/she is the duly appointed and qualified President of Noisebridge, corporation duly formed pursuant to the laws of the state of California and that the foregoing is a true record of a resolution duly adopted at a meeting of the general membership - including a quorum of the board - and that said meeting was held in accordance with state law and the Bylaws of the above-named Corporation on 2026-02-17 ,and that said resolution is now in full force and effect without modification or rescission.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed my name as President acting on behalf of the board and our community consensus process on the day of February 17th, 2026.

Signature ```

Elan: looking for small c consensus on credit union

Community: *yes* / *no blocks or concerns*

7: an Email to Secretary - Collab w/ a school

On topic:	an Email to Secretary - Collab w/ a school
From/Raised by:	Elan
Seeking:	information dispersal

``` Hi Noisebridge Team, My name is <NAME>, and I am an officer on the organizing team for Viking Hacks, a student-led high school hackathon held at Irvington High School in the Bay Area. Viking Hacks brings together passionate students from across the region to build innovative projects in areas like AI, game development, AR/VR, health tech, and beginner coding. Events like ours help spark curiosity, creativity, and technological exploration. These are values we know Noisebridge supports through your work, fostering community, collaboration, and hands-on learning in the Bay Area makerspace and hackerspace scene. We would be thrilled to partner with Noisebridge as a sponsor for Viking Hacks. In return, we offer opportunities such as: Logo placement on our website and event materials Shout-outs during the opening ceremony Recognition on social media A dedicated table at the event, if desired A chance to engage directly with young tech enthusiasts and families in the Bay Area For more details about sponsorship tiers and benefits, please see our official sponsorship prospectus here: https://www.vikinghacks.com/files/prospectus.pdf You can also learn more about our event at https://www.vikinghacks.com/. Would you be open to exploring sponsorship options or a potential partnership? I would be happy to answer any questions or discuss how we can make this mutually rewarding. Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you. ```

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!

• What wiki pages need updating? What new wiki pages do we need? Discovered from the meeting.