[matilda] minutes 20/3

[Joe Public]

Please don't take the swift typing-up of these minutes as proof that I have 
no social life. I actually had dozens of my many friends begging me to let 
them accompany me to "night-clubs" tonight but I told them all NO so I could 
get this typed up. I guess I'm just more dedicated than you.

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minuets, Monday March 20th 2006ce



**NEW PROPOSALS**

-Woodcraft Folk Young 'Uns
   -need money to pay for a South African delegation to come to their Global 
Village camp this summer
   -would like to put on a benefit night, with bands and speakers, then DJs
   -OK-ed by meeting at large, now working with gig collective

-C
   -all collectives should have at least 1 meeting a month
   -everyone was fine with this - meeting details will be put up on the 
website and a real life noticeboard

-M
   -proposed a 'Living With Climate Change' workshop day
   -will look at climate change, its effects and our responses
   -booked in for the 7th May in the daytime (there is an Iceland benefit 
that night but they won't collide)

-R
   -just come back from Rossport Solidarity Camp ( 
http://www.corribsos.com/index.php?id=625 )
   -Would like to sort a DVD showing in early April, and a tat callout (with 
storage)
   -food would be nice, will now talk to cafe and gig folk

-SWAN
   -working on anti-Incapacity Benefit cut campaign
   -needed help painting banner and somewhere to do it.
   -offered cafe Thurs afternoon, anyone wanting to help can

-No Sweat
   -would like to put on another, bigger benefit after the success of their 
Zanon benefit last month
   -Planned for a Saturday, from 5pm, on a Mediterranean theme
   -talking to gig people

-Party
   -proposed 3 rooms, til 2, 3rd Sat of a month, 20 or so artists, split 
door donations between artists
   -some unease at this proposal due to party drama before Christmas
   -proposer will post again to list in the hope of finding a Matilda person 
to coordinate/advocate this event.

-D
   -proposed formation of a Library/Workshop collective, to work closely 
with the cafe
   -nice one, joint workday/week to come soon

-?
   -band recording upstairs need a key
   -sorted out a Matilda person Mon-Thurs to let them in


**COLLECTIVE FEEDBACK**

-gig collective
   -3 gigs last Fri/Sat/Sun, all were wholesome and fun, pictures up on 
website
   -bought a vocal PA last week! Debuted at Barackca gig on Thursday, 
sounded gooood
   -planning a film night, also another weekend of gigs soon, including an 
anti-war and an Amnesty International benefit
   -did we mention the vocal PA?
   -PA PA PA

-No Borders collective
   -cooking for social this Thursday (23rd)

-Art collective
   -they like sawing, but only done tidily
   -darkrooms are good too. Simunye have offered equipment, which will be 
sorted out

-Cafe collective
   -now meeting every 2 weeks, including this Thursday from 6.30 in the old 
free shop
   -please CLEAR UP because it means that the lovely and dignified rats will 
painfully starve to death in the cruellest possible way, and the cafe 
advocate that sort of thing
  -read the blueprint for socials, it'll tell you what's what
  -discussed solutions to rat problem. Suggestions - purchase of tiger, 
intimidating anti-rat graffitti campaign sprayed at rat eye level (2" off 
floor), capture rats and sell to vivisection labs (raising money for vegan 
kitchen)
   -planning joint workday with library folk
   -cooking for clowns and medics this weekend

-Building collective
   -workday this Thursday (23rd), from 12 onwards
  -meetings yep.
   -that's all

-Hacklab collective
   -will fix your computer for you! And obtain things that you would like
   -meeting Thursday (23rd) in the hacklab at some point in the evening 
(just turn up and you can always look at www.ratemykitten.com if you're 
early)

-(misc)
-anti-war gig organiser asked for Stop the War Coalition stall to be OK-ed 
for event.
   -vetoed as SWP front
   -but vegan cake will be at gig instead
   -caaaaake

**AGENDA**

-wiki
   -it's well slow.
   -Dan will ask Chris to think about the wiki

-Yorkshire Forward
   -came around a month ago
   -we have at least a year left in Matilda
   -YF own property but it is being managed by Sheffield One (although it's 
probably written SheffieldOne because wanky companies always do that) who 
co-ordinate the 'regeneration' of Sheffield but don't own any property 
themselves. They have not responded to an enquiry sent by D.
   -M intends to stay as long as possible and hopes for compensation
   -D initiated discussion of Matilda from the perspective of a long term, 
legal community project
   -some collectives expressed concern over legalities and red tape that 
this would entail for them
   -resolved to continue as usual for now, but for a group to form to look 
at these issues, which are somewhat omnipresent and will become more 
pressing as time goes by.

-Money
   -Where is J?
   -H will contact him
   -M began to rant and the meeting dissolved into a chaos which was 
familiar and, I found, faintly comforting.

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