[FlyingBrickAnnouncements] General Volunteers Meeting Notes 06/16/11

Sun Jun 19 23:31:09 UTC 2011

Thanks for responding, Christie. I think we are on the same page. I'm
looking forward to the movie events, let me know if you need help with a few
film screenings; I'm going to try to match up some books to movies as well.

-Salem

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 1:17 PM, christie <grimmauld12 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hey Salem I definitely see what you are saying.  When we first threw
> out the idea we hadn't discussed possible books so I think we just
> figured the potluck could tie in in some way with the content of
> whatever book.  I feel like we weren't thinking critically after we
> picked out possible books when applying that idea.  But yeah, it
> shouldn't be based around the characters or author's nationality or
> ethnicity, since most people coming will quite probably be outside of
> that.  And since that is often the simplest connection that people
> will make if we just say bring something that makes you think of or
> from such and such a book, maybe we should just go ahead and scrap the
> food theme idea and just have general potlucks as a movie
> accompaniment.  Thanks for bringing this up, hope I got what you were
> trying to say right.
> Christie
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> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Salem Acuna <salemacuna at gmail.com>
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> > Hello Friends,
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> > I just wanted to respond to the "themed" movie events. First I'd like to
> say that I dig the idea of screening films that are about books that we
> carry in the library. Movie screenings are always a fun way to get people
> out to the library and doing so while promoting the books that are actually
> there seems like a smart idea.
> >
> > That being said, I have some concerns regarding the "themed" aspect of
> it. When I read the examples I couldn't help but wonder, "who will be making
> this 'Latin American' food?" "What will the crowd look like at these
> events?" I can only speak for myself when I say that I'm slightly
> uncomfortable with the idea of having a "latin american" themed event in a
> space that is typically frequented by a mostly white group of folks. I would
> say that the same goes for an "Iranian" themed potluck. We should be aware
> of who is actually organizing these events.
> >
> > Obviously, I wasn't at this meeting and perhaps I may lack a little
> context. I'm open to meeting with folks to talk about this further. In no
> way am I trying to single out anyone. It seems like the creative juices were
> definitely flowing at this meeting and I don't want anyone to feel like I am
> trying to attack that.
> >
> > Always with love,
> >
> > Salem
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Ramey Connelly <rameysaurus at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> >> General Volunteers Meeting Notes 06/16/2011
> >>
> >> Attendees: Christie, Brantley, T, Ramey
> >> Facilitator: Christie
> >> Notes: Ramey
> >>
> >> Agenda items:
> >> Talking points for Alison re: interview
> >> Reorganizing
> >> Next month's Open Hours
> >> Events
> >> Community Organizing forum/conference meeting
> >>
> >> 1) Talking points for Alison re: interview
> >>      Brief history of the library (can refer them to "A Brief History of
> TFBL Pamphlet")
> >>      Open Hours
> >>      Address
> >>      website - wordpress & librarything. If there's time/space, the RVA
> Radicalendar could be mentioned
> >>     All volunteer
> >>     While a radical space, TFB is not strictly anarchist or
> politically-oriented. Everybody is welcome to organize in the space. Books
> are centered on social issues with a focus of harder-to-find stuff.
> >>     Not just books; also an extensive zine collection, videos, fliers,
> and periodicals
> >>     All ages safe space - all events, including open hours and meetings,
> are sober
> >> Regarding photos: best to keep it to photos of the books themselves;
> Beehive Collective has given permission to use photos from their event, but
> try not to use photos of people who have not given their explicit consent
> >>
> >> 2) Reorganizing - Ideas for new sections/rearranged sections are in the
> red notebook. People can move books, alphabetize, or make notes. Spot is
> help in red notebook with a notecard. Ramey will be at Open Hours on Monday
> reorganizing if others would like to join and help.
> >>
> >> 3) Open Hours for July will be bottomlined by Brantley & should be
> posted soon
> >>     There is still one more slot open for June 30th; Christie will send
> out notice. Almost all shifts in June are still in need of a secondary
> person.
> >>
> >> 4) We want to do a series of film screenings & potlucks, with each film
> based on a book we have in the library, and with the potluck having a theme
> related to the book/film. (As per example, screening Persepolis with Iranian
> foods, or screening Che with a variety of foods from Latin America, etc)
> >>    Proposed doing one screening per month on a Friday evening
> >>    Christie will bottomline first event & will send out a separate email
> regarding feedback for possible dates & films
> >>
> >> 5) A community organizing training conference/forum is in the very basic
> works right now. The next meeting is on Tuesday June 21st at 5PM with the
> location TBA. Please contact Ramey at 804-519-8724 if you are interested
> or would like more details.
> >>
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