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Knowledge vault (Orion/PARA) migrated from the pre-Orion 484vault on 2026-10-01. Deliberately orphaned: prior history contained a plaintext password and stays local-only on branch archive/pre-boilerplate-history. Secrets and live Hermes state are gitignored.
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| project | status | first-seen | last-seen | local-path | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lab484 | active | 2026-03-20 | 2026-08-31 | null | Meeting notes batch processing 2026-09-05 |
Lab 484 (L484)
Overview
The umbrella organization ("the lab") — a community of people with a shared ideology of privacy and security, 3 locations, ~12 startups in an incubator (channelled description, 2026-04-24). "A future where all of these tools are available to all with no gatekeepers." Runs a trust that sets an annual budget; the trust covers rent + electric (4-24). Not an LLC as of 2026-05-04 (entity decision pending: 484 LLC with trust vs Asif's LLC + DBA vs non-profit).
Locations (as of Aug 2026)
- Sapien — member venue/house (see Sapien (legacy project note)); lease crisis resolved 5-29 (Trust member provided money, Zack signed); lease still unsigned through 8-10, then gated on Ben.
- SolLunar (Sol Luna) — brick house venue, launched ~Sept 2026 (see SolLunar Society); 200A into the lot, 100A per house; network problem (8-gig plan delivering 2MB).
- Yellow house(s) — server room (power shortfall; crawl space with landlord consent), Hakeem/Above Phone offices (#2), good house = data center/offices/ bootcamp guest rooms; bad house = demolish/garden (7-10).
- Portal — small space; unsuitable for >5 people; lease ended 2026-05-30/31.
- Randi's warehouse — debt deal 8-17 ($600 electric bill biweekly until rent repaid, 3-yr max); she wants to sell; giant roof = solar target.
Key people (recurring)
Poly (vision/finance/deal-making), Ali (engineering/infrastructure; distinct person from Avi), Avi (engineering — CRM, app work; "you're a treasure" 7-10; "great job programming" 8-14), Jenelle, Mackenze, Allen, Jen, Jay (food truck) & Jay (community/robotics) — two Jays, Asif, Collette, Corbin, Kaleb, Blaze, Kyle (accounting), Zaza, Justin, Tom, Dawei, Izzy (departed 5-29, back Oct), Angel (Solarpunk), Hakeem (Above Phone), Gambino, Haven, Jessie, Fish, Trent, Shadrach, Trash Panda (TP), Apollo, Johnny, Stephanie (12-installation tracker), Laura.
Systems
- CRM: SuiteCRM on Avi's machine (4-10, Glassfrog data imported); crm.l484.com public hostname (4-30); default passwords on 4 users (rotate).
- Nextcloud: project details; member data on local .local (not .com); onboarding session 5-25 (Collette teaches).
- Mautic: mautic.l484.com (Zaza) — PMA-compliant member database + notification channel (6-15).
- MODIC: members-only comms tool (Allen), tied to CRM.
- Wiki: single internal knowledge wiki (Allen, built for Collette, 5-25).
- Telegram: notification engine (nothing sensitive) — 4-24 convention.
- Chat.l484.com: project comms.
- Accounting: Pat's program (5-29); Kyle's one-on-one sessions (8-14).
Revenue lines
Memberships (Sapien $350/$550; SolLunar launch), events, bootcamps, enterprise services, hardware sales, vending, food (trucks/Kitchen484), Above Phone device programming ($30-50/phone), Hakeem affiliate ($50 codes + 20% of sale). Revenue pivot 8-14: lab gets 40% of SolLunar; SolLunar = 50/50 Poly & Angel.
Open threads (as of 2026-08-31)
- LLC/entity decision still open (blocks merchant account, insurance, leases).
- SolLunar launch ~1 week after Solarpunk Summit (9-13ish); Founding Circle $20k pre-signup; Agora/Kickstarter-style crowdfund.
- Solarpunk Summit 2026 execution (see Solarpunk Summit 2026 — Planning State).
- Accounting discipline: contributions tracked, IOU books cleaned (Kyle).
Source readouts (05-KNOWLEDGE/Meetings/)
All 27 readouts from this batch; core: L484 3-20, 4-10, 4-17, 4-24, 5-29, 7-10, 7-24, 8-14; SolLunar 7-17 → 8-31; Sapien 4-27 → 6-15; Poly Investment 6-22. Decision log: Decisions Log (legacy).