High Desert Institute

2025-03-17: Board Meeting Minutes

  • Board members present (3/3):
    • CJ Trowbridge
    • Julia Heim
    • Joe Whisher
  • Financial Report
    • Approximate balance of accounts, including pending transactions and estimates of pending fees.
      • General Unrestricted Funds
        • Balance is $172
      • Cyberpony Express Funds
        • Received $4,065 in donations so far.
        • Fiscal sponsorship will take 7%.
        • Board voted to spend $307 on lora nodes to give out for free at the first workshop.
        • Balance is about $3,473.45
      • Land Acquisition Funds
        • Received $1,872 in donations so far.
        • Fiscal sponsorship will take 7%.
        • Balance is about $1,740.96
  • Board Votes
    • Board voted to spend up to $500 on initial builds that come out of the upcoming hardware strategy/development ad hoc
    • Board voted to buy two Lilygo T-Decks; one for Joe and one for Julia to do content development and to demonstrate the technology to their organizations
  • Cyberpony Express Workshop Recap
    • Discussed how it went, see separate post about that.
  • Cyberpony Express Disatches/Podcast
    • We will host zoom workshops about various aspects of the project. These will be recorded and published on youtube as a sort of podcast about the state of the project.
      • Zoom Links will be posted on discord for those who want to join. Session will be live streamed on TikTok and recordings posted on YouTube.
      • 2025-03-27 - 7pm (PDT) - 9pm - Hardware Strategy/Development
        • Topics covered include node types, build lists, educational content strategy, and opportunities for custom hardware development.
      • 2025-04-03 - 7pm (PDT) - 9pm - Siting
        • Topics covered include how and where we want to site the different types of nodes.
      • 2025-04-10 - 7pm (PDT) - 9pm - BBS/ Librarian

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