5/27/19 Minutes
In attendance: Jackson (moderator), Marc (secretary), Ty, Wyatt
Start time: 7:10
1. Event review:
Aragorn! came here Thursday and Jackson purchased $155 worth of books. We also received $60 for hosting the event. We have a whole bunch of books to sort through and add to the library; most of it is more contemporary.
Wyatt said that we liked having folks come by and speak if it’s convenient, and the BCH could be used as a gig space more often because of its position on I-80 between major cities. We also want to figure out ways to reach out to younger folks interested in politics.
The conversation attendees and Aragorn! had were fruitful and intriguing, and it was a great event.
Young Karl Marx movie night was on Friday; a few people showed up and spoke afterwards. The movie served as an introduction to the politics of the 19th century for some folks in attendance.
2. Upcoming events:
Our open house is on June 1st. We’ve gotta hype it up. Wyatt has offered to bake cupcakes for the event. Jackson is going to handle the punch. Ty is gonna also schedule tweets for the event.
Ty and Marc are going to table at the Feed the People grill-out event at Peter Pan Park. We’ll show up with material to pass out at the event, such as zines, publications, etc. We’ll also take the table banner with us.
3. June events
Wyatt got a description of the movie 1984 for the upcoming Popcorn Politics event with DSA. We edited the description to pertain to the event itself and include more information and will send it to the DSA for approval. Jackson will take care of this part.
What is Revolution is already up; How to Survive a Plague is not yet up. Ty has offered to write up the description for HtSaP.
4. Library donations
We had 17 leftover books from yard sale donations to add to the lending library, plus the books from Aragorn!. The zines from Aragorn! will be going into the zine archive.
5. Calendar distribution
Wyatt has already done part of his route; Ty and Marc will distribute calendars tomorrow, and Jackson will distribute calendars later.
6. New flyers
Marc made drafts of a new flyer and bookmark design. Wyatt proposed updating the mission statement and “about” information for materials in the future.
Marc will complete the design for the bookmark to be printed by June 1. He will also contact the print shop to get a price estimate for printing them.
We also discussed creating more Black Cat House swag in the future, and getting an interest check on buttons and T-shirts.
We’ll talk more about the wording update in the future.
Meeting adjourned: 8:20 PM
Tabled Items: Library Readership Development, Reviving the Email List, Stuff to Buy (canopy, stuff to secure bike rack, new SSD hard drive for public laptop)