SFNIL 2014-02-10

Summary of previous meeting

LLC is WIP, cost was 120$, we should give flamsmark monies
Scope applicability of bylaws documents, discussed so that certain things are easier to amend than others
Quick start on branding, need logo but don’t have much direction and such
A bit about starting discussion on crowd funding on tasks needed to make a space happen

Business

Badg is working on draft based on old EMS bylaws that he wrote:
four documents
- Bylaws, applies to organizational structures, positions, board members, etc
- Policies, broad scope, applies to core culture of the org, but is easier to change than bylaws
- Procedures, day to day in physical space, safety procedures, etc, easy to change and evolve for the board to change.
- Regulations, less important than policies but still concern org. Example: how to handle large budget line-items like tools and equipment, eventual employee compensation. More important right now to spell out its existence
Question for flamsmark: Can we have a copy of the filing docs.
need to move riseup pad to wiki, rrix will own that. (DONE!)
branding
- Badg is working with a friend on branding considerations
- Tagline idea: “Create, Collaborate, Commiserate”
- We need a meeting next week specifically to nail down branding so that we can start work on crowdfunding
  - One of us will create a mailing list thread and throw down for tagline, longer mission statement, fonts(?), color palette
- Real Estate
  - Kalin came backs with more real estate ideas
  - List may or may not be on mailing list, robie will check

Robie’s friend Scott offered to help us on crowd funding video
- Will be out of country March 1-30, may not work for our needs
Need action plan for crowd funding
- Robie has a bunch of stuff on the github issue tracker, things that need to happen before we can crowd fund, banking, legal, etc. Do not block creating other assets though.
  - Crowdtilt needs from us: bank account, blueminder will verify we need more
- BLUEMINDER ARRIVES
- blueminder tells us we will have no fees, including credit card stuff
- This is not the right venue to handle this, though. Saturday or Sunday all day event to crank through this stuff.
  - Blueminder proposes creating a Facebook even, set the event to this weekend and let people bitch long enough to change it. BLUEMINDER WILL DO THIS
  - Can be done remotely as well
- Crowdhoster suggested by Robie, quickly tabled until we know more about our available bandwidth

Need to organize our resources better
- We should consolidate things and document
- IRC bot that posts/retrieves from mailing list?
Need meeting spot, meeting time.
- Robie offers Runway
- Blueminder offers Crowdtilt as secondary
- Monday, 19:00, confirm with others by Friday

Action Items: