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+From https://pad.riseup.net/p/cyberia_congress_20250727-keep
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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
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+ Approve or amend agenda
+
+ Orient new members
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+ Approve new members
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+Attendance
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+Voting Members
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+ alena
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+ alexi
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+ carbide_flux
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+ everwalladoor
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+ karlexceed
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+ queerposting
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+ reese
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+ starless
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+ lozaning
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+ zico
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+ kbot
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+ margo
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+ forest
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+Non-voting attendees
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+ olive
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+ mara
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+
+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
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+President
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+Secretary
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+Treasurer
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+ Financial health of Cyberia
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+ Again has access to bank account
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+ Current balance: $5383.01
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+ $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)
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+ Only Jess/Chris can actually use money from the account atm
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+ Money held by Jess/Chris
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+ OpenCollective review
+
+ Current balance: $1,575.03
+
+ Monthly income: $1,408.80 (From contributions made in June 2025)
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+ Donations still needed for L0
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+ (need to be explicity that donations are not tax deductable)
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+ Donations needed to not burn out members and keeping L0 viable place to organize
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+Branches
+Descriptions here: git.cyberia.club/cyberia/congress-active-branches
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+Services (forest)
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+Meta
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+Outreach and Moderation (starless)
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+Hardware Liberation
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+Rituals and Regalia
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+Games
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+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
+
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+
+Open Forum [10-20 minutes]
+open discussion format to discuss matters relevant to cyberia
+Topics:
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+Adjournment and Summary [5 minutes]
+a summary of the meeting, follow-up, and celebration
+
+ Meeting Summary
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+ List action items and people responsible
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+ Celebrate contributions and recognize members' accomplishments
+
+ Adjourned
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+Footnotes
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+ IRS Form 1024 - www.irs.gov/pub/irs-access/f1024_accessible.pdf
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+ IRS Form 1024 Guide - www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1024
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+ IRS Form 990-N - www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/annual-electronic-filing-requirement-for-small-exempt-organizations-form-990-n-e-postcard
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+ 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.
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+ https://minnesotanonprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/alternatives-for-starting-a-nonprofit-chart.pdf
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+ https://minnesotanonprofits.org/resources-tools/starting-a-nonprofit/benefits-and-disadvantages-of-obtaining-501c3-tax-exemption
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+ https://minnesotanonprofits.org/resources-tools/starting-a-nonprofit
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