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07.29.25 Meeting Minutes

7/29/2025

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CTO: 8:03pm
Batcave in attendance: Viv, Guapo, Hades, Miera, Reality, Snookums, Mama Bear
LLC in attendance: Intern

AGENDA ITEMS
Hades report on volunteer app progress
  • app is super awesome
  • alpha testing stage
  • still working on some functionalit,
  • projected completion - beginning of August

NAMES or roles of people per camp attending recon weekend
City - A, R, Ha, E (+1), G*
Art - 0
Media - 0
Participants - M*
Safety - P, M, G, P (+1), C, Q (maybe)
Batcave - Guapo, Viv, Reality, Hades, Mama Bear, Snookums, Miera

Review apps for Tech Lead role
M* - set up interview for next week

CAMPS BUSINESS
CITY
  • VACANCY - Zoning Lead,
  • possibly W*,
ART
  • trying to reach out to art lead for onboarding,
  • Reality may miss next week because of flight,
  • META submitted initial budget and build weekends are approved,
MEDIA
  • Survival Guide update - looks so good!,
  • Viv will get Nips info on new land after recon,
PARTICIPANTS
  • VACANCY - Greeter Lead,
  • L* or M* maybe?,
SAFETY
  • Safety Extravaganza projected to be Sept 20th
  • Training and resources for fire team

LLC UPDATES
Nobody to reach out to Llama Land - LLC will handle
Budgets are due end of this week (exceptions for people needing to wait for land recon)
Submit initial budget request and then can add after recon weekend
Cart type to LLC after recon
META tools - likely a lost cause, giving up
LLC received emails regarding * - will be banned from all Mys events
Grievance policy with COC and Tiers review
  • muddy language between incident (immediate response) vs grievance (formal complaint)
  • base ours more off of Lakes of Fire COC layout
  • COC committee for reviewing grievances and submitting recommendations to LLC for final say

ACTION ITEM REVIEW:
Viv to send names of recon weekend attendees to LLC
Viv to reach out to M* to schedule interview for tech lead role
Snookums to reach out to art lead
Viv to reach out to L* for greeter lead
Guapo to reach out to M* for greeter lead
Mama Bear to email LLC about Safety Extravaganza
LLC contact R* to meet about fire stuff

NEXT WEEK’S AGENDA
Interview M* for tech lead
Volunteer app update
Cart types needed per CAMPS

Meeting closed: 8:44pm
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07.22.25 Meeting Minutes

7/23/2025

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CTO: 8:02pm
Batcave in attendance: Reality, Guapo, Viv, Hades, Snookums, Miera, Mama Bear
LLC in attendance: The Intern, Savage

AGENDA ITEMS
Review cart request reasons
- Participants - Hades sent in email to LLC for parking
- Mama Bear - Fire, MEAT, Sanctuary, 2 Rangers, Gate
- City - Site Ops

Number of people per camp attending recon weekend
City - 5
Art - 1
Media - 0
Participants - 1
Safety - 5
Batcave - 7

Vote on Tech Lead role
review tech skills list and job description
approved unanimously 


CAMPS BUSINESS

CITY
Scope of Land Prep work 
- land owners mow their own grass
- not as much tree fall
- will have things like building benches and fixing up campsites for land owners
- will hammer out details at Recon weekend

Equipment maintenance 
- generators, chainsaws

ART
Build weekend dates approval
- Viv sent approval request to LLC via email on 7/16 
- weekends approved

META Tools: 
- operate as if we WON’T be getting them back
- Snookums reach out to ** once more 

Art Grants
- Get with P* to see if they’d be willing to share info
- Get Reality and Chaos Kitten access to art drive, groups, discord

MEDIA
No new business

PARTICIPANTS
VACANCY - Greeter Lead

SAFETY
Safety Extravaganza: LLC budget/specifics
- Mid-Sept approved (either Sept 13/14 or Sept 20/21)
- one day thing - no camping
- combine with work weekend


LLC UPDATES
- Recon weekend dates approved 
- Four work weekends approved
- Safety Extravaganza - pick a weekend
- Grievance Policy, CoC, and Tiers will be voted on next week
- Renting radios and repeaters
- Approved discounted (-$25) tickets for participants who have volunteered 12 or more hours (in addition to VIP tix)
- Waiting on emails from ** and ** for decision regarding **
- Aug 1st deadline for volunteer sign up app release

ACTION ITEM REVIEW
Viv - update permissions on Google Drive for Reality and Chaos Kitten
Viv - send info to Chaos Kitten
Everyone - reach out to leads minimum cart requirements and type (number of people to transport [2, 4 or 6], lay-down area, ATV or golf cart
Viv - send recon weekend number to LLC via email
Viv - post about tech lead position, greeter lead vacancy, Batcave vacancies
LLC - update leadership application to include Tech Lead


NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA
Hades to report on volunteer app progress
CAMPS business

Meeting closed: 8:51pm
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07.15.25 Meeting Minutes

7/15/2025

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CTO: 8:01pm
Batcave in attendance: Guapo, Viv, MamaBear, Snookums, Hades, Miera
LLC in attendance: Wasabi


AGENDA ITEMS
Discuss/Vote on CK for Art Lead
- approved unanimously

Discuss/Vote on MS for Production Lead
- approved unanimously

Interview R for Art AF
- approved unanimously

FAST and Echelon leads vote
- unanimously approved both SHS for FAST and SD for Echelon

Vote to not push for lead advocate roles this year
- approved unanimously

 Leadership/Safety department rejection of *
  • LLC accepting information via email pertaining to grievances
  • banned from leadership positions
  • banned from volunteering with safety departments


CAMPS BUSINESS
CITY
  • Land Recon dates finalized?
    • Not finalized yet. LLC is talking to land owner.
    • Likely Aug 2 or 3
ART
  • Vote for Viv to serve as META Batcave AF this year
    • approved unanimously
    • Art AF will shadow
  • Build weekend dates approval
    • want to get started last weekend of August
    • ACTON ITEM: Viv to send LLC email requesting date approval
  • META Tools: LLC retrieved them yet?
    • Go ahead and make budget based on inventory list from LLC
    • ACTION ITEM: Snookums to talk to Payull about assistance
MEDIA
  • Vote to add Tech Lead role to Media
    • approved unanimously
    • ACTION ITEM: Viv will write up requirements for role
PARTICIPANTS
  • Name badges
    • Where we ordered from last year
    • ACTION ITEM: Hades to ask LLC for vendor
SAFETY
  • Safety Extravaganza: LLC budget/specifics
    • MamaBear waiting on numbers from Fire and MEAT for 
    • Need to work with work weekend scheduling 
    • ACTION ITEM: MamaBear to create Safety Extravaganza budget plan and send to LLC


LLC UPDATES
  • AFs to request reasons for carts
  • Submit grievance policy, code of conduct, consequence tiers, appeals process to LLC email (Hades to complete)
  • Intern and Radio to verify equipment maintenance
  • Echelon will be handling carts and radios. Mentioned asset tagging.


ACTION ITEM REVIEW: 

Viv to update website with new lead info
Each AF reach out to leads who requested carts 

Viv to send LLC email requesting build weekend dates approval
Snookums to talk to Payull about tool assistance
Hades to ask LLC for vendor for badges
MamaBear to create Safety Extravaganza budget plan and send to LLC
Hades to send policies to LLC via email for approval


NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA
  • Land Recon dates finalized?
  • Build weekend dates approval
  • META tool retrieval update
  • Review requirements for Tech Lead role
  • Review cart request reasons


Meeting closed: 9:34pm
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07.08.25 Meeting Minutes

7/9/2025

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Batcave Meeting July 8, 2025
CTO: 8:00 pm
Batcave in Attendance:Snookums,Miera, MamaBear, Hades

AGENDA ITEMS
Grievance Policy and Code of Conduct, 
  • Batcave’s role is to provide recommendations to the NTXB LLC. 
  • The LLC retains sole authority to implement consequences.  
  • The Batcave members will be indemnified and held harmless for any recommendations made to the LLC.  

FAST and Echelon leads 
  • interview by Safety AF and LLC will be the night of July 9th from 6:00-7:00 pm


Cart requests:
CITY: 2
ART: 1
MEDIA: 0
PARTICIPANTS:  1(to be used only through Saturday when parking closes)
SAFETY: 7
Mobility: 2

  • LLC will get information on bids about carts 

R’s Art AF/ Art Lead App
- tabled until next meeting


Lead Advocates:
Only one volunteer so far
Further discussion on that has been tabled until the end of August.  

Consequence Tiers
  • Tiers approved unanimously
  • to be passed along to LLC 

Lead Roles still Available
Art Lead
Production Lead

Unanimous vote on *’s leadership and Safety volunteer roles.
Unanimous vote to ask LLC to look into further considerations.


NEW BUSINESS
Recon weekend 
  • 2nd or 3rd of August most likely 
  • four hours, five tops, to see prime areas and problem areas 
  • pavilion that we will meet at and discuss any pertinent issues. 
  • Safety and Land Ops need to be there, but Batcave is also invited. (Leads may be.)

Safety extravaganza 
  • mid-September
  • LLC is still verifying specifics and budgetary issues.  

META Tools
  • META lead is working with LLC on retrieving inventory

Burning Man is going to send us facts about their policies for information purposes. Timeframe unknown 

Posting pictures of the land for the community soon-ish 

NEXT WEEK’S AGENDA
Land Recon dates finalized?
Safety Extravaganza: LLC budget/specifics
META Tools: LLC retrieved them yet?
FAST and Echelon leads voted in
R* Art AF/Art Lead app

Meeting ended at 8:59 pm
 
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07.01.25 Meeting Minutes

7/4/2025

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CTO: 8:00pm
Batcave in attendance: Guapo, Viv, Hades, Mama Bear, Miera, Snookums
LLC in attendance: The Intern, Wasabi

AGENDA ITEMS
Interview Nick Pryde for Procession Lead
-Voted in unanimously.
-ACTION ITEM: Mama Bear to notify

Review leadership applications:
-S H S* - FAST lead: ACTION ITEM: LLC to set up interview
-Y* - Art AF/multiple openings: Will discuss next meeting
-Goldfish Anna - Volunteer coordinator - voted in unanimously ACTION ITEM: Hades to notify
-S*D* - Echelon lead: ACTION ITEM: LLC to set up interview

Open Lead Positions:
  • Production - Intern reached out to M*S* and we should have application in this week,
  • Media AF
  • ​Art Lead

Ask your leads who would like to be CAMPS lead advocate on Batcave!
-Basically, a secondary Batcave member for your CAMPS to make sure needs are getting relayed to BC properly and being prioritized efficiently.
-Not a voting role.
-ACTION ITEM: AFs will reach out to leads

Discuss Safety Extravaganza planning
-LLC needs to know budget and dates
-Talking about combining with work weekends?
-$ per person to have it on the land ?
-ACTION ITEM: Guapo to reach out to Arkos to work on Land Prep scheduling

Reviewing and voting on Grievance Policy
-approved unanimously

Discuss/vote on the idea of having a record of votes/bans using the tier list from Hades
-severity tier explained for voting for or against on record
-report of votes for transparency and accountability
-record for future leadership
-Approved 5 with one abstain
-ACTION ITEM: Hades to post tier ideas that line up with Code of Conduct
-Snookums would like to add qualifying factors next meeting

LLAMASLLAMASLLAMAS
  • will add not to go near llamas to survival guide and waiver,
  • signs along the drive not to go near llamas (Zone Guide Lead to make),
  • service animals will be restricted this year for their safety (llamas will stomp to death LEGIT)

NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA:
-Number of cart requests per department
                ACTION ITEM: AFs to bring number to next week’s meeting
-Vote on Echelon and FAST lead and hopefully Production Lead
-List CAMPS advocates
-Viv to make welcome post for Leads once they’re all voted in, including call for continuing volunteer applications
-Discuss Y* lead apps

Meeting ended - 9:00pm
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