In attendance: Anthony, Jackson (secretary), Nate
Start time: 7:05 PM

1. Event Review – Winslow’s Wardrobe was back on Saturday. It was a slow day, but one of our friends came through and got some stuff. The Winslow crew were ok with it, though, and they’ll be back in August.
2. Upcoming Event – We’re committed to table at Lincoln Earth Day on Saturday. Anthony and Nate might be able to join Salem. Jackson is unavailable, but will try to get some environmentally focused zines copied for distribution there. Nate asked about an “FAQ sheet” to better prepare for folks’ questions about the Black Cat House; Jackson thinks it’s a good idea, and will try to work on it. Further coordination might take place on our Discord, especially since Salem was unavailable tonight.
3. Plant Photos – Anthony wants to take some pictures of plants growing in the yard for his own research purposes. Jackson says that’s fine.
4. Summer Calendar – Anthony has a new movie recommendation: a documentary called Hacking at Leaves, which deals with U.S. colonialism, Indigenous history, and computer hacking. It’s an odd combination, but it might make for a good movie night. Jackson asked if we could possibly save it for the fall calendar for Native American History Month.

Anthony also spoke about watching Vivarium recently, which we’ve previously discussed. He really enjoyed it as a film, but is still formulating a rationale for why it would be “Black Cat material.”

Previous ideas (that we didn’t have much time to revisit tonight):
Star Trek TNG 2-parter about AI “girlfriends”
A leftist look at the USA at 250 – discussion for July? — Jackson is excited about this
Do we table again at Disability Pride?
Do we look into tabling at Juneteenth?
Star City Pride June 12th-14th; we’ll black out those dates
Pride season movies: Transformer (2017 documentary) or I Saw the TV Glow (2024 horror) [could the latter be scary enough to save for October?]
Winslow’s Wardrobe Back-to-School Distro in August?
Movie idea: Vivarium (2019); Anthony’s recommendation
pride season discussion: Why are queer folks the primary targets of culture war
anti-Iran war ideas: Persepolis movie night_; Coup 53 (documentary about overthrowing Mossadegh)
discussion about U.S. imperialism in Middle East?
a discussion about how we fight back against an administration that “says the quiet parts out loud”
Does war in the Middle East create openings for more renewable energy? (Silver lining kind of discussion?)

Meeting adjourned: 8:27 PM

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Nate

Start time: 7:05 PM

1. Event Review – Our _Who Killed the Electric Car?_ movie night was last Friday. Jackson reports that we had a light turnout, but that one of those folks was new to our space (and a traveler from out of state). The discussion was very good, though, as everyone was engaged by the themes of the film.
2. Upcoming Event – Winslow’s Wardrobe is returning to our space on Saturday afternoon, and we will be ready. Nate might have an extra binder to donate.

(We spent most of our hour on off-topic chat, as it was a slow night…)

Meeting adjourned: 8:00 PM

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

1. Event Review – Our reading discussion on mutual aid was on Saturday. Salem was really excited for it and had done additional research, but they unfortunately fell ill on the day of and had to leave early. Jackson thought that the conversation was still good and that the folks we had were engaged in the material, even though he’s not an expert on mutual aid.
2. Upcoming Event – Our Who Killed the Electric Car? movie night is this Friday. We’re ready for it.
3. Stickers! – Jackson got our stickers ordered shortly after last week’s meeting, and they showed up on the porch this afternoon! We’re very excited to start handing them out. Jackson will need to be reimbursed $348.84 for ordering these.
4. Earth Day Tabling – Salem is making progress on the presentation for our table at Lincoln Earth Day.
5. Summer Calendar

Jackson remembered that we might have a movie night for August; those anarchists touring with their new documentary about mutual aid last mentioned on Signal that they may be touring through Lincoln in August. We’ll need to follow up with them.

Ideas from last week:
Star Trek TNG 2-parter about AI “girlfriends”
A leftist look at the USA at 250 – discussion for July? — Jackson is excited about this
Do we table again at Disability Pride?
Do we look into tabling at Juneteenth?
Star City Pride June 12th-14th; we’ll black out those dates
Pride season movies: Transformer (2017 documentary) or I Saw the TV Glow (2024 horror) [could the latter be scary enough to save for October?]
Winslow’s Wardrobe Back-to-School Distro in August?
Movie idea: Vivarium (2019); Anthony’s recommendation
pride season discussion: Why are queer folks the primary targets of culture war
anti-Iran war ideas: Persepolis movie night_; Coup 53 (documentary about overthrowing Mossadegh)
discussion about U.S. imperialism in Middle East?
a discussion about how we fight back against an administration that “says the quiet parts out loud”
Does war in the Middle East create openings for more renewable energy? (Silver lining kind of discussion?)

Meeting adjourned: 8:10 PM

In attendance: Anthony, Jackson (secretary), Salem, Simon (late)
Start time: 7:00 PM

1. Upcoming Event – Our reading discussion on mutual aid is this Saturday. Jackson will get the readings copied by Saturday. Salem has been doing additional research.
2. Sticker Order – We are committed to ordering 250 copies of each of our three most popular sticker varieties in time for Earth Day. That order will probably be around $350, and Jackson will need to be reimbursed for it.
3. Summer Calendar – It’s time for us to start brainstorming event ideas!

Star Trek TNG 2-parter about AI “girlfriends”
A leftist look at the USA at 250 – discussion for July?
Do we table again at Disability Pride?
Do we look into tabling at Juneteenth?
Star City Pride June 12th-14th; we’ll black out those dates
Pride season movies: Transformer (2017 documentary) or I Saw the TV Glow (2024 horror) [could the latter be scary enough to save for October?]
Winslow’s Wardrobe Back-to-School Distro in August?
Movie idea: Vivarium (2019); Anthony’s recommendation
pride season discussion: Why are queer folks the primary targets of culture war
anti-Iran war ideas: Persepolis movie night_; Coup 53 (documentary about overthrowing Mossadegh)
discussion about U.S. imperialism in Middle East?
a discussion about how we fight back against an administration that “says the quiet parts out loud”
Does war in the Middle East create openings for more renewable energy? (Silver lining kind of discussion?)

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

In attendance: Dan, Jackson (secretary), Nate

Start time: 7:10 PM

1. Event Review – We hosted our “Feminism is For Everyone” discussion on Saturday. Jackson felt that the discussion struggled to stay on topic, but that the folks present had a good time. Nate enjoyed the discussion, too.

We had a slow night, so we spent most of our hour on off-topic discussion.

Meeting adjourned: 8:00 PM

In attendance: Anthony, Jackson (secretary)
Start time: 7:20 PM

1. Event Review – Our Looking For Simone movie night was last Friday. We really enjoyed the film, as did the rest of our decent crowd that night. The discussion was very spirited as well.
2. Upcoming Event – Our “Feminism is For Everyone” discussion is this Saturday. We’re excited for it.
3. Calendar Distro/Reimbursement – The calendar distro has gone well. Jackson will be reimbursed $16.50 for getting those printed.

Meeting adjourned: 8:20 PM

In attendance: Anthony, Jackson (secretary)
Start time: 7:15 PM

1. Upcoming Event – Our Looking For Simone movie night is coming up this Friday night. Anthony will plan on being here about 30 minutes early to make sure our online setup is in proper order.
2. Calendar Distro Update – Jackson got the calendars printed last week, and distribution is underway. Jackson has passed calendars to Lauren, Salem, and Simon. Anthony took some for the Malone Center.

(These items were very brief, and most of our discussion was off-topic tonight.)

Meeting adjourned: 8:10 PM

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Salem, Simon
Start time: 7:10 PM

1. Spring Calendar Update – Our calendars were finalized last week, but Matt the designer was unable to provide a draft until this afternoon. Jackson will try to get them printed in the next day or two. Salem is available this week to flier downtown. Simon is willing to flier UNL City Campus for us. Jackson will coordinate with both.
2. Lincoln Earth Day – We have decided to try to table there again this year. Jackson filled out the application, including paying the $35 application fee which he will be reimbursed for. Salem has an idea for a presentation about the environmental impacts of AI data centers.

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

In attendance: Anthony, Jackson (secretary), Nate
Start time: 7:08 PM

1. Event Review – We had our Star Trek night last Friday. We had a small turnout, on account of the snowstorm the day before. But Jackson did meet a couple of new folks who seemed excited to finally visit our space.
2. Library Donation – Anthony brought four cool books about Black history and Africa that will fit in nicely here. Thanks, Anthony!
3. Mutual Aid documentary – Jackson has been in contact with some anarchist filmmakers who have created a documentary mini-series about mutual aid. It is sounding increasingly likely that they will be touring in support of their documentary in this part of the country over the summer. We are tentatively preparing to host them sometime in August.
4. Movie Tech – Anthony has figured out a way for us to run the documentary Looking For Simone! (We got it to run here on a test after the meeting tonight.) We will be featuring it for our March movie.
5. Spring Calendar Finalized! –

March

Friday, March 13th, 7-10 PM:
Movie Night: Looking For Simone

Saturday, March 21st, 1-3 PM:
Feminism is For Everyone (a community discussion)

April

Saturday, April 4th, 1-3 PM:
The How-Tos of Mutual Aid (a reading discussion)

Friday, April 10th, 7-10 PM:
Movie Night: Who Killed the Electric Car?

Saturday, April 18th, 1-3 PM:
Winslow’s Wardrobe Spring Distro

May

Friday, May 8th, 8 AM – 6 PM & Saturday, May 9th, 8 AM – 2 PM:
Annual Yard Sale Fundraiser

Friday, May 15th, 7-10 PM:
Movie Night: Sorry to Bother You

Saturday, May 23rd, 1-3 PM:
Life After Capitalism? (a community discussion)

Meeting adjourned: 8:40 PM