Orion/2. Areas/Sapien/knowledge/Sapien Meeting Notes 4-27-26 Readout.md

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Sapien Meeting — 2026-04-27 (Readout)

Companion doc: the Halfocracy governance outputs (15 roles) generated from this meeting → separate readout.

1. Decisions

decision	who	date
Storage policy shift: "This is a national park. We don't store anything here. If you bring it, take it out."	Mackenze	2026-04-27
Freezer standoff: get Brian to take his old freezers (he won't take the meat without them); branded smart freezers coming from Force of Nature; old freezers waste $200+ in power	Mackenze / Poly	2026-04-27
Membership structure: $350/mo = single-property co-working up to 14 days; >14 days or all-locations = $550/mo; card scan opens doors (if it doesn't go through, door doesn't open)	Poly	2026-04-27
Membership allocation per $350: $100 → single-property co-working, $25 → coffee/beverages, $50 → IT services/front store, 15 sessions at Upgrade Labs, hardware at ~cost (20% markup), members' market access (avocado oil, non-alcoholic mezcal, samples/gift bags)	Poly	2026-04-27
Healers' Fund: $25 from the co-working budget per membership; competitive — only the best healers share it; they sell to members via classes, not aggressive sales	Poly	2026-04-27
Everyone must be a member; events get a special day pass ($25, includes membership); after cards arrive, Tuesday & Thursday nights are no longer free	Poly	2026-04-27
Private event space rental: $200+/hr, with an approval process ("hold it like a bar of soap" — frequency judged per event)	Poly	2026-04-27
Event frequency cap proposal: max 1 event/month per member unless extra approval	Jen	2026-04-27
Upstairs becomes bodywork room (faster than converting downstairs into a proper kitchen)	Poly / Mackenze	2026-04-27
Kitchen484 funding: if membership revenue flows to the kitchen, Jay can run it continuously (no ordering out every night)	Poly	2026-04-27
Build plan: first shipping container → split-down-the-middle co-working offices (no zoning/permits, instant install); air-conditioned wedding tent as store on the front driveway; mesh nodes tied to the doorbell	Mackenze	2026-04-27
Privacy: public membership link, but member data on a local Nextcloud (.local, not .com); Tor + Cloudflare tunnel only if needed; no external AI scraping of member info; "call the operator" for updates	Poly	2026-04-27
Location identity: Noderunner shop + training center + Lab484 amenities; health & wellness = third priority (lifestyle amenity)	Poly	2026-04-27
May runs as a hybrid month (guests outside-only, members inside); if not ready in June, continue hybrid; full launch July	Justin	2026-04-27
Brian's stuff comes out next month (May); lost-and-found bucket + Amazon box for deliveries at front desk	Justin / Poly	2026-04-27

Cross-check vs 06-DECISIONS: consistent with the 4-10/4-24 L484 notes (Sapien as Archipelago successor location). No reversals. The $350/$550 tiers were "discussed" earlier; this meeting fixes the allocation.

2. Action Items

owner	task	due date	project	status
UNASSIGNED	Send Justin the list of current members	NO DATE	Sapien / Membership	open
Justin	Create Telegram group for May events (he hosts two in May)	NO DATE	Sapien / Events	open
Justin + Jen	Build SOPs (with Mackenze running house + marketing); practical next-month list	NO DATE	Sapien / Ops	in progress
Justin	One-sheet flyer with QR code (apply, instagram, rules, no pitching/selling to members)	NO DATE	Sapien / Marketing	open
Jen	Talk to Poly about money for extension cords (buy this week: 4× extension cords w/ power strips)	this week	Sapien / Facilities	open
Mackenze	Continue ordering supplies (deliveries dropped at front; bell for shopkeeper)	ongoing	Sapien / Ops	in progress
Poly + Jen	Work out the facilitator-needs-to-be-a-member problem	NO DATE	Sapien / Membership	open
UNASSIGNED	Get professional weekly cleaners	when $150k secured	Sapien / Facilities	blocked
UNASSIGNED	Asif in front shop 9-5	when investor money secured	Sapien / Retail	blocked
UNASSIGNED	Shade + misters + fans before heat (90s-100s)	NO DATE	Sapien / Outdoor	open
Mackenze	Reset site to standard: clean moldy shade-cloths (4 large, "big jumbled mess"), bug protection, bathroom discipline; get shop-vac + pressure washer; move to-do list (front office drawer) into proof-of-work	NO DATE	Sapien / Facilities	open
UNASSIGNED	Get Brian to take old freezers	NO DATE	Sapien / Facilities	open
Justin	Build event SOP (easel, volunteers to direct arrivals)	NO DATE	Sapien / Events	open
Jay	Chart of chores for whoever stays in the space	NO DATE	Sapien / Ops	open
UNASSIGNED	Reorganize space for flow (large tables in middle, not sides)	NO DATE	Sapien / Ops	open
Angel	At least two events at Sapien in coming month	within a month	Sapien / Events	committed
Allen	MODIC member-comms: gather all contacts into CRM, permission email+SMS campaigns → Eventbrite/Partiful	NO DATE	Sapien / CRM	open
UNASSIGNED	Team T-shirt design: NOSTR bird as "Roadrunner node runner"	NO DATE	Sapien / Branding	open
UNASSIGNED	Membership cards (100 trust + 150 lab ordered — "getting them next week")	week of 4-28	Sapien / Membership	in progress

3. Project Links

• Sapien → new project candidate (this is where the project work is concentrated)
• Kitchen484 → new project candidate (food ops)
• Noderunner shop → new project candidate (retail/tech storefront)
• L484 → new project candidate (Sapien = Lab484 amenities + training center)
• Archipelago — mentioned as main sponsor of Sapien events
• Upgrade Labs — partner (15 sessions/membership; IVs, hyperbaric)
• Keynctr (keynctr 1) — not mentioned

4. Knowledge

• Brian's event pricing baseline: $400/hr, 4-hr minimum ($1,600); sliding scale or free at his discretion; whole-place takeover (no staff, no members) $1,000/hr. A 4-hr event = 6-8 hrs of actual work (setup + cleanup) — "we're not doing that right now."
• Sapien is currently underperforming as a venue: "the place hasn't been mopped in months"; needs new furniture + water heater, estimated $15-20k.
• Revenue lines at Sapien: events, memberships, bootcamps, enterprise services, hardware sales, vending, meat sales, milk & grocery (+ Lucidity per Mackenze).
• Enterprise services roadblock solved: "not being able to replace QuickBooks and another software; we just solved these issues."
• Insurance constraint: if someone gets hurt outside and isn't a member, "we aren't covered" — insurance requires being an entity that exists inside the system.
• Mesh network nodes are used locally and attached to the doorbell.
• Overbuy strategy: overbuy own consumption of meat/milk → transform waste into yogurt or "the most bonkers guilt-free super ice cream in the history of the world."
• 3 meals/day + snacks needed; "Is Jay really ready for that?" (Poly: "No, but with $150k, we can hire someone.")
• Astroturf/floors are toxic — barefoot users better in the wedding tent ("rolling around in petroleum").
• Shadecloths: 4 large, retrofitted lights to handle them; up in 5 minutes; rain pooling + wind are the limiting factors.
• Massage therapist got her license; her boyfriend might run the front shop.
• Jay (resident): undefined role ("not 'manager,' unlike Tom"); expects 24/7 presence; gets $20-50 per small task; free food/drink important to him; his side ventures (AI-on-laptops, kitchen help, Zaza help) each becoming their own deal; he's bringing in his own investors; no inventory system exists ("just knows the contents of the supply room"; supply room disorganized).
• MODIC = members-only communications tool Allen set up, tied to his CRM.
• Sponsors on the wall: Force of Nature, LMNT, Yerba Madre incoming; Noderunner shop to be treated as a sponsor; "our main sponsor is Archipelago" (Poly).
• Justin & Jen background: ran a hotel, worked in the wedding industry — customer service, events, memberships.

5. Troubleshooting

• Bathroom cleaning neglected — "fumbling with not cleaning bathrooms"; fix: shop-vac, pressure washer, proof-of-work board, daily inspection (per governance doc).
• Brian's freezers — he won't remove meat, L484 pays the electricity; fix: make him take the freezers; $200+/month waste vs new smart freezers (smart-freezer telemetry = a role in the governance doc).
• Member info exposed to AI scraping risk — fix: .local domain, local Nextcloud, Tor/Cloudflare tunnel only when needed, public site for marketing only.
• Food sales untracked (Venmo to individuals) — flagged here; full POS solution discussed 5-4 (see that readout).
• Supply room / inventory invisible — Jay can't find TP/paper towels; no system, no visibility.

6. Open Questions

• Who runs membership/customer service day-to-day? (Poly: the front desk person — but who is that?)
• Facilitators/practitioners who aren't members — allowed? (Poly + Jen working it)
• Is there a company with a temporary fold-in ceiling? (Jenelle)
• Membership link online? Member event calendar? (raised, not closed)
• What goes in the members'-event approval guidelines? (Jen: "what do we want the guidelines to be?")
• Is the front store a tech whiz? (Poly: no — schedule with someone who is)

7. Gaps

• Event approval process is decided in principle but has no written form/checklist yet (governance doc assigns it to a role, see companion readout).
• Legal indemnifications for practitioners "needed" — not drafted.
• Professional cleaning, Asif's 9-5, and several items are gated on "$150k" / investor money — no date for that.
• Membership cards "ordered" per Poly but the 5-4 note says the order has not been placed (waiting on font) — discrepancy between 4-27 and 5-4. [LOW CONFIDENCE which is right]
• Jay's role is explicitly undefined; his 24/7 expectation is unmet on both sides.
• No owner named for the $15-20k facilities fund (furniture, water heater).

8. My Follow-Ups (Avi)

• None assigned. Avi is not mentioned in this note.
• Adjacent [INFERRED]: the CRM/modic pipeline (Allen) and local Nextcloud/privacy conventions affect anything hosted for the lab (e.g., SuiteCRM on Avi's machine — keep member data off public endpoints).

Email Summary

4/27 set Sapien's operating model: $350/mo single-property membership (14-day co-working cap) and $550/mo all-locations, with a fixed per-member allocation ($100 co-working, $25 coffee, $50 IT, 15 Upgrade Labs sessions, hardware at 20% markup) and a $25-per-member Healers' Fund. Everyone becomes a member; events run on a $25 day pass plus an approval process, and private rentals are $200+/hr. Storage is banned ("national park" policy), Brian's freezers go, the first shipping container becomes co-working offices, and a wedding tent becomes the front-drive store. May runs as a hybrid month (guests outside, members inside) targeting a July full launch. Immediate asks: shade before the heat, a reset of cleaning standards, the member list to Justin, and a Telegram group for May events.