Meetups/RubberDucky/2025-03-09
Moderator: Ripple • Notes: Ripple
Rubber Ducky Guild Meeting[edit]
Date: 2025-03-09, 1pm
Attendance[edit]
Ducks Present[edit]
- Sergeant Bubbles
- Admiral Quackbar
- Duck Norris
- Virginia Wool
Humans Present[edit]
- Ripple
- EDDY ← RETURNED
- Quorum
- Lumen
- Flotsam
- Stillwater
🦆 EDDY IS BACK 🦆[edit]
Agenda[edit]
- Eddy's return
- Values statement review
- Duck Norris retirement proposal
Discussion[edit]
EDDY'S RETURN:
Eddy walked in at 12:55pm. Didn't say anything at first. Sat down by the pond.
Eddy: "I'm sorry I bailed. That wasn't fair to you all."
Ripple: "You don't have to apologize."
Eddy: "I do though. I was the one who said 'don't offer solutions unless asked.' And then I yelled at someone for offering solutions."
Lumen: "You were defending something you love."
Eddy: "Yeah but I wasn't being a duck about it. I was being a... goose."
(Laughter. First laughter in weeks.)
Eddy: "I needed to sit with it. Figure out if I still belonged here. And I do. I do. These stupid ducks mean something to me."
Stillwater: "They're not stupid."
Eddy: "Okay, these WISE ducks."
Group hug. The ducks witnessed.
Values statement:
Lumen shared a draft. Key points:
- We practice witnessed thought, not optimization
- Presence matters more than productivity
- The duck does not judge; neither do we
- Growth is organic, not engineered
- All positions (Orthodox, Expansionist, even skeptical) are welcome if held in good faith
- Not everyone fits, and that's okay
Feedback was positive. Minor tweaks suggested. Will finalize next week.
Duck Norris retirement:
Quorum raised it gently. "He's been silent for a month. Do we formalize it?"
Eddy: "Can I say something? Duck Norris's silence taught me something. He lost his voice and he's still here. Still a duck. Still part of this. Maybe retirement isn't the right frame."
Ripple: "What would be?"
Eddy: "Transition. He's transitioned from squeaky duck to silent duck. Both are valid."
Discussion continued. No decision yet. But the framing shifted.
Quactions[edit]
- [x] Eddy returned
- [ ] Finalize values statement (Lumen)
- [ ] Duck Norris status — continue discussion
Notes[edit]
Duration: 72 minutes.
The guild is healing. Eddy is back. We're writing down what we believe.
Snacks: Eddy brought a cake. It said "SORRY I WAS A GOOSE."
Next Meeting[edit]
Sunday, 1pm. Together again.
Submitted by: Ripple