Private.coffee General Assembly 2026
Welcome!
February 21, 2026 · 14:00
CoffeeLab, Brandhofgasse 7/1, 8010 Graz, Austria
Agenda Overview
- Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Approval of the Agenda and 2025 GA Minutes
- Financial Report for 2025
- Auditors' Report
- Discharge of the Board (Entlastung)
- Tech Report
- Real-world Activities
- Declaration of Values
- Statutory Amendment: Ethics Committee
- Election of New Board Members (Vorstand)
- Election of Auditors (Rechnungsprüfung)
- Election of Arbitrators (Schiedsgericht)
- Fundraising ideas
- Upcoming Events and Ideas
- Open Floor Discussion
- Closing Remarks and Adjournment
Assets — Overview
Conversion using real-time rates (BTC/XMR/USD→EUR).
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Position
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Currency
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2024
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2025
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Current
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Current (EUR)
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Sum of assets
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Totals (EUR): Income vs Expenses
Expenses 2025 (EUR) — breakdown
Income 2025 (EUR) — breakdown
Income & Expenses by Category (EUR)
Income 2025
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Category
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Amount (EUR)
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Total
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Expenses 2025
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Category
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Amount (EUR)
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Total
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Discharge of the Board (Entlastung)
Tech Report
Infrastructure overview, network resources, and next steps.
External Hosting
- Virtual servers at Alwyzon (Vienna)
- Virtual servers at IPAX (Vienna)
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Dedicated server at IPAX for production
databases
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S3 (Hetzner, Falkenstein, DE) for static files
and backups through encrypted JuiceFS
CoffeeLab
- Two on-prem servers in the Graz office
- Primarily internal services
- More backups
Network Resources
- AS214139
- IPv4: 195.20.104.0/24
- IPv6: 2a0c:b641:d10::/44
New Services
- Nextcloud (for members)
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CoffeeGPT (locally hosted
LLM/text-to-speech/image generation AI tools for members)
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Email (hosted on our own infrastructure, for
members)
Development
- Quackscape: Panoramic image / video CMS
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CoffeeGit.page: Static site hosting in our
Forgejo
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Duckpond: Membership management, OIDC SSO,
email campaigns, GnuCash integration,...
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MallardDNS: DNS server with DynDNS support
(ddns.coffee)
Legal Woes
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Structables: Private frontend for Instructables.com
(structables.private.coffee)
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Autodesk accused us of “fraud and phishing activity”, in breach
of Austrian law and our Terms of Service
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Later backed down and alleged copyright infringement instead
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We removed the service to avoid legal costs, but are exploring
options to bring it back (renamed, redesigned)
Future Direction
- Host more services on our own infrastructure over time
- Evaluate datacenters around Graz
- Constraint: upfront hardware cost for expansion
Real-world Activities
- Got a shiny new office!
- Presented at 2024 Grazer Linuxtage
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Filed statement on Bundestrojaner with Austrian Parliament
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Filed statement on EU Open Source Strategy with European
Commission
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Contact with graz.social, gemeinsam.jetzt, Grazer Linuxtage,...
Upcoming Event
- 2026 Grazer Linuxtage (April 10-11, 2026)
Declaration of Values
Core values
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Integrity: honesty & transparency
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Respect: dignity, diverse perspectives
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Collaboration: cooperation & mutual
support
Commitments
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Improve privacy & security of online communications
- Equal respect for all; inclusive environment
- No tolerance for bigotry, chauvinism, discrimination
Statutory Amendment: Ethics Committee
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Handles ethical concerns and ensures adherence to association
values
- Can act on its own initiative or on request of a member
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Decisions bound by statutes, GA resolutions, and applicable laws
Elections
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Board (Vorstand): 1-year term, responsible for overall management
- Auditors (Rechnungsprüfung): 1-year term, review financials
- Arbitrators (Schiedsgericht): 1-year term, resolve disputes
Fundraising Ideas (Discussion)
- Grant applications (e.g. NLnet)
- Membership drive
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Company sponsorship (badge indicating contribution to digital
sovereignty; clarify no extra support/dev)
- Merch: stickers, clothing, coffee
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Sponsoring via colocation from private companies/public
entities?
Grant Application Report: FediLoc
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Idea: Federated (ActivityPub-based) location check-in/rating
platform
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Think Yelp/TripAdvisor/Google Maps Reviews but federated and
privacy-respecting
- Status: Proposal submitted to netidee; denied.
- Theory: Not "tangible" enough (e.g. no prototype yet)
Open Floor: Ideas
- Communication/social media
- Meetups
- Workshops / hackathons for members
- Amateur radio exam
- 3D printing service
- Merchandise
Thank you
Next: food and drinks at Momiji