(I'm checking in with Tor to get a copy of the CDS Yellow Map mentioned in the meeting that I can post here. -- Kate)
CDS Representative Assembly Meeting, Jan 12, 2017
Present: Bagheera Kristan (LRA pro tempore), Tanoujin Milestone (RA), Ranma Tardis (RA), Kate Amdahl (arrived late, RA), Delia Lake, Rosie Gray, Venra Aries (Lia Venuto), Lilith Ivory, possibly others who did not speak and thus were not recorded in the minutes.
Bagheera Kristan (leader pro tempore) called the meeting to order at 11:32. Tanoujin Milestone moved the agenda be approved, Ranma Tardis seconded. Members present voted, agenda was approved.
Tanoujin moved the December 15, 2016 meeting minutes be approved. Ranma seconded. Members voted; motion carried.
Tor Karlsvalt not being present, Chancellor-related business was bypassed, and Bagheera opened the meeting up to citizen concerns.
Delia expressed a concern about the meeting time, as it lands in the middle of her First Life work day and would prevent some working US people from attending.
Bagheera mention that because the CDS is a global community, any time chosen would be one when some CDS citizens were asleep or at work. She also noted that the meeting time is on the agenda and that setting the time could be taken up at that point.
No further citizen concerns were expressed. The floor was opened to RA concerns.
No RA concerns were expressed. The Executive Budget was taken up for discussion and approval.
Tanoujin pointed out a budget deficit, but also said that because the deficit was due in part to adopting the Casper system and budgeting for events to help encourage more ctizens to get involved that he was prepared to accept the budget as it stood. Ranma also expressed concern about the deficit but support for more citizen engagement and for the budget.
Bagheera shared the CDS Yellow Map from Tor Karlsvalt, which shows unleased property in the CDS. She pointed out that the CDS is less than 1% in the red below break even and the situation was not critical. She also expressed that she supported Tor's budget.
Kate pointed out that the greatest concentration of unused property was in the oldest regions, where special care would need to be taken before making changes and asked if the reason for that concentration was known. She also mentioned that it might be a topic to take up separately at a later time.
Tanoujin moved the budget be approved. Ranma seconded. The vote carried unanimously.
Moving on to New Business, Bagheera introduced the question of shifting LI to public land for some residential builds. Ranma asked for an explanation. Tanoujin explained that unchangeable for-rent buildings could be anchored to public land in terms of LI impact, freeing up more prims for renters and making rentals more attractive. Linden Labs does this with their premium lands.
Kate asked if there was a tally of what the LI impact would be of making this move in proportion to available public LI. Bagheera explained that this had not been calculated yet.
Tanoujin moved that the LUC be asked to develop a plan for the process. Ranma seconded. A vote carried unanimously.
The next order of business was extraordinary expenditures to private citizens for events. Tanoujin moved that the topic be tabled. Kate asked for a link to the pertinent transcript. It had been provided in the agenda: http://forums.slcds.info/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7871
Kate seconded the motion to table. A vote carried unanimously.
Lilith suggested a proposal to discuss would be helpful. Tanoujin agreed. Kate offered to help draft such a proposal. Bagheera pointed her to Gaius, who initially introduce the topic.
The next agenda item was General Announcements. Lilith announced that the Scientific Council would meet Sunday Jan 15 at 9:15 AM in the lower chambers.
Rosie announced that there is a new group in the CDS for theatrical productions, started by Leslie Allandale. Rosie has been building a theater to house them at the crossroads between Colonia Nova and Alpine Meadow.
The discussion of the next meeting schedule was taken up. Delia's concern about US working hours was mentioned. Ranma mentioned the time would be 4AM in her time zone. Kate said that working hours are normally easier for her. Bagheera and Tanoujin said any time Thursday would work. Kate could make most hours on Thursdays, but not 3PM to 4:30PM SLT. For Ranma, 3pm or so would work best. Bagheera suggested 7:30 PM SLT. It was pointed out that this would be 4:30 AM in the EU. Ranma moved that the meeting time by 7:30 PM.
All RA members present agreed that 7:30 PM SLT on Jan 26th was workable. Kate expressed the concern that 7:30 PM might not be as good for as many people as 11AM SLT. Ranma and Delia expressed that the current time was not good for them. Kate seconded the motion to meet at 7:30 PM.
Ranma moved to adjourn. Tanoujin seconded. A vote carried unanimously.