Date: January 17, 2026 | Location: Cafe in Vancouver | Duration: ~3 hours

SUMMARY

KK and Anthonia met for three hours over coffee to finalize the AI Experimentation Club partnership and push the program from a rushed January start to a proper April 10th launch. The outcome: a workback schedule anchored by Blackathon (Feb 20), a post-Blackathon jam (Mar 6), the Ethos Lab space launch (Mar 14), speaker orientation (Mar 20), and a parent-focused AI Education Meetup takeover (Mar 25). They also mapped out a four-pillar capacity building framework — Mindset, Infrastructure, Tools, Experience — and Anthonia introduced Edward as the new Lab Manager who'll deliver Friday sessions.

KEY DATES

• Feb 20: Blackathon — announce the AI Club, winner presents at March meetup
• Mar 6: Post-Blackathon jam — free session, keep momentum
• Mar 14: Ethos Lab downstairs space launch — demo table for AI Club
• Mar 20: Speaker orientation night at Ethos
• Mar 25: AI Education Meetup #5 — Anthonia presents, parent-focused
• Apr 10: Official AI Club program start
• Jun 13: Final showcase

QUOTABLE MOMENTS

“You can’t opt out of certain aspects of our values. Which is where I’m at. Which is insane.” — Anthonia Ogundele

“It’s very of the moment that you’ve hired an AI director that is anti-AI. It’s very of the moment.” — Kris Krüg

“The vulnerability may be that we have individual people able to speak in depth about ethics, when maybe having these knowledge bases allows us to capture the collective understanding of it, which is a lot more powerful than the individual.” — Anthonia Ogundele

“I don’t know I can financially afford it over time. But I also know I can afford it over time.” — Anthonia Ogundele