In attendance: Jackson, Ty

Start time: 7:10 PM

1. The Future? – Ty has been thinking about whether we ought to make some changes to how we do things. What else should we be doing to better retain folks who visit the House? Should we do more to collaborate with other projects and get people who visit the space more directly plugged into activism? Should we be working harder to make the space a more public venue? Should we be doing more with multimedia publishing, whether it’s reviving the dormant radio project or adding a blog to our website? We didn’t have any answers tonight, but we spent a lot of time on these questions.

2. Jail Support Update – Ty sat in on the e-training on Saturday, and got a lot out of it. The folks who did the training have done this kind of work for a long time, and had a lot of specific advice that we will try to emulate as we move forward on our local bail fund and prisoner support.

3. Fall Calendar – We didn’t have time to deal with this tonight! TABLED

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

In attendence: Jackson (secretary), Marc, Ty, Wyatt
Start time: 7:15 PM

1. Ferguson Movie – The activists who made the documentary Touch the Sky about Ferguson, Missouri contacted us to to say they’re going to be making the movie more available for showings starting in mid-August. We discussed our situation, and we’re not optimistic about doing another showing for it next month. We’re not comfortable with an in-house screening, we lack the means to do an outdoor movie screening, and we’ve been unimpressed with our efforts at online movie nights. At very least, we agree to do some social media posts about the movie when it is released online to encourage our online followers to see the film.

2. Future Events During Time of Pandemic – We had an extended discussion tonight about what our events should look like for the foreseeable future. We’re eager to try some in-person events during the fall, when weather will be mild enough for us to do them outdoors. We should see whether we need to buy a canopy tent, or whether we can borrow one.

3. Fall Calendar – We’re leaning towards doing one event a month through the fall. The neighborhood clean-up for September, Can We Vote Our Way Out of This Mess? for mid-October (preferably out in the yard), and we’re leaning towards some kind of event on police repression for November. There was some discussion of it being an online discussion, and maybe checking with some of our connections to see if we could feature one or several speakers from places like Portland or Standing Rock.

Meeting adjourned: 8:20 PM

No one was available to meet tonight. We’ll try again next week.

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Marc, Ty

Start time: 7:10 PM

1. Gardening Day – After working out a few details, we got the event up on Facebook. We’re excited for this Saturday.

2. Bail Fund – There have been some technical snags getting the bail fund set up. We’re hoping to have the bank account squared away in the next few days, as well as getting a burner cell phone to be the public contact for anyone who needs our help. In the meantime, we’ll start promoting on social media now and soliciting for cash donations from our friends. Regardless of how long the demand holds up for this service in the current wave of BLM protests, we are prepared to offer this service for the long-term.

Meeting adjourned: 7:50 PM

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Marc (by videochat), Ty (by videochat), Wyatt

Start time: 7:15 PM

1. Bail Fund – We are committing to starting a bail fund to help with the legal costs of the many protesters being targeted by the police during this crisis. We’re looking into starting a bank account to make soliciting online donations easier.

2. Garden Day – Ty will try to draft a description for our upcoming garden day, now that he has a list of projects from Wyatt. There was some discussion of whether it would be appropriate to move forward with promoting this event since there is also a BLM rally happening at the Capitol at noon. Since our event starts much earlier, we’re currently planning to go ahead and also promote that rally on our event page.

Meeting adjourned: 8:00 PM

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Ty (via video chat)

Start time: 7:20 PM

1. Upcoming Event: Our reading discussion on the “Image of the Anarchist” is this Saturday. At Bailey’s suggestion (via group chat before the meeting), we will try our luck with the encrypted, open-source video chat service Jitsi. A PDF of the reading has been posted to the event page tonight, but Ty is unsure whether he and Marc will have enough time to retype it into an easier-to-read document for those with visual impairments. The PDF is, at least, pretty clean and not too hard to read for anyone with pretty good vision.
2. Summer Calendar: We are done with it and it has been shared to our Facebook. The Garden Day for June is already coming up quick, as it will be two weeks from this Saturday. We need to get that up to Facebook very soon; Ty is willing to help draft it, but he will need a list of likely projects from Wyatt to finish it.

Meeting adjourned: 8:03 PM

In attendance: Jackson, Ty (secretary), Wyatt

1. May Discussion: Marc and Ty are working on getting the article ready for online reading, and Ty will get the event up for it before this coming Friday.

2. Summer Calendar: We’ve decided to keep the summer calendar very informal. June will have another gardening day, July will have What is Ecofascism (which will be online if need be), and August will have a harvest day for the garden. Next week we’ll decide on set dates and times.

Nobody was available for the meeting tonight, so it was just Jackson at the House.

In attendance: Bailey (via videochat), Jackson, Marc (moderator, via videochat), Ty (via videochat), Will (late, via videochat), Wyatt
Start time: 7:20 PM

1. Event Review – We had Gardening Day here on Saturday. We had a few people turn up and we got a few projects done. Not bad for an event that was conspicuously hurt on turnout by the Covid concerns.

2. Upcoming Event – We will have to cancel this Friday’s planned movie night for Jojo Rabbit. We are TABLING further discussion on the possibilities of attempting movie nights at the park.

3. Grocery Program – Bailey is working on a grocery distribution program for Everett neighborhood. It’s still a work in progress, and despite certain frustrations she is still working on getting this off the ground. They would appreciate us sharing the link in the next few days as they are currently trying to raise money.

4. Militant Subscription – We renewed our subscription for the Militant for another two years. It cost us $65, and we’ll pay for it out of the treasury.

5. Library Donation – Jackson is donating 11 new books for the library.

6. May Events – We’re going to have to cancel the Parasite movie showing for May 1st, and seemingly also our yard sale fundraiser. There was some talk of maybe trying to reschedule it for later in the year, but it’s not clear if that’s practical. Further discussion of possible replacement fundraising led to the subject being TABLED.

7. Summer Calendar – TABLED

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

TABLED: movie nights at the park?, fundraising, summer calendar?