How was the Dojo formed?

In 2009, several people came together with a similar vision for starting a non-profit community center for geeks.  David Weekly had a vision for a community center called "Hacker Dojo" where people could teach each other in the art of computer programming (he even had a signed burned into wood in 2002 to capture the idea - that sign hangs in the Dojo today)! Jeff had been inspired by SuperHappyDevHouse, and wanted a physical manifestation of that spirit.  Brian Klug had wanted to lease a space on Castro St in 2008 for his own hippie vision, but was unable to finance the operation alone.  Like minds started talking and a ridiculous snowball of momentum began.

A wiki was made.

A Google Group was started.

The Founding Directors and several others (including Dean Mao, Nathan Schmidt, and Zonker) were noted as having a particular passion for the vision. The group (varied in size between 10 and 30 people) started meeting regularly, usually at PBworks HQ in San Mateo.  The mailing list was crucial in keeping the group organized and communicating often.  The group started looking for spaces, figuring out corporate structure (the infamous LLC vs. Corporation question), deciding between 501c3 and 501c6 etc.

How were the current five directors chosen?

1. Original directors
1. The group of people that was regularly meeting decided it was time to formalize the Dojo's structure.
2. It was asked, how should we elect directors?  It was proposed (by David Weekly) that David select the five directors, in the interest of efficiency.  Fully 100% of those in attendance that day (about 15 people) quickly agreed to the proposal.
3. David asked the mailing list for people to step up to become directors.  About (8?) people stepped forward.  
4. Five directors were chosen by David Weekly. 
2. Fifth director
1. A seat opened up when a director moved away
2. New director was elected by the majority of registered members