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+ Agenda Items:
+
+ - attendance
+
+ jesse - present
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+ johnnie - presentdent
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+ scott - present
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+ starless - present
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+ vvesley - present
+
+ carbide - present
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+ karlexceed - present
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+ chris - unexcused
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+ fack - unexcused
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+ kurt - unexcused
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+ crash - unexcused
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+ icarusredux - unexcused
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+
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+- branch updates
+
+- games
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+ - no updates
+
+ - more of us are vaccinated, perhaps games bash 2.0??
+
+ - would like to nominate a certain somebody (j3s) to host
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+- services
+
+ - a lot again!!
+
+ - yolo-colo: 3wc and posse are helping w/ capsul development
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+ - they will host their own version for leftist europe folks
+
+ - very cool, lots of sharing back and forth
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+ - been very sweet
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+ - capsul is making more money than anyone expected, capsul could pay for a physical space if we want it to
+
+ - currently pulling in about $600/month for club funds
+
+ -started a new service, shrapnl
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+ -j3s/vves working adhoc
+
+ -binary hosting service, auto https with a public ip
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+ - no expected outages or migrations soon
+
+ - hardware upgrade for capsul?
+
+ -will need to expand to a second server (see request for money later), would like to get a bigger one
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+ - 1/2 U w/ dual blade, ~200 capsuls per blade, so it'd be a bigger investment, but could pull in more stuff and give us a nice platform
+
+ - request will just be for enough money to cover, pending specs
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+ - intend to continue hosting w/ cyberwurx, v happy with them
+
+-meta
+
+ - no updates
+
+- design
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+ - new logo
+
+ - starless raised a motion to add authorizing logo , vves seconded, motion passed by unanimous voice vote
+
+ - what to do about design branch?
+
+ - scott makes a motion to add a discussion to the agenda on what to do with the design branch, jes and karl seconded, motion passed by voice vote
+
+-hardware lib
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+ - no updates
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+- outreach go last (pride will take a bit)
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+ - reached out to cloud co op
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+ - did pride!
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+ - a little expensive
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+ - overhead canopy was nice
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+ - demos went over well
+
+ - might want a wagon/cart
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+ - good to have food/cold drinks at booth
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+ - queerposting might have a wagon we can borrow
+
+ - upcoming events:
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+ - Rapture on August 6th, with setup night August 5th
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+ - zico, queerposting, vves, scott ping re: help w/ setup planning on the 5th
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+ - August 6th 10 pm - 2 am, let starless know in advance so you get on the guestlist
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+ - collaboration w/ REM5 for their HACKERS (1995) themed night
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+ - August 28th, details still pending
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+ - (Rapture is a recurring event on the first friday of every month)
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+
+- treasurer update
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+ - No chris today, steady on the front
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+
+-vote on agenda
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+ - aimless raises a motion to solidify the agenda as it stands, starless seconds, motion passed by unanimous voice vote
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+
+-vote on new voting membership
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+ - starless nominates queerposting to be a voting member, scott seconds, motion passed by anonymous strawpoll vote
+
+ - starless nominates zico to be a voting member, vves seconds, motion passed by anonymous strawpoll vote
+
+
+-update membership roster
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+ - zico he/him
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+ - queerposting they/she
+
+
+1. congress approval of paying forest back ($834.30) for fronting the money for P ride
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+ aimless makes motion, scott seconds, motion passes by unanimous voice vote
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+ j3s will reach out to chris to write forest a check
+
+
+2. Service branch propsal for new hardware for capsul?
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+ j3s makes a motion to propose up to $3,000 on new capsul hardware at j3s and forest's discretion, starless seconds (discussion of item below)
+
+ - baikal cost $1500, we want more than 2x the bounce, and expect to pay about 3k for it. Expected is probably $2500.
+
+ - do we want a fundraising event to help cover server?
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+ - logo/merch?
+
+ - is there a way to update current hardware? no, maxed out.
+
+ - is there a timeline constraint? Is this is a 'today' question?
+
+ - We enabled our new 3 IP allocations, we maxed out 2, we flipped on our third IP block two weeks ago
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+ - Our new IP block is about 20% full already, we expect to run out of space in the next 2 months or so
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+ - One-time allocation of hardware purchase
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+ - Hardware comes to MN folks, we set it up, then we ship it to Georgia, and then they put it in as soon as they get it. About 2 weeks turnaround process
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+ - Can we have a set up party?
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+ - No need for approval for a fundraiser.
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+ motion passed by voice vote
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+
+3. Adopt new logo vote/discussion
+starless makes motion to adopt the logo as the official logo for cyberia, karl seconded, motion passed by voice vote
+
+ - aimless requests lore
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+ cool retrowave sun from the stripes on the bottom
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+ resembles lain's haircut
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+ mountains are present in siberia
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+ is this an image of lake baikal?
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+
+4. what to do about design branch?
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+ let's dissolve design branch, if needed, we can use outreach for buying some stuff
+
+ rituals and regalia/rituals and algorithms could oversee regalia, though that's not a current branch
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+ aimless motions to dissolve design branch due to redundancy, scott seconds motion passed by unanimous voice vote
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+5. open discussion
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+ - vves proposes to create a rituals and regalia branch, scott seconds, motion passed by voice vote
+
+ - can the branch help document, track, and enable these things?
+
+ - looking at how to get clothes, where to get stickers, getting cost estimates
+
+ - not responsible for enforcement, but can provide guidance
+
+ - scibes and artificiers, not cops.
+
+ - vves will be the head.
+
+aimless motions to close congress, starless seconds, motion passed by voice vote
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