From 991aef12c43fc96da8279509253063b0aa340a73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Krishna Kesavalu Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 19:07:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] 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 From 88f8211e9297f8523ad2b95e822ab23b08559f7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Krishna Kesavalu Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:36:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] finished bod notes 2026-10-21 --- docs/bod/2026/Fall/2026-10-21.md | 135 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 113 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/bod/2026/Fall/2026-10-21.md b/docs/bod/2026/Fall/2026-10-21.md index 519fd6a..63c3c58 100644 --- a/docs/bod/2026/Fall/2026-10-21.md +++ b/docs/bod/2026/Fall/2026-10-21.md @@ -1,51 +1,142 @@ Board of Directors Meeting Attendance: -- [ ] msonmez -- [ ] rsang -- [ ] elenah -- [ ] sbwilliams +- [x] msonmez +- [x] rsang +- [x] elenah +- [x] sbwilliams - [ ] ericgu - [ ] joiew -- [ ] lafer -- [ ] erdaifuu -- [ ] finwan -- [ ] lukegon +- [x] lafer +- [x] erdaifuu +- [x] finwan +- [x] lukegon -- [ ] racheyangg -- [ ] rschuetz -- [ ] lukepeters -- [ ] vqbc -- [ ] michaelzls +- [x] racheyangg +- [x] rschuetz +- [x] lukepeters +- [x] vqbc +- [x] michaelzls Guests: +- studentkrisk +- angelawuuski +- nidhiim +- jerrywang +- ethylene -Quorum for this meeting is ${quorum} +Quorum for this meeting is 7 -Meeting Started at ${start_time} +Meeting Started at 18:15 ## administrivia -rsang: I got doxxed :D -- we also need a date to meet with asuc senate +- rsang: officially nominate studentkrisk and angelawuuski for BoD + - studentkrisk takes notes + rt tickets + - angelawuuski does art + - vote (studentkrisk): 10 yes / 1 abstain + - vote (angelawuuski): 12 yes / 0 abstain +- rsang: we also need a date to meet with asuc senate + - general overview of what services we do + - very short meeting - need to meet with lauren for stripe portal for rso printing + - no timeline currently - sufmo still have not gotten back to me for cleaning soryr michealsls +- sufmo doesn't like that we got a couch without telling them + - they are not obligated to bring it to the room +- sbwilliams: 24/7 access for earl warren datacenter + - also need to grab the broken power supply +- sbwilliams: need to figure out ip request situation; ticket not replied to yet +- sbwilliams: we have some eecs group sponsoring us, but both we and the datacenter people don't know who; no documentation + - sponsering = pay for the billing of the datacenter + - likely less than $100 per month +- sbwilliams: many reasons to move more servers to earl warren + - security; random undergrads have access + - administrative steps are not too bad, will do after BoD + - however, don't want nodes split across two different locations ## operations - electric stapler real!!!!!!!! -- ppl rlly like it LMAO + - ppl rlly like it LMAO + - should buy more + - seemingly impossible to jam +- rsang: drawing tablets arrived today + - need to figure out policy + - michaelzls: want to provide accessibility tools, e.g. foot pedals +- elenah: we wanted to move cd drive to more visible location; potentially near scanner? + - michaelzls: alternatively, replace one of scanners with cd drive + - will create a bottleneck, as people use the scanners a lot + - however, not that many people use the drive, so potentially not an issue? + - sbwilliams: could put in opstaff pc to prevent theft and to make bottleneck less likely + - also much less visible + - this one doesn't have blu-ray support, potentially get another + - usb reader might be best so that we can use a newer pc / dual monitor one + - then, cable lock to prevent theft + - or have it on request + ask for ids + - want to make sure it can be used for many formats + - CD R/W, CDROM, BluRay R/W, DVD R/W, MDISK R/W + - will make a poster for visibility + - make art! +- sbwilliams: should consolidate signage so that it's less noise + - much easier to figure out what to do for users + - rsang: + - take down poster behind desk and replace it with something else + - then, put a list of things you can borrow to replace +- lost/found + - not allowed to have one + - need to have a bin to collect them + - at some point in the week, take them to the mlk help desk + - sbwilliams: would they send someone to pick it up? will ask + - sort of race condition, because people may only check in mlk lost/found or only check ocf ## internal - tech talk real???? -- We gambling at the arcade next weekend +- We gambling at the arcade this weekend + - round1 arcade trip ## finance - new desk(s)???? + - still waiting on the ikea + - wacom tablets here - so uh how budget doing lmao + - spent 9k so far + - jane street money deposited today; +25K in misc +- need to buy toner collectoin unit, 5 drums for colour printers +- elenah: high capacity tray set for paper + - need to confirm it is compatible with out printers, seemingly correct + - take stress off opstaff, don't have to refill paper as often, especially during finals + - colour printer: can continue adding 500 sheet trays and stack them, so easy to expand + - speaking of colour printer: currently not very visable + - potentially move it closer to center, where other printers are + - more visible signage would help + - could also turn off logjam, because it is farther away from the other ones and confuses people sometimes + - eventually will switch to all color/B+W combo printers, for simplicity and they are better quality + - want to be careful, because we use knockoff toner that may not be usable in other printers + - currently, colour is ~70% after two months + - would more than double the current capacity + - will look more into it +- monitors + - michaelzls: will look more into ## decal - how this week go + - good lecture; about security + - good attendence + - reception better than networking lecture + - could have a guest lecturer from BERK1337? + - needs to be someone who we think would provide a benefit + - or have michaelzls + - next semester CPF form due very soon (two weeks) + - if you want to facilitate, talk to erdaifuu + - will @everyone for facilitators ## design - are cds real? + - design custom CD +- tshirts: not real + - jingwen: will figure out the tshirts - how login screen go + - angelawuuski: basic design done ## rebuild -- so uh abt that php exploit hahha..... -Meeting Adjourned at ${end_time} +- michaelzls: + - php updated + - certificates updated on death, desktops need to be flake updated +- rschuetz: migrating berkeleytime tonight +Meeting Adjourned at 18:35 -Notetaker: ${username} +Notetaker: studentkrisk From 14fc7a37378211e777baa9ce01cd873f47ab7823 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Krishna Kesavalu Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:03:39 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] finished BoD notes 2026-10-28 --- docs/bod/2026/Fall/2026-10-28.md | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 101 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/bod/2026/Fall/2026-10-28.md diff --git a/docs/bod/2026/Fall/2026-10-28.md b/docs/bod/2026/Fall/2026-10-28.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..769eb24 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/bod/2026/Fall/2026-10-28.md @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +Board of Directors Meeting + +Attendance: +- [x] msonmez +- [x] rsang +- [x] elenah +- [x] sbwilliams + +- [x] ericgu +- [x] joiew +- [x] lafer +- [x] erdaifuu +- [x] finwan +- [x] lukegon + +- [x] racheyangg +- [x] rschuetz +- [x] lukepeters +- [x] vqbc +- [x] michaelzls +- [x] angelawuuski +- [x] studentkrisk + +Guests: +- nidhiim + +Quorum for this meeting is 8 + +Meeting Started at 18:29 + +## administrivia +- rschuetz: last week, meta glasses discussion + - came up with poster to make banning people from pointing cameras at other people, recording or not + - everyone is likely on board with this + - as long as it's consentual, it's fine + - staff should tell people about this +## operations +- lafer: will tell opstaff about new policy on cameras +- elenah: stapler very good + - some people get scared but overall very good + - finwan: placed PR for second one +- elenah: seemingly many printer things (i.e. fading), so will look at +- elenah: made changes to database index for printing, checking quota went from 5s -> 300ms + - many ways to overhaul things in the future, but not worth currently + +## internal +- arcade + - very fun + - still need to reimburse + - attendence: ~8 + - $12 per person + - since minimum of $20, $8 out of pocket +- posters for tech talk with jaysa +- halloween social + - could change to actual halloween (saturday)? + - then we move time to 6PM onwards +- tech talk: tentatively scheduled next friday and friday after + - njha +- slide deck night: december 5th, saturday (day after last day of lectures) + + +## finance +- finwan: no major updates + - placed PR for another electric stapler, more paper + +## decal +- lukegon: 50% attendence, pretty good +- rschuetz: project voice during lecture + - could buy microphone? rode mic specifically + - would also want to put speakers around the room + - lukegon + erdaifuu will look into + - vqbc: there is a random desk mic near opstaff desk, standalone +- erdaifuu: for decal proposals, we need to switch professors + - peyrin responded very quickly + - nearly done with proposal, anyone else wants to facilitate for units? + - if so, talk to erdaifuu ASAP +- lukegon: creating asynchronus cirriculum, want ocf specific url + - michaelzls: should go on decal.ocf.io + +## design +- angelawuuski: started working on CD design + - don't know what to put on, will send mockup in discord +- angelawuuski: will also send keycloak mockup + +## rebuild +- elenah: working on printing changes + - will be ready for CUPS update (printing software update) + - making sure our current system is compatible with that + - using IPP rather than PPD + - many issues with firefox + - worst case may need to change to chromium + - OCF enforcer will run as daemon besides CUPS process + - also improved printing notifications on desktop + - cosmic limits normal applications to 5s, need to get around that + - may switch to separate process that runs notifications + - will also allow for popups to ensure notifications are actually seen +- rschuetz: switch default search engine to starpage/duckduckgo/ecosia/whatever + +Meeting Adjourned at 19:03 + +Notetaker: studentkrisk From 58b42e75e0b1b4dc58a8f4586e5babb09aa10a45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Krishna Kesavalu Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:04:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] updated template to include studentkrisk and angelawuuski --- docs/bod/2026/Fall/Fall-2026-Template.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/bod/2026/Fall/Fall-2026-Template.md b/docs/bod/2026/Fall/Fall-2026-Template.md index 9f59129..322fbad 100644 --- a/docs/bod/2026/Fall/Fall-2026-Template.md +++ b/docs/bod/2026/Fall/Fall-2026-Template.md @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Attendance: - [ ] lukepeters - [ ] vqbc - [ ] michaelzls +- [ ] angelawuuski +- [ ] studentkrisk Guests: