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Physical Access Control Project

2009-05-11T17:44:05Z

Ben: Moved to main site

This page has been migrated to HacDC's Main Site.

It can now be [http://hacdc.org/wiki/physical-access-control-project found here].

Meeting Agenda 2009 05 12

2009-05-11T17:43:39Z

Ben: Moved to main site

This page has been migrated to HacDC's Main Site.

It can now be [http://hacdc.org/wiki/may-2009-meeting-agenda found here].

Talk:Physical Access Control Project

2009-05-07T04:55:40Z

Ben: Migrated to Drupal Wiki

This page has been migrated to HacDC's Main Site.

It can now be [http://hacdc.org/wiki/physical-access-control-project found here].

Tuesday Seminar Series

2009-05-05T22:33:30Z

Ben:

The Tuesday Lecture Series aims to bring interesting talks to HacDC members and the public on the first Tuesday of each month. Here's what we've got lined up on [http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=sb8mh1d332pbvnb2g4iob2p728@group.calendar.google.com our calendar] so far.

* May 5, 2009:
* June 2, 2009:
* July 7, 2009:
* August 4, 2009:
* September 1, 2009:
* October 6, 2009:
* November 3, 2009:
* December 1, 2009:

## Past Seminars ##

* December 9, 2008: Gareth Branwyn and Alberto Gaitan, [http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotdc Dorkbot DC] co-overlords
* December 16, 2008: [http://www.jossresearch.org/ Jon Singer], a.k.a. Laser Guy
* January 13, 2009: [http://hacdc.org/2009/01/13/tuesday-seminar-series-arthacking-at-burning-man-tonight/ Art Hacking]

Regular Member Meeting 2009 04 14

2009-04-15T04:48:54Z

Ben:

== Time and Location ==
April 14, 2009
Meeting called to order at 7:40 PM by Minister of Information Katie B.

Members Present: Martin R, Todd, Serge W., Ben S., Katie B, Elliot W, Tim C, Tim B, Dave

Others: Greg

[[Quorum]] determined to be present.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==

[[Regular Member Meeting Minutes 2009 03 10]] were presented and amended as follows.

Approve without objection.

== Consent Agenda ==

There were no items in tonight's consent agenda.

== Minister Reports ==

=== Coordinator in Chief Report ===

Working a lot on physical infrastructure here and for the church. Wants to see several nights of the week dedicated to more topics. Press up. Think what you know, think what other people know, and convince them to share it.

=== Minister of Finance Report ===

We added one member, lost 3 but most

Income: $1279

Expenses: Rent, basement, Registered Agent $1417

Net loss: $138.

We still have outstanding receivables from a member for around $1450.00

Anticipating a reduction in Internet Access fees.

Ben moved to accept the treasurer's report.

Dave seconded.

Ben raised concerns about there being a member who's exchanging goods without paying dues every month.

Serge asked about putting the expenditures on Google apps.

Tim responded that people were concerned about using Google apps, but he setup a mailing list to track expenditures.

Treasurer's report was approved without objection.

=== Minister of Information Report ===

Ironically, the minister has nothing to report.

=== Keeper of the MIBS Report ===

KMIBS asked people to sign the Bylaws Amendment approval from the bylaws amendment at the last meeting.

== Member Reports ==

=== Serge W, PR Coordinator ===

Re-emphasizes that people need to alert him to events that are happening in the space.

There will be another reporter stopping by HacDC on April 27 to do a report. There was also a Washington Post reporter in the space April 13, 2009 and there will be an article this weekend.

== Old Business ==

=== RobotFest Call for Volunteers and Projects (Ben Stanfield)===

There was a question about sales tax.

Serge will have a handout.

=== Church Ethernet Project (Elliot Williams)===

Elliot has met with the church several times about this lately. The church is going to pay for the hardware and wiring, up to $700, and we would provide the labor.

Dave wrote a really good post on Blabber about what the costs involved will be. Tim B said he has some 48 port managed Netgear switches.

It will take place April 25 (same day as RobotFest, but the church can do it then, so we need to work with them.)

We need to buy stuff for it soon, probably this week. An individual may buy it and be reimbursed by the church.

=== Basement Space Update (Dan Barlow)===

Tim C offered to give an update. This weekend, people sorted and moved everything damageable by water off the ground. Today the space flooded, so it's good that that happened.

We need to work on the water issues, and then get the wooden shelving taken down in the upstairs space and move it for shelving downstairs.

Saturday the destruction will commence, so anyone available should come back in for that.

Martin made a motion to ask for $120 to buy 4 shelves for the basement. Tim C. 2nd.

Motion carried with no objection.

=== HacDC Door Entry System (Tim C)===

Nothing to report.

=== Tuesday Night Seminar Series (Elliot W)===

We need people lined up into the future or we need to can it. Elliot plans to relinquish the Tuesday night spaces, unless someone can step up and arrange events.

Todd offered to try to line up some speakers. Nick also offered to line up some speakers.

Ben motioned to make Todd the Tuesday Night Seminar Speaker Series. He will coordinate with other members to arrange speakers for the first Tuesday of every month.

=== Bylaws Change (Serge W) ===

Should we continue the process of changing some bylaws?

Serge moved to have a meeting to discuss the bylaws changes.
Ben seconded.

There were no objections.

== New Business ==

=== Technology Transfer and Public Funding Vehicles (Andrew G)===

Not present.

=== Unveiling/Call for Help of new HacDC Website (Ben S)===

=== Access to Church Calendar (Serge W)===

The church calendar is gone. It has moved to an electronic calendar.

Elliot mentioned that Brian's email is on the website, as is the calendar. If anyone needs church space and it looks free, feel free to talk to Brian, or run it through Elliot.

=== 501c3 Application status (Nick F)===

The application is half done. Nick plans to finish it this week.

The application is on the wiki in sections for discussion. There should be significant discussion on the issues before the application is finalized.

=== Approval of any pending new member(s). ===

Tim nominated Greg become a member. There were no objections.

=== OLPC Lending Library ===

== Adjournment ==

The meeting adjourned at 8:23 PM.

[[Category:Meeting_Minutes]]

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Regular Member Meeting 2009 04 14

2009-04-15T04:29:05Z

Ben:

== Time and Location ==
April 14, 2009
Meeting called to order at 7:40 PM by Minister of Information Katie Bechtold.

Members Present: Martin R, Todd, Serge W., Ben S., Katie B, Elliot W, Tim C, Tim B, Dave

Others: Greg

[[Quorum]] determined to be present.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==

[[Regular Member Meeting Minutes 2009 03 10]] were presented and amended as follows.

Approve without objection.

== Consent Agenda ==

There were no items in tonight's consent agenda.

== Minister Reports ==

=== Coordinator in Chief Report ===

Working a lot on physical infrastructure here and for the church. Wants to see several nights of the week dedicated to more topics. Press up. Think what you know, think what other people know, and convince them to share it.

=== Minister of Finance Report ===

We added one member, lost 3 but most

Income: $1279

Expenses: Rent, basement, Registered Agent $1417

Net loss: $138.

We still have outstanding receivables from a member for around $1450.00

Anticipating a reduction in Internet Access fees.

Ben moved to accept the treasuer's report.

Dave seconded.

Ben raised concerns about there being a member who's exchanging goods without paying dues every month.

Serge asked about putting the expenditures on Google apps.

Tim responded that people were concerned about using Google apps, but he setup a mailing list to track expenditures.

Treasurer's report was approved without objection.

=== Minister of Information Report ===

Ironically, the minister has nothing to report.

=== Keeper of the MIBS Report ===

== Member Reports ==

=== Serge W, PR Coordinator ===

Re-emphasizes that people need to alert him to events that are happening in the space.

There will be another reporter stopping by HacDC on April 27 to do a report. There was also a Washington Post reporter in the space April 13, 2009 and there will be an article this weekend.

== Old Business ==

=== RobotFest Call for Volunteers and Projects (Ben Stanfield)===

There was a question about sales tax.

Serge will have a handout.

=== Church Ethernet Project (Elliot Williams)===

Elliot has met with the church several times about this lately. The church is going to pay for the hardware and wiring, up to $700, and we would provide the labor.

Dave wrote a really good post on Blabber about what the costs involved will be. Tim B said he has some 48 port managed Netgear switches.

It will take place April 25 (same day as RobotFest, but the church can do it then, so we need to work with them.)

We need to buy stuff for it soon, probably this week. An individual may buy it and be reimbursed by the church.

=== Basement Space Update (Dan Barlow)===

Tim C offered to give an update. This weekend, people sorted and moved everything damageable by water off the ground. Today the space flooded, so it's good that that happened.

We need to work on the water issues, and then get the wooden shelving taken down in the upstairs space and move it for shelving downstairs.

Saturday the destruction will commence, so anyone available should come back in for that.

Martin made a motion to ask for $120 to buy 4 shelves for the basement. Tim C. 2nd.

Motion carried with no objection.

=== HacDC Door Entry System (Tim C)===

Nothing to report.

=== Tuesday Night Seminar Series (Elliot Williams)===

We need people lined up into the future or we need to can it. Elliot plans to relinquish the Tuesday night spaces, unless someone can step up and arrange events.

Todd offered to try to line up some speakers. Nick also offered to line up some speakers.

Ben motioned to make Todd the Tuesday Night Seminar Speaker Series. He will coordinate with other members to arrange speakers for the first Tuesday of every month.

=== Bylaws Change (Serge Wroclawski) ===

Should we continue the process of changing some bylaws?

Serge moved to have a meeting to discuss the bylaws changes.
Ben seconded.

There were no objections.

== New Business ==

=== Technology Transfer and Public Funding Vehicles (Andrew Gillette)===

Not present.

=== Unveiling/Call for Help of new HacDC Website (Ben Stanfield)===

=== Access to Church Calendar (Serge Wroclawski)===

The church calendar is gone. It has moved to an electronic calendar.

Elliot mentioned that Brian's email is on the website, as is the calendar. If anyone needs church space and it looks free, feel free to talk to Brian, or run it through Elliot.

=== 501c3 Application status (Nick Farr)===

The application is half done. Nick plans to finish it this week.

The application is on the wiki in sections for discussion. There should be significant discussion on the issues before the application is finalized.

=== Approval of any pending new member(s). ===

Tim nominated Greg become a member. There were no objections.

=== OLPC Lending Library ===

== Adjournment ==

The meeting adjourned at 8:23 PM.

[[Category:Meeting_Minutes]]

Bylaws Amendment 2: Meeting Frequency

2009-04-14T19:23:02Z

Ben: New page: == PROPOSAL == The following Amendment Proposal Petition was submitted for approval at the March 10, 2009 meeting: Amend Article III, Section 1 of the Bylaws of HacDC to read: Regular m...

== PROPOSAL ==

The following Amendment Proposal Petition was submitted for approval at the March 10, 2009 meeting:

Amend Article III, Section 1 of the Bylaws of HacDC to read:

Regular meetings of voting members shall be held every second Tuesday of the month at 19:30 local time at the registered office. If the second Tuesday is the day before, upon, or after a federal holiday the meeting shall be postponed until the 3rd Tuesday of the month unless specifically approved at the prior regular meeting or annual meeting. Meetings shall not take place on the day of a closure declared by the Office of Personnel Management. A different meeting place may be designated by written petition signed by more than three quarters (3/4ths) of voting members.

== Status ==

The above proposal was passed at the March 10, 2009 meeting and is now subject to written approval by 3/4 of the membership.

Regular Member Meeting 2009 04 14

2009-04-14T19:10:50Z

Ben: Created Outline for April's Meeting Minutes

== Time and Location ==
April 14, 2009
Meeting called to order at PM by Coordinator in Chief Elliot Williams.

Members Present:

[[Quorum]] determined/not determined to be present.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==

[[Regular Member Meeting Minutes 2009 03 10]] were presented and amended as follows

Approval of Minutes as amended carried with no objections.

== Consent Agenda ==

There were no items in tonight's consent agenda.

== Minister Reports ==

=== Coordinator in Chief Report ===

=== Minister of Finance Report ===

=== Minister of Information Report ===

=== Keeper of the MIBS Report ===

== Member Reports ==

=== Serge W, PR Coordinator ===

=== Derek C ===

=== Tim B ===

== Old Business ==

=== RobotFest Call for Volunteers and Projects (Ben Stanfield)===
=== Church Ethernet Project (Elliot Williams)===
=== Basement Space Update (Dan Barlow)===
=== HacDC Door Entry System (Tim Collins?)===
=== Tuesday Night Seminar Series (Elliot Williams)===
=== Bylaws Change (Serge Wroclawski) ===

== New Business ==

=== Technology Transfer and Public Funding Vehicles (Andrew Gillette)===
=== Unveiling/Call for Help of new HacDC Website (Ben Stanfield)===
=== Access to Church Calendar (Serge Wroclawski)===
=== 501c3 Application status (Nick Farr)===
=== Approval of any pending new member(s). ===

== Adjournment ==

The meeting adjourned at PM.

[[Category:Meeting_Minutes]]

Meeting Agenda 2009 04 14

2009-04-14T18:04:56Z

Ben:

{{Floating TOC}}
== Time & Location==

: April 14, 2009
: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
: HacDC, 1525 Newton St NW, Washington, DC

== Draft minutes of the last meeting ==

See [[Regular Member Meeting Minutes 2009 03 10]].

== The Consent Agenda ==

== Minister Reports ==

* [[Coordinator-in-Chief]]
* [[Minister of Finance]]
* [[Minister of Information]]
* [[Keeper of The MIBS]]

== Member Reports ==
Serge Wroclawski - PR

== Old Business ==
* [http://www.robotfest.com/ RobotFest] Call for Volunteers and Projects (Ben Stanfield)
* Church Ethernet Project (Elliot Williams)
* Basement Space Update (Dan Barlow)
* HacDC Door Entry System (Tim Collins?)
* Tuesday Night Seminar Series (Elliot Williams)
* Bylaws Change (Serge Wroclawski)

== New Business ==

* Technology Transfer and Public Funding Vehicles (Andrew Gillette)
* Access to Church Calendar (Serge Wroclawski)
* 501c3 Application status (Nick Farr)
* Approval of any pending new member(s).

[[Category:Meeting_Agendas]]

RobotFest 2009

2009-04-09T17:23:58Z

Ben: Robot Fest Page created

RobotFest 2009 is April 25, 2009 from 10 AM to 3 PM.

HacDC will have 2 tables where we will show off member projects and sell Arduinos.

So we have an idea of what to plan for, please list any projects you'd like to show off below. If you're not planning to be at RobotFest yourself, you can put your projects on the RobotFest shelf in the space (Please make sure someone who's going knows how to setup/use/display your project). We'll take everything on the shelf with us and return it to HacDC sometime on the evening of April 25.

{| border="1"
! Name !! Project !! Attending?
|-
| Ben || Something BlinkM-ey || yes
|}

Also, we'll be carpooling from HacDC, leaving at 8:00 AM on Saturday morning. If you're offering a ride or need a ride, please add your name below:

{| border="1"
! Name !! Offering or Needing a ride? !! How many people?
|-
| Ben || Offering || 3
|}

Annual Meeting Agenda 2009

2009-02-18T00:29:34Z

Ben: Suggested Bylaws Language added for Conduct of Meetings

According to the [[Bylaws]]:
:An annual meeting of all members shall take place sometime in January, February or March. The [[Coordinator in Chief]] shall select the date, time and place no later than January 31 of each year. The date, time and place of the annual meeting must be posted in the registered office and submitted to members electronically at least two weeks prior to the annual meeting. A petition signed by more than three quarters (3/4ths) of voting members and submitted to the Board of Directors before Valentine's Day may specify a new date, time and place for the annual meeting. At the annual meeting, the voting members shall elect the Board of Directors, review and vote on the standing rules and policies of the corporation, receive reports on the activities of the corporation, approve the budget and determine the direction of corporation in the coming year.

The 2009 Annual meeting will take place on '''Saturday, February 21, 2009, starting at 5:00 pm'''. Post-party with food and drinks TBA/TBD.

Potential items to consider:
* Dues - at least one member has suggested we review the dues level and consider lowering dues
* [[Quorum]] - at least one member has suggested the [[bylaws]] be amended to prevent the voting-in of new members at a meeting from increasing the [[quorum]] threshold ''at that meeting'', possibly thereby breaking [[quorum]] and ending the meeting prematurely
* Approval of New Members - Under the current system, prospective members can pay membership dues for weeks or months before being officially approved and thus able to enjoy the privileges of membership. Is this something we'd like to change?
Section 3: Voting Membership Class Election <strike>Any member may nominate a qualified person to be a voting member.</strike> Any eligible person may be elected as a voting member at any regular meeting upon payment of their first periodic dues and visual approval of all members present.

* It is proposed to reduce the frequency of business meetings to once per month, both to reduce the amount of formal business upkeep, and to free up Tuesday nights for more involving events.
* It is proposed to change the meeting format to Robert's Rules of Order from the current "MIBS" system.
Section 7: Conduct of Meetings All meetings shall follow Roberts Rules of Order. <strike>the MIBS Simplified Rules of Coordinated Consensus through Chaos as approved at an annual meeting.</strike>
* It is proposed to change the description of Keeper of the MIBS to include a role as parliamentarian at the meetings, to assist the Minister of Information in cases of parliamentary procedure under whichever meeting format HacDC members choose to adopt.
* It is proposed to add a Quartermaster role to the Board of Directors, whose role would be to oversee space arrangement, utilization, sanitation, and resource management. The Quartermaster would also maintain the HacDC eBay account and would be running auctions of surplus HacDC items on a regular basis.
* It is proposed that no new expenditures shall be authorized in the absence of a current, accurate financial statement certified by the Minister of Finance
* It is proposed that we create a new position of PR Coordinator who will be in charge of advertisement and popularize our events.
* It is proposed that we add a requirement for ministers to be present at a certain number or percentage of business meetings

== Elections ==

A portion of the Annual Meeting is devoted to the election of new Board of Directors, as set forth in the bylaws. The following people have expressed an interest in running for a position:

=== Coordinator in Chief / President ===
=== Minister of Information / Vice President ===
=== Keeper of the MIBS / Secretary ===
* [[User:Ben|Ben]]
=== Minister of Finance / Treasurer ===
* Tim C.

[[Category:Meeting Agendas]]

Annual Meeting Agenda 2009

2009-02-18T00:04:14Z

Ben: Suggested Bylaws Language added for New Members proposal

According to the [[Bylaws]]:
:An annual meeting of all members shall take place sometime in January, February or March. The [[Coordinator in Chief]] shall select the date, time and place no later than January 31 of each year. The date, time and place of the annual meeting must be posted in the registered office and submitted to members electronically at least two weeks prior to the annual meeting. A petition signed by more than three quarters (3/4ths) of voting members and submitted to the Board of Directors before Valentine's Day may specify a new date, time and place for the annual meeting. At the annual meeting, the voting members shall elect the Board of Directors, review and vote on the standing rules and policies of the corporation, receive reports on the activities of the corporation, approve the budget and determine the direction of corporation in the coming year.

The 2009 Annual meeting will take place on '''Saturday, February 21, 2009, starting at 5:00 pm'''. Post-party with food and drinks TBA/TBD.

Potential items to consider:
* Dues - at least one member has suggested we review the dues level and consider lowering dues
* [[Quorum]] - at least one member has suggested the [[bylaws]] be amended to prevent the voting-in of new members at a meeting from increasing the [[quorum]] threshold ''at that meeting'', possibly thereby breaking [[quorum]] and ending the meeting prematurely
* Approval of New Members - Under the current system, prospective members can pay membership dues for weeks or months before being officially approved and thus able to enjoy the privileges of membership. Is this something we'd like to change?
Section 3: Voting Membership Class Election <strike>Any member may nominate a qualified person to be a voting member.</strike> Any eligible person may be elected as a voting member at any regular meeting upon payment of their first periodic dues and visual approval of all members present.

* It is proposed to reduce the frequency of business meetings to once per month, both to reduce the amount of formal business upkeep, and to free up Tuesday nights for more involving events.
* It is proposed to change the meeting format to Robert's Rules of Order from the current "MIBS" system.
* It is proposed to change the description of Keeper of the MIBS to include a role as parliamentarian at the meetings, to assist the Minister of Information in cases of parliamentary procedure under whichever meeting format HacDC members choose to adopt.
* It is proposed to add a Quartermaster role to the Board of Directors, whose role would be to oversee space arrangement, utilization, sanitation, and resource management. The Quartermaster would also maintain the HacDC eBay account and would be running auctions of surplus HacDC items on a regular basis.
* It is proposed that no new expenditures shall be authorized in the absence of a current, accurate financial statement certified by the Minister of Finance
* It is proposed that we create a new position of PR Coordinator who will be in charge of advertisement and popularize our events.
* It is proposed that we add a requirement for ministers to be present at a certain number or percentage of business meetings

== Elections ==

A portion of the Annual Meeting is devoted to the election of new Board of Directors, as set forth in the bylaws. The following people have expressed an interest in running for a position:

=== Coordinator in Chief / President ===
=== Minister of Information / Vice President ===
=== Keeper of the MIBS / Secretary ===
* [[User:Ben|Ben]]
=== Minister of Finance / Treasurer ===
* Tim C.

[[Category:Meeting Agendas]]

Annual Meeting Agenda 2009

2009-02-02T22:33:18Z

Ben: Added Elections Section as well as several proposals for discussion

According to the [[Bylaws]]:
:An annual meeting of all members shall take place sometime in January, February or March. The [[Coordinator in Chief]] shall select the date, time and place no later than January 31 of each year. The date, time and place of the annual meeting must be posted in the registered office and submitted to members electronically at least two weeks prior to the annual meeting. A petition signed by more than three quarters (3/4ths) of voting members and submitted to the Board of Directors before Valentine's Day may specify a new date, time and place for the annual meeting. At the annual meeting, the voting members shall elect the Board of Directors, review and vote on the standing rules and policies of the corporation, receive reports on the activities of the corporation, approve the budget and determine the direction of corporation in the coming year.

The 2009 Annual meeting will take place on '''Saturday, February 21, 2009, starting at 5:00 pm'''. Post-party with food and drinks TBA/TBD.

Potential items to consider:
* Dues - at least one member has suggested we review the dues level and consider lowering dues
* [[Quorum]] - at least one member has suggested the [[bylaws]] be amended to prevent the voting-in of new members at a meeting from increasing the [[quorum]] threshold ''at that meeting'', possibly thereby breaking [[quorum]] and ending the meeting prematurely
* Approval of New Members - Under the current system, prospective members can pay membership dues for weeks or months before being officially approved and thus able to enjoy the privileges of membership. Is this something we'd like to change?
* It is proposed to reduce the frequency of business meetings to once per month, both to reduce the amount of formal business upkeep, and to free up Tuesday nights for more involving events.
* It is proposed to change the meeting format to Robert's Rules of Order from the current "MIBS" system.
* It is proposed to change the description of Keeper of the MIBS to include a role as parliamentarian at the meetings, to assist the Minister of Information in cases of parliamentary procedure under whichever meeting format HacDC members choose to adopt.
* It is proposed to add a Quartermaster role to the Board of Directors, whose role would be to oversee space arrangement, utilization, sanitation, and resource management. The Quartermaster would also maintain the HacDC eBay account and would be running auctions of surplus HacDC items on a regular basis.

== Elections ==

A portion of the Annual Meeting is devoted to the election of new Board of Directors, as set forth in the bylaws. The following people have expressed an interest in running for a position:

=== Coordinator in Chief / President ===
=== Minister of Information / Vice President ===
=== Keeper of the MIBS / Secretary ===
* [[User:Ben|Ben]]
=== Minister of Finance / Treasurer ===

[[Category:Meeting Agendas]]

Category:What I Stole

2008-08-12T22:37:36Z

Ben:

<h2>Items Borrowed from the HacDC Space</h2>

August 7, 2008 - [[User:Ben|Ben]] 
- Beginning Electronics book

June 19, 2008 - Tim Ball (timball@tux.org) / Richard Bewley (rbewley@gmail.com) - Not Returned / Outstanding 
- 1x Lineman's handset

June 30, 2008 - Q (andrew@i11industries.com) - 
- 1x Digital Multimeter (Yellow) 

July 25, 2008 - Q (andrew@i11industries.com) - 
- Reflow Station 

June 1, 2008 - Tino (oberoc@yahoo.com) - 
Small Form Factor PCs book 
<h2>Items Returned to the HacDC Space</h2>
June 15, 2008 - Tino (oberoc@yahoo.com) - 
Small Form Factor PCs book

Talk:Single Expenditure and Reimbursement Policy

2008-08-08T05:08:53Z

Ben: moved original discussion into this discussion page

I think this is a horrible idea! Libera me... Free me! We need a free and open membership with power to create, build, and change the world. Creating little power structures is only going to limit the potential and opportunity for the membership.

And, we are creating a system that allows limitless possibilities... let's keep building that and focus on innovation, leaving behind us rules and regulations.

Richard Bewley,
Donor

== Strong oppose. This is a hacker space, not Model UN. ==

The proposal uses the euphemism "quickly organized projects" to refer to everything the space has ever done. The opposite of a "quickly organized project" is not, as it would seem, a "project with advance notice". Rather, it is a "project with advance notice at least one quorum-achieving meeting prior to its start, administrative overhead, and a papermonger to ride herd over the whole thing".

I like to remind people how expensive volunteer labor really is. It's also fickle. This policy would have the effect of biasing the process ''towards'' those members who revel in paperwork, and ''against'', well, everyone who's ever actually ''accomplished anything'' for HacDC.

By my reading, if this policy had been in place from the beginning:

'''No shelves would have been built.''' Not only did the total expense for lumber and hardware (and the circular saw) exceed $100, but it was all purchased in drips and drabs when the need for it became apparent. Even supposing that there HAD been frequent quora to approve budgets, I wouldn't have undertaken the project because I am allergic to paperwork. If you find someone else who has a fondness for administrivia, a hand for carpentry, ''and'' a few hundred hours a month to dedicate to HacDC, by all means, send 'em over.

'''The Patent Examiner's stuff would've been passed up.''' Renting the van was a chunk of change, and I believe it was reimbursed. (I'm not sure of that, however.) Regardless, it came out of nowhere on very short notice, and no instant quorum was available to approve it.

'''HackersMart would not have happened.''' Yes, the idea was mentioned some time in advance of HOPE. But it didn't take clear enough shape to actually put together a budget for it until much later. Purchasing parts was ''already'' delayed so far that one order didn't arrive in time, and that's with no additional paperwork overhead. The pegboard display wall wouldn't have been built, since I didn't know what it would consist of until I was halfway done building it. And did you notice that the pegboard was carefully sized for reuse, enabling the [[Components Store]] display wall to pop up with zero additional purchases? I think that's good value for money, but I wouldn't have done it if there'd been hoops to jump through. Who would have?

Again, this policy would restrict such activity to only those individuals who can write up a detailed and complete BoM prior to beginning work. So far, I think everything that's actually benefitted the space has been done by individuals and in circumstances that this policy would block.

'''Bureaucrats beget bureaucracy.''' I oppose this trend as strongly as an absentee member can. Every bit of effort, every speck of sawdust, every drop of sweat I shed on behalf of HacDC is insulted by this proposal. [[User:Myself|Myself]] 19:58, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

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(moved from original discussion page)

==Reasons for Opposition==
* I think this idea sucks!
Objections without reasons or identity are easily discounted. [[User:Ben|Ben]] 17:49, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

* I'm against this, since adding bureaucracy and extra work for the ministers is not good, particularly when there's no organizational need for it. If there were any substantive abuses of the current processes to cite, then something like this could makes sense. Status quo and less paperwork FTW. [[User:Ben|Ben]] 17:49, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

==Reason for Support ==

Talk:Bylaws Amendment 2: Single Expenditures

2008-08-08T05:07:05Z

Ben: Moving to new proposal talk page

Talk:Bylaws Amendment 2: Single Expenditures

2008-08-07T17:49:26Z

Ben: Added Support and Opposition sections, described my own opposition

==Reasons for Opposition==
* I think this idea sucks!
Objections without reasons or identity are easily discounted. [[User:Ben|Ben]] 17:49, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

* I'm against this, since adding bureaucracy and extra work for the ministers is not good, particularly when there's no organizational need for it. If there were any substantive abuses of the current processes to cite, then something like this could makes sense. Status quo and less paperwork FTW. [[User:Ben|Ben]] 17:49, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

==Reason for Support ==

Conferences

2008-08-05T19:35:20Z

Ben: added Etech

{|border="1"
|+ Upcoming Conferences of Interest
! What !! When !! Where !! Who's going !! Running a [[Hackersmart]]?
|-
| [http://www.dragoncon.org/ dragon*con]
| Aug 29th - Sept 1st, 2008
| Atlanta, GA
|
|
|-
| [http://www.toorcon.org/ ToorCon]
| late September 2008
| San Diego, CA
| Nick?
|
|-
| [http://makerfaire.com/austin/2008/ Maker Faire Austin]
| October 18th and 19th, 2008
| Austin, TX
| [[User:Ben|Ben]]?, [[User:rmadams|Mark]]?
| [[User:rmadams|Mark]]
|-
| [http://phreaknic.info Phreaknic 12]
| October 24th - 25th, 2008
| Nashville, TN
| [[User:Timball|timball]], rattle (at least)
|
|-
| [http://www.ccc.de/congress/ Chaos Communication Congress]
| December 27-30, 2008
| Berlin, Germany
|
|
|-
| [http://www.shmoocon.org/ ShmooCon]
| 2009
| Washington, DC
| [[User:Katie|Katie]], [[User:Timball|timball]], ...
|
|-
| [http://www.notacon.org/ Notacon]
| April 16th - 19th, 2009
| Cleveland, OH
| Nate
|
|-
| [http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/ National Educational Computing Conference]
| June 28 - July 1, 2009
| Washington, DC
| Kevin?
|
|-
| [http://www.defcon.org/ Defcon]
| 2009
| Las Vegas, NV
|
|
|-
| [http://linuxsymposium.org/ Ottawa Linux Symposium]
| summer 2009
| Ottawa, Ontario
| [[User:timball|timball]]
|
|-
| [http://www.summercon.org/ summercon]
| summer 2009
| ???
| [[User:timball|timball]]
|
|-
| [http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/content/home O'Reilly Emerging Tech]
| March 9-12, 2009
| San Jose, CA
|
|
|}

Conferences

2008-07-30T21:41:58Z

Ben:

{|border="1"
|+ Upcoming Conferences of Interest
! What !! When !! Where !! Who's going !! Running a [[Hackersmart]]?
|-
| [http://www.dragoncon.org/ dragon*con]
| Aug 29th - Sept 1st, 2008
| Atlanta, GA
|
|
|-
| [http://www.toorcon.org/ ToorCon]
| late September 2008
| San Diego, CA
| Nick?
|
|-
| [http://makerfaire.com/austin/2008/ Maker Faire Austin]
| October 18th and 19th, 2008
| Austin, TX
| [[User:Ben|Ben]]?
|
|-
| [http://phreaknic.info Phreaknic 12]
| October 24th - 25th, 2008
| Nashville, TN
| [[User:Timball|timball]], rattle (at least)
|
|-
| [http://www.ccc.de/congress/ Chaos Communication Congress]
| December 27-30, 2008
| Berlin, Germany
|
|
|-
| [http://www.shmoocon.org/ ShmooCon]
| 2009
| Washington, DC
| [[User:Katie|Katie]], [[User:Timball|timball]], ...
|
|-
| [http://www.notacon.org/ Notacon]
| April 16th - 19th, 2009
| Cleveland, OH
| Nate
|
|-
| [http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/ National Educational Computing Conference]
| June 28 - July 1, 2009
| Washington, DC
| Kevin?
|
|-
| [http://www.defcon.org/ Defcon]
| 2009
| Las Vegas, NV
|
|
|-
| [http://linuxsymposium.org/ OLS]
| summer 2009
| Ottawa, Ontario
| [[User:timball|timball]]
|
|-
| [http://www.summercon.org/ summercon]
| summer 2009
| ???
| [[User:timball|timball]]
|
|}

Reading List

2008-07-30T18:51:10Z

Ben: New page: The HacDC Reading list, featuring the finest hacker tomes. (If you have ideas on how to organize, categorize, and linkize these, use the discussion page. I've avoided adding too much detai...

The HacDC Reading list, featuring the finest hacker tomes. (If you have ideas on how to organize, categorize, and linkize these, use the discussion page. I've avoided adding too much detail, so as to minimize the amount of work that will need to be done to re-arrange the list once a more useful organization scheme is hatched.)

= Kid's Books =

= Non-Fiction =

=== Biography & History ===

* [http://www.mit.edu/hacker/hacker.html The Hacker Crackdown] by Bruce Sterling.

=== Electronics ===

=== Computers ===

=== Radio ===

=== Science ===

=== Philosophy ===

= Fiction =

=== Science Fiction ===

=== Fantasy ===

User:Ben

2008-07-30T07:30:05Z

Ben:

A decade ago, Ben Stanfield found himself at the intersection of politics and technology as he wandered nomadically around the country managing congressional races. But when he moved to DC 6 years ago, he found that the intersection had become, in the grand tradition of L’Enfant, a circle where politics and technology were joined by science, photography and a host of smaller side streets of interest. These days, he works as a Macintosh Server Administrator (Yes, there really are Macintosh servers.) for a large genetics-focused governmental health institute in Bethesda. In his spare time, he's an avid photographer, charter member at HacDC, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Columbia Heights Youth Club. In 2005 he founded of Draft Obama, a national grassroots movement to convince Barack Obama to run for President. (It worked.) Everything he writes here speaks for itself and not on behalf of any other group, organization, person, or any of his other personalities.

At HacDC, he's:

* Not the [[Keeper of the MIBS]], due to a tragic miscalculation in an election decided by an epic Rochambeau death-battle,

* Creator and semi-curator of the [[HacDC Museum]],

* Coiner of the term [[Hacriculum]], which may or may not stick,

* Interested in learning a lot more about electronics, and

* The fat guy.

[[Category:Members]]

HacDC Museum

2008-07-30T06:57:07Z

Ben: Updated to change category, add history section

= Proposal =

With the recent -redacted for privacy review- donation, it's obvious that HacDC is now the recipient of some unusual, historical, and unique items. To honor Mr. -redacted-'s memory and preserve the unique nature of his gift, I propose to create The HacDC Museum of Technology, and within the museum the -redacted- Collection of Telephony, curated by HacDC membership.

Because of space concerns, I envision a locked storage box to collect artifacts suitable for the museum that are off-limit for use in projects, but available for examination and research by the membership. Because a storage box is not precisely the ideal for a burgeoning museum, items will be photographed, videod, catalogued, and available to the general public via a website or wiki.

As an organization, HacDC has designated several areas of concentration. The museum will fulfill several of the specific purposes of the [[Bylaws]], including:

* Collaborate on all forms of technology, culture and craft in new and interesting ways.
* Apply the results of its work to specific cultural, charitable and scientific causes.
* Freely share its research and discoveries, using what is learned to teach others.

Initial items for the collection include:

* Scientology eMeter (perhaps the one Scientology submitted to obtain the patent)
* Lineman's handsets
* Blue Box
* AT&T Reference Manuals
* Historical Books
* Korean War Era Military Field Phone (working condition, sound great over 1000' of wire)
* Slide Rules

= History =

[[User:Ben|Ben Stanfield]] proposed this project. 
As this project required specific earmarking of present HacDC resources subject to the discretion of its participants, it required membership approval. 
This project was approved at the June 17, 2008 member meeting.

[[Category:Ongoing_Projects]]

Hacriculum

2008-07-30T06:48:47Z

Ben: added a history section and category

Hacriculum is a collaborative effort to develop a comprehensive "hacker curriculum" that can help to shape well-rounded, imaginative, curious, and bright people into the hackers of tomorrow by focusing on key concepts that hackers, makers, and inventors value; Concepts like those codified in Stephen Levy's Hacker Ethic: sharing, openness, world improvement, and the technological creation of art and beauty. The hacriculum will eventually include material appropriate for all levels, including K-12, as well as higher education and adult students. The project is wide in scope and initially is being considered in several stages.

= Expected Timeline =
=== Phase 1: Development ===

During the development phase, contributors will establish an infrastructure for collaboration and begin to brainstorm thoughts about how to approach the project. Broad overviews of grade and subject matter will begin to be prepared, and some initial courses will be pilot tested.

=== Phase 2: After school and weekend short courses for teens and adults ===

=== Phase 3: Home schooling and Independent Study Lessons ===

=== Phase 4: Charter School ===

=== Phase 5: Expansion ===

= Funding =

Avenues of funding will be explored, including grants from educational foundations. Funding could also come from income from tution from short courses and home schooling lesson sales. A more formal budget will be put together soon.

= Participants =

* [[User:Ben|Ben Stanfield]]

= History =

The specific idea of a "hacker curriculum" isn't terribly unique, I've found. It seems to be on the tip of a lot of minds, but not something anyone has actually moved from concept to completion. As I've mentioned the idea over the past few weeks, each time it seems like the response is "ooh, I've been thinking about things like that," or "I've got a great idea for how to do that."

For me, it started several years ago when a friend asked me why there wasn't more science fiction in high school and college English classes. After an extended discussion on the idea, it was left to percolate in my brain for quite awhile, until a casual discussion at HacDC turned to schooling experiences as another member and I swapped stories of our different paths in K-12 schools. That led to a discussion of the Hacriculum idea, and the initial plan presented above. Several weeks later, in a discussion with an NYC Resistor member, the topic of a hacker's booklist came up again, and I got a chance to share some of the ideas for the Hacriculum.

And then, on July 29, 2008, other HacDC members began to discuss rudimentary programming technique classes for kids (and adults), and on the same day Hacriculum.org was registered and this wiki began.

[[Category:Proposed_Projects]]

Hacriculum

2008-07-30T06:26:35Z

Ben: This is the Hacriculum page on the HacDC wiki to be used until the project has it's own website and wiki up and running.

User:Ben

2008-07-30T06:25:51Z

Ben: Someday I'll figure out how to add a picture, too

Meeting Agenda 2008 07 29

2008-07-29T19:03:15Z

Ben:

{{Floating TOC}}
== Time & Location==

July 29, 2008
7:30 - (ending no later than 8:30 PM)
HacDC, 1525 Newton St NW, Washington, DC. (Auditorium)

== Draft minutes of the last meeting ==

* Revise and Approve [[Regular_Member_Meeting_Minutes_2008_07_22 | July 22 Meeting Minutes]]

== The Consent Agenda ==

* Reimbursement / Expense Requests for HOPE

'''Times reflect allocated discussion time if moved to New Business'''

== Minister Reports ==

(Available on Saturday)

== Member Reports ==

(One minute per member who wishes to give a quick report)

* Ben Stanfield, Safari Books Online

== Old Business ==

* Approve new members (10 mins)

== New Business ==

[[Category:Meeting_Agendas]]

Talk:Bylaws

2008-06-19T18:45:58Z

Ben:

Blah Blah Blah, even people that aren't logged in can talk about the Bylaws! Hi Ben!

: Very convenient! Hi Nick. [[User:Ben|Ben]] 18:45, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Talk:HacDC Museum

2008-06-12T15:56:39Z

Ben: clarified the voting lines

Has anyone been to the Museum of Useful things in Cambridge? Unfortunately it's now closed, but it used to be a combined store and museum, with old and interesting gadgets displayed in cases and above head level around the store. It's the first thing that came to mind when Ben proposed a HacDC museum. The Museum of Useful Things still exists online, but primarily as a store. I couldn't find much on their site about the things in their collection, but there are a few pages ([http://themut.com/exhibits/2/ Example]).

One thing that I liked about the physical store is that they often displayed old and new versions of the same product (with the new version available to buy). For example, this [http://themut.com/zoomprod/product72/ staple-free stapler] was displayed under a model that looked more like one of [http://www.officemuseum.com/stapler_gallery_stapleless.htm these guys].

:Sounds like a really interesting concept. I'd love to aim for a more expansive display of artifacts, space permitting, and if the Museum is wildly successful, perhaps its own space someday in the distant future. The idea of a store is intriguing, as well. Perhaps as HacDC grows, there could be something akin to the [http://www.826valencia.org/ 826 Valencia] model, where a fun storefront (They have a Pirate Store, a superhero store, and a Bigfoot Research Institute) is the gateway to a spectacular hacking/teaching space and proceeds are used to subsidize the programs of HacDC. We're a long way from that, but it's something to consider. [[User:Ben|Ben]] 19:10, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

== Name Controversy ==

There's been some debate about whether to name the collection after our first large benefactor, and whether to identify objects in the collection as having been donated by certain individuals. A suggestion has been made by Derek Cooper to contact the benfactor's family to verify permission to use the name, but to avoid a potentially embarrassing situation, I think it would be wise to see if the group is in favor of naming a part of the collection after the benefactor before asking for permission.

Those '''in favor''' of naming the collection after the benefactor, pending permission from his heirs
* [[User:Ben|Ben]] 15:43, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
* [[User:Q|Q]] 11:49, 12 June 2008 (EST)

Those '''opposed''' to naming the collection after the benefactor

Talk:HacDC Museum

2008-06-12T15:43:42Z

Ben: Naming Controversy Poll

Has anyone been to the Museum of Useful things in Cambridge? Unfortunately it's now closed, but it used to be a combined store and museum, with old and interesting gadgets displayed in cases and above head level around the store. It's the first thing that came to mind when Ben proposed a HacDC museum. The Museum of Useful Things still exists online, but primarily as a store. I couldn't find much on their site about the things in their collection, but there are a few pages ([http://themut.com/exhibits/2/ Example]).

One thing that I liked about the physical store is that they often displayed old and new versions of the same product (with the new version available to buy). For example, this [http://themut.com/zoomprod/product72/ staple-free stapler] was displayed under a model that looked more like one of [http://www.officemuseum.com/stapler_gallery_stapleless.htm these guys].

:Sounds like a really interesting concept. I'd love to aim for a more expansive display of artifacts, space permitting, and if the Museum is wildly successful, perhaps its own space someday in the distant future. The idea of a store is intriguing, as well. Perhaps as HacDC grows, there could be something akin to the [http://www.826valencia.org/ 826 Valencia] model, where a fun storefront (They have a Pirate Store, a superhero store, and a Bigfoot Research Institute) is the gateway to a spectacular hacking/teaching space and proceeds are used to subsidize the programs of HacDC. We're a long way from that, but it's something to consider. [[User:Ben|Ben]] 19:10, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

== Name Controversy ==

There's been some debate about whether to name the collection after our first large benefactor, and whether to identify objects in the collection as having been donated by certain individuals. A suggestion has been made by Derek Cooper to contact the benfactor's family to verify permission to use the name, but to avoid a potentially embarrassing situation, I think it would be wise to see if the group is in favor of naming a part of the collection after the benefactor before asking for permission.

Those '''in favor''' of naming the collection after the benefactor
* [[User:Ben|Ben]] 15:43, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Those '''opposed''' to naming the collection after the benefactor

Nate B Dues Waiver

2008-06-12T04:39:09Z

Ben:

This Dues Waiver is scheduled for consideration at the June 17, 2008 member meeting.

Nick Farr, Minister of Finance and longtime friend of Nate B's is proposing this dues waiver.

== Summary ==

'''Approve a dues waiver for Nate B through January, 2009.''' This waiver would relieve his standard obligation to pay dues and allow him to continue to contribute as a bona-fide member of HacDC. Since the waiver is based on merit, not hardship, it is subject to member approval.

== Justification ==

For the past two weeks, Nate has dedicated nearly every waking moment to infrastructure development of HacDC. He has built one wall of shelves, reinforced the other, purchased all manner of improvements for the space (boxes and bins, drawer hardware, etc), contributed to the wiki, promoted HacDC at the DC 2600 meeting, and pretty much done everything in his power to make sure this venture succeeds and thrives.

More from Nate: "I will return home to Detroit sooner or later. After another few days, probably. And I don't know when I'll be able to visit DC again. (But there's a chance it'll be nearly immediate; I'm having a blast!) I think I've contributed plenty of sweat equity, and I don't think a regular monthly paying membership is appropriate in this case. But I would like to legitimize my presence in the space, and on the mailing list, by requesting a membership with waived dues."

== Precedent ==

I believe Nate's activities in furthering HacDC's development set a very strong precedent for when and why we would grant a dues waiver. Nate's overall economic sacrifice in coming to DC from the Detroit, MI area in addition to making HacDC effectively a full time job for two weeks sets the golden standard for work in lieu of dues.

== Nate B's Biography ==

Nate has been active in the community for 12 years, primarily through the Michigan 2600 group. Nate's first contribution to HacDC was printing dot-matrix banners for our display at Notacon, and he's been interested in finding out what it takes to start a hacker space. It's a subject he's been interested in for some time, and he's very interested in opening some sort of community workshop in the Detroit area, where he lives.

== Support ==

I fully back this proposal, Nate has contributed prodigiously to HacDC. - [[User:Bjorn|Bjorn]] 01:16, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

I too support this proposal. - [[User:Katie|Katie]] 02:27, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

I rise to support the Minister of Finance's proposal. [[User:Ben|Ben]] 04:39, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Category:Heroes

2008-06-11T21:42:26Z

Ben:

== Artists ==
Leonardo DaVinci

== Authors ==
Neal Stephenson

Carl Sagan

Philip K. Dick

Stanislaw Lem

Cory Doctorow

Terry Goodkind

Bruce Sterling

== Composers ==
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Phillip Glass

== Philosophers ==
Marshall McLuhan

== Scientists ==
Richard Feynman

Brian Greene

Albert Einstein

Talk:HacDC Museum

2008-06-11T19:10:52Z

Ben: Some thoughts on possible growth and future plans

Category:Friends

2008-06-11T04:31:25Z

Ben: A couple groups to get the page started

* [http://www.makedc.org MakeDC]
* [http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotdc/ Dorkbot DC]