[FreeGeek] minutes incomplete =o

[ifny]

damn my flu made me fall asleep!
i have to run off but here are the minutes that i've finished so far
as i think people need them right away



FIRST EVER MEETING - FREEGEEK (working title) IN VANCOUVER
WED NOV 1 2006

important dates:

david goes to portland nov. 11

ifny goes to portland nov. 16

next meeting: monday nov 27 location TBA

first annual general meeting (AGM) 3rd week of january 2007

proposed kick-off: june 2007


supplementary dates:

electric moon banana bike ride: sat nov.4, meet 10pm, ride 11pm
http://electricmoonbananas.ca (the out-of-date page is sort of a ruse)
-ride your bike with geeks & non-geeks. byob, reality hacking may ensue

bicycle bee potlluck meeting sun nov. 5 at 5:00pm http://bicyclebee.blogspot.com
-see consensus based friendly heavy-volunteer model in action, meeting
address on website

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THE FIRST ROUND: THE PACIFIC PUB, $2 PINTS OF NOT-GUINNESS

introductions & a call for board members:
to become a nonprofit, a board of directors is needed
5 people minimum needed to make an application
subsequently we'd have our first annual general meeting (annual
meetings are govt requirement)
(obviously we'd want to meet more often)
directors are not paid, are responsible for the activities of freegeek
(yes legally) & establishing the philosophy, direction etc.

then there is staff (paid)
common for directors to become staff later, as they are familiar with
inner workings

it's also possible to run freegeek according to other models, co-op
for example, collective?

--govt definition of coop? collective?
--description of board positions?
--freegeek philosophy & more info on inner workings?

YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOOD BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS NOW POPULATED BY:

Scott Nelson, Steven, Jack Bates, Vern, Sean Moffat, and ifny.


CHANGE OF SCENERY - TO THE BRICKHOUSE

board/staff/volunteers could consider having
once a year retreat
dismantling parties
data orgies (data share)

david hopes to become the first paid staff member; as such he will not
be on the board.
he is going to portland from the 11th to the 19th
will be spending most of that time at FG portland

ifny is going to portland from the 16th to 20th. may stay longer to do
an internship

first priority: become a nonprofit
2nd priority: procure funding. let's all think of possible sources of funding
2.5 priority: find temporary storage space for hardware

-pedal
-vancity grants (gave vacc $27 grand, momentum magazine $10,000)

email ideas for sources of $ to group & david will follow them up

should we have a funding working group?


other priorities:
mission statement/concept
structure
space
constitution

possible (& inexhaustive) list of objectives:
-promoting open source
-recycling hardware/reusing/environmentalism/sustainability
-supporting community
-self sustaining
-education/empowerment of disenfranchised/marginalized
-e-waste
-innovation - e.g. ipod linux
-history project - museum, legacy, unique position to preserve
-geek mecca
-changing perceptions of hardware (e.g. obsolescence is not
inevitable, rather often obsolescence by design) & software (open
source etc evolves by nature & could be called more resourceful)
-community space (geographically accessible to populations who need it
most, multi-use, community institution)
-profoundly involve cycling community (already happening)