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Agenda:

• Final update on the camera replacement project (to remove the WeWatch malware)
• Introduction of new intern, Melanie Hubbard!

Takeaways:

• Everyone review results of Melanie’s background check and vote on if we should offer her a position to stay
• Matt follow through on idea of how to connect Melanie and John
• Kate to remember to take breaks

Melanie Hubbard was played by Jenny Kessler, who can be found online and in pe...

Agenda:

• Executive Stand up!

Takeaways:

• Reach out to Lifetime about a movie deal related to the Product Manager / Developer GDPR Love Story
• Create a fake Twitter account for an African dictator and use it to convince John to stop illegal logging and perhaps start a revolution
• Create new landing page to take money and data from couch buyers in new markets… it’s a growth strategy

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Agenda:

• Recap of what’s been going on at SXSW

Takeaways:

• Thea to do some social monitoring to see how beholden SYT will have to be to John’s promises (like carbon absorbing cushions, selling carbon credits, and having whole workforce - including drivers - work from home 50% of the time)
• Reach out to DJ Khalid to propose a blood exchange to make up for the incident
• Jot down ideas for next years SXSW - become the respite boot...

Agenda:

• Executive Standup

Takeaways:

• No one eat seafood! Except the office cat, they’re a contractor, so it’s OK
• Everyone create a top 12 list of people they care about and would like the cameras of their devices replace
• Investigate if we can geofence the new augmented reality experience to prevent people from putting couches in the middle of intersections
• Eric - bring in your smart fridge and Nest thermostat to have the cam...

Agenda:

• Melvin is here to discuss WeWatch, the software company he runs. WeWatch builds an exclusive meeting recording software. SYT has been testing WeWatch with a free trial the last week, and Melvin wants to come in for feedback.

Takeaways:

• Matt to replace all the cameras for all devices the employees, their friends, their family, and acquaintances  
• Weekly privacy meetings coming back
• DuckDuckGo is about to be required ...

 Agenda:

• A user finally showed up to our weekly user interview session! Zach Lambic from Al Dente, Wyoming

Takeaways:

• Kate to figure out if the server room’s sprinklers are going, hope the company isn’t destroyed, and hope she doesn’t have to pull Matt out of his therapy session
• Add “Wresting with Dog” as a human impact couch breaking test scenario 
• Calathea and Zach to talk offline about paying for some sponsored content o...

Agenda: 

• Review pitches for branded content from Matt Matthews and Matt Matthews of Big Matt’s Content

Takeaways:

• Reach out to Matt and Matt, by letter, with our decision
• Matt and Matt are going to meet with their lawyers… as always
• Whoever sees John first (or ever again) tell them hi from everyone

Matt and Matt Matthews were played by Austin Weiford and Andrew Farley. You can hear them both with co-host Leah Morse on t...

Agenda: 

• Meta (Facebook) has sent over some terms for an agreement to buy the Meta Market name. We ran out of legal hours this month, so get to do the review ourselves.

Takeaways:

• Thea and Matt to work together to tame the negative energy leaking out of the server room
• Kate to make some red lines with her red pens
• Updates to the Delivery teams zombie apocalypse planning process to be updated.
• Eric and Matt to have discussion...

Agenda:

• John called this meeting an hour ago and said there were two important people to meet. They have a pitch to make the company better… somehow?

Takeaways:

• Everyone send feedback to Kate on Mr. Mister Vooo and Frederick Lamar. She’ll add it to her positives and negatives notes and send that to John.
• Update the “prohibited words” sheet
• Look out for another Craigslist ad (depending on how John interprets the notes)

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Agenda:

• Review proposal from Creative for new names - start saying goodbye to Meta Market!

Takeaways:

• Consider the name ideas… must decide on something soon.
• Reconsider partnerships with dating apps
• Kate to read all the updated contracts NCIS sent over
• Thea to reach out to the typeface contractor and work throug...

Agenda:

• Prep for screaming room training with Lindsay, who is here from Bhutan

Takeaways:

• Eric to make extra carpet square for John
• Kate to share with Lindsay template for how to have 30 people share one toilet
• Everyone to send out the experience from the warm up (WITHOUT specific details) to their teams to encourage participation
• Listen to Katie Overbey's podcast, Teach Me Something Good, which can be found at tea...