On Wed 24 October 2012 14:37:33 Trever Fischer wrote: > On Wed, 2012-10-24 at 14:23 -0400, Penny Golightley wrote: > > We have the bot as a reminder because historically, if we didn't have > > an email reminder the day of the meeting then no one would show up. We > > found a reminder email the day of goes a long way. Meetings are at 7pm > > every tuesday. There has not been an exception to this since our > > opening day back in May. If you want to come to a meeting, that's > > great. However, I don't think it's Trever's or my responsibility to > > remind everyone. If you need a reminder the day before, set your phone > > to remind you. There's no reason why we should have to reprogram Phong > > to remind everyone. We will stick with the system that has worked for > > us for the past year. > > > > And I just want to repeat a very key important point: it is NOT > > Trever's and my job to annoy people to come to our meetings. Any > > information you need about the goings on of the space is on our > > website. Any more questions or concerns about this should be sent to > > me personally. I don't want to spam our whole email list about this > > anymore. > > Or we could talk about it on the list in public or on a tuesday meeting. > I think it is more excellent to have a public airing of grievances > concerning tuesdays where we can have another tuesday thread instead of > a private tuesday party in penny's inbox every other tuesday.
Why didn't I get that invitation? :( > > Penny Golightley > > [email protected] > > > > On Oct 24, 2012 1:45 PM, "Michael James" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Trever, if meetings are every Tuesday, why do we even have the > > bot reminder at? if we are going to have the bot reminder, 24 > > hours is just a little more lead time, that's all. > > > > > > -Michael > > > > On Wednesday, October 24, 2012, wrote: > > Send Discuss mailing list submissions to > > > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, > > visit > > > > http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > > 'help' to > > > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is > > more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Discuss digest..." > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. bot ([email protected]) > > 2. Meeting minutes from 2012-10-23 > > > > ([email protected]) > > > > 3. Re: bot (Trever Fischer) > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------ > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:12:55 -0400 (EDT) > > From: [email protected] > > To: "SYN/HAK discussion list" <[email protected]> > > Subject: [SH-Discuss] bot > > Message-ID: > > > > <[email protected] > > .com> > > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > Could you have the email reminders go out 24hrs before > > the next meeting. > > Maybe more warning would get more people to show up? > > Just a thought. > > > > Anyway, > > What do you have going on tonight (wed night)? > > > > Andy > > Dungeon Studios Prototyping > > www.dsprototyping.com > > [email protected] > > (330)814-6103 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:26:03 -0400 (EDT) > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [SH-Discuss] Meeting minutes from 2012-10-23 > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Namaste, hakkers! > > > > I've noticed that there was a meeting on 2012-10-23 > > and that the minutes are posted. They are visible on > > the web at http://synhak.org/wiki/Meetings/23-10-2012. > > I've also included them in this mail for reading at > > your leisure: > > > > {{Infobox_meeting > > > > |time=7PM > > |date=2012-10-23 > > |venue=1456 Riverside > > |next=Meetings/30-10-2012 > > |previous=Meetings/16-10-2012 > > > > }} > > > > > > = Agenda = > > > > * '''Note Taker:''' Dan Swick > > * '''Moderator:''' Trever Fischer > > > > == Introduction and Names == > > > > * Devin has a saw but doesn't play in a band. > > * Paul gets ready for vacation. > > * Hannah is an artisan. > > * Wendy lives across from Penny, the master baker > > * Dan gets annoyed at being called "The Man." > > * Trever doesn't play Minecraft but runs a really nice > > server. > > * Andrew is currently studying for an exam. > > > > > > == Announcements == > > > > * We has a bandsaws. > > * We have parts trays, welding goggles. > > * We have a label printer. > > * Penny has started work on her wine-cork curtains. > > * Saturday is board tour of 21 W. North Street. Will > > try to sign lease. Move-in Dec 1, opening day Jan 5. > > * We need speakers for next month and December. > > * Devin will do a welding class in December! > > * Trever will do intro to Arduino, Jan 7. > > * Paul will do a sharpening workshop. > > * Trever worked on a project called "Spiff." Will be > > using for inventory, member payments, profile fields, > > database of all member stuff. Can be used to track > > training. Can schedule classes. > > * QR codes are used for inventory, will take you > > straight to Spiff page. > > * Devin brought Jello(R) shots. > > * 2nd Wednesday of next month, intro to soldering. > > > > == Membership == > > * None. > > > > == Financial Report == > > * Funds in bank: $3138.37 > > > > == Proposals == > > > > <!-- > > Proposal format: > > > > * '''Proposal''' by --~~~~: > > > > Copy the above example verbatim, and place it > > immediately below this line. --> > > '''SYN/HAK should be referred to as a makerspace and > > not a hacker space.''' by > > --[[Special:Contributions/76.188.197.165| > > 76.188.197.165]] 23:57, 22 October 2012 (EDT): Markus > > Vogl (written by Penny Golightley) > > > > This reasons for this proposal is as follows: > > People are intimidated by the word hacker. This has > > been observed by a few of our members when marketing > > the space and it was even enough of an issue to be > > brought up at our WSKU interview. The term makerspace > > is friendlier to the general population than > > hackerspace. Markus told us at the last meeting he > > attended that the Chicago makerspace said they had a > > lot more success with the term makerspace than > > hackerspace. This may be a better PR move. > > ** Nobody will be forced to call it anything. > > > > * '''Alternative proposal''' by --[[User:Tdfischer| > > Tdfischer]] 00:13, 23 October 2012 (EDT): We shouldn't > > have a tagline in any promotional material. Members > > should be free to call it what they want. > > > > ** Trever believes that the label is a false > > dichotomy. We shouldn't call it anything, so it should > > be called whatever we want. Take off the word > > "Hackerspace" out of logos and promotional material. > > Still up in the air, maybe "Make Share Create?" > > Noisebridge - "We spurn the key and lock." > > > > > > * '''Membership Responsibilities/Titles/Perks''' by > > --[[User:Windcask|Windcask]] 14:05, 23 October 2012 > > (EDT): There's enough going on (and there will be lots > > more after we get the space) that it might be time to > > talk about membership responsibilities and holding > > those who hold them to account. All of us should be > > equally responsible for the success or failure of the > > space as an organization and not rely on certain > > higher-level members to move things along. Examples of > > duties: PR/Social Media presence, custodial duties, > > wiki spam cleanup, maintenance and inventory of > > equipment, speaking events, demonstrations to the > > public, etc. > > > > Holding to responsibilities could be accomplished by > > positive reinforcement of some kind (special titles, > > access to VPS services, higher-level trust in Syn/Hak > > electronic infrastructure, reduced memberships, etc.). > > * "Being awesome to everyone" should be enough to > > motivate members to pitch in and help out. Leadership > > should take the lead in the sharing of > > responsibilities. Revisit later when it actually > > becomes a problem. > > > > * '''SysAdmin Meetings''' - Also, proposal for > > monthly/bi-monthly strategy meetings involving members > > and important non-members (relrod for example) to talk > > solely about website, social media, and space > > electronics administration (servers, lab workstations, > > door keys, etc.). Could be physical, could be > > conference call or IRC chat. > > Passed - 60 minutes before meeting last week in month, > > get computer-inclined people involved. > > > > == Discussion Items == > > > > * (Moved to discussion items) * '''Inventapalooza''' > > by Devin : Tagline/address gets figured out, but Devin > > will be working out a whole PR campaign and pay for > > it. > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:36:32 -0400 > > From: Trever Fischer <[email protected]> > > To: SYN/HAK discussion list <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [SH-Discuss] bot > > Message-ID: > > <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > On Wed, 2012-10-24 at 04:12 -0400, > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > Could you have the email reminders go out 24hrs > > > > before the next meeting. > > > > > Maybe more warning would get more people to show up? > > > > Just a thought. > > > > Meetings are every Tuesday. No need to warn people of > > something that > > happens every week without fail. > > > > > Anyway, > > > What do you have going on tonight (wed night)? > > > > Tonight is Open Hacking Night, where people are > > invited to come in and > > make things. Nothing exceptional has been planned. > > > > I plan on working on my D&D table design a bit more by > > finishing the > > player deck, assembling some legs, and working on my > > control circuitry. > > > > > Andy > > > Dungeon Studios Prototyping > > > www.dsprototyping.com > > > [email protected] > > > (330)814-6103 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Discuss mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > End of Discuss Digest, Vol 16, Issue 12 > > *************************************** > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Ryan Rix http://rix.si _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
