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9 | 3/19/25

9 | 3/19/25

Directors in Attendance:

  • [x] adi
  • [ ] adymchenko
  • [x] aly
  • [x] danliu
  • [x] erdaifuu
  • [x] fengyihuang (ultimate super hyper ultra(lisk) cool)
  • [x] finwan
  • [x] jaysa
  • [x] jedakrisnell
  • [ ] jingwenyang
  • [x] joiew
  • [x] laksith
  • [ ] lemurseven
  • [x] lic
  • [x] lukepeters
  • [x] ncostello
  • [ ] oliverni
  • [x] rjz
  • [x] ronitnath
  • [x] rsang
  • [x] sawansri
  • [ ] sbwilliams
  • [x] storce
  • [x] tabi
  • [x] toke
  • [x] msonmez

*=missed last bod

Guests in Attendance:

  • x
  • leos
  • knives

Logistics:

Start time: 6:12 PM

Note taker: lukepeters, jaysa

Agenda

  1. Purchases: xx
  2. Discussion of xx

Items

Voting

Notification

Management

  • Site Affairs

  • @Ronit Nath discussion of our policies for expanded resource provisionment for student organizations

    • there is a 7.68TB SSD inside implosion that is currently unused
    • do we want to run it on implosion?
    • resource quotas for studenrorgs, especially media orgs with large storage requirements?
    • rjz: can't do disk drive "colocation"/bring your own hard drive - don't have enough drive bays
    • laksith: so, in the past we've given like VMs for org like berkeleytime but that's just a VM and if people forgot it it's not a big deal. But for custom dedicated hardware this will be a bigger problem. (We did kinda forget about berkeleytime for a while…)

    rjz: for many reasons, hosting media assets in ocf is not the best idea… * in 2023, upgraded SSDs in dataloss. 7.68TB SSD unused in implosion, can get another of same size. that would be enough space. would we want to run it on implosion? * laksith: the only reason we're talking about implosion is bc we scaled down the decal. * rjz: no wtf… but anyway. should consider running decal VMs inside a VM * laksith: ok * All three printers are now back in rotation * We have spare parts from the recent fuser deliver. * @laksith Desktoprc is real!! * New Docs: Desktop Configuration * Old Docs (still helpful!) : https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/docs/staff/tips/desktoprc/ * @laksith dev-vampires is up with debian 12, basically everything is broken on there rn, will fix and migrate over when possible. * Be extremely careful with the NFS * discuss more with @Jonathan Zhang * what if vampires on nix?!?!?!? :) * hmm * Working on tape drive today! @Jonathan Zhang * General Affairs * Project updates today * ronitnath: old OCF used to encourage more technical engagement (SSHing, hand-built websites, etc)… but also we want ppl to use our stuff!!! * there are still a few users who do really cool stuff geocities/neocities style on OCF infra * but we should meet the evolving needs of users/orgs e.g. user friendly website building

Committees

OPERATIONS @Jeda Krisnell Dionisio

  • New paper refund is cool :) thanks y'all @Chenghao Li !!!
  • More than one printer is running again!
  • Also tabitha (front desk computer) is wacky → replace?
  • Ronit already knows
  • SPRING BREAK HOURS
  • This Saturday (3/22) from 12-6 (email SWE++ to see if they have a class this weekend)
    • emailed
  • Closed 3/23-3/30
  • Re-open 3/31 at 9am (regular time)
  • From last BoD that we didn't discuss: "Jingwen is interested in op staff. Would love to hire from internal, but don't want to introduce too much bias."
  • will be grouped in with everyone
  • Hiring Timeline & Info
  • Applications: 3/31 - 4/13
  • Review: 4/14 - 4/27
    • Already send out rejections
  • Interviews: 4/28 - 5/9 (5/5-5/9 is RRR week)
    • From last time: OCF is real option for interview locations
    • jedakrisnell: no interviews in the OCF
  • Deliberations: 5/10 - 5/11 (depending on how long we take)
  • Decisions (emailing rejections and acceptances): 5/12
  • Application review: Gianna, Knives, Jo, Rosie, Albert, Leo
  • Interviews (Cafe Milano/Zoom):
  • Both: Jeda, Tabi, Isabelle, Laksith, Jaysa, rjz
  • volstaff are encouraged to apply! will remove "good for volunteer staff" box, now just Yes or No when rating applications.
  • Job Description

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FINANCE @Jaysa Garcia @Rosarin Sanglimsuwan

  • Keychron order status
  • Initial ABSA allocations released
  • we got 25k
  • ASUC cut budget for chartered programs… but they cut us extra hard
  • will run thru some numbers w/ rosie tmrw and then potentially appeal next monday
  • msg jaysa/rosie if you want more info / have ideas. rosie and i will also be in the lab friday working on this
  • CACSSF starts meeting tmrw

INTERNAL @Luke Peters @Joie Wu

  • Cal Day volunteers - April 19
  • Lab decorations
  • Tech talks: ~4 to be scheduled in the weeks after break
  • Wed/Fri preferences?
    • Will try out Friday, but air on offering wednesday slots
    • Most people don't want to do a wider talk
  • Most people indicated maybe for larger scale
    • diff group of people

MARKETING @Jonathan Zhang @Jingwen Yang

  • Lab decorations
  • Stickers order
  • Waddles alternate variations

DECAL @Sawan Srivastava @Carl Luo

  • sawansri
  • 17 ppl showed up to lecture, midterm season is rough (people asking for excused absences)
  • erdaifuu
  • WIP decal attendance sheet
  • Looks a lot better than I'd thought, only 6 out of ~27 people aren't actively participating

Final

End time: 7:08