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08.26.25

8/26/2025

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CTO: 8:04pm
Batcave in attendance: Guapo, Viv, Snookums, MakeItSo, Miera
LLC in attendance: The Intern, Savage

AGENDA ITEMS
Review BC applicant preferred experience items
- Unanimously approved

Discuss @ everyone tag in Discord
- Create new tag for urgent messages
- Use @role tag for tagging channel members
- Suppress @ everyone and @ here
- Tabled until next week so everyone can research

Art CAMPS help
- Viv will take META, Art Lead and DMV
- The Intern will take Procession and Production

CAMPS BUSINESS
CITY
- Land Prep work weekend #1 update
- big tree cut down about 1/2 cleared around
- need to cut trunk down to 6” above ground for stump grinder
- getting work lights so volunteers can work in evening
- hole near the pond supposed to get filled 
- hill blocking a road may need to level

ART
- META - Build weekend #1 is this weekend, everything set go
- Art grant applications close Thursday

MEDIA
- Nips submitted the SG to LLC for approval Monday
- Nips agreed to create wristband 

PARTICIPANTS
- Parking lights - in discussion with LLC
- Need greeter lead and ice lead to approve shifts in Tribal Cities

SAFETY
- S* lead may not be able to commit - two community members have offered to purchase ticket to see if that will help. Will have solid answer by end of this week.
- Guardian shifts - Viv to post about Guardian shifts 
- Safety Extravaganza - prelim schedule created - need feedback from leads

COMMUNITY VOICE
- Financial transparency requested - solution suggested: having 3 year CPA audit after event with formal financial statements
- How to record hours volunteered for VIP/Discount tickets - clarification coming 

LLC UPDATES
Volunteer shift coverage
- at 11% - we need 50% to have the burn
- possibly because of new volunteer process roadblocks
- solution: training sessions?
- media post about shifts needing coverage

Cart rental - waiting on credit approval/deposit
Lights ordered with tripods
Ice and Radio still in process

BWB wants to promote
- put QR code to link to BWB FB page at greeters as an art project
- BWB can post in General and Theme Camp channels in Discord
- Miera will reach out 

VFD will meet with LLC during safety extravaganza

ACTION ITEM REVIEW
- Viv to post about Guardian shifts
- Miera to reach out to MEAT lead, Intern to reach out to Fire Lead about Safety Extravaganza
- Viv to post about needed shift coverage - Snookums to share in other burn FB groups - LLC to send the post verbiage 
- Miera to reach out to BWB about art piece
- Viv to post Thursdays from 7pm - 8pm training on Tribal Cities
- Viv to create meeting room for training

NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA
Discuss a Safety Extravaganza Coordinator lead position just for organizing Safety Extravaganza
Discuss @ everyone tag in Discord

CLOSED MEETING TOPICS
none

Meeting closed: 9:52p
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08.19.25

8/19/2025

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CTO: 8:01pm 
Batcave in attendance: Guapo, Viv, Miera, Snookums, Chaos Kitten
LLC in attendance: Savage

AGENDA ITEMS
Discuss a permanent lead/AF position just for organizing Safety Extravaganza
  • Just a ton of work for an AF that already has a ton on their plate
  • Safety Extravaganza Coordinator?
  • Tabling until MamaBear can be part of the discussion


Discuss volunteer shift check-in process (tracking shifts for VIP tickets/discounts)
  • Will need LLC input on this
  • Must be present for full shift, must check in/out at VHQ
  • Want to avoid leads having to go through and double check volunteer statuses
  • Create a Vol HQ log in that everyone uses to sign in volunteers
  • Can put after hours logins with Echelon, then falls to Duty Chief 
  • Need a way to adjust time for check ins/outs - will double check with Raptor
  • Beta testing with work weekends/build weekends

Discuss reinstating BC applicant experience needs
  • Previously, Batcave AFs were required to have 3 Myschievias, 1 leadership/ass leadership role, and be in good standing with the org
  • Extenuating circumstances apply, obvs
  • Make it “preferred experience”
  • Viv to create Batcave Preferred Experience List and will discuss next meeting

CAMPS BUSINESS
CITY
  • Work weekend #1 is this weekend
  • Signage duties are being moved from zone guide to Exo this year
ART
  • META - lumber has been delivered and blueprints are mostly done
  • build weekend #1 is next weekend
MEDIA
  • Nips wrapping things up and will have SG ready for LLC review next week
PARTICIPANTS
  • Ice - taking goal attendance numbers and basing needs off that
  • Parking requested lights - putting in budget request
  • Volunteer badges - putting in budget request
  • Tribal Cities - 98 accounts, 7% shift fulfillment - Snookums to continue with front line support until things are up and running 100%, then will transfer to Tech Lead
SAFETY
  • No updates
COMMUNITY VOICE
  • Tribal Cities roll out has gone really smoothly and participants seem to like it

LLC UPDATES
  • Portos rented
  • Carts (11) - want to meet with Savage in person to verify ID - will be handled
  • Generator - still to be ordered
  • Radios - Savage taking point on this 

ACTION ITEM REVIEW
  • Viv to create Batcave Preferred Experience List and will discuss next meeting
  • Miera to get hard guidelines from LLC next meeting for volunteer check ins
  • Snookums to discuss shift check in/check out process ideas with Raptor (testing deadline Sept 19, Sept 25 as cutoff for release)

NEXT WEEK’S AGENDA
  • Discuss a Safety Extravaganza Coordinator lead position just for organizing Safety Extravaganza

CLOSED MEETING TOPICS
Vote on MIS for Participants AF
  • Voted in unanimously

Meeting closed: 8:56pm
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08.12.25

8/12/2025

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CTO: 7:57pm
Batcave in attendance: Guapo, Viv, Snookums, Miera, MamaBear
LLC in attendance: The Intern

AGENDA ITEMS
Volunteer Registration site!!
- debugging and testing in progress
- Google SSO fix biggest issue
- Backlog issues and minor bugs will be in progress after release
- Snookums will make the call on release - if it’s still too buggy, we move to spreadsheet. If can fix by Sunday, will migrate info to site. If not by then, we stick with spreadsheet. Tomorrow morning, volunteer registration is live either way.

Vote on M* for Tech Lead
 -unanimously approved

CV Tickets Policy
- Leads asking for clarification
- Generally under the lead’s discretion - ask LLC 

CAMPS BUSINESS
CITY
- signage may change hands - up to City leads
- city put a call out for new street names
ART
- META - lumber has been ordered and blueprints are mostly done
- Art lead has art placement, art grant app, and art grant committee app open
MEDIA
- Nips wrapping things up and will have SG ready for LLC review before Sept
PARTICIPANTS
- No update
SAFETY
- Submitted budget for Safety Extravaganza
- Meeting with Renegade to figure out what they need for mock ICS incident
- Bringing info back from BMORG perimeter, etc
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
- Call to open up Batcave meetings (questions/comments in chat) to community
- Any matters involving sensitive information can be handled after the open meeting in a closed session
- Approved unanimously to start next week
- Viv to post about it

LLC UPDATES
- AED has been rented
- Gators still to be rented
- Portos still to be rented
- Additional 25KW generator ordered to run safety nook/volunteer HQ
- Second round of tickets to be released on the 29th now
- VIP tickets now come with a $25 discount on ticket for following year

ACTION ITEM REVIEW
- Viv post about open Batcave Meetings
- Viv to update second round tickets date and post to social media/push art tickets - let people know that VIP includes $25 discount for following year
- Snookums to make go/no-go call on volunteer reg site
- Miera to reach out about volunteer spreadsheet status

NEXT WEEK’S AGENDA
Nothing as of now but I’m sure something will be added within the week!

Meeting closed: 8:45pm
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08.05.25 Meeting Minutes

8/5/2025

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CTO: 8:02pm
Batcave in attendance: Guapo, Viv, Hades, Miera, Snookums, MamaBear
LLC in attendance: Intern

AGENDA ITEMS
Hades to report on volunteer app status
-- Raptor was very very ill so it’s delayed 
-- they’ll let us know asap 
-- deadline is August 8th; if not ready, moving back to spreadsheet

M* interview for tech lead role
-- M* had to reschedule
-- Viv will reach out and let folks know

Vote on Wasabi for Zoning Lead
-- approved unanimously

Vote on Murph for Greeter Lead
-- approved unanimously

Cart types needed
-- CITY - 1 site ops (four seater with back area for gas cans, water, tools, etc), 1 city planning/zoning (four seater)
-- ART - 0
-- MEDIA - 0
-- PARTICIPANTS - 1 for parking (two seater is fine, four seater preferred)
-- SAFETY - 1 gate (two seater), 3 ranger (2 four seaters, at least one off-road, and then one whatever for guardian), 1 MEAT (off-road, can hold a backboard), 1 fire (four seater with back area for gas cans, etc), 1 sanctuary (four seater preferred)
- Viv to send above list to LLC

CAMPS BUSINESS
CITY
Update from Sunday’s Meeting:
-- work weekends will be aug 22-24, sept 5-7, sept 19-21, and sept 26-28
-- theme camp registration form will be live weds aug 6
-- Havok reached out to leads for infrastructure space needs

ART
- New art lead is up to speed
- META informed of recon info

MEDIA
- Sent Nips info from recon for Survival Guide

PARTICIPANTS
- Waiting to hear back from Raptor about budget/app

SAFETY
Safety extravaganza will be Sept 20-21
-- will make food request budget
-- will verify headcount

COMMUNITY OUTREACH
no updates

LLC UPDATES
- Budgets approved across the board
- Miera is reaching out to see if META tools can be retrieved
- Setting up meeting with Renegade and safety leads for Safety Extravaganza
- Intern is responsible for murder tree

ACTION ITEM REVIEW
- Viv to reach out to M* about rescheduling interview
- Viv to send cart list to LLC email
- MamaBear to verify headcount and submit food budget to LLC
- MamaBear to send ICS emergency plan rough draft to LLC

NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA
- Update on volunteer software
- M* tech lead role update/voting

Meeting closed: 8:51pm
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