[FlyingBrickAnnouncements] Today's meeting minutes
Megan Osborn
mrosborn1 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 14 04:03:05 UTC 2011
Nathan,
To be honest I did not know of any of this or things probably would have
gone differently. So, how do you suggest we go about addressing your
concerns?
I would suggest that we could contact the remaining volunteers that were not
present at the meeting about the 2 meeting a month decision and hear their
concerns. I do think it would be helpful and perhaps necessary to have a
regular meeting time for the volunteer meetings for several reasons.
I do know that we all decided on not having a formal facilitator because the
meeting was small. Informally through my personal observation it seemed like
Ramey and I were the main people that "facilitated" (ie kept the meeting on
track).
I don't feel as if I'm able to comment on the other concerns since I'm
lacking in background knowledge of the situation and how the Brick has
operated in the past. Perhaps someone else could chime in?
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Nathan Stickel <incoherentnickle at gmail.com
> wrote:
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> So I don't really know what happened, but I think some stuff hasn't gone
> like it was supposed to....
>
> ON MEETING SCHEDULING:
> - We have had the policy of 1 general meeting a month, scheduled by the
> availability of people contacted since very early in our re-opening. I think
> this should change, but I don't think a meeting of 7 out of 65 total listed
> volunteers can make the decision without first getting the opinions of those
> it would effect. While the idea to have 2 meetings a month was partially my
> idea, I had no intention for this meeting to be the meeting it was decided
> on.
> - The Procedure Meeting was supposed to be scheduled AFTER getting people's
> availability, not with the few people at the general meeting. I can't make
> the meeting on the 17th, I have to work. I think this is pretty problematic
> since I am 1 of the 3 bottomliners. I had no say in the scheduling of the
> meeting, and I am very passionate about this subject, as I know there are a
> couple others who are, that aren't back in town from the holidays.
>
> ON PROCEDURE
> - When the library was re-opened, it was agreed that the meetings would
> function under formal consensus with a facilitator. Was there a reason this
> didn't happen? I think it is important to have a facilitator at our
> meetings, but if there was a reason I'd definitely like to hear it.
> - There were a few other procedure items discussed and passed, that I only
> remember brainstorming and discussing with the other bottomliners, I had no
> intention or idea that they would be proposed at this time. The bottomliners
> haven't even been able to meet all together to chat, so I didn't imagine any
> of these things would be ready to be put to a vote. That is what the
> procedure meetings would be for. I thought I mentioned to folks that I would
> really like to see our bylaws written up through the meetings and made
> available to ALL volunteers a month BEFORE voting to pass them. This way
> people would have plenty of time for voicing concerns, even if they couldn't
> make meetings. If I wasn't clear about that, I apologize, but I really don't
> think things should change so drastically at the drop of a hat.
> **
> Please don't take this as an aggressive message, I know how long e-mails
> can come off as serious or dramatic, I just really don't agree with some of
> the proposals, and since I have been at work all day and couldn't go to the
> meeting, I am a little confused how all of this happened. I just want to
> understand the reasoning on these items, and if I was to vague about some of
> my ideas or gave anyone the wrong impression, I sincerely apologize.
>
> All the events look great, and I am stoked for them. Thanks for endorsing
> the Burial Ground actions and the VPA March!
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Megan Osborn <mrosborn1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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>> 1/13 General Volunteers Meeting Minutes
>>
>> In Attendance: Mallory, Megan, Ramey, Jen, Ellen, Matt, Mo
>>
>> Facilitator: none
>>
>> Notetaker: Megan
>>
>>
>> Agenda items:
>>
>> Regular meeting day(s)
>>
>> How to set agenda items
>>
>> Procedure meeting
>>
>> Shelving
>>
>> Budgeting/Reimbursement
>>
>> Lips event date change
>>
>> Incomplete items from last meeting
>>
>> MLP Speak Out event
>>
>> Lips release
>>
>> Tshirts
>>
>> Friends of AK Press, PM Press, etc
>>
>> Endorsing VPA and Burial Ground actions
>>
>> International Sex Worker Rights Awareness Day
>>
>> Volunteer log
>>
>> Meeting minutes
>>
>> Eating Disorder Awareness Week
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.
>>
>> Regular meeting day(s):We thought that we could have two volunteer
>> meetings a month, especially for some people that are not able to come to
>> one meeting. Fixed meeting dates may be easier to plan around, will save
>> emails flooding inboxes, and will save a lot of planning and phone calls
>> each month trying to find a good meeting time.
>>
>> Meetings on the first Monday of each month at 12:30pm and the third
>> Thursday at 6:30pm. Passed.
>>
>> *Our next volunteer meetings will be on Monday, Feb. 7th at 12:30pm
>> and Thursday, Feb. 17th at 6:30pm.*
>>
>> Meeting notes and decisions made at the meetings will be sent out to
>> the listserv. If there are any objections to decisions made at a meeting, we
>> thought it would be good to have a certain amount of time for voicing
>> concerns, and if there are no objections, move forward. *Two days
>> timespan for voicing concerns was passed.*
>> 2.
>>
>> How to set agenda items: Who is bottomlining open hours will be
>> decided during the first meeting of the month who is bottomlining for the
>> following month. Passed.
>>
>> Planning for events for the following month should be open to both
>> meetings (for example, both Feb. meetings are open for planning March
>> events). Passed.
>> 3.
>>
>> Procedure meeting:* *brainstorm ideas for a mission statement and
>> foundational things about the library that weren't completely finished when
>> the library reopened. *Procedure meeting will be Monday, January 17th
>> at 6:30pm.*
>> 4.
>>
>> Shelving: the open area has been measured for building our new
>> shelves. $100 budget for new shelves. Passed.
>> 5.
>>
>> Budgeting: Ellen will bottomline keeping track of Flying Brick
>> expenditures on a spreadsheet and talking to Robert about opening up a house
>> fund bank account for the library.
>>
>> Reimbursement: Ellen bought “Defying the Tomb” for the library.
>> Consent on full reimbursement.
>> 6.
>>
>> Lips movie screening event change: *Change the date from the 22nd to
>> the 29th from 7-10pm. *Passed.
>> 7.
>>
>> Incomplete tasks from last meeting: Jen is still on the lookout for a
>> coffee urn. She will also talk to Jeff Wayside Center facilitation and
>> consensus items.
>> 8.
>>
>> MLP speak out event: *speak out/potluck/benefit on February 19th,
>> potluck at 6pm, event starts at 7pm.* Passed.
>> 9.
>>
>> Lips release: was originally scheduled for Valentine's Day. Agenda
>> item is shelved until more information is gathered about the event.
>> 10.
>>
>> Tshirts: Setting a budget for getting bulk blank t-shirts so that we
>> can have Flying Brick t-shirts to sell. Shelved to the next meeting.
>> 11.
>>
>> Friends of AK Press/PM Press, etc: these shelved to next meeting until
>> we have the expenditure spreadsheet together. Ramey will bottomline getting
>> ahold of AK Press to see about getting Friends of AK Press discount for the
>> library.
>> 12.
>>
>> Flying Brick endorsements: Flying Brick endorsement of VPA: Passed
>> (Nathan said in the past that he will contact them). Flying Brick
>> endorsement of Burial Ground actions: Passed. If people are interested in
>> getting involved in burial ground actions, contact Nathan.
>> 13.
>>
>> International Sex Worker Rights Awareness day: (March 3rd?)-Ramey and
>> Mo will bottomline researching past events.
>> 14.
>>
>> Volunteer log: reminder to use the volunteer log and write in it, go
>> through the log if there is nothing else to do, if there are any suggestions
>> written in the log remember to bring it up at the next meeting.
>> 15.
>>
>> Meeting minutes:* *Notetaker at each meeting will bottomline printing
>> out the notes and leaving copies at the library. Passed.
>> 16.
>>
>> Permanent agenda item for every meeting: Reading the previous meeting
>> notes at the beginning of each meeting. Passed.
>> 17.
>>
>> Eating disorder awareness week: (last week of February) Need
>> additional speakers, especially those that have experienced eating disorders
>> firsthand, find good documentary to show, decide a date. Of those present,
>> Matt, Ramey, Mallory, and Megan are interested in helping to plan the event.
>> *Event tentatively scheduled at the Library for Thursday Feb. 24
>> during open hours.* Passed.
>>
>> *Planning meeting for the event on 1/22 at 11am.* Preference for where
>> we meet? Coffee shop? Flying Brick? Black Hand? Somewhere with heat!
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Megan Osborn
>> **
>> *"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life
>> stands explained." -Mark Twain
>> *
>>
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>
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>
> Nathan
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Megan Osborn
**
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