Attendance & Check-in : your weather for this meeting • Leen • Anca • Itzel • Jana

Missing from the meeting

• Kris • Mara • Cedric • Tente

Full minutes shared with members of the circle

Community Health and Emotional State • Multiple members express emotional exhaustion from carrying operational and emotional burdens • Imbalance noted between personal projects and community responsibilities • Financial goals recently achieved, providing some relief • Concerns raised about community resilience and member retention • General sadness and worry about negative atmosphere and loss of positive energy

Decision-Making and Authority • Questions raised about who has authority to exclude a member • Consensus that regular, active community members should be involved in decision • Reference to quadratic voting and need for clear process • Acknowledgement that founders/leadership have implicit authority but prefer shared responsibility • Tension between desire for decisive leadership and commitment to compassionate, slow decision-making

Support Structures and Channels for Tension • Proposal to create multiple channels for expressing tensions: ◦ Anonymous suggestion box (with key for privacy) ◦ Dedicated email address for concerns ◦ Designation of a “safety person” (Anka volunteers) for confidential support ◦ Heartbeat meetings as regular forum for issues • Emphasis on not “parenting” or “raising” adults; responsibility for self-management • Suggestion to formalize attention coordination team for crisis management

Financial and Operational Matters • Payment delays is common among members; not grounds for exclusion unless persistent

Community Values and Leadership Philosophy • Leen expresses pride in slow, compassionate approach to exclusion • Acknowledgement of the difficulty and complexity of decision-making in a non-hierarchical, values-driven community • Recognition that slow processes can lead to frustration and member loss, but are seen as integral to community ethos • Reflection on the challenge of balancing compassion for individuals with the needs of the collective

Meeting Checkout and Closing Reflections • Members express agitation, sadness, cautious optimism, and relief at decision • Affirmation that much work has been done to strengthen community processes and support structures • Ongoing tension between desire for more decisive leadership and commitment to shared, slow, compassionate governance • Acceptance of differing needs and decisions to stay or leave the community