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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

But now it's funnier to like the post about nobody liking it than to like the actual post.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

So who are you murdering at this brunch? Because that's a murder outfit.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Wait that means I've been alive over five different decades. Not cool, dude.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

@nchanter.bsky.social if/when you chair a Worldcon, you'll let me have a flamethrower, right?

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Well I would if you would *let me have a flamethrower*

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I think your statistics are bad. You're using generalized risk data while ignoring the fact that *I would be totally responsible with a flamethrower.*

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

No, but see, I would be *totally responsible* with a flamethrower. Nothing like this would ever happen. Promise.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I note we have once again decided to give out the Not-a-Hugos after the fan awards. Sigh.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Behold! Survey data! Have some shiny infographics about this year's virtual Business Meeting for @seattlein2025.org

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

That sounds vaguely correct.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I am desperately trying to get more talent in the pool. I've got my eyes on about 5 people. 2 are, I think, ready to preside after 2026. 1 prob needs more time in the cooker, and idk if they would ever actually want to. The other 2 I don't think are even aware that I have my eye on them lol.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

This list is missing Darusha Wehm who did 2020. Which, yes, was a weird one, but also they did it very well and I bet they could do it again, and would be willing to do online. (One of my biggest regrets is that the timezone scheduling meant it wasn't reasonable for them to be on staff this year)

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Correct. And while I hope we never need to go into Exec Session again after 2026, the last few years have made me very firm on the fact that we need a gated, credentialed videoconferencing platform. Basic Zoom webinar won’t cut it.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

If you attended the virtual WSFS Business Meeting, please fill out the survey if you have not already done so! We've had a great response rate so far, but I want as much data as possible to poke! forms.gle/AyQ7cHxPtBFW...

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Virtual WSFS Business Meeting Survey

We are collecting feedback about the virtual WSFS Business Meeting for Seattle in 2025. This survey is meant for those who attended at least one session of the online meeting. This survey will be ope...

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

And, to be clear, "we" here means "fandom, and specifically the programmers in fandom." It does not mean "me and other people" because I Am Not A Programmer. Except for in Excel, which counts, but very much not for this.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

And would also be nearly impossible to test at scale until you are live. And "live" for this would be very different than "live" for Planorama. You can't rollout an update while the meeting is happening. It needs to be 100% there from the moment you gavel in the meeting. 95% won't cut it.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

A system like Lumi, or even better? Well, there's a reason we paid over $20k for Lumi. Maybe it's possible for us to create in-house. We did create Planorama, after all. But it would be A LOT of work.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

A simple system where you can only submit one request at a time with no text field to add more info and no ability for the staff to respond - I think that's decently doable for us to create, if we have the people points. But that's going to be a very clunky experience.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

#3 is where things get complicated. It depends on how fancy you want it to be, knowing that fancier = harder to implement, but much easier for staff to use and much better experience for participants.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

#2 is the easiest bit. Making a thing that handles voting is trivial (once again, to my understanding and IANAP)

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

My understanding is that #1 is fiddly but doable. This is also the piece that would need to interact with the Reg system, which opens up the discussion that have been had elsewhere about the fact that we never use the same Reg system more than, like, 3 times.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

With the caveat that I Am Not A Programmer....depends. There are basically 3 pieces here (setting aside the chatting/Discord piece, because that can be tacked on). 1) Credentialed Zoom, 2) Voting, 3) Speaker Pool.

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Seattle Worldcon 2025 @seattlein2025.org · 28/07/2025

Missed the last virtual WSFS Business Meeting or want a recap? The notes are now available for review! Catch up on the discussion and decisions from the Third Main Meeting, held July 25: seattlein2025.org/wsfs/busines... #WSFS #SeattleWorldcon2025

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Business Meeting Agenda and Recaps

The 2025 Business Meeting Agenda, along with the instructions for the virtual meeting platform, may be downloaded from the 'Documents' section of this page.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Also, I am really sorry about the lack of Presiding Doggo for all of the online sessions. Unfortunately, Kaylee's recent health issues mean she sleeps a lot more and is way less interested in Why Is The Boss Talking To Someone Who Is Not Me.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The final online session of the 2025 WSFS Business Meeting is complete. And now, I'm going to go crawl into some fanfic and pretend that I don't still have an in-person meeting to preside over in 3 weeks.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Today's virtual meeting is finished, and I'm really freaking tired. Presiding with a headcold is a *challenge.* But hey, presiding with a headcold also gave us the WSFS Unicorn Sparkle Committee, so.

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Seattle Worldcon 2025 @seattlein2025.org · 05/07/2025

We’ve posted a summary of Friday’s Virtual WSFS Business Meeting! Catch up on what was discussed and stay informed ahead of Seattle Worldcon 2025. Read the recap here: seattlein2025.org/wsfs/busines...

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Business Meeting Agenda and Information

The 2025 Business Meeting Agenda, along with the instructions for the virtual meeting platform, may be downloaded from the 'Documents' section of this page.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 05/07/2025

I have never been more proud of the nerds, we did it nerds

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

The first virtual WSFS Business Meeting has wrapped up, and I'm really happy with how that went. Now I'm gonna go eat ice cream.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

If you’re excited about the idea of the virtual Business Meeting allowing more folks to participate in WSFS governance, I really hope you’ll join the meeting tomorrow and show your support!

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

It's 3 days away now, and I hope to see folks there! There's a decent chance you'll get to meet my dog at some point!

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Hi! I'm this year's Presiding Officer - the biggest thing is to be there, so that you can participate in debate and vote, and encourage anyone else who is a stakeholder to do the same.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

We made an agenda! It is very big!

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Seattle Worldcon 2025 @seattlein2025.org · 12/06/2025

The 2025 WSFS Business Meeting Agenda & Virtual Instructions are now live! Attending or virtual attending members of Seattle Worldcon are eligible to review these documents to help shape the future of the WSFS at the first virtual business meeting on July 4! seattlein2025.org/wsfs/busines...

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Business Meeting Agenda and Information

The 2025 Business Meeting Agenda, along with the instructions for the virtual meeting platform, may be downloaded from the 'Documents' section of this page.

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Reconciling Ministries Network @rmnetwork.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Many thanks to Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social for this Affirmation of Faith to accompany this year's Trans Day of Visibility. Let this statement ground and encourage your congregation this Sunday!

A baroque-looking background with an angel whose color changes from pink to blue through 7 slides. The following text is split amongst the 7 slides.

We believe in the Creator, who made the day and the night, not separate but continually transforming into each other, and thus also gave us the dawn and the twilight, neither day nor night.

We believe in Jesus, the Child of the Creator, who is fully human and fully divine, challenging our simple understandings of biology; who before his disciples was wholly transfigured beyond their comprehension and beyond ours; who was tortured and murdered by religious authorities and the government for being who he was called to be; who was resurrected and returned to a body so changed that his dearest friends did not recognize him.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, who does not take one shape but many, coming to us in the form of a dove and of wind and of fire; who guides us into being the truest version of ourselves.

We believe in the God who revealed to Abraham and Sarah and Peter and Paul that their true name was not the one they had been assigned at birth; a God who does not make mistakes, because transgender people are not a mistake, but in their transness show us the image of a transformational and transcendent God.

We know that each of us, as the Church, is called to continual transformation so that we may transform the world. We know that, in that calling, we must work to dismantle systems that attempt to erase our beloved trans siblings from existence.

We believe in forgiveness and reconciliation, which unite us in a new understanding of what it is to be human. We believe in eternal life, in which we will all be made wonderfully and queerfully new in the Kindom where God reigns forever.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Imagine following a coworker on Bluesky and then not being willing to abandon your homework to go see Wicked with them.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

@tarabarnes.bsky.social sorry, I was really rooting for you. Well, really I was rooting for myself being able to sleep and my dog not being traumatized, but also for you.

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Winnie the Pooh (Official) @indianawalsh.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

There's a mainline protestant church with a woke lady pastor within walking distance of your house. Everyone there will be thrilled to see someone under 50 at service. There's free donuts too.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Oh my god it got worse. There were enough questions that the teacher had to send an email to parents, and I just. I can't. It hurts. @gretchenmcc.bsky.social I was right about the screaming.

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Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

And just for the record, here’s a screenshot of what Merriam Webster says for the ones in the middle column.

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