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Cyberia Congress
Sunday, July 27th
12:00PM to 1:30PM CDT
Agenda
Welcome and Convene [5 minutes]
hang out while folks join the call and chat about the agenda and meeting
Quorum present
Opening remarks
Review previous minutes
Approve or amend agenda
Orient new members
Approve new members
Attendance
Voting Members
alena
alexi
carbide_flux
everwalladoor
karlexceed
queerposting
reese
starless
lozaning
zico
kbot
margo
forest
Non-voting attendees
olive
mara
Status Updates [10 minutes]
each officer and branch head will provide a brief summary of work since last congress and upcoming work
Officers
Descriptions here: wiki.cyberia.club/hypha/congress_and_the_board/officers
President
Secretary
Treasurer
Financial health of Cyberia
Again has access to bank account
Current balance: $5383.01
$5 going away every month due to inactivity fee
Further discussion still needed on current funds in account on how they should be distributed
From last congress
Jess owed money from the account (look to forest for working this out)
Only Jess/Chris can actually use money from the account atm
Money held by Jess/Chris
OpenCollective review
Current balance: $1,575.03
Monthly income: $1,408.80 (From contributions made in June 2025)
Donations still needed for L0
(need to be explicity that donations are not tax deductable)
Donations needed to not burn out members and keeping L0 viable place to organize
Branches
Descriptions here: git.cyberia.club/cyberia/congress-active-branches
Services (forest)
Meta
Outreach and Moderation (starless)
Hardware Liberation
Rituals and Regalia
Games
Business [20-30 minutes]
make formal proposals for discussion and vote by membership
anyone may make proposals
please edit this section to add your own, post in Matrix, or DM president or secretary
Open Forum [10-20 minutes]
open discussion format to discuss matters relevant to cyberia
Topics:
Adjournment and Summary [5 minutes]
a summary of the meeting, follow-up, and celebration
Meeting Summary
List action items and people responsible
Celebrate contributions and recognize members' accomplishments
Adjourned
Footnotes
IRS Form 1024 - www.irs.gov/pub/irs-access/f1024_accessible.pdf
IRS Form 1024 Guide - www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1024
IRS Form 990-N - www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/annual-electronic-filing-requirement-for-small-exempt-organizations-form-990-n-e-postcard
Filing cost for IRS Form 1024 is $600 payable to the IRS and takes ~9 months to process. This is one-time for the life of the organization.
https://minnesotanonprofits.org/resources-tools/starting-a-nonprofit