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Styremøte i foreningen Bitraf 2026-06-17 onsdag 18:00-20:00

Referent Martin Stensgård

Møtet ble holdt på engelsk.

Summary:
* Stalker is barred from entry.
* Bylaws are to be changed.
* Kitchen is messy.
* Packing area is cleared.
* Room keepers are appointed.
* Debts are reducing.
* Grants are nearly spent.
* Members have psychological issues.

Present:
* Bjørnar Mikkelsen
* Fatima Ghoul
* Geir Sire
* Martin Stensgård
* Mattias Jardstål
* Nikolai Kolstad
* Thomas Winther

Stalker.
* A Bitraf member is being stalked by an ex who keeps trying to enter our space.
* Member is talking to police.
* Stalker is banned from entering, and photo is posted by entrance door.

Security has been too lax.
* A kid has been loitering alone.
* Nikolai: We should be stricter about letting people in.
* Thomas: Doors shouldn't be left open, but lately they have been.

Bylaw changes.
* Topic pushed from last meeting.
* Wording is to be ready for extraordinary general assembly.
* Accounting for last year is not yet complete.
* Nikilai: Push exact bylaw wording before assembly invitation.
* Some wish for a more flexible date of yearly meeting.
* Martin: Invite members to discuss bylaw changes before final wording.

Kitchen.
* Nikolai: Require free of charge 30 day sticker on food i refridgerators.
* Fatima: There have been complaints about stuff being moved around without a name.
* Fatima: Some people keep things all over the kitchen; should we require boxes?
* Thomas: Box wastes space if contents are small.
* Mattias: If no sticker, then throw away now.
* Nikolai: Some people store too much, also in other areas of the building.
* Bjørnar: Do we need a rule? Can talk to who it applies to.
* Nikolai: Will make rules about storage at Bitraf.

Packing area.
* Benjamin is extending the sewing room, and at the same time, the packing area.
* Geir: There will be a photo studio with a curtain.
* Nikolai: Sewing room sees a lot of use nowadays.

Room keepers.
* Martin: På norsk, romrøktere.
* Fatima collected nominations:
** 3D printer room, **Alex**, Julie, Geir.
** Woodshop, **Ghaith**, Karsten.
** Metalworking area, **Mattias**, Alex.
** Sewing room, Julie, **Benjamin**.
** Chemistry room, **Geir**.
* Thomas: The main keeper suggests a minimum monthly operating budget.
* Fatima: Make a channel on Slack for room keepers.
* Geir: Will print room posters with portraits on Sunday.
* Nikolai: Wants multiple keepers per room, one of whom controls spending.

The suggested room keepers were selected without deliberation.
* 3D printer room, Alexander Solovyev.
* Woodshop, Ghaith Adib.
* Metalworking area, Mattias Jardstål.
* Sewing room, Benjamin Luane.
* Chemistry room, Geir Sire.

Economy.
* Thomas: Surplus every month.
* Enough so that jensa thought something was wrong.
* The smallest loan, 20 000 kr owed to Trygve Laugstøl, has been fully repaid.
* We have been repaying more debts this year than the previous.
* Improvement is mainly due to Plaato moving out, allowing rent increase.
* Nikolai: Two grants should soon be spent.
** 1. Traditional wood crafts grant is almost done. Missing storage and furniture.
** 2. Hot room grant is missing induction forge. There is now yet another promising lead.
* Fatima: Has some ideas for new grants.

Psychological issues.
* Nikolai: There was much talk after the Noemi case last year.
* Fatima: Everyone can not be made uncomfortable because of one person.
* Geir: Every member should be required to sign something when joining.
* Nikolai: Does not know what to say to new members.
* Bjørnar agrees.
* Martin: We should discover or reach consensus on behavior.
* Nikolai: It's difficult to catch someone in the [malicious] act.
* Mattias: Is often first to arrive, always to a messy kitchen.
* Fatima: Where is the line?
* Nikolai: Previous year's general assembly discussed guidelines.
* Bjørnar: Strict boundaries were discussed in board meetings.
* Nikolai: Written warnings is something.
* Mattias: Everything should be written.
* Bjørnar: Decisions should be written, should have written warnings.
* Nikolai: Has had many chats with people about what is not fine, and that has worked.
* Nikolai: Paperwork makes it more difficult to verbally correct.
* Martin: The board has not explicitly been given the right to ban people.
* Nikolai: The board has banned people, the general assembly can dismiss the board if it disagrees.
* Geir: This is explained in Norwegian organizational law.
* Nikolai: Suggest explicit bylaws about this for extraordinary general assembly.

Next meeting will be held at Bitraf on 2026-08-12 Wednesday 18:30.

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