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

Tue Sep 13 20:18:33 UTC 2011

o i may have written it wrong....does anyone remember?

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:25 PM, AE <tilwearefree at riseup.net> wrote:

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> 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:
> > Hey Flying Brickers! You are currently receiving messages in a Non-Digest
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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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> AE
>
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Always with Solidarity

Nathan
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