In attendance: Jackson (moderator), Ty (secretary)
Start time: 7:00 PM

1. Donation – We received a donation of $200 from some dear friends of ours! We’re pretty solid on the general treasury fund, so we opted to put this money into our library fund so that we may fund the AK Press book purchase we so desperately want to make. We’ll table the actual purchasing of books until after the fall calendar is finalized.

2. Fall Calendar – We’re still working on potential Popcorn Politics films. There was a suggestion in the group chat for a horror movie for October – Alien was a favorite suggestion for that – and an anti-war film for the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Jackson is suggesting Johnny Got His Gun for that. Though a different war, Full Metal Jacket would also be a good choice. Alien will likely be the film for October, but things are still brewing for November (Dr. Strangelove and Paths of Glory are also potential options), and no specific leads for September.
We really do need to have some solid discussions, and we really want to commemorate 1968 somehow but we’re not sure how at this point. Ty is fairly confident in his ability to do a discussion on disability rights.

Meeting adjourned: 8:30PM

Tabled items: Fall calendar, AK Press Purchase, Graphic Designer, Stuff to Buy (canopy, stuff to secure bike rack, labels, 7×7 no-slip outdoor mat for porch, new SSD hard drive for public laptop, more button parts)

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Ty (moderator)
Start time: 7:01 PM

1. Event Review – We hosted our reading discussion on conspiracy theories Saturday afternoon. Our turnout was a bit low, possibly partly because of the death penalty event that was happening at the same time at Indigo Bridge. We had a good discussion though.

2. Reimbursement – Ty got the handouts for our reading group printed, and would like to be reimbursed the $5.79 he spent. This is approved unanimously.

3. Red State Workshop – We spent some time working on our blurb describing our workshop on running a space for the Red State conference.

Meeting adjourned: 8:11 PM

Tabled items: Fall calendar, Graphic Designer, Stuff to Buy (canopy, stuff to secure bike rack, labels, 7×7 no-slip outdoor mat for porch, new SSD hard drive for public laptop, more button parts)

In attendance: Jackson (moderator), Ty (secretary)
Start time: 7:05 PM

1. Event Review – We did Popcorn Politics last Friday. It was a good film and a pretty good discussion followed.

2. Upcoming Event – We have a reading discussion this Saturday. Unfortunately, it’s been double-booked with a sudden event concerning the death penalty. We’ll have to still get the articles compiled and printed, and clean up the room.

3. Reimbursement – We bought some books at Socialism 2018, which totaled to $80.57. Jackson also had to pay for our secondary website domain name and the privacy associated with it, which totaled to $30.87.

4. Fall Calendar –

Black-Out Days: September 1, 8, 15, 29; October 20; November 10, 17
Grey-Out Days: September 14, November 24

Nov 19 – International Men’s Day
Nov 25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Nov 29 – International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Possible discussions: Disability rights, September discussion on Puerto Rico, farmers/agriculture, the politics of sports, 1968 year of revolt anniversaries

Possible Popcorn Politics: Free State of Jones, The Parallax View, The Young Karl Marx

Possible documentaries: Tough Guise, American Socialist: The Life & Times of Eugene Victor Debs

Meeting adjourned: 8:33 PM

Tabled items: Fall calendar, Graphic Designer, Stuff to Buy (canopy, stuff to secure bike rack, labels, 7×7 no-slip outdoor mat for porch, new SSD hard drive for public laptop, more button parts)

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Ty (moderator)
Start time: 7:00 PM

1. Next Week – We’re canceling next week’s meeting because it’ll be right after the Socialism conference and we may not make it home in time for the scheduled meeting. We’ll advertise this on Facebook.

2. Upcoming Event – Popcorn Politics returns next Friday! We already have the movie, but we still need to get it up on Facebook. Jackson is in contact with our DSA contacts on getting that drafted by tomorrow.

3. Email – We got two emails. One is from an apolitical band (and one that’s contacted us before…), so we’re ignoring that one. The other email came from the Feral Crust Collective in the Philippines. They’re trying to raise money for a sewing machine to make menstrual pads and other things to fundraise for their ecological projects. We decide to send them $50. (Jackson reports it will actually cost us $54.99, because of a PayPal fee).

4. Monthly Review – Our books came in! We agree to reimburse Jackson the $80 he spent on them for us.

5. Fall Calendar – The Young Karl Marx is a movie night we would like to feature at some point, but the DVD is still rather expensive. We would also like to see In The Intense Now, but it might not be on DVD yet. Perhaps there is another film about 1968 political actions that we can show before the year is over.

Black-Out Days: September 1, 8, 15, 29; October 20; November 2, 10, 17
Grey-Out Days: September 14, November 24

Disability rights?
Nov 19 – International Men’s Day
Nov 25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Nov 29 – International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Possible documentaries: Tough Guise

6. July Events – Jackson will be getting Popcorn Politics up tomorrow. Ty spent the rest of our meeting time putting up our event for “Confronting Conspiracy Theories”

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

Tabled items: Fall calendar, Graphic Designer, Stuff to Buy (canopy, stuff to secure bike rack, labels, 7×7 no-slip outdoor mat for porch, new SSD hard drive for public laptop, more button parts)