below are the minutes from tonight's board meeting:
Board meeting 3/10/14 In attendance: Becca Salchak Craig Bergdorf Andrew Buczko Justin Herman Chris Egeland Devin Wolfe Torri Ficher AJ9 Philip Patnode Ken Burns Mike Grieslik Alex Kot No moderator Devin opens by covering procedure the board functions is to make sure that the space runs properly Ken: points of contention going on at the space need for community Working Group to help solve problems and mediate. The CWG Consists of members not tied to the conflict at hand. Items like the sublease, proposal to remove from office. Ken put out a temp proposal about the community working group and plans on proposing it at the meeting this week. Thinks could be around 5 people on the CWG he volunteers to be one of them no board members or champions. Gives the parties involved would be given a chance to share their side in private. And the CWG would come to a decision that is true to bylaws and the interest of the group. And the recommendations would go before the board and the membership without open debate. The members would vote on the recommendations and then carried out. All the notes of the moderation would be archived off so members could audit the notes if the so wished. He would like to have this in place in a week so within the next few weeks we will be able to act on it. Aj9: asks would tis take the power away from the leaders? Ken: no, they have no authority they can only make recommendations. Becca: are these permanent members? Ken: yes but after the few issues we have are solved they would be dissolved Torri: likes this model, she thinks we should review after the process is done and possibly make a bylaw amendment. Mike: does the group bypass the board? Ken: results first go to the board they can decide if the proper procedures were followed then it would be released to the members. Chris: States that the discussion on the removal of Devin and Justin has been proposed and that we will discuss it at the meeting this week. Then will be voted on the following AJ9: Has there been any discussion of hiring an outside party to mediate? Ken: There hasn't been a discussion yet but if we don't see a way forward he suggests that we possibly go that route. Craig: suggests we get outside people to sit on this board. Ken: either way they are just making a recommendation. Justin: feels that a professional mediator but because of time restraint we might not be able to use outside source. Ken: is there a master list of members? Chris: yes and as a member you can request from Andrew. Justin: can we use non members Ken: that is up for discussion. Who decides the group? Chris: feels it should be up to members. Or have the board select the people then the membership agrees on it. Devin: that's going to drag on the parties in the dispute should decide AJ9: agrees Craig: thinks we should take a quick vote Justin: both sides submit 3 non partial people then the members can decide Chris : for your proposal will you submit the list of the issues Ken: yes I will list the sub-lease and the removal of officers. If we could refrain from talking about them until we get through this process just to keep the heat down. Aj:formally introduced herself, has liability insurance for her area of synhak, takes role of liaison for something new entertainment for this. Devin: we don't have a formal complaint system when we formed synhak the board would handle business and champions handle day to day. Torri: champion manages day to day bills, trash, building maintenance. Nothing more but it has been extended to conflict res. But doest feel that is appropriate that we should be able to solve our issues as adults. Champions have the power to doacraticly take over an office. Devin: can we agree on more concrete terms? Torrie: I think the members should be involved Devin: then it will eventually vote on and become a bylaw Torri:No Devin: so far most of the complaints already go to the champions. Andy: can we have a figure head Torri: I am terrified of that no Chris: technically as champion I have no authority but people still ask permission from me Torri: that is just a social thing that we need to break. They can be conflict res. People if they want to be they are like the manager of mcdonalds Devin: what do we do about complaints? Torri: that is wat the CWG does Devin: but they are not concrete... Torri: the members should be responsible for this but I want the CWG to be permanent I wish to continue this Tuesday Justin: I think this could be a way to go I think we should start with our champions and if they are then found to ave a conflict of intrest then someone else would be brought in. Devin what would craig do if he has a problem with devin then who does he go to Torri: I feel we should stop this convo and continue it tomorrow Chris seconds Devin: torri is not a board member chris motions and craig seconds Vote? Ok vote passed table until tomorrow Andy: I propose to remove non members from discuss Devin I feel we move the discussions to the members list for these discussions and not just the discuss list I don't feel it needs to be a proposal Andy: I retract that proposal. Alex: What is the Sysadmin can we update the bylaws Torri: Sysadmin I feel isn't necessary unmles he is more a security officer that would monitor a pincode system and making sure that we are reasonably safe from anyone who would want to take retribution Justin:they should be responsible for our website and a point of contact for people who want to work on the network Torri: I feel that chris as sysadmin didn't maintain by himself we all did we don't need just one person for this we have the noc list Alex: perhaps writing up compliance laws to stop people from torrenting and stuff Justin:thinks that a lot of us can do the positions as officers but each officer is a point of contact. Torri: thinks that we need to police ourselves. Alex: but it is a liability because if someone comes in to audit they will ask for our compliance acceptable use policy Chri: I feel that they should comply with time warners policy Becca: I feel like we should have one of these when we sign on to the wifi Chris: sysadmin was a deligation campions Devin: I agree with Becc just post it on the wall Craig: print out time warner Chris: put it in the binder web filter? Everyone: no Devin: not a proposal 3 page emails? Come on make it short Torri: im not going to make simple emails for complex situations Devin: lets do this for emails and discussion Devin: discuss was shut down... whats the acceptable use. Torri: I locked it because the list is ment for discussion and people were just shitting on each other I felt it was a bad representation of us. Becca: I feel like it should be mentioned to the board first Justin: I feel like we were being grounded Devin we need to watch our tone... some people were really frantic because there were worried parties Becca: I didn't even understand what was going on... Torri: yes that was un excellent im sorry I should have explained it Devin: I feel it should be a consensus not a single person with the power Chris: what authority were you using Torri: I was using doacracy to put out the fires I think we need to decide and make rules for list moderation Devin: doacracy isn't just doing it is what the consensus and the person who is willing to step up does it. We need to define doacracy Chris: I don't think it requires consensus I think if I feel the community will agree with it then it is ok Devin : but what if what you think the consensus is is actually not the consensus we need to evaluate how we define doacracy not noisebridge Torrie: if it is going to affect the community then you are going to have to take responsibility Justin : I agree that we need to fine our own and not just follow the other haker spaces blindly Torri: doacracy consensus and excellence go hand and hand. Craig: isn't this why we have maintainers? Chris: Maintainers is entirely volunteer maintainers arnt required to maintain Torri: I wanted Maintainers to be like open source Maintainers. Isn't to maintain but to make it easier for others to contribute encourages deligation does not run the show. Alex: I think the maintainers should actually be a point of reference Justin: I propose we table this everyone second that motion passed meeting over.
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