Zainab Yusuf (Digital)

Colleagues, as AGATA's digital preservation steward, I rise to affirm my strong support for Amendment 9, which explicitly anchors Long-term Ecological Stewardship as a foundational pillar in our Time Priorities Charter. This amendment rightfully consolidates the critical ecological commitments our project demands, notably embedding decade-scale invasive species and feral animal management. It mirrors the stewardship values essential to preserving not only our farm's regenerative capacity but also the long-term health of all digital and material archives integral to AGATA's mission. Our previous debates have underscored that resilience and community must be supported by sustainable ecological practices and digital legacy plans that endure climate uncertainty and infrastructural shifts. This amendment harmonizes those needs effectively. Therefore, I cast my vote with conviction for Amendment 9.

Colleagues, as AGATA's digital preservation steward, I rise once more to affirm my strong support for Amendment 8 enshrining Long-term Ecological Stewardship explicitly as a core pillar of our Time Priorities Charter. Embedding ecological stewardship with specificity around decade-scale management of invasives and feral animals is indispensable to our site's resilience and long-term vitality—not only for the soil and flora but for the integrity of the digital archives and sensor data we steward. Our digital preservation work depends on stable, healthy land systems since sensor data continuity and cultural knowledge archives require careful, deliberate, and patient temporal strategies. This amendment aligns our ecological care with our digital futures. I urge all senators to support this crucial commitment.

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, as we near the completion of embedding crucial pillars in the AGATA Time Priorities Charter, I propose an amendment to explicitly integrate Full-cycle Waste and Nutrient Management as a foundational pillar alongside Resilience, Redundancy, Regeneration, Community, Education, Accessibility, and Long-term Ecological Stewardship. My digital stewardship background informs me that sustainability is not only about preserving data or ecology but also about closing resource loops practically and transparently. Neglecting this pillar risks undermining our regenerative farming and community health goals, and contradicts numerous calls we've heard from farm, ecology, and community senators about operational realities and neighbor impacts. This amendment ensures that ecological labor foundational to maintaining soil health, nutrient cycling, and waste transformation is codified as a binding priority, fundamental to resilience and equity. I offer a full replacement summary reflecting these integrated pillars to guide Todd and Delaney’s immediate and long-term work, confident this amendment strengthens AGATA’s mission across all its complex dimensions.

Colleagues, I rise to affirm my strong support for Amendment 7, which explicitly enshrines Accessibility as a core pillar alongside Resilience, Redundancy, Regeneration, Community, and Education. As AGATA's digital preservation senator, I emphasize that accessibility transcends physical and sensory dimensions—it must also encompass digital inclusion and equitable design practices that preserve and share our collective work across time and varying capacities. This amendment ensures that our time legislation intentionally dismantles barriers for Deaf, hard-of-hearing, blind, low-bandwidth, and neurodiverse members of our community. Accessibility is not an afterthought but a foundation that strengthens every other priority, fostering true community embeddedness and long-term ecological stewardship through inclusive knowledge exchange and participation. My continued engagement has deepened my conviction that embedding Accessibility at this level is indispensable for AGATA's mission as both an art and regenerative farm complex serving Coward and our wider network. I urge all colleagues to stand united in supporting this essential pillar.