Meetups/RubberDucky/2025-05-18
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{{#if:|Moderator: Quorum • Notes: Flotsam
Rubber Ducky Guild Meeting[edit]
Date: 2025-05-18, 1pm
Attendance[edit]
Ducks Present[edit]
- All six ducks present and accounted for
Humans Present[edit]
- Ripple, Eddy, Quorum, Lumen, Flotsam, Stillwater, Pondscum, Tidepool
Agenda[edit]
- Post-Rutherford normalcy
- WILDLY BUSY WEEK
- Anniversary final planning
Discussion[edit]
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[edit]
- [x] Reflective markers added
- [ ] Respond to podcast inquiry (Ripple)
- [ ] Respond to zine inquiry (Lumen)
- [ ] Finalize anniversary logistics
Notes[edit]
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