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