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Moderator: Quorum • Notes: Flotsam

Rubber Ducky Guild Meeting

Date: 2025-05-18, 1pm

Attendance

Ducks Present

• All six ducks present and accounted for

Humans Present

• Ripple, Eddy, Quorum, Lumen, Flotsam, Stillwater, Pondscum, Tidepool

Agenda

1. Post-Rutherford normalcy
2. WILDLY BUSY WEEK
3. Anniversary final planning

Discussion

Post-Rutherford:

Reflective markers added to pool. Look fine. Rutherford hasn't been seen at Noisebridge since.

Quorum: "Should we reach out? Extend an olive branch?"

Ripple: "We offered. He declined. Ball's in his court."

Lumen: "Some conflicts just end. Not every story has a reconciliation arc."

WILDLY BUSY WEEK:

What happened:

• Wednesday Silent Sitting: 12 (capped, worked)
• Saturday Quiet Sitting: 11 (almost capped)
• THREE walk-in duck consultations on Thursday alone
• Someone from a PODCAST emailed asking to interview us
• Local zine wants to feature "weird SF guilds" — we're on the list

Ripple: "I don't know what's happening but people are finding us."

Tidepool: "Maybe we're just... good at what we do?"

Pondscum: "The ducks are going viral."

Eddy: "Please never say that again."

Anniversary planning:

Committee report (Ripple, Flotsam, Tidepool):

• Date: June 8 (Sunday before actual anniversary for bigger attendance)
• Events: Duck parade 1pm, retrospective 2pm, group photo 3pm, cake 3:30pm
• Invites: All current + former members, CCC Cologne (video call), other guilds
• New duck acquisition: Flotsam sourcing "something special"
• Sgt Bubbles "keynote address" (Ripple writing, duck delivering via presence)

Quactions

• [x] Reflective markers added
• [ ] Respond to podcast inquiry (Ripple)
• [ ] Respond to zine inquiry (Lumen)
• [ ] Finalize anniversary logistics

Notes

Duration: 52 min.

Ten months ago we couldn't fill 15 minutes. Now we're capping attendance and fielding media inquiries.

Snacks: Pondscum's first snack contribution — weird fancy crackers. Divisive but appreciated.

Submitted by: Flotsam