2025 09 17 (#13)

* Start 2025-9-17 bod notes

* bod adjourned

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Co-authored-by: Joe Wang <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: jaysa <[email protected]>

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+# 1 | DATE
+
+Directors in Attendance:
+
+- lukepeters
+- fengyihuang
+- eariespraud
+- storce
+- sbwilliams
+
+- joie
+- ncostello
+
+- finwan
+- rsang
+
+- erdaifuu
+- lic
+- sawansri
+
+- jingwenyang
+- msonmez
+
+- rjz
+- jaysa
+- toke (ABSENT)
+- kinn
+
+Former Directors: None
+
+Guests in Attendance:
+
+- leos
+- veil
+
+Notetaker: jaysa
+
+
+# Agenda
+
+BoD Started: 6:41PM
+
+
+Voting Items:
+
+- lol one
+- BMT lab reservation for Saturday, Nov 8th event? total lab closure for
+  that day.
+    - technically from 3-6PM, but let's just close all day
+    - eariespraud: will circle back to ask about opstaff/staff presence
+      clsoer to the date
+    - RESULT: 15 in favor, 0 objections, 0 abstains. PASSES
+
+Updates:
+
+
+General Updates:
+
+* General Managers: fengyihuang and lukepeters
+storce: AllThingsWeb, a web dev conference in SF, want to host an event at Berkeley through the OCF. What do people feel about this?
+    - member appeared recently at one of our NixOS meetups
+    - They will finance everything
+    - They want to meet berkeley people and teach about web dev
+        - one event, not recurring
+    - They will bring guest speakers
+        - will require storce to coordinate with them on logistics
+    - rsang and jaysa express approval
+
+- lukepeters: final MOU w/ SUFMO is on discord concerning after-hours
+    - if you have concerns/comment, contact lukepeters very soon
+    - we bumped it up from 6 to 8 after-hours staff
+    - MOU renewed yearly, does not automatically continue if we forget to
+      manually renew!!
+    - put name on lukepeter's sheet of paper to be able to stay until 12AM
+
+- SWE has begun using the lab
+
+- as per previous vote, BMT will use lab Nov 8th after SWE
+    - jaysa: will update website to reflect saturday closure
+
+Site Updates:
+
+* Site Managers: sbwilliams and storce
+
+- storce: will give OCF infra rundown tn at GM storce and rjz went to datacenter to deal w/ failed GPU in `corruption`. will pop GPU into staff computer to debug. If still not working, will
+  contact NVIDIA to see options on returning. - will need a $10 EPS adapter to do this debugging
+
+- storce: `ocf.io/projects`
+- jaysa: desktop ricing competition pushed back to next GM
+    - working w/ `home-manager` and `plasma manager` tonight
+
+- kinn: in solving security... actually working on securing wordpress sites, getting some security friends to help
+    - idea is to monitor and prevent hijacking. looks like
+        - checking plugins against database of safe plugins
+        - geofencing admin page
+        - and many more ideas!
+    - if YOU have potential solutions, chat w/ kinn
+    - looking at 7 people plus 1-2 berke1337 officers.
+
+Operations Updates:
+* Operations Manager: eariespraud
+
+- re-adjusting desktop bg to point to downloads bc ppl are silly little geese that are illiterate in the process of getting a bachelors
+    - embarrassing tbh
+    - rsang is going nuts man
+    - will put on ocf.io/projects
+    - jingwen: i can take care of it! :D would like take like 10 min
+- paper/toner stock looks good
+
+- rsang: A5 paper issue occasionally causes huge backlog...
+    - eariespraud: ppl dont come up to desk and just keep tryna print
+    - technical solution: auto-cancelling A5 jobs
+   
+Internal Updates:
+
+* Internal Heads: joiew and ncostello
+
+- joie: will send out tech-talk invitations by end of this week
+    - will ask hey... r u open to talking to general public, or wanna keep it just ocf
+
+- joie: MINECRAFT SOCIAL THIS FRIDAY POG POG POG
+    - come and craft baby
+    - volume can get crazy friday nights... but lets avoid the high volume's we've seen some other nights
+
+- lukepeters: last sem, framework tech talk got cancelled last minute
+    - do we reach out again?
+        - joie: OK
+        - lukepeters will follow up
+
+Finance Updates:
+
+* Finance Heads: finwan and rsang
+
+not much
+
+- bought boardgames and stuff. thx fang and sbwilliams
+- folders and lab supplies otw
+- moving from sides to pages of paper...? 
+  - change language from sides to pages
+      - rsang: based on rjz's calculations, toner is not the main cost
+        factor
+      - jaysa: keep this in mind when applying for funding... advocate to
+        ASUC and other funding bodies on-campus
+
+DeCal Updates:
+
+* DeCal Heads: erdaifuu, lic, and sawansri
+
+- erdaifuu: class yesterday went well on bash scripting
+    - enrollments basically done
+    - CE email sent out yesterday
+    - no screw ups like last year
+
+- jaysa: try self-hosting a website w/ lecture content
+
+- lic: if anyone wants to re-work lab1 content talk to me
+- sawansri: ppl may not submit lab til end of sem lol
+    - jaysa: separate branch w/ changes, merge at end of sem
+
+Design Updates:
+
+* Design Heads: jingwenyang and msonmez
+
+- jingwenyang: may need to find another vendor
+    - current vendor is sending converted svg that looks trash
+    - it works but like
+    - rjz: ask them to provide a proof?
+
+- rsang: keebs are being manufactured from 15-18th, will update once shipped
+
+- msonmez: will post again on instagram w/ social + GM photos :)))))
+    - send msonmez photos on discord if you have some to post
+    - will gauge retreat interest and availability soon
+        - sbwilliams: right before RRR week prob isnt great time...
+        - msonmez: not necessarily locked to this time, will gauge ppls
+          preferences
+    - thinking about locations that are nearby
+        - transportation is a consideration
+        - little SF alcatraz moment?
+            - would be pricey but...
+            - alcatraz admission isnt lowk expensive. but we do have
+              baypass
+        - rsang: exploratorium?
+    - promoted ocf at transfer mixer
+        - will continue doing shoutouts at other transfer events
+
+BoD Concluded: 7:19PM