planning policy/process improvements and implementations for the space

ensuring clean/safe facilities (bathrooms, basically, but maybe kitchen)

kitchen rebuild (content/process) (kitchen existing as a separate issue could work for us. if we minimize the "dishes and pots" aspect of the kitchen, and set it up to facilitate hacking type stuff like molecular gastronomy, and add a dishwasher, it could get better)

refactoring consensus process and decision negotiation (consensus is not a monolithic model, and its also complex and mutable, kinda like agile/scrum methodology. participants in it should be informed and prepared.)

making a New Member Packet containing info about processes, participation, etc, and probably stickers or something too

refactoring the redshirts role and implementation

implementing and maintaining management software (http://spiff.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ via torrie, and https://www.loomio.org/ , and https://slack.com/ and http://www.discourse.org/

separate mailing list(s) for members only, and for the working group

hosting for services (where, who pays, etc)

CommunityWorkingGroup

2014-04-02T22:21:45Z

Daravinne:

2012-11-30T00:56:53Z

Daravinne:

'''HOLEY TEH CRAPZ ITS TEH 5MOF'''

''here is where administratey shit goes''

== Current Thoughts ==

* should we have periodic meetings like a real event? we're kind of catch-as-catch-can right now. getting everyone in one place at least once between shows would be good, and would cement a sense of responsibility in our ephemeral staff roster.
* is there a 5mof mailing list? would be nice to have one under the same setup as nb-discuss etc
* we should have a schedule for sending out announcements every month and try to loosely stick to it
* i've had like 4 separate actual people say they like the video at the beginning of the show. i'm totally willing to rejigger it to be more streamlined/relevant/whatever but it seems to be popular with the masses.

== Outreach and advertismentation ==

''how we beat people over the head with our presence''

* noisebridge-discuss mailing list
* noisebridge-announce mailing list
* noisebridge g+
* 5mof g+ - do we have one? also google group
* noisebridge facebook
* 5mof facebook
* 5mof twitter account
* funcheap
* squidlist
* sfstation
* sosh
* 5mof WEBSITE THAT HAS A BLOG
* paper flyers

== Staff, goons, and minions ==

''if you want to be staff, add your name to this list''

Danny Obrien

Daravinne

Carlos

Tony Longshanks LeTigre

Liz

Jonathan

== Current Speaker Lineup: December 2012 ==

TBD

== Audio/Video and Considerations ==

''AI is easy, AV is hard''

* Gear list
** Video camera and tripod
** 2 microphones (no turntables)
** spotlight
** mixer and speakers (generally already set up and connected in the space)
** cables
*** 4 pin to 9 pin firewire
*** camera power cable
*** audio cable from mixer to camera
*** mic cables
*** audio cable from slide laptop to mixer
** Laptop for running slides
** Slide advancer
** laptop for running video stream

Five Minutes of Fame/Organizatron

2012-11-30T00:49:54Z

Daravinne:

Five Minutes of Fame/Organizatron

2012-11-30T00:48:48Z

Daravinne:

Five Minutes of Fame/Organizatron

2012-11-30T00:30:26Z

Daravinne: Created page with "HOLEY TEH CRAPZ ITS TEH 5MOF here is where administratey shit goes"

HOLEY TEH CRAPZ ITS TEH 5MOF

here is where administratey shit goes

User:Daravinne

2012-02-07T00:42:16Z

Daravinne: /* ssh public key */

''If you can read this, you need more slack.''

=== contact ===
* daravinne on [[IRC|#noisebridge]]
* 314-ONYMOUS

=== <tt>/etc/passwd</tt> entry ===
<pre style="overflow: auto; padding: .5em;">
sudo adduser --gecos 'daravinne' --shell /bin/bash daravinne
</pre>

=== ssh public key ===
<pre style="overflow: auto; padding: .5em;">
ssh-dss AAAAB3NzaC1kc3MAAACBANlui9d6l48lOUEeT9PmPjB+YgOSJcV7CQH7vioxpIHWsSuSxa+fsUq1Z9bxXU+a/4U4B/Ju0J3nZlqLUiBgb8iNU7Hnw19MDc4WWoFg9uHV4WnEGqhlXw94+Jw32R0+RxkppgTCZC0kgWpqywCrQ8HopZY8TmyE0klw8teashk5AAAAFQCZtrC980qEEy5jrztaEDWGk4+lrQAAAIApoAnXhxDB8VMClOgcvvn+GGWZ7tihKX+lkVcoEUy4T9YvkL0TXADAgQ/pF3YnrWNr8r8uh+3IoARKb7tlDf1ShvjLew5Kpp0UCWVtMUv/MIznMNZr5dHalFZcmdf9UfFzY1cCjtq59tJX2Y12xQxp9y1Fw4llxiVUdXVO3D2KsQAAAIAp9N2WlRNYAe7DOB+WTBXTehk1E9sjZXNm4MNDiioVstTkqHSe1YnceLqlmB0GDMGgUbQF7ANFPRUOlLDTgNkmGX2mAoCj4FpNsARI2SC5vS98rLKYfNkMkVT95Ip7le6ssy/U7eE/IKWp3xMojFo8e2ujSob4Sz7oZYg0eMN3RA== daravinne@finn.neuropunks.org

</pre>

User:Daravinne

2012-02-07T00:39:31Z

Daravinne:

''If you can read this, you need more slack.''

=== contact ===
* daravinne on [[IRC|#noisebridge]]
* 314-ONYMOUS

=== <tt>/etc/passwd</tt> entry ===
<pre style="overflow: auto; padding: .5em;">
sudo adduser --gecos 'daravinne' --shell /bin/bash daravinne
</pre>

== ssh public key ==
<pre style="overflow: auto; padding: .5em;">
ssh-dss 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 daravinne@finn.neuropunks.org

</pre>

User:Daravinne

2012-02-07T00:39:18Z

Daravinne:

''If you can read this, you need more slack.''

=== contact ===
* daravinne on [[IRC|#noisebridge]]
* 314-ONYMOUS

=== <tt>/etc/passwd</tt> entry ===
<pre style="overflow: auto; padding: .5em;">
sudo adduser --gecos 'daravinne' --shell /bin/bash daravinne
</pre>

== ssh public key ==
<pre style="overflow: auto; padding: .5em;">
ssh-dss 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 daravinne@finn.neuropunks.org

</pre>

2011-02-23T20:00:38Z

Daravinne:

"I'm not stalking her, she's stalking me! She's everywhere i go!" - ''Patrick''

----

'''Patrick has been stalking and harassing female Noisebridgers. He has sent harassing emails to several individuals, and when rebuffed and asked to stop by both his targets and other people, not only refused but victim-blamed and claimed the targets of his actions had no problem with those actions (after they had explicitly stated otherwise). Evidence was collected and intense debate and discussion occurred over the course of a few days. Patrick was contacted and given the chance to correct his behavior, but he continued to maintain he did nothing wrong. As a result, several of those involved declared they did not feel safe at Noisebridge anymore in the presence of a person who exhibited tendencies to ignore consent and agency. For the safety of the many, the one was banninated.'''

'''This decision was not made lightly and not without in depth discussion and careful weighing of options.'''

----

Patrick's behavior publicly is less crappy than his private behavior, scarily enough:

[[https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/021231.htm Patrick insults Zedd's wife]]

[[https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/021264.html Patrick talks about his healthy sexual attraction to women]]

[[https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/021327.html Jason's response to Patrick about women]]

[[https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/021306.html Rigel calls out Patrick on misogyny]]

[[https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/021326.html Patrick excuses his behavior]], [[https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/021328.html Jason's response]]

[[https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/021329.html Rachel restates how what Patrick is doing is not cool]]

[[https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/021352.html Liz's ultimate response to the whole thread]]

----

'''VonGuard Says: ( https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/021420.html )
'''
"So, I just wanted to nip this in the bud: We are all very appreciative of advice from newcomers, but if you are watching all this Patrick Keys drama from the outside, and you think to yourself "Hey, that's some very unexcellent behavior towards Patrick!" I ask you to stop and think for a moment.

Noisebridge is a super accepting space. It was only after tremendous discussion, debate, and evidence gathering that we decided to ban him. Until the next official meeting, most of you are just going to have to trust that we have made the best decision for Noisebridge here. That is why so many names were appended to the bottom of that email. This was to say "We are signing to say this is legitimate, and that this action needs to be taken."

This was actually never about personality, or even about the mailing list. This was about Patrick making women at Noisebridge feel unsafe. This was not done based on any form of speculation or jumping to conclusions. This was done after a careful, considered process where it was decided that not banning Patrick was the same thing as banning a number of women who would no longer come to Noisebridge because of his presence and his unwanted attentions, and his stalking behavior.

Noisebridge has plenty of socially awkward geeks. We all know that if yer a chick at Noisebridge, someone might stare at your boobs. Awkward though this is, it's actually OK. Sure, it's not the most polite thing to do, but it's harmless. Women and men at Noisebridge are still perfectly free to behave like women and men. This is very far from what is taking place here. Patrick's behavior was well over the line of acceptable.

This was not a witch hunt. This is not a precedent for banning annoying or creepy people. This was about physical safety in and outside of the space for ladies with whom Patrick had crossed the line, and continued to cross the line after being told to stop.

Finally, I will say that the "intervention, mediated talking" route had already been tried with Patrick. If you are interested in reading more about Patrick's complete inability and unwillingness to listen to ANYONE about ANYTHING, there are about 4 months worth of email backlogs in our archives documenting his complete inability to listen and understand people's problems with him. It's a pattern with him.

This extended to also being unable to accept the word "no!" from women. And that makes me want to do something truly terrible to him. But instead of hurting him or assaulting him online or offline, we all decided to solve this within Noisebridge's processes. Believe me, there are others here who would have done far worse to him given the chance. The man is a menace, and does not even treat women like people. They are sexual objects to him, ones that owe him sexual attentions, in his eyes.

This is not someone we will ever be allowing back. He is pure fucking scum, and he is absolutely the antithesis of everything Noiserbridge stands for.

Let it be known: you cannot sexually harass or endanger ANYONE at Noisebridge. You will be banned if you do so and do not correct the behavior when you are told to stop. This is the precedent we're setting. And I think it is a very good one. Everyone should be safe at Noisebridge. And no one should feel unsafe outside of Noisebridge because a person associated with the space is following/harassing them.

If you are still not convinced, come to the meeting next week. I agree, this is all quite ugly, but at the end of the day, this is 100% Patrick's own fault. Noisebridge remains %99.999 inclusive. But stalkers will NEVER be welcome."

'''Liz Henry Says: ( https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/021352.html )'''

"On 2/20/11 8:53 PM, Alex Handy wrote:
> Please fuck off and die, before I make a huge issue about you
> emailing unsolicited sexual advances to female Noisebridge members.
> How'd you like to talk about that on the list, ya fucking creep.
>

I get why people might decide not to make a huge issue about being
creepily harassed at Noisebridge or by Noisebridgers, but since creepy
sexual harassment has apparently happened, it *is* a huge issue.

On 2/22/11 3:21 AM, Rigel Christian wrote:

> example: after someone told you they were creeped out by your email
> solicitation, you reportedly responded by leading off with
>
> "I'm certain that you are neither offended nor creeped out."
>
> And went on to continue your harassment of this poor person. That
> qualifies as "repeated"

Rachel wrote:

> I did hear about some
> horribly harassing and bigoted messages that you sent to another lady
> that you don't seem to be mentioning here.

I didn't hear about this, and I wish I had. Could people please report
it to the list when this happens so it can be discussed and aired and
the rest of us can be aware?

I would like to directly address Patrick now.

Patrick, can you see that it is creepy to email someone an "offer to
hook up" whose name you got off Facebook or the NB wiki? That sounds
creepy to me, not like flirting.

Then, apparently you were asked to stop contacting her, and you continued.

Then there is the denial of agency. If I said to you "I'm offended and
creeped out" and you replied "I'm certain you are neither offended nor
creeped out", then, you are not respectful of anything to do with
personal boundaries. You would be claiming to see inside my head into
what I feel in direct contradiction to what was asserted. This is a
major denial of agency attack.

Given this interaction between you and a woman you think you have
"flirted" with "jokingly", I am seriously uncomfortable with you and
when I next run into you at Noisebridge will ask you to answer for it
face to face and explain your behavior.

Also, I don't think you need to enumerate how many women you've
harassed. One is enough.

Patrick, you also wrote:

> Why does
> anybody care about mine (or anybody else's) private life? I've always
> been a good sport about personal attacks on me, but this mailing list
> has about 500 people on it. Given that everything you're discussing
> took place outside of Noisebridge, you're not giving any sort of
> consideration to this amazing non-profit that we all enjoy.

This is quite disturbing to me as well. Here, you seem to be saying
that off a public list, you can harass women who frequent Noisebridge,
with no social consequences, because any airing of the harassment in
public would hurt Noisebridge. That won't fly. I'm calling you on that
big time. No way.

Since you don't respect women telling you individually to stop harassing
them, I think we might need to organize some sort of group to come and
speak with you collectively to explain why it is unacceptable.

That might not be enough here and I'd like to know what other people
think. I feel here that Patrick has crossed a major, major line in many
ways which I listed above. I don't care if someone is kind of annoying
and a time sucker. That's inevitable. But I don't want our community to
tolerate blatant misogynist disrespect for women and blatant harassment.

- Liz"

'''Rachel's Ban-ifesto: ( https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/021398.html )'''

"Patrick, the undersigned have agreed doocratically that you are no
longer welcome at Noisebridge. Do not return. If you have possessions
in the space you may contact Jason Dusek who will collect them and bring
them down to you at the sidewalk. Any of us will, if we see you in the
space, ask you to leave and escort you out.

Everyone else, we are putting up an official consensus item for banning
Patrick from the space. There is strong evidence that he has behaved in
unacceptable ways to other people associated with Noisebridge, which
makes members of our community feel unsafe.

It is a difficult balance to illustrate the problem while still
protecting the privacy of all of those involved, and the solution we
have come up with is this.

Rachel Hospodar, Al Sweigart, and Veronica Sutter are talking to those
involved to obtain the level of permission they are comfortable with.
They plan to collate two bodies of evidence, one electronic and one on
paper, documenting Patrick's behavior. Members of Noisebridge can view
this evidence by contacting them directly. The electronic version will
probably be smaller, but will be available to members on request if they
are unable to come to the space to view the paper version. The paper
version will be in the custody of Jason Dusek, who has a high level of
availability to meet members at Noisebridge and show them.

This is a serious case and we truly hope that all members are able to
take time to consider this evidence, discuss the situation with your
fellow Noisebridgers and come to a meeting next week to express your
opinion.

Rachel McConnell
Al Sweigart
Alex Handy
Timothy Sanders
Will Sargent
Rachel Hospodar
Ronald Cotoni
Steve Koenig (Hephaestus)
Veronica Sutter
Robert Chu
John E.
Zedd Epstein
Rubin Abdi
Snail
Jason Dusek

---
I have taken the liberty of redacting Patrick's last name from this
email. Google is forever and it's possible he will improve over time. I
hope others who respond will take this into account.

-Rachel M"

----

Y U BAN PATRICK

2011-02-23T19:53:12Z

Daravinne:

"I'm not stalking her, she's stalking me! She's everywhere i go!" - ''Patrick''

----

'''Patrick has been stalking and harassing female Noisebridgers. He has sent harassing emails to several individuals, and when rebuffed and asked to stop by both his targets and other people, not only refused but victim-blamed and claimed the targets of his actions had no problem with those actions (after they had explicitly stated otherwise). Evidence was collected and intense debate and discussion occurred over the course of a few days. Patrick was contacted and given the chance to correct his behavior, but he continued to maintain he did nothing wrong. As a result, several of those involved declared they did not feel safe at Noisebridge anymore in the presence of a person who exhibited tendencies to ignore consent and agency. For the safety of the many, the one was banninated. ""

""This decision was not made lightly and not without in depth discussion and careful weighing of options. '''

----

'''VonGuard Says: ( https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/021420.html )
'''
"So, I just wanted to nip this in the bud: We are all very appreciative of advice from newcomers, but if you are watching all this Patrick Keys drama from the outside, and you think to yourself "Hey, that's some very unexcellent behavior towards Patrick!" I ask you to stop and think for a moment.

Noisebridge is a super accepting space. It was only after tremendous discussion, debate, and evidence gathering that we decided to ban him. Until the next official meeting, most of you are just going to have to trust that we have made the best decision for Noisebridge here. That is why so many names were appended to the bottom of that email. This was to say "We are signing to say this is legitimate, and that this action needs to be taken."

This was actually never about personality, or even about the mailing list. This was about Patrick making women at Noisebridge feel unsafe. This was not done based on any form of speculation or jumping to conclusions. This was done after a careful, considered process where it was decided that not banning Patrick was the same thing as banning a number of women who would no longer come to Noisebridge because of his presence and his unwanted attentions, and his stalking behavior.

Noisebridge has plenty of socially awkward geeks. We all know that if yer a chick at Noisebridge, someone might stare at your boobs. Awkward though this is, it's actually OK. Sure, it's not the most polite thing to do, but it's harmless. Women and men at Noisebridge are still perfectly free to behave like women and men. This is very far from what is taking place here. Patrick's behavior was well over the line of acceptable.

This was not a witch hunt. This is not a precedent for banning annoying or creepy people. This was about physical safety in and outside of the space for ladies with whom Patrick had crossed the line, and continued to cross the line after being told to stop.

Finally, I will say that the "intervention, mediated talking" route had already been tried with Patrick. If you are interested in reading more about Patrick's complete inability and unwillingness to listen to ANYONE about ANYTHING, there are about 4 months worth of email backlogs in our archives documenting his complete inability to listen and understand people's problems with him. It's a pattern with him.

This extended to also being unable to accept the word "no!" from women. And that makes me want to do something truly terrible to him. But instead of hurting him or assaulting him online or offline, we all decided to solve this within Noisebridge's processes. Believe me, there are others here who would have done far worse to him given the chance. The man is a menace, and does not even treat women like people. They are sexual objects to him, ones that owe him sexual attentions, in his eyes.

This is not someone we will ever be allowing back. He is pure fucking scum, and he is absolutely the antithesis of everything Noiserbridge stands for.

Let it be known: you cannot sexually harass or endanger ANYONE at Noisebridge. You will be banned if you do so and do not correct the behavior when you are told to stop. This is the precedent we're setting. And I think it is a very good one. Everyone should be safe at Noisebridge. And no one should feel unsafe outside of Noisebridge because a person associated with the space is following/harassing them.

If you are still not convinced, come to the meeting next week. I agree, this is all quite ugly, but at the end of the day, this is 100% Patrick's own fault. Noisebridge remains %99.999 inclusive. But stalkers will NEVER be welcome."

'''Liz Henry Says: ( https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/021352.html )'''

"On 2/20/11 8:53 PM, Alex Handy wrote:
> Please fuck off and die, before I make a huge issue about you
> emailing unsolicited sexual advances to female Noisebridge members.
> How'd you like to talk about that on the list, ya fucking creep.
>

I get why people might decide not to make a huge issue about being
creepily harassed at Noisebridge or by Noisebridgers, but since creepy
sexual harassment has apparently happened, it *is* a huge issue.

On 2/22/11 3:21 AM, Rigel Christian wrote:

> example: after someone told you they were creeped out by your email
> solicitation, you reportedly responded by leading off with
>
> "I'm certain that you are neither offended nor creeped out."
>
> And went on to continue your harassment of this poor person. That
> qualifies as "repeated"

Rachel wrote:

> I did hear about some
> horribly harassing and bigoted messages that you sent to another lady
> that you don't seem to be mentioning here.

I didn't hear about this, and I wish I had. Could people please report
it to the list when this happens so it can be discussed and aired and
the rest of us can be aware?

I would like to directly address Patrick now.

Patrick, can you see that it is creepy to email someone an "offer to
hook up" whose name you got off Facebook or the NB wiki? That sounds
creepy to me, not like flirting.

Then, apparently you were asked to stop contacting her, and you continued.

Then there is the denial of agency. If I said to you "I'm offended and
creeped out" and you replied "I'm certain you are neither offended nor
creeped out", then, you are not respectful of anything to do with
personal boundaries. You would be claiming to see inside my head into
what I feel in direct contradiction to what was asserted. This is a
major denial of agency attack.

Given this interaction between you and a woman you think you have
"flirted" with "jokingly", I am seriously uncomfortable with you and
when I next run into you at Noisebridge will ask you to answer for it
face to face and explain your behavior.

Also, I don't think you need to enumerate how many women you've
harassed. One is enough.

Patrick, you also wrote:

> Why does
> anybody care about mine (or anybody else's) private life? I've always
> been a good sport about personal attacks on me, but this mailing list
> has about 500 people on it. Given that everything you're discussing
> took place outside of Noisebridge, you're not giving any sort of
> consideration to this amazing non-profit that we all enjoy.

This is quite disturbing to me as well. Here, you seem to be saying
that off a public list, you can harass women who frequent Noisebridge,
with no social consequences, because any airing of the harassment in
public would hurt Noisebridge. That won't fly. I'm calling you on that
big time. No way.

Since you don't respect women telling you individually to stop harassing
them, I think we might need to organize some sort of group to come and
speak with you collectively to explain why it is unacceptable.

That might not be enough here and I'd like to know what other people
think. I feel here that Patrick has crossed a major, major line in many
ways which I listed above. I don't care if someone is kind of annoying
and a time sucker. That's inevitable. But I don't want our community to
tolerate blatant misogynist disrespect for women and blatant harassment.

- Liz"

'''Rachel's Ban-ifesto: ( https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/021398.html )'''

"Patrick, the undersigned have agreed doocratically that you are no
longer welcome at Noisebridge. Do not return. If you have possessions
in the space you may contact Jason Dusek who will collect them and bring
them down to you at the sidewalk. Any of us will, if we see you in the
space, ask you to leave and escort you out.

Everyone else, we are putting up an official consensus item for banning
Patrick from the space. There is strong evidence that he has behaved in
unacceptable ways to other people associated with Noisebridge, which
makes members of our community feel unsafe.

It is a difficult balance to illustrate the problem while still
protecting the privacy of all of those involved, and the solution we
have come up with is this.

Rachel Hospodar, Al Sweigart, and Veronica Sutter are talking to those
involved to obtain the level of permission they are comfortable with.
They plan to collate two bodies of evidence, one electronic and one on
paper, documenting Patrick's behavior. Members of Noisebridge can view
this evidence by contacting them directly. The electronic version will
probably be smaller, but will be available to members on request if they
are unable to come to the space to view the paper version. The paper
version will be in the custody of Jason Dusek, who has a high level of
availability to meet members at Noisebridge and show them.

This is a serious case and we truly hope that all members are able to
take time to consider this evidence, discuss the situation with your
fellow Noisebridgers and come to a meeting next week to express your
opinion.

Rachel McConnell
Al Sweigart
Alex Handy
Timothy Sanders
Will Sargent
Rachel Hospodar
Ronald Cotoni
Steve Koenig (Hephaestus)
Veronica Sutter
Robert Chu
John E.
Zedd Epstein
Rubin Abdi
Snail
Jason Dusek

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I have taken the liberty of redacting Patrick's last name from this
email. Google is forever and it's possible he will improve over time. I
hope others who respond will take this into account.

-Rachel M"

Other information:
[[https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/021231.htm Patrick insults Zedd's wife]]
[[https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-February/021264.html Patrick talks about his healthy sexual attraction to women]]