Meetups/RubberDucky/2025-03-09

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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]

  1. Eddy's return
  2. Values statement review
  3. 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

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