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+# Cyberia Computer Club Regular Congress on July 31, 2022
+
+## Agenda Items
+
+ Ratify New Members
+
+ starless proposes we welcome secondserenity as a voting member, aimless seconds
+
+ strawpoll votes: alena is ratified
+
+ starless proposes we welcome everywalladoor as a voting member, zico seconds
+
+ strawpoll votes: jonathan is ratified
+
+ Carbide proposes we modify our quorum rules to make it easier to reach quorum
+
+ Item Three
+
+
+## Attendance
+
+ carbide_flux (present)
+
+ chris (absent)
+
+ fack (absent)
+
+ jesse (excused)
+
+ johnnie (present)
+
+ karlexceed (excused)
+
+ kurtis (absent)
+
+ queerposting (excused)
+
+ sanine (excused)
+
+ scott H (present)
+
+ starless (present)
+
+ vvesley (present)
+
+ zico (present)
+
+ alena (present)
+
+ jonathan (present)
+
+
+
+@see https://git.cyberia.club/cyberia/congress-active-branches
+## Active Branch Updates
+
+ ### services (Jesse)
+
+ Zico plugs LZ calendar https://calendar.layerze.ro/
+
+ you can subscribe to events from an activitypub account!
+
+ Follow from mastodon like a cool kid!!!!
+
+ ### meta (Scott)
+
+ no updates
+
+ ### games (Johnnie)
+
+ we should do a game day a lot, actually
+
+ we should do game day e v e r y d a y
+
+ agamesust
+
+ aimless will plan a dedicated game day, not just a friday sleepy game time
+
+ hang out, board games
+
+ ### outreach (Starless)
+
+ Aug 6 really really FREE MARKET- powderhorn park
+
+ feel free to make suggestions/share ideas on what we could do for community outreach stuff
+
+ suggestions for class topics welcome
+
+ ### hardware liberation (Kurt)
+
+ no update
+
+ zico plugs billy bass being alive-- very liberated robofish
+
+ ### rituals and regalia (vvesley)
+
+ no updates :)
+
+
+## Treasurer Updates
+
+ not here
+
+ we're assuming it's all steady
+
+ Some request/idea that another person be familiar with and shadow the finances for contingency purposes
+
+
+## Secretary Updates
+
+ Queerposting: No major updates, looking to improve documentation in the wiki overall.
+
+ we're assuming it's all steady
+
+
+============================= Agenda Item Discussions ================================
+Open discussion items raised:
+
+
+ Audit?
+
+ - add shadow to treasurer position?
+
+ - scott volunteers
+
+ - scott can meet up with chris and shadow locally for a bit
+
+ - scott will text cass and set this up
+
+
+
+
+ New members ratified (yay)
+
+ alena
+
+ jonathan
+
+ Carbide's proposal to make it easier to hit quorum
+
+ maybe we just do more regular reminders
+
+ we could change how we hit quorum, but we worry about hostiletakeover/presidential machinations
+
+ should we do signal group stuff?
+
+ let's put our congress stuff in our layerze.ro calendar schedule tool
+
+ spelling game
+
+ resurant
+
+ restaurant
+
+ restaurant
+
+ restaurante
+
+ reseepee
+
+restraumt
+RESERRAUNENT
+resentment
+resturaunt
+
+restrawnt
+recipe
+receipt
+aimless motions to close congress, starless seconds , zico objects
+motion passes by voice vote
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