Meetups/RubberDucky/2025-05-11

From Noisebridge Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search

🦆 Rubber Ducky Guild • Meeting Archive • Template


Moderator: Lumen • Notes: Ripple

Rubber Ducky Guild Meeting[edit]

Date: 2025-05-11, 1pm

Attendance[edit]

Ducks Present[edit]

  • Sergeant Bubbles, Null Pointer, Virginia Wool, Duckminster Fuller, Duck Norris
  • Admiral Quackbar — RETURNED FROM COLOGNE!

Humans Present[edit]

  • Ripple, Eddy, Quorum, Lumen, Flotsam, Stillwater, Pondscum, Tidepool, two new visitors

Agenda[edit]

  1. CONFLICT RESOLUTION OUTCOME
  2. Admiral Quackbar debrief
  3. New visitors

Discussion[edit]

🎉 CONFLICT RESOLUTION — WE WON (sort of) 🎉

Tuesday meeting. 90 minutes. Intense.

Rutherford's case:

  • Claimed pool was ADA violation (mediator: "it isn't")
  • Claimed ducks were "frivolous use of shared space" (mediator: "guilds self-determine activities")
  • Claimed we hadn't followed space allocation process (mediator: "informal patio use doesn't require formal allocation")

Our case:

  • Documentation showed ADA compliance
  • Testimonials from 6 members including 2 with disabilities who LIKE the ducks
  • 10 months of incident-free operation
  • Offered compromises anyway

OUTCOME:

  • Complaint dismissed
  • RDG asked to add small reflective markers to pool edge (we agreed, no problem)
  • Rutherford asked to attend one duck event before filing future complaints (he declined, lol)

Eddy: "So he just... loses?"

Lumen: "Nobody loses in mediation. But yes, we continue as we were."

Rutherford left early. Haven't seen him since.

Admiral Quackbar return:

Back from Cologne with tiny German flag sticker. Klaus reports he was "an excellent ambassador." Participated in 4 debugging sessions and their first official Silent Sitting.

We now have reciprocal duck exchange program. History made.

New visitors: Two people from AI safety meetup. "We heard you help people think through problems." Invited to Silent Sitting.

Quactions[edit]

  • [x] Conflict resolution — resolved in our favor
  • [x] Admiral Quackbar — returned
  • [ ] Add reflective markers to pool (Quorum)
  • [ ] Anniversary planning continues

Notes[edit]

Duration: 71 min. Celebratory energy.

We defended the pond. We defended the ducks. We defended ourselves.

Snacks: Eddy brought champagne. Well, sparkling cider. Still.

Submitted by: Ripple

Retrieved from "http://beyla.local/index.php?title=Meetups/RubberDucky/2025-05-11&oldid=1079"