Hey Folks,<br><br>Below are the minutes from the meeting this past Tuesday.<br>A few emails have already gone out about follow-up meetings.<br>As always if you have any questions let me know and keep your eyes open for more info.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, February 2, 2010<br>
<br>
Nathan: Woo, no scabies!<br>
<br>
Go Round: Alison, Nathan, Dave, Erica, Kim, Chelsea, Salem, Sarah, Jasper,
Matt,<span style=""> </span>Kendel, Claire, Hermelinda, Sara
(2), Ali<br>
<br>
Debriefing of Last Meeting<br>
<span style=""> </span>Vision for the space<br>
<span style=""> </span>What we want/don’t want<br>
<span style=""> </span>Hub/Sobriety/Safer Space</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
Tell folks what we are gonna talk about this time<br>
<span style=""> </span>Where to plug people into <br>
<span style=""> </span>Lots or a little time<br>
<br>
Go Round: Experience/Skills/Ways You’d Like to Participate<br>
<br>
Nathan:<span style=""> </span>Moving In. (1). Film Screenings.<br>
Dave:<span style=""> </span>(1), Events<br>
Erica:<span style=""> </span>Writing, Promotion<br>
Kim:<span style=""> </span>Open Hours cool with space not based
on consumption, reading groups/events<br>
Sara (2):<span style=""> </span>(1), Interested in learning
about fundraising<br>
Ali:<span style=""> </span>Workshops (wants to learn),
organizing, filing, cleaning<br>
Chelsea:<span style=""> </span>Open Hours, Events, lots of
time<br>
Salem:<span style=""> </span>Experience in events, lots of
time, open hours<br>
Sarah:<span style=""> </span>Open schedule, open hours,
fundraising<br>
Jasper:<span style=""> </span>Open Hours, organizing books,
promotion/flyers<br>
Matt:<span style=""> </span>Open Hours, Organizing/Filing,
Newsletter<br>
Kendel:<span style=""> </span>Thinking of new ways to promote
space, workshops, open hours, helping those who are overwhelmed<br>
Claire:<span style=""> </span>Grunt work, events/workshops,
approachableness<br>
Hermelinda:<span style=""> </span>Connect the dots<br>
Alison:<span style=""> </span>Plugging people in, passing it
off into good hands, history zine<br>
<br>
Avoiding micromanagement, volunteer shifts, phone tree, empowerment<br>
<br>
Break Out<br>
Working Groups:<br>
<br>
(1) Open Hours/Organizing Zines & Books<br>
Orientation for checking out/checking in, <br>
<br>
(2) Fundraising</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Slingshot<br>
Benefit Dinners<br>
Benefit Shows (Acoustic)<br>
Poetry Readings (Salem)<br>
Potlucks<br>
Lamplighter Airpot/Coffee <span style=""> </span>sliding scale
donations (Kendel)<br>
Nude Calendar<br>
$1 Book Sale<br>
Give a Book/Take a Book<br>
Pie Date<br>
Local Spaces-Contributions, Benefit Shows, Flyers<br>
<br>
Point Person:<span style=""> </span>Sara (2) <a href="mailto:veggiesdontexist@hotmail.com">veggiesdontexist@hotmail.com</a>,
804-247-3887<br style="">
<br style="">
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(3) Events/Workshops<br>
<br>
<span style=""> </span>Alison:<span style="">
</span>Approval Process from Bryan McKenzie Infoshop:<span style=""> </span>PDF<br>
Setting up process for approving stuff and avoiding hierarchy <br>
Mission Statement/Decision making process<br>
Point People<br>
<br>
Workshop Popcorn<br>
Consent<br>
DIY<br>
Facilitation/Consensus<br>
Garden<br>
Creative Writing:<span style=""> </span>Feminist Poetry
Workshop<br>
White Privilege<br>
Sponsored Workshops at other collective spaces (ie: the Wingnut)<br>
<br>
Point Person:<span style=""> </span>Kendel <a href="mailto:wynneka@vcu.edu">wynneka@vcu.edu</a>, 804-240-6361<br>
<br>
(4) Promotion<br>
<br>
3 sizes of flyers, new flyer designs wanted, sandwich board, tabling, high
school targets, myspace/facebook, word of mouth<br>
<br>
Point Person:<span style=""> </span>Jasper <a href="mailto:mcjasperart@gmail.com">mcjasperart@gmail.com</a>, <span style=""> </span>(703)509-1417<br>
<br>
<br>
(5) Newsletter/Long Term Planning<br>
<br>
Consensus Overview<br>
Decision making in working groups<br>
Keeping working groups connected<br>
Monthly/Semi-Monthly Volunteer Hangouts/Meetings<br>
Mission Statement<br>
1-minute spiel, <br>
<br>
non-profit status<br>
we already researched<br>
bureaucracy bullshit<br>
non profit industrial complex-the revolution will not be funded<br>
<br>
MARCH<br>
Film wind that shakes the barley…st. patrick’s days<br>
national eating disorder awareness week…last week of February<br>
black history month---alternative<br>
<br>
Point Person: <span style=""> </span>Claire <span class="gi"><a href="mailto:clairemschoen@gmail.com">clairemschoen@gmail.com</a>, 703-217-3275</span><br>
<br>
Coordination rest of this week due Saturday<br>
Mtgs next week…send out by Sunday<br>
<br>
Listserv will be set up this week. Keep your eyes peeled.</p>
<br>-- <br>Hermelinda Cortes<br>Richmond, VA<br>804-386-7798<br><a href="mailto:hermelindacortes@gmail.com">hermelindacortes@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>