Meetups/RubberDucky/2025-05-25
Moderator: Ripple • Notes: Tidepool
Rubber Ducky Guild Meeting[edit]
Date: 2025-05-25, 1pm
Attendance[edit]
Ducks Present[edit]
- All six
Humans Present[edit]
- Ripple, Eddy, Quorum, Lumen, Flotsam, Stillwater, Pondscum, Tidepool
Agenda[edit]
- Media decisions
- Space conflict pt 2 (oh no)
- Pre-anniversary checklist
Discussion[edit]
Media:
Podcast: Declined. "Too much exposure too fast." Want to grow organically.
Zine: Accepted. Small local thing. Lumen doing interview next week. Photographer visiting June 1.
SPACE CONFLICT PT 2:
Different issue. Maker Monday people want to expand into patio for "outdoor fabrication experiments." Would need our corner 2 Mondays/month.
This is legitimate use. They're not Rutherford.
Discussion:
- We don't use patio Mondays anyway
- But pond would need to be moved those days
- Ducks would need temporary housing
Eddy: "Every time we compromise, someone else wants more."
Lumen: "Or: we're part of an ecosystem and sometimes ecosystems negotiate."
Stillwater: "What if we co-exist? Ducks + fabrication?"
Maker Monday rep (via Quorum): "We'd be using solvents. Not duck-safe."
DECISION: Agree to share. Pond moveable for 2 Mondays/month. Ducks go to indoor station.
Ripple: "This is what being a good neighbor looks like."
Eddy: (grumbling) "Fine."
Pre-anniversary:
- Cake ordered (duck-shaped, obviously)
- New duck acquired: THE INTERN — very small yellow duck, "new and still learning"
- Klaus confirmed for video call
- Other guilds RSVP'd: Sewing, Electronics, Synthwave
Quactions[edit]
- [x] Media decisions made
- [x] Maker Monday compromise — agreed
- [x] New duck acquired (The Intern)
- [ ] Final anniversary prep next week
Notes[edit]
Duration: 58 min.
We're learning to share. It's harder than it sounds.
Two weeks to one year.
Snacks: Eddy brought "compromise cookies." Still a little salty.
Submitted by: Tidepool