[FlyingBrickAnnouncements] General Meeting notes 12/06 AND *FINAL BOOK ORDER FROM AK PRESS* (bottom of email)

[Nathan Stickel]

Looks to me like she took attendance when the meeting started, and forgot to
add folks who got there late. Megan, Jen, and Robert also attended.

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Megan Osborn <mrosborn1 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I was at the meeting too!
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> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Ramey Connelly <rameysaurus at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>  General Volunteers Meeting
>>
>> 12/06
>>
>>
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>> In Attendance: Ramey, Nathan, Salem, Matt, Ellen, Brianna, Malory, Nic,
>> GiGi, and Micah
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>> Facilitator: Nathan
>>
>> Notes: Ramey
>>
>>
>>
>> Agenda Items:
>>
>> Money from the Benefit/Report Back
>>
>> Events
>>
>>   Possible Benefit Show
>>
>>   How-to Facilitation
>>
>>  Eating Disorder Awareness Week (Last week of February)
>>
>> Sorting through books in Library/Cataloguing
>>
>> Finishing Zines
>>
>> Wayside Center – Organize!
>>
>>
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>> 1.     “Normal” stuff (things that get taken care of each meeting)
>>
>> Volunteer Schedule Coordinator – Ramey will bottomline
>>
>>  - Ramey will also bottomline researching “Google Calendar” option for
>> volunteer signup & will report back on it at next meeting
>>
>> General Meeting Scheduling – Malory and Salem
>>
>> Consensus overview – everyone present was familiar with consensus, but it
>> was noted that this should be done first thing! J
>>
>>
>>
>> 2.     Report back from Benefit Show – Super fun! Tim Barry talked about
>> Burial Ground and Monroe Park. Super happy, upbeat, fun atmosphere. Total
>> money was $871. Kontra wrote a great piece about it, which Nathan will link
>> on the blog asap, as well as writing another piece specifically for the
>> blog.
>>
>>
>>
>> 3.     Events:
>>
>> Upcoming: Poetry Reading on December 11th at 6, reading starts at 7
>>
>>                        LIPS meeting Saturday December 11th at 3 – will be
>> discussing
>>
>>                       possibility of movie screening
>>
>>
>>
>> Movie Screening: Slingshot Hiphop.  Monday January17th. ; potluck at 6,
>> movie starts at 7. Jen will bottomline. Passed.
>>
>>
>>
>> Movie Screening: Mind(ful) Liberation wants to do a movie screening on
>> December 14th, , 7pm.  Passed. (*Update*: The movie decided on is
>> Tarnation)
>>
>>
>>
>> Possible Event: Nathan will bottomline contacting Liz about How-To
>> Facilitation workshop/meeting.
>>
>>
>>
>> Eating Disorder Awareness Week – possible event last week of February.
>> Thursday February 24th at 7pm. Matt, Malory, Salem, Ramey, and possibly
>> GiGi (if she’s in town) will talk more about it and plan.
>>
>>
>>
>> 4.     Sorting books- sorting through all the books in the library &
>> getting rid of ones that are outdated, non-radical, or easy to find
>> elsewhere- (possibility of lock-in- shelved for an event for the next month)
>> Formed a temporary work group - Megan, Ellen, Nathan, Malory, Salem, Ramey.
>>
>> Passed with full consensus
>>
>>
>>
>> 5.     Organizing Zines – possibility of another organizing zine Brunch.
>>
>>
>> Temporarily shelved until January.
>>
>>
>>
>>        6.     Idea for reading group – Matt would like to do a reading
>> group for the book
>>
>>  *Body Wars *– to be temporarily shelved until around Eating Disorders
>> Awareness Week. To be meeting in the library.
>>
>>
>>
>>       7.    Getting in touch with Wayside Center to talk about
>> information from
>>
>> Organizing Workshop – Jen will bottomline.
>>
>>
>>
>>       8.    Money from Benefit
>>
>>
>>             More Shelves (file cabinets will be moved to utility room) –
>> Brickdwellers
>>
>>               will find out about earlier shelving – guestimating $100
>>
>>                      - Ellen knows someone in Church Hill who is selling
>> a huge shelving unit
>>
>>                        at negotiable price, will contact re: price and
>> measurements
>>
>>
>>
>>             Zine Display – Brianna will bottomline researching/pricing
>>
>>
>>
>>             Magazine Subscriptions – Left Turn, Mother Jones, RAG,
>> Cultural Survival
>>
>>               Quarterly, The Economist, ReadyMade, The Sun – Ramey will
>> bottomline
>>
>>                Researching/pricing
>>
>>
>>
>>              Warm beverages for Open Hours – coffee/tea urn – Jen will
>> look for a
>>
>> coffee/tea urn
>>
>>
>>
>>               AK Press Budget - $200 – passed – People interested in
>> ordering will stay
>>
>>              after meeting to discuss
>>
>>
>>
>>             *UPDATE*!! : Megan, Nathan, and Ramey got together on Tuesday
>> night and
>>
>>  worked through the AK Press book order. If we didn’t get a book you
>>
>> wanted, don’t fret – we weren’t ignoring you! We took into consideration
>>
>> several factors including the following:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.     We prioritized sections that were lacking (Indigenous, Psychology,
>> Sex, Queer, etc)
>>
>> 2.     We made sure that AK Press was the best place to buy them (ie,
>> they weren’t way cheaper on Amazon, or they were difficult to find
>> elsewhere).
>>
>> 3.     We had a lot of requests for Gardening/Vegan books, but we got a
>> last-minute donation on Monday evening of books in these sections.
>>
>> 4.     We also had a lot of requests for books that had similar subject
>> matter to books we already have – not to say these books should be excluded,
>> but we thought it best to get books in this order that were unique.
>>
>> 5.     IF you requested books that we didn’t order, don’t fret – we
>> didn’t get rid of the lists! We will compile them all in to one BIG WISHLIST
>> to be discussed at the next meeting, when we talk about what to do with the
>> rest of the benefit money!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *ANNNND THE FINAL LIST IS AS FOLLOWS*
>>
>>
>>
>> 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance by Gord Hill
>>
>>
>>
>> Abortion Without Apology: A Radical History for the 1990s by Ninia Baehr
>>
>>
>>
>> After Makhno: Hidden Histories of Anarchism in the Ukraine by D.I. Rublyov
>> and Anatoly V. Dubovik
>>
>>
>>
>> Anarchism and Education: A Philosophical Primer by Judith Suisa
>>
>>
>>
>> Anarchism: What it is and What it Isn't by Chaz Bufe
>>
>>
>>
>> Anarchist Black Cross Information and Resources by Firestarter
>>
>>
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>> Assata by Assata Shakur
>>
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>> Bakunin: The Creative Passion by Mark Leier
>>
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>> Black Bloc, White Riot: Anti-Globalization and the Genealogy of Dissent by
>> AK Thompson
>>
>>
>>
>> Bourgeois Influences on Anarchism by Chaz Bufe and Luigi Fabbri
>>
>>
>>
>> Buffy the Anarcho Syndicalist by Nihil Press
>>
>>
>>
>> Come Hell or High Water: A Handbook on Collection Process Gone Awry by
>> Richard Singer and Delfina Vannucci
>>
>>
>>
>> Free Comrades: Anarchism and Homosexuality in the United States by Terence
>> Kissack
>>
>>
>>
>> I Was a Working Class Anarchist by Terry Morgan
>>
>>
>>
>> The Lexicon of Labor: More than 500 Key Terms, Biographical Sketches, and
>> Historical Insights concerning Labor in America by Thomas Geoghegan
>>
>>
>>
>> Non-Western Anarchisms: Rethinking The Global Context by Jason Adams
>>
>> People Without Government: An Anthropology of Anarchy by Harold Barclay
>>
>>
>>
>> Red Genes, Blue Genes: Exposing Political Irrationality by Guillermo
>> Jimenez
>>
>>
>>
>> Re-Emergence of Philippine Anarchism by Bas Umali
>>
>>
>>
>> Revolutionary Political Dictionary by Anarchist Black Cross
>>
>>
>>
>> Shut Up & Love the Rain by Robnoxious
>>
>>
>>
>> The Spanish Anarchists: The Heroic Years 1868-1936 by Murray Bookchin
>>
>>
>>
>> This is Class War by Class War
>>
>>
>>
>> Towards a Citizen's Militia: Anarchist Alternatives to NATO & The Warsaw
>> Pact by Cienfuegos
>>
>>
>>
>> Transgender History by Susan Stryker
>>
>>
>>
>> Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink Or Blue by Leslie Feinberg
>>
>>
>>
>> When There is No Doctor: Preventive and Emergency Home Healthcare in
>> Challenging Times by Gerard S. Doyle
>>
>>
>>
>> A Zine About Women's Self Defence by Anarchist Teapot
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