[FlyingBrickAnnouncements] General Volunteers Meeting Notes 07/21

[Alison]

Just an update on the crimethinc book tour, they are coming on the 29th of
August. :) I will be bottomlining the event, but it would be great if
someone else wanted to team up and help me spread the word, etc. Just let me
know! You should call/text me. 804 586 4853





On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Ramey Connelly <rameysaurus at gmail.com>wrote:

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> General Volunteers Meeting Notes 07/21
> Attendance: Nathan, Megan, Matt, Greg, Ramey
> Facilitator: Nathan
> Notes: Ramey
>
> Agenda Items
>
> Events
>  - Eating Disorder Coalition Fundraiser - Matt
>  - Persepolis Movie Screening
>  - Crimethinc book tour
>  - free class on Reading Marx's Capital
>  - Field trips
> Scott's books
> Zines
> New Checkout Log
> Library Cards
> Collective Membership
>
> 1. Events
>
> -Eating Disorder Coalition Fundraiser- Matt W. is planning a fundraiser for
> the Eating Disorders Coalition. If anyone is interested in helping him plan
> this, contact him either through email or phone. Dating TBA.
>
> -The first movie screening/potluck of our book-based film series is
> Persepolis! Friday, July 29th at 7PM. Bring a dish to share! Remember, the
> Flying Brick is a sober space, so please no drinking, drugs, or
> intoxication.
>
> -Crimethinc book tour- Crimethinc is touring with their new book, Work.
> Event will be either August 25th or 30th, TBA. Alison is bottomlining.
>
> -Kenny would like to organize a free class on Reading Marx's Capital using
> this [ http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/ ] as a resource.  They
> would like to hold it corresponding with the first week of school (VCU), and
> have one class per week.  The class will end about the same time as VCU and
> honor all the same holidays.  Will be promoted as a free class and folks who
> miss a class can catch up on their own time.
>
> -Field Trips- Greg & Nathan have been discussing Flying Brick Field Trips -
> On Sunday August 28th, meet at the Brick for a trip to Washington DC to
> visit the Museum of the American Indian, as well as the National Museum of
> Natural History to see the *RACE: Are We So Different?*,exhibit, developed
> by the American Anthropological Association <http://www.aaanet.org> in
> collaboration with the Science Museum of Minnesota <http://www.smm.org>,
> It is the first national exhibition to tell the stories of race from the
> biological, cultural, and historical points of view. Combining these
> perspectives offers an unprecedented look at race and racism in the United
> States.
>
> Folks will need to bring money for food, metro fair, and gas. If you can't
> afford this, there is a chance that the Library can sponsor a few people.
> Contact theflyingbrick at riseup.net to RSVP (for carpool info) or to ask
> about funding. If this field trip goes well, there could be a trip to
> Harper's Ferry in the future!
>
> 2. Scott's books
>      When Scott moved away, he left behind about 6 boxes of books to donate
> to the Library. Matt, Ramey, and Nathan will be meeting at the Brick on
> Sunday July 24th at noon to sort through them. Anybody else is welcome to
> join.
>
> 3. Zines
>      The new zine shelving system will begin construction on Thursday,
> August 15th during Open Hours. Nathan & Ramey are bottomlining; anybody else
> is welcome to help!
>
> 4. New Checkout Log
>      Nathan will be bottomlining a new system for Checkouts. Every person
> who visits the Library is asked to sign an accountability form. These forms
> will have the person's contact information on them, and will be used as the
> checkout log. They will be stored alphabetically, and the log of the books
> they check out will be kept on the same sheet. To be implemented in the next
> few weeks.
>
> 5. Library Cards
>      Volunteers are encouraged to give out the Flying Brick Library
> business cards, particularly to newcomers. It has all of our contact
> information on it, and it can be used as a bookmark. You can also suggest
> that people write down their book due dates on the back of the card so they
> can more easily keep track!
>
> 6. Collective Membership
>      Nathan is interested in finding out if people would like to form a
> more cohesive collective, by determining a defined decision making body of
> people who are committed to being involved & making real progress. This does
> NOT mean that meetings or anything else would be closed to the public.
> Agreeing to be a part of the collective would mean a commitment to 3
> things:
>        1) Frequent communication between members
>        2) Regular attendance of meetings (say, not missing more than 2
> meetings in a row without communicating to the rest of the
>            group)
>        3) Commitment to volunteering at Open Hours or events at least once
> or twice a month
>    Nathan will be making INDIVIDUAL contact with people over the next few
> weeks, solely to determine the amount of people on the volunteers list who
> are interested in seeing this happen. Nothing has been formally proposed or
> voted on as of this point.
>
> 7) Standard Stuff
>      Ramey will bottomline August Open Hours volunteers schedule
>      Megan will send out meeting reminders for next month - Monday August
> 1st at 12:30 PM & Thursday August 18th at 6:30 PM
>
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