Meetups/RubberDucky/2024-09-22
Moderator: Lumen • Notes: Lumen
Rubber Ducky Guild Meeting
[edit | edit source]Date: 2024-09-22, 1pm
Attendance
[edit | edit source]Ducks Present
[edit | edit source]- Sergeant Bubbles
- Admiral Quackbar
- Duckminster Fuller
- Null Pointer
- Duck Norris
Humans Present
[edit | edit source]- Ripple
- Eddy
- Quorum
- Lumen
Agenda
[edit | edit source]- Post-Silent-Sitting debrief
- The pond situation update
- Philosophy Circle planning
Discussion
[edit | edit source]Silent Sitting (Sept 18): Happened. Successful. Six people attended (including two new faces who'd seen the sign). The pond was NOT moved. Lumen led beautifully. 25 minutes of silence.
New attendees: Two people from the Machine Learning study group came by. They said they'd "heard about the ducks." Word is spreading.
Pond update: Ripple went to Tuesday meeting. Explained the guild, the pond, the space need. Response was mostly positive. One person asked if the ducks were "tax-deductible." (They are not.)
Agreement reached: the patio corner is informally recognized as Duck Pond territory. Not exclusive — it's still shared space — but the pond shouldn't be moved without notice.
Philosophy Circle: Lumen wants to host a deeper discussion session. Topic: "Why does witnessed thought work?" Mix of philosophy, cognitive science, maybe some meditation theory.
First Philosophy Circle scheduled for October 5th, 2pm. Open to anyone.
Quactions
[edit | edit source]- [x] Silent Sitting — success
- [x] Space recognition achieved
- [ ] Philosophy Circle logistics (Lumen)
- [ ] Reach out to new attendees, invite to regular meetings
Notes
[edit | edit source]Duration: 29 minutes.
Things feel stable. We have space. We have ducks. We have a practice. We have community recognition.
We made it through the crisis.
Snacks: Eddy brought donuts. Celebration of surviving "Pondgate."
Next Meeting
[edit | edit source]Sunday, 1pm.
Submitted by: Lumen