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SolLunar Team Meeting — 2026-08-17 (Readout)

Summit week-in-frame: companion card for the Solarpunk App, Tech Day (Sat, day 3) fully staffed by L484, Kyle leads Summit tech development, and the Randi rent-debt deal ($1,200/mo, 3-yr max).

1. Decisions

decision who date
Fence comes down (Haven agreed) — it's a lease violation, so replace with a wire hoop trellis + gate + hoop tunnel (space to the left of the shed, clear of the utilities that stick out); hanging plants (real/fake undecided — Poly: "really don't want to do fake, but also don't want to do real right now") DJay / Haven / Poly 2026-08-17
Angel must be in every design decision (archway, plants, anything) — "real plants will not survive in this light"; conversation with Angel pending Jen 2026-08-17
First inside-design task: Aesthetic Church string lights, criss-cross (Angel likes it; free) Poly 2026-08-17
Automatic watering = the Solarpunk answer (no one has to water); Ali + Rah as the master growers — hydroponic solutions "for a fraction of the cost"; low-light plant selection required Poly / Ali / Rah 2026-08-17
Garage doors: never open — "everyone driving by can see what's in here; huge security risk" (+ temperature control) Poly 2026-08-17
Angel's wall idea: LED wallpaper (images we generated) or hanging cardboard cutouts or wire — not yet decided Angel / Poly 2026-08-17
In-house art department wanted for this work; Janelle volunteers ("she'd like to be in that department?") Janelle 2026-08-17
Companion card for the Solarpunk App: scan card at check-in → phone notification = identity; secret passphrase if phone is dead; "we can turn people away if it's clearly not them"; decentralized privacy; points systems for free-market economies; card doubles as lead intro to SolLunar Society (existing card → come here, pay fee, activate) Poly 2026-08-17
Summit commerce: Angel doesn't want buying/selling, but vendors always show up — all sales through the card system changes the feel; points create natural spend pressure; "vendors aren't chasing transactions... they focus on customer service" Poly / Angel 2026-08-17
Tech Day = Saturday, day 3, most people: 10am yoga + workshops → speakers 3pm (TED-talk format) → ends 7pm (music); 8pm: 45-min DJ set — Zaza, Johnny Buffalo, Poly; opening panel proposed: Angel + Poly, Jen facilitating Poly / Angel / Jen 2026-08-17
L484 manages all of Tech Day: Angel hires staff + volunteers through the L484 network; decentralized food logistics (community kitchen orders via the app, knows when ready, points pay); Angel's "SWAT team" — incident reporting via app, someone shows up Poly / Angel 2026-08-17
Summit tech development: Kyle in charge (Poly: "I don't have time"); app progress every week Poly / Kyle 2026-08-17
Poly's workshop: Digital Sovereignty 101 — the whole ecosystem; Archipelago present; setting up a server is a big part Poly 2026-08-17
12 activations: construction, design, fabrication, storage; Poly raising capital; "there's a budget in SolLunar for it" Poly 2026-08-17
DJ set: Poly working it with Halanna from the Noderunners movie Poly 2026-08-17
Sunset activation: Solarpunk → Lunarpunk transition; Web5 song plays at dusk; Lunarpunk lounge carries the vibe; new moon = October 10; Jen wants to collaborate Poly / Jen 2026-08-17
Randi (warehouse) debt deal: $600 electric bill paid every 2 weeks (~$1,200/mo) until the rent is paid off; 3 years max; if money arrives sooner → pay the balance minus the electric already paid; her core worry = no income Poly / Randi 2026-08-17
Randi solar push: upside-down solar on her greenhouse; giant roof is the obvious target; Poly + Fish will visit today (returning books; both have solar experience); "she really wants to sell the warehouse — that's why we need to do it" Poly / Fish 2026-08-17
Trent joins the bootcamps: full Bitcoin rabbit hole ("gone so far... I can't talk to normal people anymore"); made an intentionally insane Bitcoin video (well-received); teaching with Poly and Stephanie (+ maybe one more) Poly / Trent 2026-08-17
Trust meeting this weekend: send communication — every member brings a computer, installs Archipelago, demos it Poly 2026-08-17
Fish: building non-profit Gaian Energy Ministries (conscious energy lifestyle education, post-solar); offers a workshop (energy or tea & sovereignty) — Jessie: "we'd love that" Fish 2026-08-17
Data center = product: yellow house home data center shows people what one looks like; sell space/storage incl. enterprise; $60k AI server lives there; industry context: data centers now gatekeep (credentials/LLC required) → everyone defaults to AWS Poly 2026-08-17

Cross-check vs 06-DECISIONS:

  • Continues 7-27/8-10: card mission → now a concrete Summit artifact (companion card, notification + passphrase flow, points economy, vendor rails). Tech Day ownership = new explicit scope (Sat, day 3).
  • Continues 8-14: Kyle — accounting program (8-14) + now Summit tech development; $60k AI server reconfirmed in the yellow-house data center; Trust meeting "coming up" (8-14) → this weekend, with Archipelago bring-your-own-computer demos.
  • New hard numbers: Rent to Randi ≈ $1,200/mo, 3-yr max payoff; 12 activations; new moon Oct 10; DJ set 8pm 45 min; speakers 3pm; day ends 7pm.
  • Summit date garbled in transcript ("a month away. Month and a half — it'll be here in two days") — new moon Oct 10 is the only firm date [LOW CONFIDENCE on exact Summit dates].
  • Zaza (8-14: stepped back from groups, "exactly where I'm meant to be") → on the 8pm DJ set — consistent with staying involved on his own terms.
  • Aesthetic Church lights (8-14: "need a few people") → now the #1 inside-design task.

2. Action Items

owner task due date project status
Haven Gazebo structure budget "pretty soon" SolLunar / Space open
team Take down fence; build wire hoop trellis + gate + hoop tunnel (left of shed, clear of utilities) pretty soon SolLunar / Space open
DJay Talk to Angel: archway/plants/gate (any design decision) before building SolLunar / Space open
team Aesthetic Church string lights (criss-cross) first design task Sapien / Aesthetic open
Ali + Rah Automatic/hydroponic watering system (low-light plant list) NO DATE SolLunar / Space open
Angel LED wallpaper / cardboard cutouts / wire wall concept NO DATE SolLunar / Space open
team Stand up in-house art department (Janelle interested) NO DATE SolLunar / Space open
Poly + team Companion card: notification + passphrase flow, points economy, card-activation path pre-Summit SolLunar / Cards in progress
Kyle Summit tech development lead; app progress weekly pre-Summit Summit / Tech assigned
Poly DJ set w/ Halanna (Noderunners movie) 8pm, Tech Day (8pm) Summit / Tech Day in progress
Poly Workshop: Digital Sovereignty 101 (plan; Archipelago server setup) Tech Day Summit / Workshops in progress
team 12 activations: construction, design, fabrication, storage pre-Summit Summit in progress
Poly Raise capital for activations (SolLunar budget) pre-Summit SolLunar / Funding in progress
Angel Hire staff + volunteers via L484 network (Tech Day) pre-Summit Summit / Tech Day open
team SWAT-team incident app (report → someone shows up) Tech Day Summit / Ops open
community kitchen Order-via-app + points payment flow Tech Day Summit / Food open
Jen (+ collaborators) Sunset activation (Web5 at dusk; Lunarpunk lounge; new moon Oct 10) pre-Summit Summit open
Poly + Fish Visit Randi today (books + solar conversation) 2026-08-17 (today) Warehouse / Solar scheduled
team Randi: $600/2-wk electric payments until rent repaid (3-yr max) ongoing Warehouse / Debt agreed
Fish Workshop (energy / tea & sovereignty) Summit Summit / Workshops offered
team Trust communication: bring computers, install Archipelago, demo before this weekend Trust open
Poly / Stephanie / Trent (+1?) Bootcamps — teaching roster upcoming Bootcamps forming
Jen Talk to Poly after meeting re: bootcamp this weekend after 8-17 Bootcamps pending
  • SolLunar / SoLunar Society (existing) → cards, gazebo, design, Randi debt context
  • Solarpunk Summit / Tech Day (existing) → day 3 Sat; DJ set; workshops; 12 activations
  • Archipelago (existing) → Trust demos, Digital Sovereignty workshop, server setup
  • Yellow houses / home data center (existing) → $60k AI server, storage sales
  • Noderunner shop (existing) → Halanna (Noderunners movie)
  • Gaian Energy Ministries (Fish) (new candidate) → non-profit, energy-lifestyle education
  • Randi's warehouse (new external) → debt deal + solar push
  • Hope Art Park / Radiant Hearts (existing, 8-14) → not touched here
  • Keynctr (keynctr 1) — not mentioned; Avi not in this note

4. Knowledge

  • Companion card spec (v1): card scan → push notification on phone = identity check; passphrase fallback; decentralized privacy; points for free-market economies; card = SolLunar Society entry point (pay fee to activate existing cards at the space).
  • Tech Day program: 10am yoga + workshops; 3pm speakers (TED style); 7pm music; 8pm DJ set (Zaza, Johnny Buffalo, Poly, 45 min).
  • New moon: October 10 — Lunarpunk anchor date.
  • Randi: warehouse owner; no income (worried about it); upside-down solar panels on her greenhouse; wants to sell the warehouse; debt = ~$1,200/mo via electric-bill payments, 3-yr max.
  • Trent: Bitcoin-obsessed local; made an intentionally obscure "insane" Bitcoin video; wants a job; now bootcamp co-instructor (Poly + Stephanie).
  • Fish: tea ceremony host (Gu shu cha — red caramelized tea from 300+ yr trees; Yunnan = Pu-erh origin; "choose and remember your teacup"; parasympathetic effects; theobromine/EGCG/polyphenols); building Gaian Energy Ministries non-profit; both he and Poly have solar experience.
  • Data-center industry context: data centers gatekeep (credentials/LLC required) → default is AWS; the yellow-house home data center is the counter-example and a product (sell space/storage, enterprise incl.).
  • $60k AI server confirmed sitting in the yellow-house data center (8-14 resale plan).
  • 12 activations = the Summit build-out number.
  • Ali + Rah = the grower pair for hydroponics.
  • Zaza, Johnny Buffalo, Poly = the 8pm DJ lineup (Johnny Buffalo new to the corpus).
  • Halanna = Noderunners movie (new to corpus).
  • Janelle wants an in-house art department (and a seat in it).
  • Security rule: garage doors never open (line of sight + temperature).
  • Meeting culture note: "Great job, TEAm." + the recurring "Who's Poly?" humor (Poly split into multiple speakers in transcript).

5. Troubleshooting

  • Fence = lease violation — fix: trellis + gate + hoop tunnel in the compliant spot (left of shed, clear of utilities).
  • Real plants won't survive the light — fix: automatic/hydroponic watering (Ali + Rah) + careful low-light species.
  • Identity without phones — fix: passphrase fallback on the companion card.
  • Vendor chaos at Summit (no sales wanted) — fix: card-rail commerce + points (spend pressure, service focus).
  • Incident response at scale — fix: Angel's SWAT team + app-based reporting.
  • Data-center onboarding gatekeeping — fix: the yellow house demonstrates the home-data-center path; sell storage.
  • Rent debt (Randi) — fix: $600/2-wk electric payments, 3-yr max cap, prepay option; solar on her roof to cut the bill she's most worried about.
  • Poly bandwidth (tech dev + DJ set + workshop + activations + capital) — fix: Kyle takes Summit tech dev.

6. Open Questions

  • Exact Summit dates (transcript garbled: "a month away / month and a half / here in two days")?
  • Will Angel's design conversation change the trellis/plant/archway plan?
  • Who staffs the in-house art department (Janelle a candidate)?
  • Are the 12 activations listed anywhere (scope sheet)?
  • Will Randi take the solar conversation (and the warehouse sale question)?
  • Who is "Johnny Buffalo" (new) and what's the Noderunners movie connection?
  • Bootcamp this weekend — yes/no (Jen/Poly, after-meeting)?
  • Is the $1,200/mo figure the full rent or rent+utilities?

7. Gaps

  • Summit date: not stated cleanly anywhere in the corpus yet (only new moon Oct 10 as an anchor).
  • 12 activations: no list, no owners per unit.
  • Companion card: spec given, but no build owner beyond Kyle's general tech-dev remit; no test plan.
  • Randi deal: verbal — no written agreement referenced; no solar quote.
  • Art department: concept only.
  • Points economy: mechanics (earn rates, redemption) unspecified.
  • SWAT team: who exactly, on what rotation.

8. My Follow-Ups (Avi)

  1. No direct assignment. Avi not named in this meeting.
  2. Companion card app work — the notification/passphrase/points flow is app development inside Kyle's tech-dev remit, with weekly progress expected and no named app engineer. This is the closest thing to an open Avi-shaped task in the meeting. [INFERRED offer]
  3. SWAT incident app — "report whatever's wrong via an app and have someone show up" is a small dispatch app; unowned. [INFERRED offer]
  4. Trust demos — members bring computers and install Archipelago; if any fail, someone needs to troubleshoot at the table. [INFERRED offer]

Email Summary

8-17 framed the month through the Summit: the fence comes down (it's a lease violation) in favor of a wire hoop trellis, gate, and hoop tunnel — with every design decision routed through Angel, the Aesthetic Church's criss-cross string lights as the free first inside-design win, and Ali and Rah bringing hydroponic automatic watering for the plants that can survive the light. The companion card became a Summit artifact: scan it and your phone notifies staff (passphrase if the phone is dead), it carries decentralized privacy, it powers points-based free-market economies so Summit vendors stop chasing transactions, and it's the on-ramp to SolLunar Society membership. L484 runs all of Tech Day — Saturday, day 3, the most-attended day: 10am yoga, 3pm TED-style speakers, a proposed Angel/Poly opening panel with Jen facilitating, 7pm music, and an 8pm 45-minute DJ set from Zaza, Johnny Buffalo, and Poly, with Angel staffing it through the L484 network, the community kitchen ordering through the app and paying in points, and a SWAT team on incident apps. Kyle takes Summit tech development (Poly: "I don't have time"), Poly is planning a Digital Sovereignty 101 workshop around the Archipelago server setup, and the 12 activations enter construction/fabrication while Poly raises capital. The big financial agreement: Randi gets the electric bill paid — $600 every two weeks, about $1,200 a month, until the rent is repaid, three years maximum, with a prepay option — and Poly and Fish are going to her warehouse today with the solar pitch for that giant roof. Trent, deep in the Bitcoin rabbit hole, co-teaches bootcamps with Poly and Stephanie; the Trust meets this weekend with every member bringing a computer to install and demo Archipelago; and the sunset activation (Web5 at dusk, Lunarpunk lounge, new moon October 10) is where the sun side hands over to the moon side.