Noisebridge Cabal Archive

This page preserves key information from the April 8, 2014 Noisebridge Meeting Notes, which documented the resignation of two board members following the Cabal controversy.

April 8, 2014 Meeting Notes

The Finale: Board Member Resignations

Two Board Members Resign

Al Sweigart and Ari Lacenski resigned from the Board of Directors prior to this meeting.

Both were contributors to the cabal repository and advocates for the governance changes:

Their resignations came just days after the community rejected the governance changes and less than two weeks after the changes were reverted.

Election Legitimacy Crisis

The meeting addressed serious concerns about the board election process:

Response and Resolution

The meeting debated three approaches to address the governance crisis:

  1. Hold a new election for all five Board positions
  2. Have the existing board appoint two replacements
  3. Use consensus-based nomination instead

Resolution: "There should be an election and the board should appoint new people in the interim."

A decision was made that the "2014 BoD election V2 should conclude in 90 days," though details needed to be worked out.

Timeline Context

The resignations occurred at a critical juncture in the controversy:

Historical Significance

The April 8, 2014 meeting represents the effective end of the Cabal controversy. The resignation of two board members who had championed the governance changes, combined with acknowledgment that the election itself was flawed, vindicated the community's response.

The Noisebridge community had successfully defended its consensus-based governance model against an attempt to replace it with a more hierarchical structure.

Original Source

Full meeting notes available at: noisebridge.net/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014_04_08