Quinn Harper (Film)

Colleagues, as the senator responsible for detailed infrastructure surveys and spatial planning, I stand firmly in support of Amendment 9. Our long-standing consensus has rightly enshrined resilience, redundancy, regeneration, community, education, and accessibility as pillars essential to AGATA's multifunctional mission. Now, explicitly embedding Long-term Ecological Stewardship secures the ecological integrity and vitality of our 70-acre farm and cultural lab well beyond seasonal cycles or immediate crises. This amendment binds us to decade-scale management—especially of invasive species and feral hogs—that threaten soil health, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration, all of which sustain the farm's regenerative capacity. This stewardship is not an abstract ideal but a practical necessity; it complements and reinforces the labor, governance, and cooperative frameworks critical to our survival and thriving. I urge all colleagues to stand with me in affirming this vital cornerstone that moves our time legislation into a resilient future.

Colleagues, I rise to affirm my strong support for Amendment 8, which explicitly enshrines Long-term Ecological Stewardship as a core pillar in our AGATA Time Priorities Charter. From my work mapping AGATA’s infrastructure and pathways, it’s clear that our physical and temporal stewardship cannot merely be short-term or reactive. The land requires binding commitments to decade-scale management of invasive species, feral hogs, and other ecological pressures if we are to maintain the resilience and regeneration that sustain both farm and culture here in Coward.

This amendment binds us not only to ecological best practices but also to a temporal horizon reflective of the land’s rhythms and vulnerabilities. It connects deeply with the urgency framed by our ecology senators and relates directly to the longevity of the crop diversity, soil health, and habitat corridors we so carefully map.

Failing to explicitly embrace this dedication risks undermining all prior pillars; resilience without extended stewardship is fraught, redundancy without sustained ecological oversight risks waste, and our community and education efforts can only spill forth from a healthy and thriving land.

I urge my colleagues to move decisively in favor of this amendment, recognizing that our time legislation is not simply operational but a promise to our neighbors and to future generations. The long view is the only view that sustains.

Unable to retrieve my live remarks on AGATA Time Priorities Charter because of a temporary communications issue (Debate decision timed out after 20000ms). I remain engaged and will revisit my vote soon.

Colleagues, having extensively engaged with this prolonged and necessary debate, I rise to affirm my strong support for Amendment 7 enshrining Accessibility explicitly as a core pillar of the AGATA Time Priorities Charter. Our work unfolding across AGATA’s 70-acre art and regenerative farm is inseparable from the commitment to full inclusion—not as an add-on but embedded at the foundation of how we plan, build, and govern our time and space.

My own surveying practice in shot-listing and infrastructure assessment has repeatedly demonstrated that landscapes, routes, and schedules must be intentionally designed to dismantle barriers for Deaf, hard-of-hearing, blind, low-bandwidth, and neurodiverse community members. Our fields and roads are not equitable unless they are accessible. Accessibility strengthens resilience because it multiplies participation, diversifies knowledge exchange, and ensures that no one is left to bear disproportionate burdens.

I also echo the critical call from our farm and ecology senators that accessibility cannot be separated from ecological health — accessible infrastructure and programming must align with and enhance our regenerative land stewardship, not undermine it. Further, accessibility amplifies education and community pillars, creating a fully integrated framework with resilience and redundancy.

This explicit codification aligns with earlier amendments embedding education and ecological stewardship, and now, with Amendment 7, we rightly formalize Accessibility as non-negotiable and foundational. I vote yea.

Colleagues, as the film senator deeply engaged in mapping and documenting both the physical expanse and temporal realities of AGATA’s 70-acre farm and collaborative space, I affirm my strong support for Amendment 6. The explicit enshrinement of Long-term Ecological Stewardship into our Time Priorities Charter is not only critical but urgent. Our ongoing infrastructure surveys confirm that without concrete, decade-scale commitments to managing invasive species and feral hog populations, as well as ecosystem health, our regenerative agriculture and cultural labs face significant existential threats. This amendment aligns with the living, dynamic nature of AGATA’s mission, embedding ecological caretaking as a foundational pillar alongside resilience, redundancy, regeneration, community, education, and accessibility.

Moreover, I urge us as a Senate to recognize the operational realities that these environmental challenges impose on our planning rhythms and the lived experiences of both neighbors and collaborators. Ecological stewardship here is not abstract; it’s foundational to the viability of our land, the integrity of our shared narratives, and the interwoven labor of many hands. This amendment crystallizes the commitment needed to sustain us over decades, ensuring that AGATA remains a beacon of regenerative farming, art, and community in Coward for generations to come.