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Meeting Agenda 2009 11 10

2009-11-10T03:51:25Z

Emacsen: /* New Business */

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

: November 10, 2009
: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
: HacDC, 1525 Newton St NW, Washington, DC

== Draft minutes of the last meeting ==
Absence of [[quorum]] prevented October 2009 meeting. See [http://hacdc.org/wiki/september-09-meeting-minutes September 2009 meeting minutes].

== The Consent Agenda ==

== Minister Reports ==

* [[President]]
* [[Treasurer]]
* [[Vice-President]]
* [[Secretary]]

== Member Reports ==

== Old Business ==
* 501c3 Application status
* [[SpaceSearch]]
* status of [[Bylaws Amendments]] - which still need member signatures?

== New Business ==
* Approval of pending new member(s): [[User:NikolasCo]], ...
* Request for approval of budget for Kit Events

[[Category:Meeting_Agendas]]

Proposed Bylaw Changes 2009

2009-07-07T21:55:58Z

Emacsen: Added committee section

The following changes are proposed as an amendment to the [[bylaws]]:

== Article II: Who We Are ==

=== Section 1: Designation of Membership Classes ===

<blockquote>"HACDC has a voting membership class and a non-voting membership class."</blockquote>

Should be amended to remove all non-voting members. The issue of non-voting members is addressed in Section 7 to allow the Minister of Finance to appoint non-voting honorary members. Thusfar we have found that it's better to vote all honorary members in as full voting members. Doing so should require a membership vote at a regular meeting.

=== Section 2: Voting Membership Class Qualifications ===

<blockquote>"Any person who supports the purposes laid out in Article I of these bylaws is qualified to become a member."</blockquote>

[FILL IN]

=== Section 3: Voting Membership Class Election ===

<blockquote>"Any member may nominate a qualified person to be a voting member. 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. For purposes of these bylaws, all persons listed as initial directors on the Articles of Incorporation shall be considered the initial voting members."</blockquote>

In general, I'd like to eliminate the section from the bylaws. How and under what circumstances we modify dues can be in the standing rules and don't need to be put in the bylaws if we can avoid it.

=== Section 6: Voting Membership Resignation and Termination ===

<blockquote>"Any voting member may resign by filing a written resignation with the Keeper of the MIBS. Resignation shall not relieve a voting member of unpaid dues or other monies owed. Voting membership may be suspended for non-payment of dues by the Minister of Finance. Any suspended voting member may restore their membership 90 days after suspension upon payment of dues owed and payable through one month beyond the end of the suspension period, or upon the granting of a dues waiver as outlined in Section 4. Voting membership may also be terminated for any reason by written petition signed by more than three quarters (3/4ths) of the voting members."</blockquote>

Members should be able to resign by submitting a written request to any minister, or electronically to either the ministers or the board. I'd be surprised if the people who've quit thusfar had written letters submitted to the keeper of the mibs...

=== Section 7: Non-Voting Membership ===

<blockquote>"For fundraising and honorary purposes, the Minister of Finance may declare the qualifications for and appointment of non-voting members. Non-voting memberships and membership titles are subject to voting member approval. Non-voting members do not have the right to vote in affairs of the corporation nor do they have any responsibilities towards it. All other rights and responsibilities of non-voting members shall be explicitly stated by the Minister of Finance and subject to voting member approval, except for the right to one (1) vegan chocolate chip cookie or a vegan baked good of equal or lesser nutritional value upon becoming a non-voting member."</blockquote>

As discussed earlier, I propose striking this entire section down in favor of making people full members with dues waved. This also eliminates issues of vegan baking.

== Article III: How we meet ==

=== Section 1: Regular Meetings ===

<blockquote>"Regular meetings of voting members shall be held every Tuesday at 19:30 local time at the registered office. A different meeting place may be designated by written petition signed by more than three quarters (3/4ths) of voting members. Regular meetings shall not take place on the day before, upon, or after a federal holiday 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."</blockquote>

The times of our regular meetings should be addressed in the standing rules and not in our bylaws. This section should be amended to that effect.

=== Section 3: Special Meetings ===

<blockquote>"A petition presented to all voting members and signed by one third (1/3rd) of voting members may call a special meeting. Such a petition must include the date, time, place and agenda of the special meeting."</blockquote>

To call a special meeting, we need a signature from 1/3rd of the membership? That seems unwieldy. I'd propose making the requirement for a meeting more online-friendly and or else something that the ministers can do.

=== Section 4: Notice of Meetings ===

<blockquote>"The time and place of upcoming meetings shall be conspicuously posted at the registered office and electronically sent to all voting members. No notice is required for a regular meeting. Special meetings require 72 hours notice considered delivered only when all voting members are personally notified and given an opportunity to sign a special meeting petition. The agenda of the next upcoming meeting and minutes of the previous meeting shall be posted at the registered office and electronically submitted to all voting members at least 72 hours prior to any meeting."</blockquote>

Anything posted at the registered office should be changed to the space unless we can be sure that they'll always be one in the same. No more notices at Nick's old apartment.

=== Article 2: Section 6 ===

With a large membership, getting 3/4th of the organization to vote on anything is going to be nearly impossible. I suggest replacing this language with something more akin to voting, with a requirement of >75% of those who have voted rather than the entire population.

== Article IV: The Ministers ==

=== Section 1: Role, Number, Qualification, Term and Compensation ===

<blockquote>"There shall be four officers, referred to as "The Ministers", consisting of a Coordinator in Chief who shall serve the role of President, a Minister of Information who shall serve the role of Vice President, a Keeper of the MIBS who shall serve the role of Secretary and a Minister of Finance who shall serve the role of Treasurer. Each officer must be a voting member and each officer shall serve from the time of their election until their successor is elected and qualifies. No officer may serve more than 3 consecutive terms. No officer shall be compensated for their service as an officer, though the corporation may provide insurance and indemnity for officers as allowed by law."</blockquote>

I propose removing the 3 term cap on any ministerial position. I don't see the purpose. If a person is a good leader, they'll be re-elected. If not, they won't be. If that's not acceptable to folks, I'd propose making two changes: 1) Up the cap from 3 to 5 years and or 2) Change the cap from any ministerial position to the same ministerial position consecutively.

=== Section 4: Duties of the Keeper of the MIBS ===

<blockquote>"The Keeper of the MIBS shall be responsible for membership records including membership and board meeting actions and petitions, sending out meeting announcements, posting and distributing copies of membership meeting minutes and relevant meeting agendas to the membership, assuring that corporate records are maintained, assigning MIBS points to worthy members for a job well done and serving all other duties of a Secretary as required by law or custom."</blockquote>

I propose removing "assigning MIBS points". In High School we has a similar system of "props", enumerated and then expanded to denominations of "gold and silver props". That was high school, this is a legal form.

=== Section 5: Duties of the Minister of Finance ===

<blockquote>"The Minister of Finance shall be custodian of corporate funds, collect dues, make a financial report for each meeting, assist in the preparation of the budget, develop fundraising plans, make financial information available to members and the public, sneer at members who do not pay dues in a timely fashion and serve all other duties of a Treasurer as required by law or custom."</blockquote>

I propose removing the term "sneering" from the section and replace it with language that implies actual collection.

== Article V: The Board of Directors ==

=== Section 1: Role, Size, Term and Compensation ===

<blockquote>"The board of directors shall consist of the four Ministers as defined in Article IV and two at-large directors, all of whom are considered directors for the purposes of this article. All directors must be voting members of the corporation. Each director shall serve from the time of their election until their successor is elected and qualifies. No member may serve more than 3 consecutive terms on the board of directors. No director may be compensated for their service as a board member, though the corporation may provide insurance and indemnity for board members as allowed by law."</blockquote>

I don't see the point of enumerating the 3 consecutive years here either. It makes even less sense than for ministers, since the board also includes at large members who have no actual power.

=== Section 2: Meetings ===

<blockquote>"The Board of Directors shall meet when necessary, provided all voting members receive notice sent electronically at least five business days prior to the meeting. All voting members may attend a meeting of the board of directors. The notice shall give the time, place, reason for calling the meeting and the agenda for said meeting. Notices shall be conspicuously posted at the registered office and electronically distributed to all members at least five business days prior to a meeting. Minutes shall follow the standing rules for meetings as approved at an annual meeting. Minutes of each board meeting shall be conspicuously posted at the registered office and electronically distributed to members within 48 hours. Minutes shall be considered approved when signed by all board members in attendance."</blockquote>

The registered office bit is there again...

=== Section 3: Elections ===

<blockquote>"Each member present shall be given an opportunity to be a candidate for each officer position and each at-large director position on the board. If there is more than one candidate for an officer position, the candidate which obtains the highest number votes from voting members present shall be elected. If there are no candidates for an officer position, the outgoing officeholder may, if eligible, elect to serve another term or select any willing member to serve in that position. If there is only one candidate for an officer position, the outgoing officeholder must perform a song chosen by the incoming officeholder at the karaoke bar of the incoming officeholder's choice. If fewer than two members are candidates for at-large director, those candidates are automatically elected and the remaining vacancies shall be filled by a random process selected by the outgoing Coordinator in Chief. If more than two members are candidates for at-large director, each voting member present shall rank the candidates. The two candidates obtaining the highest preferences from voting members present shall be elected. If exactly two members are candidates for at-large director, the outgoing chairperson must immediately dance in a reasonably silly manner for at least two minutes."</blockquote>

I propose removing all references to song and dance.

=== Section 6: Resignation, Termination and Vacancies ===

<blockquote>"Any officer or director may resign by filing a written resignation with the Keeper of the MIBS or two other board members. An officer or at-large director may be terminated in their role by written petition signed by more than three quarters (3/4ths) of the voting membership. Vacancies on the board shall be filled at the next regular meeting using the applicable process outlined in Section 3."</blockquote>

Resignation of a board member should be a little harder than a normal member, but I still argue that it doesn't need to be this strict.

As for removal of a board member, I suggest the same changes as were put in place to remove a member.

== Article VI: Committees

<blockquote>"Otherwise, the board or voting members may not create committees or delegate their authority."<blockquote>

Committees are useful entities to have at as an option. This section should be ammended to allow for voting membership to elect a committee.

== Article VII: Amendments ==

<blockquote>"These bylaws may be amended only when an amendment proposal petition is approved at a membership meeting and signed by more than three quarters (3/4ths) of voting members. Written notice of such petition must be submitted electronically to all members and delivered to all members of the corporation physically in person or by registered mail to take effect."</blockquote>

It's impossible to collect 75% of member signatures, so, same as the membership or board removal process...

Talk:Serge Proposed Bylaw Changes 2009

2009-07-06T19:48:54Z

Emacsen: Talk:Serge Proposed Bylaw Changes 2009 moved to Talk:Proposed Bylaw Changes 2009

#REDIRECT [[Talk:Proposed Bylaw Changes 2009]]

Talk:Proposed Bylaw Changes 2009

2009-07-06T19:48:54Z

Emacsen: Talk:Serge Proposed Bylaw Changes 2009 moved to Talk:Proposed Bylaw Changes 2009

I don't understand why there are two sections addressing Article 2 Section 6. The second one appears to be out of order; is it supposed to apply to a different article? - [[User:Katie|Katie]] 15:23, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Serge Proposed Bylaw Changes 2009

2009-07-06T19:48:54Z

Emacsen: Serge Proposed Bylaw Changes 2009 moved to Proposed Bylaw Changes 2009

#REDIRECT [[Proposed Bylaw Changes 2009]]

Proposed Bylaw Changes 2009

2009-07-06T19:48:54Z

Emacsen: Serge Proposed Bylaw Changes 2009 moved to Proposed Bylaw Changes 2009

The following changes are proposed as an amendment to the [[bylaws]]:

== Article II: Who We Are ==

=== Section 1: Designation of Membership Classes ===

<blockquote>"HACDC has a voting membership class and a non-voting membership class."</blockquote>

Should be amended to remove all non-voting members. The issue of non-voting members is addressed in Section 7 to allow the Minister of Finance to appoint non-voting honorary members. Thusfar we have found that it's better to vote all honorary members in as full voting members. Doing so should require a membership vote at a regular meeting.

=== Section 2: Voting Membership Class Qualifications ===

<blockquote>"Any person who supports the purposes laid out in Article I of these bylaws is qualified to become a member."</blockquote>

[FILL IN]

=== Section 3: Voting Membership Class Election ===

<blockquote>"Any member may nominate a qualified person to be a voting member. 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. For purposes of these bylaws, all persons listed as initial directors on the Articles of Incorporation shall be considered the initial voting members."</blockquote>

In general, I'd like to eliminate the section from the bylaws. How and under what circumstances we modify dues can be in the standing rules and don't need to be put in the bylaws if we can avoid it.

=== Section 6: Voting Membership Resignation and Termination ===

<blockquote>"Any voting member may resign by filing a written resignation with the Keeper of the MIBS. Resignation shall not relieve a voting member of unpaid dues or other monies owed. Voting membership may be suspended for non-payment of dues by the Minister of Finance. Any suspended voting member may restore their membership 90 days after suspension upon payment of dues owed and payable through one month beyond the end of the suspension period, or upon the granting of a dues waiver as outlined in Section 4. Voting membership may also be terminated for any reason by written petition signed by more than three quarters (3/4ths) of the voting members."</blockquote>

Members should be able to resign by submitting a written request to any minister, or electronically to either the ministers or the board. I'd be surprised if the people who've quit thusfar had written letters submitted to the keeper of the mibs...

=== Section 7: Non-Voting Membership ===

<blockquote>"For fundraising and honorary purposes, the Minister of Finance may declare the qualifications for and appointment of non-voting members. Non-voting memberships and membership titles are subject to voting member approval. Non-voting members do not have the right to vote in affairs of the corporation nor do they have any responsibilities towards it. All other rights and responsibilities of non-voting members shall be explicitly stated by the Minister of Finance and subject to voting member approval, except for the right to one (1) vegan chocolate chip cookie or a vegan baked good of equal or lesser nutritional value upon becoming a non-voting member."</blockquote>

As discussed earlier, I propose striking this entire section down in favor of making people full members with dues waved.

== Article III: How we meet ==

=== Section 1: Regular Meetings ===

<blockquote>"Regular meetings of voting members shall be held every Tuesday at 19:30 local time at the registered office. A different meeting place may be designated by written petition signed by more than three quarters (3/4ths) of voting members. Regular meetings shall not take place on the day before, upon, or after a federal holiday 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."</blockquote>

[FILL IN]

=== Section 3: Special Meetings ===

<blockquote>"A petition presented to all voting members and signed by one third (1/3rd) of voting members may call a special meeting. Such a petition must include the date, time, place and agenda of the special meeting."</blockquote>

To call a special meeting, we need a signature from 1/3rd of the membership? That seems unwieldy. I'd propose making the requirement for a meeting more online-friendly.

=== Section 4: Notice of Meetings ===

<blockquote>"The time and place of upcoming meetings shall be conspicuously posted at the registered office and electronically sent to all voting members. No notice is required for a regular meeting. Special meetings require 72 hours notice considered delivered only when all voting members are personally notified and given an opportunity to sign a special meeting petition. The agenda of the next upcoming meeting and minutes of the previous meeting shall be posted at the registered office and electronically submitted to all voting members at least 72 hours prior to any meeting."</blockquote>

Anything posted at the registered office should be changed to the space unless we can be sure that they'll always be one in the same. No more notices at Nick's old apartment.

=== Article 2: Section 6 ===

With a large membership, getting 3/4th of the organization to vote on anything is going to be nearly impossible. I suggest replacing this language with something more akin to voting, with a requirement of >75% of those who have voted rather than the entire population.

== Article IV: The Ministers ==

=== Section 1: Role, Number, Qualification, Term and Compensation ===

<blockquote>"There shall be four officers, referred to as "The Ministers", consisting of a Coordinator in Chief who shall serve the role of President, a Minister of Information who shall serve the role of Vice President, a Keeper of the MIBS who shall serve the role of Secretary and a Minister of Finance who shall serve the role of Treasurer. Each officer must be a voting member and each officer shall serve from the time of their election until their successor is elected and qualifies. No officer may serve more than 3 consecutive terms. No officer shall be compensated for their service as an officer, though the corporation may provide insurance and indemnity for officers as allowed by law."</blockquote>

I propose removing the 3 term cap on any ministerial position. I don't see the purpose. If a person is a good leader, they'll be re-elected. If not, they won't be. If that's not acceptable to folks, I'd propose making two changes: 1) Up the cap from 3 to 5 years and or 2) Change the cap from any ministerial position to the same ministerial position consecutively.

=== Section 4: Duties of the Keeper of the MIBS ===

<blockquote>"The Keeper of the MIBS shall be responsible for membership records including membership and board meeting actions and petitions, sending out meeting announcements, posting and distributing copies of membership meeting minutes and relevant meeting agendas to the membership, assuring that corporate records are maintained, assigning MIBS points to worthy members for a job well done and serving all other duties of a Secretary as required by law or custom."</blockquote>

I propose removing "assigning MIBS points". In High School we has a similar system of "props", enumerated and then expanded to denominations of "gold and silver props". That was high school, this is a legal form.

=== Section 5: Duties of the Minister of Finance ===

<blockquote>"The Minister of Finance shall be custodian of corporate funds, collect dues, make a financial report for each meeting, assist in the preparation of the budget, develop fundraising plans, make financial information available to members and the public, sneer at members who do not pay dues in a timely fashion and serve all other duties of a Treasurer as required by law or custom."</blockquote>

I propose removing the term "sneering" from the section and replace it with language that implies actual collection.

== Article V: The Board of Directors ==

=== Section 1: Role, Size, Term and Compensation ===

<blockquote>"The board of directors shall consist of the four Ministers as defined in Article IV and two at-large directors, all of whom are considered directors for the purposes of this article. All directors must be voting members of the corporation. Each director shall serve from the time of their election until their successor is elected and qualifies. No member may serve more than 3 consecutive terms on the board of directors. No director may be compensated for their service as a board member, though the corporation may provide insurance and indemnity for board members as allowed by law."</blockquote>

I don't see the point of enumerating the 3 consecutive years here either. It makes even less sense than for ministers, since the board also includes at large members who have no actual power. Remove it.

=== Section 2: Meetings ===

<blockquote>"The Board of Directors shall meet when necessary, provided all voting members receive notice sent electronically at least five business days prior to the meeting. All voting members may attend a meeting of the board of directors. The notice shall give the time, place, reason for calling the meeting and the agenda for said meeting. Notices shall be conspicuously posted at the registered office and electronically distributed to all members at least five business days prior to a meeting. Minutes shall follow the standing rules for meetings as approved at an annual meeting. Minutes of each board meeting shall be conspicuously posted at the registered office and electronically distributed to members within 48 hours. Minutes shall be considered approved when signed by all board members in attendance."</blockquote>

The registered office bit is there again...

=== Section 3: Elections ===

<blockquote>"Each member present shall be given an opportunity to be a candidate for each officer position and each at-large director position on the board. If there is more than one candidate for an officer position, the candidate which obtains the highest number votes from voting members present shall be elected. If there are no candidates for an officer position, the outgoing officeholder may, if eligible, elect to serve another term or select any willing member to serve in that position. If there is only one candidate for an officer position, the outgoing officeholder must perform a song chosen by the incoming officeholder at the karaoke bar of the incoming officeholder's choice. If fewer than two members are candidates for at-large director, those candidates are automatically elected and the remaining vacancies shall be filled by a random process selected by the outgoing Coordinator in Chief. If more than two members are candidates for at-large director, each voting member present shall rank the candidates. The two candidates obtaining the highest preferences from voting members present shall be elected. If exactly two members are candidates for at-large director, the outgoing chairperson must immediately dance in a reasonably silly manner for at least two minutes."</blockquote>

I propose removing all references to song and dance.

=== Section 6: Resignation, Termination and Vacancies ===

<blockquote>"Any officer or director may resign by filing a written resignation with the Keeper of the MIBS or two other board members. An officer or at-large director may be terminated in their role by written petition signed by more than three quarters (3/4ths) of the voting membership. Vacancies on the board shall be filled at the next regular meeting using the applicable process outlined in Section 3."</blockquote>

Resignation of a board member should be a little harder than a normal member, but I still argue that it doesn't need to be this strict.

As for removal of a board member, I suggest the same changes as were put in place to remove a member.

== Article VII: Amendments ==

<blockquote>"These bylaws may be amended only when an amendment proposal petition is approved at a membership meeting and signed by more than three quarters (3/4ths) of voting members. Written notice of such petition must be submitted electronically to all members and delivered to all members of the corporation physically in person or by registered mail to take effect."</blockquote>

It's impossible to collect 75% of member signatures, so, same as the membership or board removal process...

Meeting Agenda 2009 05 12

2009-05-11T13:34:01Z

Emacsen: /* New Business */

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

: May 12, 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 04 14]].

== The Consent Agenda ==

== Minister Reports ==

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

== Member Reports ==

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

* Approval of any pending new member(s).
* Co-branding some lecture events with Dorkbot.
* OLPC Lending Library Project - Serge
* Air Conditioning - Serge

[[Category:Meeting_Agendas]]

Talk:Welcome to the HacDC Wiki

2009-04-24T03:08:18Z

Emacsen: Undo revision 1970 by 94.158.111.254 (Talk)

Talk:Welcome to the HacDC Wiki

2009-04-24T03:07:09Z

Emacsen: Undo revision 1990 by 150.176.182.29 (Talk)

Oy! Somebody link to [[Ongoing Projects]] from the top-level page. And start making other wikified pages to replace the "Category:" auto-gen pages (that are dead ends as far as creating new content).

The idea of [[:Category:Topics]] doesn't make sense to me. I don't have a problem with the items listed under it on the front page, but I don't see a point to creating a category for these miscellaneous topics. - [[User:Katie|Katie]] 19:16, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

== How will it affect ? ==

Does anyone knows what should we expect in 2010? they promise more problems on wall stree? I are heading toward dipression?

== good tips ==

Not that I'm impressed a lot, but this is a lot more than I expected when I stumpled upon a link on SU telling that the info here is quite decent. Thanks.

== New topic ==

Why don't my username and password work?

HacDC In The Press

2009-04-22T14:18:56Z

Emacsen:

[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/18/AR2009041800112.html Tinkerers Take Control of Technology] - Washington Post April 19th, 2009

[http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/hackerspaces.html DIY Freaks Flock to 'Hacker Spaces' Worldwide] -
Wired March 29, 2009

[http://www.robotcast.com/site/node/29The RepRap build experience, with HacDC, Zach Hoeken, and a virtual Adrian Bowyer!] - Robotcast March 3, 2009

HacDC In The Press

2009-04-22T14:13:22Z

Emacsen: New page: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/18/AR2009041800112.html Tinkerers Take Control of Technology] - Washington Post April 19th, 2009 [http://blog.wired.com/gadge...

Welcome to the HacDC Wiki

2009-04-13T03:49:18Z

Emacsen: /* Urgent News and Bulletins */

<span style="font-size:large; line-height:1.5em; color:#222">Welcome to HacDC. We are a hacker space located in Washington, DC. HacDC members improve the world by creatively rethinking technology. We break, build, and occasionally abuse technology in the pursuit of greater knowledge about how it works and repurposing it to build new things. Our shop is located in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Heights%2C_Washington%2C_D.C. Columbia Heights] neighborhood of DC.</span>

If you're new here, you should start by looking at our public web site at [http://www.hacdc.org/ hacdc.org]. Our Wiki is mostly for internal organization, but you're welcome to look through to get a sense of what we work on (and consider joining yourself!). We invite you to subscribe to our [http://hacdc.org/mailman/listinfo/announce_hacdc.org announcement] (weekly e-mail) and [http://hacdc.org/mailman/listinfo/blabber_hacdc.org blabber] (high traffic) mailing lists.

== HacDC's [[Live Status]] ==

We're working on providing [[Live Status]] information here; please bear with us.
See [http://twitter.com/hacdcdoorman the hacdoorman twitter feed].

== Events ==

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== ==
=== Top Links ===
Themes and threads that span across the other categories in the Wiki. This is also where we keep things that don't easily fit in other categories:
* [[:Category:Meeting Minutes | Meeting Minutes]]
* [[:Category:Financial Reports | Financial Reports]]
* [[:Category:Meeting Agendas | Meeting Agendas]]

=== [[:Category:Community]] ===
Pages on people in our community :
* [[:Category:Members | Member User Pages]]
* [[:Category:Friends | Friends of HacDC]]
* [[:Category:Heroes | Heroes and people who inspire us]]

=== [[:Category:Projects]] ===
Where our projects collaborate and document their research and progress. They are generally classified as:
* [[:Category:Ongoing Projects | Ongoing Projects]]
* [[:Category:Proposed Projects | Proposed Projects]]
* [[:Category:Abandoned Projects | Abandoned Projects]]

=== [[:Category:In the Space | Records]] ===
Entries relating to the space including layout and events and classes we hold
* [[:Category:Space Configuration | Configuration]]
* [[:Category:Event Planning | Event Planning]]
* [[:Category:Classes | Classes]]
* [[Wishlist]]
* [[:Category:What_I_Stole | What I Stole]]
* [[Human_Resources | Workspace Access]]
* [[Central_Services | HacDC Leadership]]
* [[Inventory | Inventory]]
* [[Procurement | Procurement]]

=== [[:Category:Policy]] ===
Our Policy Manual is divided into the following subcategories:
* [[Articles_of_Incorporation|Articles of Incorporation]]
* [[Bylaws]]
* [[MIBS_Simplified_Rules_of_Coordinated_Consensus_through_Chaos | Meeting Rules]]
* [[Privacy_Policy | Privacy Policy]]
* [[Resource_Use_Policy | Resource Use Policy]]
* [[Resource_Disposal | Resource Disposal Policy]]
* [[:Category:Communications Policy | Communications Policy]]
* [[Licensing_Policy | Licensing Policy]]
[[User:Dcooper|Dcooper]] 15:51, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

System Infrastructure Wishlist

2009-04-12T21:52:03Z

Emacsen: New page: This page describes infrastrural wishlist items for the next iteration of HacDC's web site and general system configruration. == Centralized Authentication == Currently HacDC services a...

This page describes infrastrural wishlist items for the next iteration of HacDC's web site and general system configruration.

== Centralized Authentication ==

Currently HacDC services all have their own authentication backends. Future services should all get authentication information from an authentication service, either directly or indirectly (ie a generated file).

The services that could currently use this service would be:

* Logins to project server
* HacDC Wiki
* Mailing Lists
* Weblog

== Verified Backups ==

To protect against either malice or disaster, backups of production systems should be made with storage away from the original server. This may include using either another server in a separate location or a storage solution such as Amazon S3.

== No Root Passwords ==

No HacDC member should be given the HacDC password except the ministers, who would have it in a sealed envelope. Users needing administrative access to services would do so through sudo or other means of explicit login and privilege escalation.

== Configuration Management with Version Control ==

In addition to the elimination of root password, most (if not all) configuration management tasks should be accomplished through the use of configuration management software (puppet, cfengine, etc.) using a version controlled backend (svn, git, etc.). This will provide not only a mechanism for disaster recovery but also provides easy migration of services (should the need arise) and also a log of changes through time to provide historical context as well as accountability.

== VPN To Alternate Sites ==

Due to the complexity of SSL, many systems are difficult to set up. Should HacDC have more than one server, these servers should be connected via a VPN, which would allow them to share sensitive data (eg authentication information, backups) without the need for the complexity of SSL.

== Login Precautions ==

HacDC may draw some unwanted attention by certain elements of the computer community. It should take reasonable steps to prevent attack. This should probably include serveral possible measures against intrusion including:

* SSH Key-Only access to servers
* Only allowing access in from certain trusted hosts/sites

Components Store

2009-04-06T22:29:39Z

Emacsen:

A sizable inventory of electronic components was purchased for [[Hackersmart]], with the goal that the unsold portion thereof would seed HacDC's electronics lab. This has come to pass, and the components are arranged on a pegboard by the soldering desk. This page is to explain what's available, how much it costs, where to get more, and as a place to request additions to the store.

Pricing is intended to cover our cost and shipping, and to make the store self-sustaining like the fridge. These are internal "member's prices", and may not reflect what we charge at conferences, where there's an understanding that purchases actively help HacDC.

Ring up purchases of these items using the [[cash register]]. ''Should all of the items here go under new [[cash register]] department code 4 for Bulk Parts? - [[User:Katie|Katie]] 19:11, 20 August 2008 (UTC)''

=== Large Parts (Dept 4) ===
{| border="1"
! Item !! Supplier !! our cost !! retail price
|-
| Arduino with Atamega328 || Adafruit || $28 || $35
|-
| Boarduino kit w/ USB || Adafruit || $22 || $25
|-
| USB TTL-232 Cable || Adafruit || $18 || $23
|-
| Arduino Protoshield Kit || Adafruit || $14 || $15
|-
| USBtinyISP AVR Programmer || Adafruit || $20 || $25
|-
| XBee Adapter || Adafruit || $10 || $15
|-
| XBee Module || Adafruit || $23 || $25
|}

=== Small Parts ===
{| border="1"
! Component !! Supplier !! partno !! our cost !! retail price !! [[cash register | department]]
|-
| resistors || Mouser/BG || partno || 1.4c ($2.95 for 200) || 2c || 6
|-
| 100-ohm trim pots || All Electronics || TPK-100 || 10c || 25c || 6
|-
| 100k trim pots || All Electronics || TP-100k || 10c || 25c || 6
|-
| 0.1uF 'decoupling' caps || Mouser || K104K15X7RF53H5 || 5c || 5c || 6
|-
| 4.7uF capacitors || Mouser || 647-UVR1H4R7MDD1TD || 4c || 5c || 6
|-
| 47uF capacitors || All Electronics || 47R10 || 4c || 5c || 6
|-
| Misc caps (grab box) || Goldmine || G3060 || 1c? || 5c || 6
|-
| 56uH inductors || Goldmine || G16521 || 35c || 50c || 6
|-
| Red/Grn/Yel 3mm LEDs || MPJA || 15101/15102/15103 OP || 2c || 5c || 6
|-
| Red/Grn/Yel 5mm LEDs || MPJA || 15108/15308/15309 OP || 2c || 5c || 6
|-
| Aqua LEDs || Goldmine || G16645 || 25c || 50c || 6
|-
| Infrared LEDs || supplier || partno || cost || price || 6
|-
| Ultraviolet LEDs || supplier || partno || cost || price || 6
|-
| 12MHz crystal || Goldmine || G3840 || 1.50 || 2.00 || 6
|-
| 1xAA holder || Mouser || 12BH311-GR || 0.69 || 1.00 || 7
|-
| 2xAA holder || Mouser || 12BH321D || 0.67 || 1.00 || 7
|-
| 4xAA holder || Mouser || 12BH351-R || 0.99 || 1.50? || 7
|-
| 9V battery snap || MPJA || 2600BT || 0.29 || 0.50 || 7
|-
| SPDT pushbutton PCB mount || Goldmine || G14045 || $1/5 || 0.25 || 7
|-
| SPDT pushbutton panel mount || MPJA || 5019SW || 0.29 || 0.50 || 7
|-
| DPDT slide || Goldmine || G1827 || 5/$1 || 0.25 || 7
|-
| DPDT 5v relay || All Electronics || RLY-506 || 0.70 || 1.00 || 7
|-
| 2.1mm DC power jack || supplier || partno || cost || price || 7
|-
| 2.1mm DC power plug || All Electronics || DCSID || 0.50 || 0.50 || 7
|-
| 2.5mm DC power jack || All Electronics || DCJ-6 || 0.20 || 0.25 || 7
|-
| 2.5mm DC power plug || supplier || partno || cost || price || 7
|-
| 2.5mm (3/32") stereo plug || supplier || partno || cost || price || 7
|-
| 3.5mm (1/8") stereo plug || supplier || partno || cost || price || 7
|-
| 3.5mm (1/8") stereo jack || Goldmine || GP3 || 50/$2.49 || 0.25 || 7
|-
| USB B jack || Mouser || 649-61729-1010BLF || 0.50 || 1.00 || 7
|-
| 8-pin DIP sockets || Digi-Key || 3M5461-ND || 0.156 || 0.25 || 7
|-
| 14-pin DIP sockets || Digi-Key || 3M5462-ND || 0.13 || 0.25 || 7
|-
| 20-pin DIP sockets || Digi-Key || 3M5465-ND || 0.18 || 0.25 || 7
|-
| 28-pin DIP sockets || Digi-Key || 3M5469-ND || 0.23 || 0.50 || 7
|-
| 0.100" headers || Goldmine || GP6 || 50/$2.49 || 0.25 || 7?
|-
| 830-point breadboard || MPJA || 4443TE || 3.95 in qty 10 || 5.00 || 8
|-
| small perfboard || All Electronics || PC-1 || 0.75 || 1.00 || 8
|-
| large perfboard || BG Micro || ACS1052 || 1.95 || 3.00? || 8
|-
| crappy clipleads || Goldmine || G1498 || 10/$2 || 25c || 8
|-
| Minigrabbers (yellow) || DealExtreme || sku.8391 || 30/$7.41 || 50c || 8
|-
| Micrograbbers (red/black) || DealExtreme || sku.7892 || 20/$6.10 || 50c || 8
|-
| 6 amp Triac 400 PIV || RS || 276-1000 || 0.00 || 0.95 || 9
|-
| 7805 regulator || Mouser || 512-LM7805ACT || 0.31 || 0.50 || 9
|-
| 78L05 regulator || Mouser || 512-LM78L05ACZX || 0.18 || 0.50 || 9
|-
| 7812 regulator || Mouser || 512-LM7812ACT || 0.31 || 0.50 || 9
|-
| TL431 adjustible zener regulator || RS || 276-559 || 0.00 || 1.50 || 9
|-
| LM317 adj reg || Mouser || 511-LM317MT || 0.30 || 0.50 || 9
|-
| 1n914/1n4148 diode || Goldmine || G13807 || 100/$1 || 5c || 9
|-
| 1n4007 diode || MPJA || 5217DI || 0.07 || 0.10 || 9
|-
| Zener diodes || BG Micro || partno || 0.12 || 0.25 || 9
|-
| 2n4891 UJT Transistor || RS || 276-2029 || 0.00 || 7.08 || 9
|-
| 2n3904 NPN transistor || BG Micro || TRN2N3904 || 0.06 || 0.25 || 9
|-
| 2n3905 PNP transistor || Goldmine || G43374 || 0.12 || 0.25 || 9
|-
| 2SC945 NPN Transistor || RS || 276-2051 || 0.00 || 0.25 || 9
|-
| ICL7621 Dual Op Amp Low Power || RS || 276-2331 || 0.00 || 1.07 || 9
|-
| LM358 opamp || Mouser || 512-LM358N || 0.25 || 0.50 || 9
|-
| LM1458 dual opamp || Mouser || 512-LM1458CN || 0.33 || 0.50 || 9
|-
| LM393 dual comparator || All Electronics || LM393 || 0.30 || 0.50 || 9
|-
| LM3915N LED bargraph driver || RS || 276-1708 || 0.00 || 2.50 || 9
|-
| LM555 timer || Mouser || 512-LM555CN || 0.22 || 0.50 || 9
|-
| ADM202 RS232 transceiver || All Electronics || ADM202EAN || 0.75 || 1.00 || 9
|-
| 4n33 optoisolator || Mouser || 78-4N33 || 0.32 || 0.50 || 9
|-
| LM386 audio amp || Mouser || 513-NJM#386BD || 0.42 || 0.50 || 9
|-
| MC34063 switching power supply controller || Mouser || 863-MC34063AP1G || 0.70 || 1.50 || 9
|-
| 74HCT573 Octal D-type Latch || RS || CD74HCT573E || 0.00 || 0.85 || 9
|-
| 74HCT4020 14 stage binary counter || RS || 74HCT4020N || 0.00 || 1.80 || 9
|-
| 74HCT240 Octal Inverting Buffer || RS || 74HCT240N || 0.00 || 0.68 || 9
|-
| 74HCT273 Octal D Flip Flop || RS || 74HCT273N || 0.00 || 0.66 || 9
|-
| 74HCT393 Dual 4 Bit Binary Counter || RS || 74HCT393E || 0.00 || 0.60 || 9
|-
| 74HCT164 8 Bit Serial In Parallel Out Shift Register || RS || 74HCT164N || 0.00 || 0.55 || 9
|-
| SN74LVC16245A 16 bit bus transceiver || hamfest || SN74LVC16245A || 0.00 || 1.52 || 9
|-
| 74LS244 Octal Noninverting Buffer || RS || SN74LS244N || 0.00 || 0.30 || 9
|-
| 74LS373 octal transparent latch || RS || SN74LS373N || 0.00 || 1.39 || 9
|-
| 4093 CMOS 2 input NAND Schmitt Trigger || RS || CD4093BCN || 0.00 || 0.55 || 9
|-
| AVR microcontrollers || I'm gonna leave this to Elliot or TC || || || || 10
|-
| Hantronix HDM16216H-5-300S 2x16 LCD no backlight || Goldmine || G16717 || 2.95 || 5.00 || 11
|-
| 0.6 amp Polyfuse || Mouser || 576-60R065XU || 0.24 || 0.50 || 11
|-
| 1.1 amp Polyfuse || Mouser || 576-30R110UU || 0.26 || 0.50 || 11
|-
| CF-IDE 44-pin || DealExtreme || sku.10310 || 2.26 || 3.00 || 15
|-
| CF-IDE 40-pin male || DealExtreme || sku.10309 || 2.09 || 3.00 || 15
|-
| CF-IDE 40-pin female || DealExtreme ||sku.2720 || 2.16 || 3.00 || 15
|-
| CF-IDE 40-pin male on bracket || DealExtreme || sku.10311 || 3.52 || 5.00 || 15
|-
| 2.5-to-3.5-inch IDE adapter || DealExtreme || sku.727 || 1.33 || 2.00 || 15
|-
| 2GB CF card || DealExtreme || sku.12352 || 22.12 || 30.00 || 15
|-
| 1GB MicroSD (TransFlash) || DealExtreme || sku.1458 || 5.43 || 7.00 || 15
|-
| 2GB MicroSD (TransFlash) || DealExtreme || sku.2934 || 9.22 || 12.00 || 15
|-
| SDHC-to-USB adapter || DealExtreme || sku.6858 || 2.52 || 3.00 || 15
|-
| All-in-one USB memory reader || DealExtreme || sku.2708 || 4.87 || 5.00 || 15
|-
|}

=== Proposed Additional Inventory ===
{| border="1"
! Component !! Supplier !! partno !! our cost !! retail price !! department || QTY Desired
|-
| IRFZ20 MOSFET || TBD || || || || ||
|-
| H-Bridges || TBD || (SN754410, aka L293) || || || ||
|-
| piezo elements || TBD || || || || ||
|-
| 22 AWG hookup wire|| TBD || || || || ||
|-
| TBD Light Sensor || TBD || || || || ||
|-
| TIP102 Transistor || TBD || || || || ||
|-
| USBtinyISP AVR Programmer Kit || adafruit.com || || $22 || || ||
|-
| AVR Programming Adapter || Sparkfun.com|| BOB-08508 || $0.99|| || ||
|-
| Infrared Emitters and Detectors || Sparkfun.com|| SEN-00241 || $1.95|| || ||
|-
| 8-Bit Shift w/Latch || Mouser || 595-SN74HC595N || $0.66|| || ||
|-
| 5.6v Zener Diode || Mouser || 512-1N5232B || $0.06|| || ||
|-
| 10-pin bussed 10K-100K resistor network || Mouser || 266-100K-RC || $0.25|| || ||
|-
| L293D Dual H-Bridge || Mouser || 595-L293DNE|| $2.74|| || ||
|-
| 5-position 5.08 terminal block || Mouser || 538-39880-0303 || $077 || || ||
|-
| 2-position 5.08 terminal block || Mouser || 538-39880-0302 || $0.46 || || ||
|-
| cisco 48V power supplies || http://tinyurl.com/6n4z8b || || $10ea-ish || || ||
|-
| Darlington array || Mouser || 511-ULN2801A || $0.91 || || ||
|-
| Opto-Isolator || Mouser || 782-139 || $1.12 || || ||
|-
| Power Transistor || Mouser || 511-2N3055 || $1.40 || || ||
|-
| 74C CMOS Logic Hex Schmitt Trigger|| Mouser || 512-MM74C14N || $0.72 || || ||
|-
| LED Assortment || Alan Parakh || http://alan-parekh.vstore.ca/product_info.php/cPath/4_8/products_id/31 || $25 || || ||
|-
| IRL3713PBF MOSFET 30V/260A continuous drain current, very low gate voltage || Newark Electronics || http://www.newark.com/ or Mouser 844-IRL3713PBF || $4 || || ||
|}

=== Suppliers: ===

[http://www.mouser.com Mouser] and [http://www.digikey.com Digi-Key] are the "big guns" of the hobbyist and small professional electronics market, with breathtaking inventories, fast order fulfillment, and sophisticated websites. Digi-Key adds a handling fee to orders under $25.

[http://www.mpja.com Marlin P. Jones & Associates] is a smaller web retailer specializing in power supplies, but with a fair assortment of other stuff too. Their prices on breadboards are hard to beat. (Thanks [http://serialwombat.com/ Jon] for that tip!)

[http://www.allelectronics.com/ All Electronics] has been in the surplus electronics game for a long time, with a small newsprint catalog that's a staple in many geeks' bathrooms. As with any surplus dealer, their inventory is constantly in flux, and sometimes they have really amazing deals.

[http://www.bgmicro.com/ B.G. Micro] (known pre-9/11 as "The Electronics Mecca", now calls itself "The Electronics Supplier") is a small mostly-surplus dealer whose bright yellow catalog offers Texas humor mixed with eyestrain. Their shopping cart software is chaotic evil, but they have great prices, particularly on industrial stuff like thermal fuses and zener diodes.

[http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/ Electronics Goldmine] has a better selection of motors, magnets, and boxes than almost anyone else. They offer "GoldPaks", grab-bags and assortments of surplus (sometimes take-outs) hardware, some of which are so-so deals and some of which are simply jawdropping.

[[Category:Ongoing Projects]] [[Category:In the Space]]

Meeting Agenda 2009 03 10

2009-03-10T22:51:48Z

Emacsen: /* New Business */

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

: March 10, 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 03]].

== The Consent Agenda ==

=== Items from the Annual Meeting ===

* Approve Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised as our official meeting protocol.
** Wouldn't this require an amendment to the [[bylaws]], which say "All meetings shall follow the [[MIBS Simplified Rules of Coordinated Consensus through Chaos]] as approved at an annual meeting." (Article III, Section 7)? -[[User:Katie|Katie]] 16:51, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
** Agreed. This cannot be changed. [[User:Emacen|Serge]]
** The Bylaws say we have to follow something called [[MIBS Simplified Rules of Coordinated Consensus through Chaos]] (Also known as the standing rules) that's approved at an annual meeting. I'm proposing to replace the current text the MIBS document with the text "All meetings shall follow the parliamentary rules of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised." This should have been done at the annual meeting, but because of a motion to postpone votes not taken at the annual meeting, we can vote on it during a regular member meeting. [[User:Ben|Ben]]
* Vote on Bylaws Change to Change the Regular Meeting Frequency to the second Tuesday of each month.
** I believe this is also codified in the bylaws and thus cannot be changed. (Article III, Section 1) - [[User:Emacsen|Serge]]
** This is why the vote is on a Bylaws change. It would work the same way the quorum bylaws change did. It won't take effect until 3/4 of the membership has signed on. [[User:Ben|Ben]]

== Minister Reports ==

* [[Coordinator-in-Chief]]
* [[Minister of Finance]]
* [[Minister of Information]]
* [[Keeper of The MIBS]]
** After the meeting will be working on the Drupal site testbed, if anyone's interested

== Member Reports ==

* PR Coordinator Status
** NoVALUG meeting
** Plan for future

== Old Business ==

* Basement space update
* Door entry project status

== New Business ==

Vote in new At-Large Board Member

Board Indemnity Insurance

Budget and Plan for HacDC Hosting

HacDC Door

Call List?

Approval of any pending new member(s).

[[Category:Meeting_Agendas]]

Meeting Agenda 2009 03 10

2009-03-10T17:55:53Z

Emacsen: /* New Business */

Meeting Agenda 2009 03 10

2009-03-10T17:52:50Z

Emacsen: /* Member Reports */

Meeting Agenda 2009 03 10

2009-03-10T17:52:09Z

Emacsen: /* New Business */

Meeting Agenda 2009 03 10

2009-03-10T17:05:35Z

Emacsen: /* Items from the Annual Meeting */

Proposed Bylaw Changes 2009

2009-02-27T12:40:32Z

Emacsen:

The following changes are proposed as an ammendment to the bylaws:

'''Article 2: Section 1'''

Should be amended to remove all non-voting members. The issue of non-voting members is addressed in Section 7 to allow the Minister of Finance to appoint non-voting honorary members. Thusfar we have found that it's better to vote all honorary members in as full voting members. Doing so should require a membership vote at a regular meeting.

'''Article 2: Section 2'''

[FILL IN]

'''Aricle 2: Section 3'''

In general, I'd like to eliminate the section from the bylaws. How and under what circumstances we modify dues can be in the standing rules and don't need to be put in the bylaws if we can avoid it.

'''Article 2: Section 6'''

Members should be able to resign by submitting a written request to any minister, or electronically to either the ministers or the board. I'd be surprised if the people who've quit thusfar had written letters submitted to the keeper of the mibs...

'''Article 2: Section 7'''

As discussed earlier, I propose striking this entire section down in favor of making people full members with dues waved.

'''Article 3: Section 1'''

[FILL IN]

'''Article 3: Section 3'''

To call a special meeting, we need a signature from 1/3rd of the membership? That seems unwieldy. I'd propose making the requirement for a meeting more online-friendly.

'''Article 3: Section 4'''

Anything posted at the registered office should be changed to the space unless we can be sure that they'll always be one in the same. No more notices at Nick's old apartment.

'''Article 2: Section 6'''

With a large membership, getting 3/4th of the organization to vote on anything is going to be nearly impossible. I suggest replacing this language with something more akin to voting, with a requirement of >75% of those who have voted rather than the entire population.

'''Article 4: Section 1'''

I propose removing the 3 term cap on any ministerial position. I don't see the purpose. If a person is a good leader, they'll be re-elected. If not, they won't be. If that's not acceptable to folks, I'd propose making two changes: 1) Up the cap from 3 to 5 years and or 2) Change the cap from any ministerial position to the same ministerial position consecutively.

'''Article 4: Section 4'''

I propose removing "assigning MIBS points". In High School we has a similar system of "props", enumerated and then expanded to denominations of "gold and silver props". That was high school, this is a legal form.

'''Article 4: Section 5'''

I propose removing the term "sneering" from the section and replace it with language that implies actual collection.

'''Article 5: Section 1'''

I don't see the point of enumerating the 3 consectutive years here either. It makes even less sense than for ministers, since the board also includes at large members who have no actual power. Remove it.

'''Article 5: Section 2'''

The registed office bit is there again...

'''Article 5: Section 3'''

I propose removing all references to song and dance.

'''Article 5: Section 6'''

Resignation of a board member should be a little harder than a normal member, but I still argue that it doesn't need to be this strict.

As for removal of a board member, I suggest the same changes as were put in place to remove a member.

'''Article 7'''

It's impossible to collect 75% of member signatures, so, same as the membership or board removal process...

Proposed Bylaw Changes 2009

2009-02-27T12:10:23Z

Emacsen: New page: The following changes are proposed as an ammendment to the bylaws: '''Article 2: Section 1''' Should be amended to remove all non-voting members. The issue of non-voting members is addre...

Annual Meeting Agenda 2009

2009-02-12T16:01:39Z

Emacsen:

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.
* 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

2009-02-04T01:21:41Z

Emacsen:

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.
* 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.

== 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]]

Meeting Agenda 2009 02 03

2009-02-03T16:10:09Z

Emacsen: /* New Business */

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

: February 3, 2009
: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
: HacDC, 1525 Newton St NW, Washington, DC. (Space or Auditorium, TBD)

== Draft minutes of the last meeting ==

(There weren't any minutes at the past several meetings.)

== The Consent Agenda ==

== Minister Reports ==

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

== Member Reports ==

== Old Business ==

=== [[Workshop Configuration]] ===

=== [[Main Space Reconfiguration]] ===

== New Business ==

=== ShmooCon events ===
We will be hosting the Friday Night [[Shmoocon Party]] for [http://shmoocon.org ShmooCon] in conjunction with [http://toorcon.org ToorCon] on Feb. 6
* We have reserved the Auditorium and the Dining room.
* A planning list has been started, e-mail info@hacdc.org if you want on.

=== Chair Purchase ===

We seem to not have enough chairs. With the addition of the workshop, we may need to buy some. Are people happy with the current chairs? Should we buy more of the same or something new?

=== Internet Down? ====

The Internet in the space appears to have been down for about a week. Can we fix that?

=== Heat and AC ===

Spring is approaching, but we still have cold days. Can we get the heat working? By the same token, when Spring does arrive we have a broken AC unit. Is that the Church's or ours? Can we get a new one?

=== AV ===

The issue of AV came up at the RepRap event and at the Clojure Study Group. Can we have some AV cables and connectors that are known to be good, as well as speakers, in the space, ready to be used for a presentation? This may include us buying a few small items.

=== Movie Night ===

Have people enjoyed Movie Night? Do we want to continue the effort? Do we want to pay for the sanctuary or use the space? Do we want to look into MPAA licenses?

=== Admit New Members ===

[[Category:Meeting_Agendas]]

Meeting Agenda 2009 02 03

2009-02-03T16:06:12Z

Emacsen: /* New Business */

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

: February 3, 2009
: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
: HacDC, 1525 Newton St NW, Washington, DC. (Space or Auditorium, TBD)

== Draft minutes of the last meeting ==

(There weren't any minutes at the past several meetings.)

== The Consent Agenda ==

== Minister Reports ==

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

== Member Reports ==

== Old Business ==

=== [[Workshop Configuration]] ===

=== [[Main Space Reconfiguration]] ===

== New Business ==

=== ShmooCon events ===
We will be hosting the Friday Night [[Shmoocon Party]] for [http://shmoocon.org ShmooCon] in conjunction with [http://toorcon.org ToorCon] on Feb. 6
* We have reserved the Auditorium and the Dining room.
* A planning list has been started, e-mail info@hacdc.org if you want on.

=== Chair Purchase ===

We seem to not have enough chairs. With the addition of the workshop, we may need to buy some. Are people happy with the current chairs? Should we buy more of the same or something new?

=== Internet Down? ====

The Internet in the space appears to have been down for about a week. Can we fix that?

=== Heat and AC ===

Spring is approaching, but we still have cold days. Can we get the heat working? By the same token, when Spring does arrive we have a broken AC unit. Is that the Church's or ours? Can we get a new one?

=== AV ===

The issue of AV came up at the RepRap event and at the Clojure Study Group. Can we have some AV cables and connectors that are known to be good, as well as speakers, in the space, ready to be used for a presentation? This may include us buying a few small items.

=== Admit New Members ===

[[Category:Meeting_Agendas]]

Suggested Classes

2008-10-23T18:50:54Z

Emacsen: Fixing my screw up

== I'd like to learn... ==

* how to make short-pinned locks for practicing [[Locksport]] -[[User:Katie|Katie]] 15:40, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
* Practical crypto, since we should all be signing our email. -- [[User:Myself|Myself]] 23:41, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
* ''add your wish here!''

== I'd like to teach... ==
Potential teachers: see [[How to Run an Event]]!

* Slide rule usage
:I can teach beginning operations (multiplication, division, exponentiation, trig, logs, etc), but I'm pretty slow these days. [[User:Hudson|Hudson]] 16:28, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
* Osciloscopes and triggers
:How to use a scope and build a programable trigger using a microcontroller. [[User:Hudson|Hudson]] 16:28, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
* Unix tricks
:Efficient text processing using the Unix toolkit (vi, cut, sed, awk, perl, dc, etc). [[User:Hudson|Hudson]] 16:28, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
* Makefiles for microcontrollers
: How to automate the build, install, test cycle using a serial bootloader and make. [[User:Hudson|Hudson]] 16:28, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
* How to type
:timball and mark steele teach n00bs to codes. [[User:Timball|timball]] Thu Aug 7 18:39:11 UTC 2008
* Telephony
:Learning Telephony using Asterisk [[User:Emacsen|emacsen]]

[[Category:Classes]]

Suggested Classes

2008-10-23T18:49:40Z

Emacsen: /* I'd like to teach... */

Suggested Classes

2008-10-23T18:48:35Z

Emacsen: Adding telephony class

== I'd like to teach... ==
* Telephony with Asterisk - a quick guide on telephony basics - [[User:emacsen|emacsen]]
== I'd like to learn... ==

* how to make short-pinned locks for practicing [[Locksport]] -[[User:Katie|Katie]] 15:40, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
* Practical crypto, since we should all be signing our email. -- [[User:Myself|Myself]] 23:41, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
* ''add your wish here!''

== I'd like to teach... ==
Potential teachers: see [[How to Run an Event]]!

* Slide rule usage
:I can teach beginning operations (multiplication, division, exponentiation, trig, logs, etc), but I'm pretty slow these days. [[User:Hudson|Hudson]] 16:28, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
* Osciloscopes and triggers
:How to use a scope and build a programable trigger using a microcontroller. [[User:Hudson|Hudson]] 16:28, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
* Unix tricks
:Efficient text processing using the Unix toolkit (vi, cut, sed, awk, perl, dc, etc). [[User:Hudson|Hudson]] 16:28, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
* Makefiles for microcontrollers
: How to automate the build, install, test cycle using a serial bootloader and make. [[User:Hudson|Hudson]] 16:28, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
* How to type
:timball and mark steele teach n00bs to codes. [[User:Timball|timball]] Thu Aug 7 18:39:11 UTC 2008

[[Category:Classes]]