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

Event Review – We had the Red State conference on Saturday! Our workshop seems to have gone well, with Jackson only thinking of one thing afterwards that we should’ve covered but didn’t. (He added to our outline in case we ever do this presentation again.) Our table was also popular at the lunch hour; we had several books checked out from our mobile library, as well as many zines and calendars taken. Ty reports that we were officially extended an offer to table next year at Omaha Zine Fest. We would be interested in sponsoring a second Red State if our partner organizations decide to bring it back next year.

Distro Update – Ty has not yet gotten to The Black Market or the spots in the Haymarket. We’re not sure if Wyatt got to the spots on Near-South spots.

September Events – We spent meeting time to work on getting our September events online.

Meeting adjourned: 8:15 PM

Tabled items: 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), Getting all fall events to website

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

1. New Book from AK Press – We got a package with a new book about a Mexican anarchist called I Am Action.

2. Calendar Distro – Jackson picked up the fall calendars from the printer. He’ll be reimbursed $10.73 for getting them printed. We’re going to get ’em up around town soon!

3. Red State – Jackson reports that he distributed the $200 we allocated from our treasury to the ones responsible for catering the conference; in short, we’re helping to pay for the meal. We spent most of the rest of the meeting discussing our tabling and our workshop at the conference.

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

Tabled items: 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: 7:04 PM

1. Upcoming Event – Popcorn Politics returns this Friday with Shin Godzilla. We have the movie; we just have to set up the room.

2. Fall Calendar –

September: Reading Discussion: Puerto Rico: “The Politics of Survival”
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/04/puerto-rico-left-hurricane-maria-colonialism-independence
September: Popcorn Politics: Free State of Jones
October: To Each According to Their Needs: How Marxism Empowers the Impaired
October: Popcorn Politics: Alien
Saturday, November 3rd, 1-3 PM: Men’s Rights Vs. “Men’s Rights”: Why Men Need Feminism, Too
TBA Friday Night in November: Movie Night: Tough Guise
TBA Friday Night in November: Popcorn Politics: Johnny Got His Gun

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

Meeting adjourned: 8:35 PM

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 (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)

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

1. Upcoming Event – We’re showing Moonlight for our next installment of Popcorn Politics on Friday night. The movie came in the mail today, and we should be ready to go. The Facebook event seems to be getting a nice response, so we’re hoping for a good turnout.

2. AK Press – We got two more books in the mail for being Friends of AK Press: As Black As Resistance and Kropotkin’s Modern Science and Anarchy.

3. Treasury Update – Jackson has updated our treasury. Our library funds are pretty skimpy, and we want to buy some more books, so we decided to transer $100 from the General Treasury to our Library Treasury.

4. Monthly Review – Monthly Review is doing a big clearance sale on some interesting books. Jackson ordered them tonight for $80, and he’ll be reimbursed for that purchase.

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

Tabled items: 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: 7:04 PM

1. Event Review – We had our People’s Choice Movie Night in honor of our 5th Anniversary on Friday night. It was a really good time. We had just enough pizza, had a great turnout, and a pretty good discussion afterwards.

2. Upcoming Events – We’re hosting another conference planning meeting tomorrow evening. Jackson will attend and get the room set up. On Saturday, we will be tabling at the Feed the People BBQ and then hosting our community discussion “What is the Prison-Industrial Complex?” right afterwards. We took a few minutes to update our library display for stuff most relevant to our discussion Saturday.

3. Book Donation – Chris donated a copy of Injustices to us. We happily accept it. Thanks, Chris!

4. Website Renewal – Jackson has gotten an email from our hosting company saying we’re due for renewal next month. We’re planning to renew our hosting for the next three years on the deal they’ve offered us, which will cost us $395.64.

Meeting adjourned: 8:00 PM

Tabled items: 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)

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

1. Event Reviews – We had a very busy week! (1) We hosted a committee meeting on Tuesday evening for the Red State conference planning. It went well, and they’re planning to meet here again in a couple of weeks. (2) Popcorn Politics was on Friday night. Unfortunately, our turnout was disappointing, because of our DSA friends being double-booked after we scheduled this. (3) We also lent space on Saturday and Sunday for an IWW Organizers Training. They made good use of our facilities, and donated $200 for the use of our space!

2. Calendars – Ty got the calendars printed, and we’ll reimburse him the $12.07 he spent. He’s going to try to get distro done this Saturday.

3. Web events – We spent the rest of our meeting time building online promotion for our early June events.

Tabled items: Summer 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)

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

In attendance: Casey, Jackson (secretary), Ty (moderator), Wyatt (late)
Start time: 7:12 PM

1. Event Review – We held our Open House/200th Birthday Party for Marx on Saturday and it went really well. We had a ton of food, saw a lot of friends, and even introduced a couple of new people to our space. The timing may not have been ideal, with the yard sale the next week and it being UNL graduation day, so we may choose a different day the next time we use this format.

2. Upcoming Event – Yard sale fundraiser is this weekend! Jackson would prefer to get the street signs up on Thursday night, unless it looks like rain overnight. Jackson and Ty will continue pursuing leads on tables and donations with family and friends. Jackson will get ads up for it online.

3. Summer Calendar –

June
Friday, June 1st, 7-10 PM: The Black Cat 5th Anniversary People’s Choice Movie Night
Saturday, June 9th, 1-3 PM: What is the Prison-Industrial Complex? (a community discussion)
TBA: Popcorn Politics

July
TBA: Reading Discussion (on antisemitism)? Documentary?
TBA: Popcorn Politics

August
TBA: Popcorn Politics

Blackout days: June 16 (Juneteenth), July 5-8 (ISO conference), last three weeks of August (Ty out of town and start of UNL school year)

Link June 9th discussion with June 11th: International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason and All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners

People’s Choice Options: Salt of the Earth (again), Dr. Strangelove, Terminal City Ricochet(?), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Past Tense, Pt. 1 and Pt. 2”

_In the Intense Now_ will probably not be on DVD in time to commit it to the summer calendar. We should check back when planning for fall.

Health care as a discussion subject?

Ty would like to screen the movie Moonlight for June (Pride Month) and Shin Godzilla for August (Popcorn Politics?).

4. Worktime – We moved on pretty quickly to getting to sorting and pricing donations for our yard sale.

Meeting adjourned: 8:00 PM

Tabled items: Summer 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)

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Ty (moderator)
Start time: 7:10 PM

1. Event Review – We ran our latest installment of Popcorn Politics here on Friday night. Pom Poko drew a pretty good crowd, and a decent (if somewhat sad) discussion.

2. Package – We received a package of buttons and stickers from the June 11th Collective. June 11th is International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason & All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners. We’ll give them out. This might also be a good idea for an event for our summer calendar.

3. Speakers’ Money Update – We tried to donate $50 to the ISO speakers when they were here a couple of weeks ago, but their travel expenses were so light that they gave us $20 back. This will be updated in our treasury log.

4. Marx’s Birthday – We agree to commit $50 out of our treasury to covering expenses for the party

Things we want/need: red food coloring, punch, (borrow) punch bowl, chips & salsa, pickles, cheese or smoked salmon/crackers?, party hats, balloons, streamers, a Karl Marx cardboard standup?

5. Summer Calendar

Blackout days: June 16 (Juneteenth), July 5-8 (ISO conference), last three weeks of August (Ty out of town and start of UNL school year)

June 11th (International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason & All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners)

Friday, June 1st – Black Cat House Five-Year Anniversary!

Saturday, June 9th – Prison-Industrial Complex discussion (the 11th is International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason & All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners)

_In the Intense Now_ will probably not be on DVD in time to commit it to the summer calendar. We should check back when planning for fall.

Health care as a discussion subject?

Reading discussion on anti-Semitism?

Ty would like to screen the movie Moonlight for June (Pride Month) and Shin Godzilla for August (Popcorn Politics?).

Meeting adjourned: 8:27 PM

Tabled items: 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)