[FlyingBrickAnnouncements] Flying Brick Meeting Notes 9/5/11 and IMPORTANT info on listserv security

[AE]

Hey, Just wanted to make sure the "extra" funds per month was right in the
notes. I wrote down that we'd have $100 a month, including the "friends of
program" that we're starting out with PM that would be $60 extra? Just
wanted to make sure things were clear and I wasn't just hearing things :)

On Mon, September 12, 2011 4:16 pm, Nathan Stickel wrote:
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>
> Hey y'all, my notetaking sucks, I'm really sorry. If I missed anything,
> please add it. Thanks to Ellen for finishing for me when I had to leave
> early.
>
> THE INFO ABOUT SECURITY WILL BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE NOTES.
>
>
> Flying Brick Meeting, Monday, Sept. 5th, 2011
>
> Attendance: Jeremy, Robert, Greg, Antony, Scarlett, Ramey, Nathan,
> Christie,
> Ellen, Megan
>
> Facilitator: Christie
> Notes: Nathan, Ellen
>
> Agenda:
>
> - Food Not Bombs Fundraiser for the Fall (Nathan, Jeremy, Ellen)
> - Stickers (update, Nathan)
> - Outreach!
> - Funds (reportback)
> - Forming Collective (update, Nathan)
> - The List (Ramey)
> - Flash Zine Event (Megan)
> - *Meeting/Listserv Security (Megan, Nathan)
> *- Friends of Programs (Ellen)
> - Book Drive (Robert)
> - Film Screening Series (Christie)
> - Field Trip (Greg, Nathan)
> - Marx Class (Nathan)
> - Event Report Back on "Work" event
>
> *Food Not Bombs Fundraiser*
>
> Ellen, Nathan, and Christie will bottomline a documentary screening that
> focuses on Food Not Bombs.
> If no documentary exists, we will work on a multimedia presentation that
> would tell the history of Food Not Bombs internationally,
> and locally here in Richmond. This would double as a fundraiser and to
> garner new interest in Food Not Bombs in the city.
>
> *Flying Brick Stickers* (update, Nathan)
>
> Stickers come from Jakprint, $120 for 1,000 vinyl stickers. This amount
> was
> approved at a meeting a few months back.
> Most folks did not like the idea to just use the old flier and cut it in
> half, so *Megan and Ellen volunteered to design a few images*
> to be approved by the group next meeting, Thursday the 22nd at 6:30.
>
> Robert has been trying to contact Tim Lamb about printing t-shirts, since
> Nathan has almost found a decent priced shirt package.
> Tim lives in DC, so it has been hard, and since we have a template for the
> screen already, so Robert says we could do it ourselves.
>
> *Outreach *(Nathan)
>
> Now that VCU is back in session, Nathan wants to start a push for
> outreach.
> Some people suggested tabling at events for often, and
> Zinefest will be one that we do every year, as well as upcoming student
> events to be looked out for. *If anyone hears of appropriate tabling
> events,
> please contact us!
>
> Budget and New Books Programs
>
> *The current Library balance is $506. Ellen tallied up the expenses on a
> sheet that will be kept in the meeting notes folder, behind the PC.
> Nathan keeps the money. Megan was reimbursed $16 for the book they bought
> at
> Red Emma's in Baltimore.
>
> Ramey and Ellen bottomlined and completed the task of subscribing to our
> first "friends of" program to PM Press. This will be $40 a month,
> to be revisited every 3 months. Others to be subscribed to later will be
> AK
> Press, Microcosm, and others. With PM we receive ANYTHING they
> release in those months. Jeremy highly recommended this program, as the
> Wingnut uses it for their lending library and they feel that they get
> their money's worth.
>
> The group also voted that we would allot $20 a month for unforeseen
> expenses, like fliers, stamps, special book offers, etc.
>
> *Book Drive *(Robert)
>
> Robert suggested we do a book drive to raise money. *The group approved
> the
> drive will start immediately, and we are asking for books to be donated
> during open hours,
> and the day before the Book Sale on October 1st. It will go from 8am until
> 2pm*. All leftover books will go to the Really Really Free Market.
>
> *Film Series *(Christie)
> *
> *Christie thinks it is time for another film screening to highlight books
> we
> have here in the library. The group decided *One Flew Over The Cuckoo's
> Nest
> will screen on
> Friday, Sept. 30th at 7pm. This will also be a potluck!
>
> Field Trip to DC* (Greg, Nathan)
>
> The Field Trip to DC has to be rescheduled because of the hurricane. Greg
> and Nathan are working on a date in October.
>
> *Marx Free Class* (Nathan)
>
> Kenny and Eleanor of the IWW want to use the Flying Brick to hold a free
> class on Marx's "Das Kapital", using David Harvey's free, online, 13 class
> series.
> The group approved, and the class will be meeting *Tuesday Nights at 5:30,
> starting on the 19th.* Anyone is welcome to attend, but they would really
> like
> for people to attend as much of the entire series as possible, so that
> they
> can build on ideas and discussions from each previous session.
>
> *Event Reportback: WORK* (Nathan, Robert, Ellen, Antony)
>
> Everyone seemed to enjoy the event, and the ongoing discussions that it
> inspired afterwards. The CWC folks were very friendly, and the library
> bought their new book
> for $7. It was checked out the same night and will be available again
> soon.
> They gave us a "Support Eric McDavid and Marie Mason: Anarchist Political
> Prisoners"
> poster that still needs to be put up in the library. The CWC folks really
> seemed to enjoy Richmond, and were glad to see so much interest in
> anarchism
> here.
> There were many new faces at the event as well, which is very exciting!
>
> *Meeting and Listserv Security* (Nathan, Megan)
>
> Our meeting notes can be googled! Megan discovered this by accident, and
> it
> looks as if anyone can view the notes that finds them. Nathan looked into
> changing settings
> but so far has not found a way to change the privacy. As we are not a
> group
> that does illegal activities, the group did not seem to feel this should
> be
> a major cause
> for concern, HOWEVER, it was decided that we should warn people and take
> precautions anyway. *If you do not want to be easily associated with this
> space, use a
> fake name on the listserv and you can request a fake initial to be used in
> meeting notes. However, we should also remind you that anyone can
> subscribe
> to
> this listerv, and therefore see anything you say, linked to your email.
> This
> is not hard to trace back to an IP address, so you should still assume
> that
> people
> you don't know can see what you are saying.*
>
> *
> The folks from Seattle that spoke on the 7th also sent a friend of theirs
> who is on a booktour our way. Ellen volunteered to take this event on, and
> the event will be
> at 7pm on Sept. 20th. It will be about the author's time in the Balkans,
> as
> an anarchist, and all the friends he made and the repression they have
> experienced.
> View the book synopsis here:
> http://akpress.org/2009/items/suffledhowitgushakpress
> *
> --
> Always with Solidarity
>
> Nathan
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