Add public minutes for the Nov and Dec 2025 MGMs

Co-authored-by: Aaron Jones <amdj@libera.chat>

Author: TheDaemoness

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+title: Monthly General Meeting, November 2025
+author: She
+excerpt: >
+  Approval of a new organisation member, discussion about election process,
+  bylaws change for removing organisation members who do not vote during two
+  consecutive elections, discussion about ban automation tools
+---
+
+## Propositions and Motions
+
+### Confirmation of new members
+
+This meeting voted to confirm the membership of the newest member of staff.
+
+### Election stuff
+
+This agenda item was added to provide an opportunity to voice any ideas or
+concerns regarding the election platform, timelines, or any bylaws changes
+regarding the election process or board makeup before candidate
+announcements kick off.
+
+The elections are typically held in March. An asynchronous election is run
+on [CIVS](https://civs1.civs.us/) whose results are then confirmed during
+the general meeting (due to bylaws requirements). No ideas or concerns
+were raised regarding this process at this time.
+
+### Proposed bylaws change for idle removals
+
+A [change to bylaws][bylaws] was proposed for this meeting that would codify
+that an asynchronous election must take place, as well as require organisation
+members to vote in one at least every other year to maintain
+membership. Casting a blank ballot would be permitted. Notably, the exact
+process for performing the asynchronous election would not be codified,
+so as not to tie us to any particular platform.
+
+It was noted that, as-written, someone could be elected to a position but
+be removed from the organisation for failing to vote in the election.
+The meeting agreed that this is unlikely to occur and that, if necessary,
+the board can call an EGM to immediately re-invite the member.
+Concerns were also raised that other forms of contributions to the network or
+the organisation running it should also count for the purposes of retaining
+membership in the organisation. However, in absence of specific suggestions,
+the meeting agreed that the proposal could be adopted as-is and amended later.
+
+There has been support for some mechanism for removing very-inactive
+organisation members without having to specifically vote to do so during a
+general meeting, and voting in an asynchronous election that occurs
+once a year and is open for thirty days is a low bar of effort to clear.
+Ultimately, the meeting voted to adopt this proposal,
+and will be enacted for the next asynchronous vote.
+Therefore, the earliest someone can be removed from the organisation
+due to this policy is after the AGM in 2027.
+
+[bylaws]: https://github.com/Libera-Chat/libera-chat.github.io/commit/7bfe67bd94091008d01f67c4ee24b4aaef3cdcfe
+
+## Other questions
+
+### Should we forbid the use of network ban automation that staff cannot disable?
+
+Earlier in the month, a ban evasion detection tool running from a staffer's
+connection began to produce false positives with no way of disabling the tool
+without forcibly disconnecting the staffer. Bots run by staff usually run
+under a dedicated user account on an internal toolbox server, but in this case
+the tool in question was written as a script for a graphical IRC client and
+would require a significant rewrite in order to run independently.
+
+This meeting agreed that it would be beneficial to have an internal rule
+that ban automation needs to have a documented process for any member of staff
+to disable it if necessary. The meeting also emphasised that long-running
+autonomous software really should on our infrastructure. The meeting also
+agreed that a few other internal policies and guidelines that
+had been agreed upon but never formalised should be written down alongside
+this latest internal policy item.

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+title: Monthly General Meeting, December 2025
+author: She
+excerpt: Empty agenda. Happy holidays!
+---
+
+This meeting occurred, but no items were added to the agenda prior to
+invitations being sent out, nor were there any late additions to the agenda.