Hello @reeflings,
I would like to poll already to see who can make it for the meeting of the 5th of July. The time would be 11 am to 1 pm.
If everything goes well, this one will serve as a General Assembly of our société simple, so it could be that it will be for Full Members only, possibly leaving Associate and Exploring Members the possibility to attend as observers (to be confirmed).
Good morning dear @reeflings !
Is this session confirmed and if so do we have a location?
Thanks in advance!
Gaultier
Hi Gaultier,
If I would be on the receiving end of waiting for news about the plenaries, I am sure I would be impatient to know more, because I like to prepare, and I also really like some predictability. I am therefore imagining that your question comes from an eagerness to know?
Being on the providing end however, I can tell you that it may look easy, but organising these plenaries actually requires a bit of thinking, coordination and work, and it often depends on several people, as we need the proposals to be ready.
It’s a task that is included in my role, and I am on it, but I can’t do it faster than I do, because I have a loooot of things on my list. That’s why it usually only gets clear the day before the plenary, and I am incredibly grateful for people’s patience and flexibility. Once the agenda is ready and everything is clear, there is always a message on Edgeryders, and if it’s short notice, I also put a notification in the Signal Emergency chat group.
For this plenary: I am currently working on it, and I expect to be ready in about one hour.
Finally, a small note on Edgeryders etiquette. Tagging all “reeflings” (with an @) is the equivalent of sending an email to everybody. Because we try to avoid notification overload, we only use it for messages that are in the category “you really need to read this / your input is needed”. Used this way, it makes it possible to open Edgeryders, click on your avatar (top right), and select the notifications that are highlighted with an “@” (because these are the important ones).
I’m not saying this as a criticism, just trying to help everybody who is new to decipher all the unwritten rules. I sometimes imagine The Reef as a tribe of aliens, with a lot of hidden culture and unwritten rules. My idea is that if we want new people to feel at home, the only thing we can do is explain how things work and why they are the way they are. I hope you can receive this note this way.
Thank you Lee! I read you loud and clear.
My underlying need was mostly to connect with my dad this weekend and being able to let him know the specifics.
Thanks for clarifying the process!
I understand preparing these meetings is no easy matter and I will be patient and flexible regarding future plenaries. 
Apologies for tagging everyone, I will be mindful about this in the future! You taking the time to explain the culture makes me feel welcome,
Thanks for all your time and effort! You (and many other reeflings we met) make me feel confident and excited about this project.
See you soon!
Hello @reeflings,
For tomorrow’s plenary:
Draft agenda in Team Reef: Login – Nextcloud
We have just received the final plans from the architects. I don’t expect it will require a lot of discussion, but it is nevertheless an important point, and the first one that will be on the agenda. For @reef-full it is really important to have a look.
Next up we will start going through the preparation of the GA of the société simple. For @reef-full equally important to have a close look at the documents.
If there is time, I would propose that we have a first go at looking back at the past six months to see what we can learn from it. I don’t think we will make it this far, but you never know, so grateful if you could give it some thought nevertheless.
As this is an important meeting that is wrapping up what we have been discussing for the past 6 months, I am a bit worried about finding the balance between getting things done (we really need to conclude on a couple of items) and making space for questions from new members (Associate and Full). So what I propose we will do is that we will take all questions, and where needed, we’ll see whether certain questions can be moved to another time, because it would require too much time to explain it all.
Joannes is again kindly hosting us. The address is in the agenda.
As usual we like to start the meeting sharply in time (tomorrow: 11 am), so it is really appreciated if you could arrive 10-15 minutes early.
For those who are new, we have a short “plenaries manual”, that might be helpful to better understand how everything works. It is saved in the Onboarding Package: Login – Nextcloud
For those who would like to stay for lunch afterwards, there will be a potluck. If you’d like to participate, please bring something to eat. For those who are new, there is a list with dietary requirements in the members registry. In summary there are two people who are gluten-free and a whole bunch of vegetarians.
I am adding another message with a personal request:
I have been investing relatively insane amounts of time in The Reef lately, and even without that I tend to struggle to cook healthy food for myself. These little potlucks are therefore often the one little thing that I can’t really contribute to with joy, and so I was wondering whether there would be anybody who would be willing to bring an extra dish on my behalf? I’d be very happy of course to pay for it, it’s the time and the energy that is missing.
Hey @Lee, we’ll be making 2 items (gluten free pasta salad and a compote of Chris’ and Sarah’s white currants), so one can be your dish
Thanks so much Sophie! I really appreciate it!