From 991aef12c43fc96da8279509253063b0aa340a73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Krishna Kesavalu Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 19:07:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] completed 2026-10-07 BoD notes --- docs/bod/2026/Fall/2026-10-07.md | 152 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 124 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/bod/2026/Fall/2026-10-07.md b/docs/bod/2026/Fall/2026-10-07.md index 1f6a709..157774d 100644 --- a/docs/bod/2026/Fall/2026-10-07.md +++ b/docs/bod/2026/Fall/2026-10-07.md @@ -1,50 +1,146 @@ Board of Directors Meeting Attendance: -- [ ] msonmez -- [ ] rsang -- [ ] elenah +- [x] msonmez +- [x] rsang +- [x] elenah - [ ] sbwilliams - [ ] ericgu -- [ ] joiew -- [ ] lafer -- [ ] erdaifuu -- [ ] finwan -- [ ] lukegon - -- [ ] racheyangg -- [ ] rschuetz -- [ ] lukepeters -- [ ] vqbc -- [ ] michaelzls +- [x] joiew +- [x] lafer +- [x] erdaifuu +- [x] finwan +- [x] lukegon + +- [x] racheyangg +- [x] rschuetz +- [x] lukepeters +- [x] vqbc +- [x] michaelzls Guests: +- studentkrisk +- nidhiim +- angelawuuski +- jerrywang -Quorum for this meeting is ${quorum} +Quorum for this meeting is 7 -Meeting Started at ${start_time} +Meeting Started at 18:17 ## administrivia +- furniture + - vqbc: come to conclusion about best furniture + - last time, settled on table for hot water, tables to replace current circle tables, chairs + - last week, we also wanted to figure out new supply table + - neither ULine or ikea had very good supply tables + - we have very specific dimensions that we need + - no bigger than 20 inches deep; otherwise, conflicts with sever room + - found one from home depot; posted link in #administrivia + - $137, a little taller than current table, a little smaller, has shelf underneath + - current suggested allocation: $1,550, including shipping + - most of furniature is coming from uline, one from ikea, one from home depot + - couldn't find better options to consolidate all from one place + - many restaurant supply tables, but more expensive, on wheels, stainless steel; doesn't fit environment + - also think it's a good idea to get self-healing mat for supply table + - vote: 12 unanimous - So abt having rsos pay for printing -- 60 cents per page is currently the standard set by Creative Lab -- We can undercut them by going 50 cents or match them -- VQBC might have something for the cost to break even idk -- Could also use as leverage for bringing back STF fund with ASUC senators + - rsang: currently, 60 cents per color page at creative lab (next door); we could undercut them by doing 50 cents + - elenah: what printers do they use? we should figure this out before setting price + - vqbc: we could offer a much lower cost; 3000 pages for 10% usage toner, so 30K pages for $600 (estimate) + - if we assume this is accurate, 1K costs 20 dollars + - we could set a reasonable price for 50 pages of $5 at the very worst + - counting both toner and paper + - rsang: sounds very reasonable! + - math is in #administrivia + - elenah: this would allow us to up regular quotas as well + - vqbc: for regular user quota, can increase to 20 color pages +- Could also use as leverage for bringing back STF (student tech fee) fund with ASUC senators +- elenah: makes most sense to have them start at 0, then "refund" them pages as they pay + - there is now a stripe minimum, so you can't buy a $3 pin because donation minimum is $5 +- michaelzls: accept cash? + - a lot of regulation to do so, i.e. safe box +- rsang: will defer to next BoD to get more member's inputs + ## operations -- we should trial electric staplers as a possible long term solution for stapling - ericgu -- I will cry when it breaks bc our patrons have brain like berkeley - rsang +- ericgu: we should trial electric staplers as a possible long term solution for stapling + - rsang: I will cry when it breaks bc our patrons have brain like berkeley + - elenah: cheaper ones are so cheap ($50) that we don't have an excuse to not try + - possibly just get one, and see how it goes? + - current system is so bad, so even a potentially worse change is worth trying out + - rsang: ok we will try it out + - also found a $20 one + - ideally uses staplers we already have +- lafer: ## internal -- 6 tech talk form responses, will begin scheduling over the course of this and next week - ericgu - +- ericgu: 6 tech talk form responses, will begin scheduling over the course of this and next week + - joiew: + - talked to emma, maybe sometime in december? +- joiew: round1 + - maybe 24th of october? + - would like to see how many people go before doing stipend + - will send out form + talk to finance + - form should include whether or not you plan on spending money + - stonestown location + - round1 is free as long as you don't do anything ## finance -- are we in debt +- are we in debt +- finwan: + - $6000 taken out of account :( + - rollover issue is solved + - bought 6 black/white toners + - 3 in stasis until 15th october + - paper arrived this week + - printer screen replacement coming today + - ordered to finwan's place + - monitor broke, so put on buy sheet; put 3 just to be safe +- elenah: jingwen said: what if we had loanable drawing tablets? + - michaelzls: agreed + - don't know if it will be a big purchase; only 3 + - won't get ones with screens, just basic wacom + - wacom is expensive but the only one with good drivers + - everything else is extremely finnicky + - wired ones are so much cheaper +- michaelzls: for monitors: prefer 1440p 120hz over 4k 60hz + - rsang: if you can find one + - however, it is nice that they're all uniform + - also would like color calibrator +- elenah: the graphics cards that jaysa bought were returned + - we should count how many we have to see how many more we want + - already approved to buy from last year, but should still have plan + - do that after BoD + - AMD 9700XT ## decal - how class go bro +- erdaifuu: decal is going good + - 23 people attended + - VMs have been working very well, working on setting up ipv4 + - some issues while accessing VMs while on campus VPN + - elenah: make sure they're selecting the correct option + - michaelzls: just give people an ssh command to copy and paste to ssh into carp ## design - i keep getting ghosted I honestly think my messages are getting sent to spam +- angelawuuski: i can design many things + - michaelzls: + - talk to jingwen + - currently looking for redesign on login screen, poster for halloween, halloween lock screen, etc. + - basically anything works ## rebuild -- p r i nt -Meeting Adjourned at ${end_time} +- elenah: rewrote printhost again, works better now; haven't deployed it yet + - need to test more + - michaelzls: can you write test suite; better than doing manually, will be useful later + - also can do nix tests + - frusterating to develop because it is so integrated with every other service +- elenah: would also like to redo login screen + - currently using a very old version of greeter theme + - not worth trying to patch + - could start over from scratch; if so, just do something new instead of trying to emulate old version + - a lot of strange things, some unintuitive UI + - michaelzls: interesting thing about greetd is that you can literally use any sort of thing as the frontend +- rschuetz: issues with smokey today? + - will eventually deploy that config onto all computers + - elenah: seemingly fine +Meeting Adjourned at 19:06 -Notetaker: ${username} +Notetaker: studentkrisk