https://pad.riseup.net/p/cyberia-congress-20230430-keep # Cyberia Computer Club Regular Congress on April 30, 2023 ## Agenda Items Treasurer and Legal Compliance Handoff (Proposed by queerposting) Establish current status Identify path forward LZ Mask Policy Revisions (?) Taking this conversation to Matrix Moderation both online and offline Explicit expectations, more standard Add bread as a voting member 🍞 Vote to add new voting members Consequence timeline for rulebreaking Bread's project proposal: blog? Reminder: Board of Directors meeting takes place immediately after Congress @see https://wiki.cyberia.club/hypha/congress_and_the_board/membership ## Attendance Active Voting Members alena (present) carbide_flux (present) chris (present) [2 unexcused absences] fack (present) jesse (absent) Jessica (present) johnnie (present) jonathan (present OR absent) karlexceed (present) queerposting (present) reese (present) sanine (present OR absent) scott H (present OR absent) starless (present) vvesley (present) zico (present) Other Members ckie breadzeppelin @see https://git.cyberia.club/cyberia/congress-active-branches ## Active Branch Updates ### services (Jesse) No updates ### meta (Scott) Potential discussion around moderation both online and offline, not sure if this belongs within the scope of the meta branch or as a general discussion ### games (Johnnie) Game day pending? Board games were proposed following congress, but will depend on how folks are feeling More movie nights at LZ, interest indicated ### outreach (Starless) We've got pride! It's coming up at the end of June Forest did the paperwork for us (TY!!) We're in a bit of a noisier corner We should have a followup chat for planning, etc. Starless can make a matrix channel during/after congress for those interested in joining It was good for pre-planning and coordination, and spreading the word during the event https://chat.cyberia.club/#/room/#pride-2023:cyberia.club We'll want a signup system, try to get at least three people at the booth at a given time ethercalc spreadsheet? Clear your weekend, come join us! Bring demos, projects, cool stuff, good vibes ### hardware liberation (Kurt) No updates ### rituals and regalia (vvesley) Wes isn't here, but anyone can do a ritual No updates Fack: would like to be more involved with this branch Inspired by the demoscene CyberiaConf late-May 26th-27th? ## Treasurer Updates Sanine was elected Treasurer during the last Congress Since last checked, no major change in finances. current ballence: $3,587.39 ## Secretary Updates PR up with update to 2023 calendar on website List of active, voting members updated aimless moves to approve the agenda as it stands. queerposting seconds. Motion passes by majority vote. ============================= Agenda Item Discussions ================================ Treasurer and Legal Compliance Handoff (Proposed by queerposting) Establish current status Last congress we had elections, Sanine was voted as treasurer No word from incumbent at the time so we moved on as best we could Nothing in the bylaws about missed meetings as officer role Looking to Cass for any information to take control/lead with the position Can set up a meeting at any time, as an official BOD or other meeting Identify path forward We will receive documents async, ASAP We will coordinate a date to meet with Cass to do live handoff New Voting Members Chris: https://strawpoll.com/polls/poy9W6mwOgJ Passed, will be a voting member for next congress Bread: https://strawpoll.com/polls/05ZdWq7DNg6 Passed, will be a voting member for next congress Consequence timeline for rulebreaking in cyberia events/online space aimless Execute on first instance of rule-breaking reese re-education starless Casual heads-up that they're breaking a rule Record of this gets into mod chat ? record somewhere Give them some time to self-correct (under an hour) We ask them to leave/if online kick (give months for them to be gone?) Record Two people should ask if in person If the person does not leave when two people ask, everybody leaves the space? An arbitrator comes in and gets everyone's stories De-escalates Encourages the person to leave or encourage people to return In chat moderation, we might kick on first offense with the assumption of immaturity, and eventually ban with continued infractions What about "vibe" Is it insulting of someone else? Establish a record in chat (?) or some other means Bread: We may need a different set of standards between online and in-person Some kind of anonymous submission process? When discussing in-person interactions, an example scenario would be Pride Starless will lead with assembling committee via Matrix to formalize rules Bread's project proposal: blog? tutorial sessions news column/cyberia blog thingie? layer zero project logs (i want to write abt omnibus -reese) cyberia chats tooling talks not fridays necessarily flash demo night was cool please adopt our official blog <3 https://git.cyberia.club/cyberia/website/src/branch/main/site/blog Demo day (?) Starless: May 27th as proposed date Aimless moves to vote on May 27th as demo day, seconded by alena motion passes by majority vote Now voting on solidifying May 27th as a demo day motion passes by unanimous vote Open Discussion Reese has been doing some cool stuff at LZ around automation w/ home assistant Aimless motions to end this session of congress. karl seconds. Congress has been closed by unanimous vote.