2020-09-16 Hypha Worker Co-op: All Hands

Time: 5:00-6:00pm ET
Location: https://link.hypha.coop/calls
Attending: bl, el, pc, yj, uv, dc
Cultivator: bl
Notetaker: pc

Agenda

Item	Time (min)
Personal Checkins	5
Announcements	5
Task Board Review	15
Working Group Updates	5
Project Updates	5
Discussions	20
Process Checkout	5

Notes

Personal Checkins

how do you cook marshmallows
- pc: cook over coals. slowly.
- bl: set up stations. sometimes they catch on fire due to lack
- gi: NEVER. vaguely recalls marshmallows.
- yj: layering with toasting, then impatience and set afire.
- el: put it on the fire hopefully doesn’t catches on fire
- uv: ditto yurko
- dc: don’t eat them. vegetarian. vegan on suck for roasting. gelatin.
  - bl: next grant. roast-ready mashmallows.
  - yj: beyond the marshmallow.

Announcements

bl in TORONTO dc: woooooooaaah
pc in TORONTO dc: woooooooaaah
secret project success. they will announce.
new grant application before end of month.
ournetworks == success! ~800GB streamed (residential OBS)
still waiting on ISOC grant money
- coming from USA this time, so slower
- Mark == friend
- last year ISOC grants for events
- Arrived by the end of the meeting

Task Board Review

Archive DONE tasks
- …
Review HIGH [priority-★★★] tasks
- #313 server
  - ournetworks delayed. no progress.
- private#92 IRP
  - patcon been working on it
    - booking some interviews with ppl who worked on comparable projects
    - some upcoming
  - due oct 9
  - research on prior art and products in space of helping ppl incorp (esp co-ops)
- #323 file returns
  - hema changed them
- #351 wsib commercial insurance
  - re: ben’s questions…
  - insurer doesn’t care about addresses. zensurance has almost never seen it. would be fees if we did need to add many.
  - can’t drop electronic equipment coverage. need business office insured in order to have portable equip covered. we have lowest rate already.
  - drop errors & emissions. dc: won’t drop rates much if we cut amount.
    - dc: seems most important.
    - comfy window == $1M to cover litigation.
  - yj: +1 to insurance
  - +1 uv to insurance, as-is
  - uv: zensurance is monthly, which maybe nice.
  - dc: proposal: wait a week or two until Cisco gets back to us, then make a call.
- #311 anti-black racism.
  - no progress, but important
- 2 STAR
  - private#90 FSC grant
  - #307 agm wrap
    - uv: have some lawyer names who’d be willing to review bylaws
    - #todo add to CRM
  - private#63 bl: just need to do this. will update handbook on close.
  - #314 ansible.
  - #308 Y2 biz plan. half done then delayed. upgrade prio.
  - #250 hiring process. bump priority.
  - #298 workflow for invoices/bookkeep. blocked on credit card. blocked on bank.
    - uv: there must be some other way to pay to unblock. we pay ourselves, so why not others.
    - #todo use another means we have access to
    - dc: we should get a checkbook. feels odd to not have it
    - #todo:pc patcon will call desjardins about getting a couple cheques
Triage NEW tasks
- …
Assign UNASSIGNED tasks
- …

Working Group Updates

Business Planning wg:business-planning
- imagining product that streamlines coop creation
- feeder into offering digital services
- IRP
  - new pivots in round 2: up to 20% budget can be operating costs. must be clear how we’ll be making money, and stepping toward financing.
  - uv offered we should find partner who we can pass grant to, then WE can be service provider (80% budget)
Finance wg:finance
- …missed. bl?
Governance wg:governance
- …missed. dc?
Infrastructure wg:infrastructure
- no update.
Operations wg:operations
- how wg need get more participation.
- upcoming: health & safety reqs.

Project Updates

dc: next week == VR grounds. QM. StART.

Discussions

happened above.

Process Checkout

Action Items for Cultivator

Migrate items with #todo:person to task board
Publish meeting notes as open access, or publicly indexed with restricted access
Reset meeting pad for next meeting

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