Meeting Notes 2009-03-10

Meeting Minutes
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Attendance

• Jasna
• Jim
• Jeff
• Whitney
• Nathan
• Nikki
• Paul
• Eric M.
• Ishmael
• Zane
• John
• Sacha
• Eli
• Eric H.
• Nick
• Jessie
• Rodrigo
• +4 people from IIT interested (Jared, Isu(sp?),..)
• 9 new people total.

Come to Order - 8:15

• New people introduce themseleves
• Old business
• Update on Elston Space
  • Eric Talked to Steve today, should have lease agreement to review tomorrow
  • Lease will be signed by PS1 as corporation, not by individual leaders, thus insulation indiv. liability.
  • Steve talked to blacksmiths next door, they might be interested.
  • Motion to vote on lease to be posted tomorrow at next meeting passes.

• Mailing List
  • List was locked: explanation.
    • Reporter published items off our public mailing lists that was somewhat embarassing
    • Jerry, owner of Logan Square location contacted Eric after reading information from public list.
    • Unpaid lurkers disrupting communication.
      • e.g. proposing rules when they're not even members.
    • Sensitivity of being affiliated with us to your employers.
    • Anything on public list could be published as fact in the example of Columbia Chronicle article.
  • Newly privatized mailing list users must use birth names, not aliases in order to familiarize themselves, all public ones can be aliased.
  • Zane will set up infrastructure to on PS1 domain to include mailing lists, etc.

• Speaker from Little Black Pearl Art And Design Center.
  • Opening November 9, 2009 for pieces on display, technological or not.
    • Example would be a bar bot.
    • Items can be for sale.
    • Submissions: Little Black Pearl Art & Design Center, c/o Hidden Pearl Gallery (Heidi Hickman), 1060 East 47th Street, Chicago, IL 60653

• Sacha to speak on Be Excellent to each other bylaw before vote.
  • Suggest seriously considering your dedication before writing a bylaw (It's a lot of work)
  • Membership agreement is essentially conduct rules.
  • Vote Results: 17 For, 1 Nay, 1 Abstain. Motion Passes.

• Reciprocity
  • Agreement to mutual benefits for members from each party
    • Benefits such as access to others facility (We can get in to any other hacker space that is part of this program)

• Teddy has a proposal up for facilitating voting online instead of waiting for meetings.
  • <Teddy, please post text of the proposal here.>
  • Paul wants to see an in place system that would exemplify an acceptable setup.

• CCCKC
  • 1404 sq ft space inside a cave. Eric: It's a cave!
  • Originally a quarry of some mineral converted to office and commercial space.
  • ~20 boy scouts for soldering class already.
  • Only protruding structure is elevator shaft, all the rest is underground.
  • Might want to stretch out your liver, those guys can draaaank.
  • Thinking about setting up warzones between the two places.

• Eric H. modded his OLPC with better keyboard!

• NEXT WEEK: Monochrom on the 18th, meeting will be held beforehand. NEXT WEEK'S MEETING IS WEDNESDAY @ 7:00, NOT Tuesday