USUV Meetings and Votes - Term 8

This article is a list of USUV meeting agendas, minutes and vote outcomes during eighth term.

xo was the chair, and hanaryheatwave was vice-chair.

Meeting LXI x OPC VI, 29 October 2023, Aquileia

ITEM	ICON	TITLE	TYPE	DESCRIPTION	OUTCOME
1		Old Spawn New Town Boards	Public Ballot - All attendees vote	It is proposed to create new town boards at Old Spawn to allow for up to date information. The historical boards will be kept in place, and any new boards would be in the same style to preserve the feel of the area.	Passed
2		Duolympics	Debate	A new spinoff of the Olympics is under planning the Duolympics. This spinoff will involve all events being done in teams of two. Discussions will take place regarding the announcement and how towns can create minigames for the event	N/A
3		Election Time Shortening	Majority Vote - USUV Members only	It is proposed that the election process shall take place over two meetings instead of three, freeing up time on the agenda. This means candidates can declare they are running anytime up to the agenda is published for the election meeting. NOTE: this change would not alter term length or the election process itself.	Passed
4		OPC Transition	Debate	A motion and discussion on what the future goals for the OPC Should be that could provide benefit to all players even beyond the Outpost	N/A
5		Outpost farming zone	Debate	A wider discussion on the previously mentioned community farming site in the Outpost. The wider community is invited to mention any concern or points they wish to raise	N/A
6		OPE Construction work	Promotion	A reminder of the ongoing work to complete the Outpost tunnel network to make towns more accessible	N/A
7		Future OPC Hosts	Debate	An invitation for hosts in the Outpost to host future meetings for December 2 January 6	N/A
8		Highways and Community Projects	Debate	Hyp gave update on NoBo, more work still needs to be done	N/A
9		Market and Trade	Debate	Lordpipe asked for more finance towards the "USUV economic data fund"	N/A
10		Attendee town promotions	Debate	Aquileia is rapidly expanding, evergreen is neat	N/A
11		Events	Debate	Talk about the 2023 Christmas Festival	N/A
12		Any Other Business	Debate	Discuss any other mentions.	N/A

Meeting LXII, 11 November 2023, USUV HQ

ITEM	ICON	TITLE	TYPE	DESCRIPTION	OUTCOME
1		Christmas Festival	Statement	Mattesco talked about the Christmas Festival	N/A
2		Dìxià Chéng : Provisional Membership	Majority Vote - USUV Members only	Dìxià Chéng provisional membership was approved.	Passed
3		USUV economic data funding	Majority Vote	It was asked for USUV to give more funds towards the USUV economic data funds. It is a reward for people who update the UV wiki with market prices The reward for updating wiki prices is now 2 diamonds per submission and the budget of the donation (192 diamonds) was entirely donated by KowCio	Passed
4		Duolympics	Debate	Talks about the UV Olympics which will be held the weekend after this meeting - This is a last call to fill the last 2 event slots	N/A
5		Future meetings calendar	Debate	The future date are : - 9 December 2023 at Illyria - 30 December at Rotherhythe - 20 January 2024 at USUV HQ	N/A
6		Highways and Community Projects	Debate	- NOBO is still seeking helpers, plot allocation will start when construction is finished - Outpost Highway need workers - Community Market construction is open to volunteers	N/A
7		Market and Trade	Debate	N/A	N/A
8		Member State Promotion and Updates	Debate	- Steambolt is going into hibernation soon - Totemia has been in hibernation - aquileia has a southern expansion area planned for farming purposes. mostly underground. highway connection coming soon	N/A
9		Events	Debate	- Beeper's lore event happening the day after the meeting - CNY event will be talked during the next meeting - People can now request for market stalls for the christmas festival	N/A
10		Any Other Business	Debate	- xo started expending the agenda archive since space has run out	N/A

Meeting LXIII, 9 December 2023, Illyria

ITEM	ICON	TITLE	TYPE	DESCRIPTION	OUTCOME
1		Charter simplification	Debate	It was proposed to make a version of the charter that's simpler	N/A
2		Official Elections	Statement	The Elections for Treasurer, Head of Security, Archivist, Reporter, Judge and Postmaster will be during the next meeting so there will be a quick explanation of each roles and what they do. Candidates can declare if they're running and for what role in the discord channel they have until when the agenda for the 64th meeting is published to declare their candidature.	N/A
3		Dixia Cheng : Full Membership	Majority Vote	Dixia Cheng was given a full USUV member state after meeting all requirements to do so.	Passed
4		Christmas Festival Donation Proposal	Majority Vote - USUV Members only	it was votedto give 222 diamonds toward the Christmas Festival Fundraiser, USUV member made the initial donation bigger by donating themselves as well	N/A
5		Gratitude	Statement	A celebrations of players who marked UV	N/A
6		Highways and Community Projects	Debate	NYE SPECTACULAR 4 has been announced The UV Awards Show is currently uncertain, help is needed Grand prix happening the day after at Roth CNY event looking for hosts	N/A
7		Market and Trade	Debate	N/A	N/A
8		Member State Promotion and Updates	Debate	dixia was congratulated for becoming an USUV Member, Roth membership will be debated,	N/A
9		Events	Debate	Matt will talk about the Christmas Festival	N/A
10		Any Other Business	Debate		N/A

Meeting LXIV, 30 December 2023, Rotherhythe

ITEM	ICON	TITLE	TYPE	DESCRIPTION	OUTCOME
1		Midterms Elections	Ballot	Elections for the various USUV roles Here's the Registered candidates Reporter Matt Head of Security Lordpipe Archivist Reno Archivist Beeper Treasurer Lez Treasurer Beeper Judge Bliss postmaster Mattie postmaster Cio	Election results: Reporter Mattesco Security Lordpipe Archivist Reno Treasurer Beeper Judge Bliss Postmaster MattieHD
2		2024 USUV expectations	Debate	Simple Discussion about what people expect and want from usuv for the coming year. Summary of the debate:Matt suggested the water around around USUV HQ be named 'Loot Lake' Beeper suggests multiple options to be suggested and a ballot vote decided. Jack suggested funding community projects. Reno and Matt agreed and said USUV should reach out more to community projects to offer support rather than waiting to be asked for help/funds. Beeper wants more multi stage things to be done through USUV (nether highway, HQ, and the roads) as they worked well being done in phases, rather than an ambiguous overarching vision.	N/A
3		Highways and Community Projects	Debate	Matt states the spawn railways are entering their next stage of refurbishment. Cio has expanded the North Outpost main highway; it should be around twice as long. Beeper raises north spawn one to be done properly at some point out to out to cloud city & stams.	N/A
4		Market and Trade	Debate	Birdhouse opening soon in NoBo. There is a new shop in SinCity with unique currency, quests and stock. NoBo is completed and plots can be claimed. Matt is making a special UV Anniversary set of outfits for Voyage.	N/A
5		Member State Promotion and Updates	Debate	31 Dec will be AC's final day in its current form. Roth RP begins January 27th. Steambolt is getting improvements to the North side, with other buildings set to follow. Aquileia has big plans for 2024; more info in their discord channel.	N/A
6		Events	Debate	Lordpipe will do a server tour Jan 3. NYE Spectacular 4 and the conlcusion to the Torino Saga takes place 31 Dec. January 27th is Matt's Final Voyage event. Details to follow.	N/A
7		Any Other Business	Debate	Rotherhythe withdraws its membership from USUV, but are willing to interact with USUV until the Rotherhythe Role Play begins. This was the closest meeting to UV's 5th anniversary, so Beeper gave a shoutout to every signle town over the years. Cio was assassinated by a falling anvil; sanctions were called for.	N/A

Meeting LXV, 27 January 2024, Solitude

a special meeting happened on this day to change the charter

Meeting LXVI, 3 February 2024, USUV HQ

ITEM	ICON	TITLE	TYPE	DESCRIPTION	OUTCOME
1		Charter Change	Charter Change	The current chair decided to propose a new charter to make things simpler, you can find this charter pinned in the USUV channel in the UV discord It was agreed that a line be added to add a line that makes it clear players can only represent one settlements during a meeting	PASSED
2		Chair and Vice-Chair elections candidacy	Debate	The time has come to announce the next elections. Between now and the next meeting candidate teams will be able to declare their intention to run.	N/A
3		Future meetings calendar	Debate	The proposed dates are : 24 February - Dixia Cheng 16 March - Vault11 6 April - USUV HQ	N/A
4		Treasurer - Vote of no confidence	Majority Vote	As the Treasurer (now called Projects and Funds Coordinator) is inactive and no long able to fulfil their duties, members voted to remove them from their post to trigger an election. Players may now declare their candidacy for the Projects and Funds Coordinator in #usuv channel. Their term will be shorter to realign with the midterm elections.	PASSED
5		future Olympics ideas	Debate	Evergreen will host strider race Steambolt will host competitive mining Vault 11 will continue dragon dodgebolt for the olympics Evergreen highlights the Olympics thread in ⁠#projects-and-events to help plan. Chair asked staff team if they could help in finding someone to replace matt to organise the olympics.	N/A
6		CNY Event	Statement	Mattie updated us about the CNY event CNY red envelope signup is closing in a few days, sign up at spawn docks by the 6th! CNY dragon dodgebolt will open in a day of two Advent calendar is done and located in Dixia Cheng (spawn) Food hunt is still being prepared Fireworks show is cut Screen comp is ongoing	N/A
7		Naming the sea around USUV HQ	Ballot	Debate and ballot for a new name for the sea surrounding the USUV HQ There wasn't much enthusiasm among members present for naming the sea around USUV HQ. Evergreen state's they're open to naming lake if there's a strong suggestion / desire in the future but not atm. Dxc and V11 agreed. Members voted to suspend the Item 7 ballot (PASSED)	SUSPENDED
8		Highways and Community Projects	Debate	Fireworks supply chests for all 3 roof hubs Members voted to give 16DB. (PASSED) Solitude donated 2 shulks of rockets, and 14DB. Evergreen jinxed the chair. DXC and V11 donated 14DB each for community rockets. Outpost Horse Road network is seeing strong expansion, route to Illyria roughed out and connection between EG and Roth currently in the works. Other towns have plans for the network. There is a list of projects in the outpost channel, Byz is open to any help that can be provided for them. The chair encourages Byz to request USUV assistance if there is a need.	N/A
9		Market and Trade	Debate	Discuss market and trade. CNY armour sets released with more in the set to come. Buy in Roth shop. Mattie announced lucky draw for max enchant netherite sets of cny armour. Signup in the CNY buil in Dixia cheng. Chair noted that Prism is also doing a good job.	N/A
10		Member State Promotion and Updates	Debate	Members can promote and update us on their settlements. Evergreen continues to be cool Solitude continuing to expand fast v11 will undergo a small closure for the main parts of the vault. The Mattesco suite is done in v11	N/A
11		Events	Debate	Discuss event Mattie would like to host a small event for lantern festival, probably at the end of Feb.	N/A
12		Any Other Business	Debate	Discuss any other business. No other business was mentioned.	N/A

Meeting LXVII, 24 February 2024, Dixia Cheng

ITEM	ICON	TITLE	TYPE	DESCRIPTION	OUTCOME
1		Chair and Vice-Chair elections	Majority Vote	The elections for chair and vice chairs are here. The only candidates are karlkaek and xo. If this vote was to fail, the future of USUV will be determined during the meeting	xo and karlkaek elected
2		projects and Funds coordinator Elections	Majority Vote	As the Treasurer (now called Projects and Funds Coordinator) is inactive and no long able to fulfil their duties, members voted to remove them from their post to trigger an election. The candidate is MattieHD	MattieHD elected
3		Extend the Meeting frequency	Majority Vote - USUV Members only	It is proposed to extend the frequency of meetings to make it monthly, it would allow better organizations DXC asked if this would be the last Saturday of every month Scintilla concerned about months that don’t have Saturdays, like Jebuary. Illyria proposes every 6 weeks Chair proposes meetings be held on the 2nd Saturday of every month. Members were reminded we can change the frequency or agree to one-off meetings when our needs change. Vote held on changing meetings to 2nd Saturday of every month	PASSED
4		Highways and Community Projects	Debate	Discuss Highways and Community Projects Outpost D-loop is complete. Pagasa and Illyria routes need upgrades. Work continues on the Terni canal. The chair reminds members they can request funds. Funds can be used to pay people to help with the building work.	N/A
5		Market and Trade	Debate	Discuss Market and Trade	N/A
6		Member State Promotion and Updates	Debate	Discuss Member State Promotion and Updates Solitude HQ building fast, but currently on pause.	N/A
7		Events	Debate	Discuss event DXC asks about the olympics. It is confirmed we have 3 games. Staff were asked if they found someone to organise the event, but they haven’t yet. Lordpipe says the will be more agressive in finding someone to run the event closer to summer when the server is more active.	N/A
8		Any Other Business	Debate	Discuss any other business. xo thanked members for electing her another term. dxc congratulated xo on completing her first term as chair.	N/A