HYH April 25, 2026

[Rick Blake]

I was in the Lab for HYH this past Saturday, no others attended for HYH. One member ( I believe she is) came in but focused on projects, there being no meeting. I emptied trash and scanned the space for issues, nothing significant seen. 

This is the second Saturday HYH with no or minimal attendance, March 28 Andre and I were here and no others. 

While lack of an agenda and no proposals may be a reason for the lack of attendance, HYH serves to gather us to clean and organize the space. Attendance is encouraged for this reason. 

March 28 there was an event scheduled outside of the Lab, which apparently attracted many who would otherwise be here. When this change to a Saturday was discussed, I pointed out that while many expressed concern that their difficulty in attending on a Thursday night warranted an accommodation, I pointed out that my saturday mornings were already booked with events important to me, and attending HYH would require that I set one of those aside, including 2 to 4 events annually that were if significant importance to me personally. One such event will occur in June, conflicting with HYH on the 27th, and I will attend that one as it is an annual event. 

If Saturday HYH meetings continue to be lightly attended, I will submit a proposal to revert to Thursdays, with reasoning and argument to support it.

[Jay McGavren]

That sucks, Rick, sorry. Thank you for helping with cleanup!

I'm the opposite; I have a standing conflicting event on Thursdays. I'm one of the members that benefits from there being an option to attend on Saturdays. Only reason I wasn't there last Saturday is that I was out of town. That said, I'm just one of many, and people need to vote with their feet.

If people aren't showing up on Saturdays, then yeah, a proposal to move back to Thursdays is totally in order. Saturday-people, let's demonstrate that Saturday meetings are still needed by showing up! (And if a lack of proposals is the problem, let's get some proposals in here!)

-Jay

[Jay McGavren]

Also, the cleaning still needs to happen even if it was missed on Saturday. Please, folks, check the laminated sign by the whiteboard and claim a task (by writing your name next to it)!