2025¶

Directors in Attendance:

Former Directors: None

Guests in Attendance:

Notetaker: jaysa

Agenda¶

BoD Started: 6:41PM

Voting Items:

lol one
BMT lab reservation for Saturday, Nov 8th event? total lab closure for that day.
- technically from 3-6PM, but let's just close all day
- eariespraud: will circle back to ask about opstaff/staff presence clsoer to the date
- RESULT: 15 in favor, 0 objections, 0 abstains. PASSES

Updates:

General Updates:

General Managers: fengyihuang and lukepeters storce: AllThingsWeb, a web dev conference in SF, want to host an event at Berkeley through the OCF. What do people feel about this?
- member appeared recently at one of our NixOS meetups
- They will finance everything
- They want to meet berkeley people and teach about web dev
  - one event, not recurring
- They will bring guest speakers
  - will require storce to coordinate with them on logistics
- rsang and jaysa express approval
lukepeters: final MOU w/ SUFMO is on discord concerning after-hours
- if you have concerns/comment, contact lukepeters very soon
- we bumped it up from 6 to 8 after-hours staff
- MOU renewed yearly, does not automatically continue if we forget to manually renew!!
- put name on lukepeter's sheet of paper to be able to stay until 12AM
SWE has begun using the lab
as per previous vote, BMT will use lab Nov 8th after SWE
- jaysa: will update website to reflect saturday closure

Site Updates:

Site Managers: sbwilliams and storce
storce: will give OCF infra rundown tn at GM storce and rjz went to datacenter to deal w/ failed GPU in corruption. will pop GPU into staff computer to debug. If still not working, will contact NVIDIA to see options on returning. - will need a $10 EPS adapter to do this debugging
storce: ocf.io/projects
jaysa: desktop ricing competition pushed back to next GM
- working w/ home-manager and plasma manager tonight
kinn: in solving security... actually working on securing wordpress sites, getting some security friends to help
- idea is to monitor and prevent hijacking. looks like
  - checking plugins against database of safe plugins
  - geofencing admin page
  - and many more ideas!
- if YOU have potential solutions, chat w/ kinn
- looking at 7 people plus 1-2 berke1337 officers.

Operations Updates: * Operations Manager: eariespraud

re-adjusting desktop bg to point to downloads bc ppl are silly little geese that are illiterate in the process of getting a bachelors
- embarrassing tbh
- rsang is going nuts man
- will put on ocf.io/projects
- jingwen: i can take care of it! :D would like take like 10 min
paper/toner stock looks good
rsang: A5 paper issue occasionally causes huge backlog...
- eariespraud: ppl dont come up to desk and just keep tryna print
- technical solution: auto-cancelling A5 jobs

Internal Updates:

Internal Heads: joiew and ncostello
joie: will send out tech-talk invitations by end of this week
- will ask hey... r u open to talking to general public, or wanna keep it just ocf
joie: MINECRAFT SOCIAL THIS FRIDAY POG POG POG
- come and craft baby
- volume can get crazy friday nights... but lets avoid the high volume's we've seen some other nights
lukepeters: last sem, framework tech talk got cancelled last minute
- do we reach out again?
  - joie: OK
  - lukepeters will follow up

Finance Updates:

not much

bought boardgames and stuff. thx fang and sbwilliams
folders and lab supplies otw
moving from sides to pages of paper...?
change language from sides to pages
- rsang: based on rjz's calculations, toner is not the main cost factor
- jaysa: keep this in mind when applying for funding... advocate to ASUC and other funding bodies on-campus

DeCal Updates:

DeCal Heads: erdaifuu, lic, and sawansri
erdaifuu: class yesterday went well on bash scripting
- enrollments basically done
- CE email sent out yesterday
- no screw ups like last year
jaysa: try self-hosting a website w/ lecture content
lic: if anyone wants to re-work lab1 content talk to me
sawansri: ppl may not submit lab til end of sem lol
- jaysa: separate branch w/ changes, merge at end of sem

Design Updates:

Design Heads: jingwenyang and msonmez
jingwenyang: may need to find another vendor
- current vendor is sending converted svg that looks trash
- it works but like
- rjz: ask them to provide a proof?
rsang: keebs are being manufactured from 15-18th, will update once shipped
msonmez: will post again on instagram w/ social + GM photos :)))))
- send msonmez photos on discord if you have some to post
- will gauge retreat interest and availability soon
  - sbwilliams: right before RRR week prob isnt great time...
  - msonmez: not necessarily locked to this time, will gauge ppls preferences
- thinking about locations that are nearby
  - transportation is a consideration
  - little SF alcatraz moment?
    - would be pricey but...
    - alcatraz admission isnt lowk expensive. but we do have baypass
  - rsang: exploratorium?
- promoted ocf at transfer mixer
  - will continue doing shoutouts at other transfer events

BoD Concluded: 7:19PM