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?

Jackson was here alone. Between Covid, personal obligations, and internet difficulties, no one was able to join in person or via video chat. We will try again next week.

In attendance: Bailey, Jackson (secretary), Will, Wyatt

Between a slow week, missing folks, and a lack of focus, we kinda just chatted non-Black Cat-business stuff for about an hour. We’ll need to be more focused next week.

We weren’t going to have a big agenda for this week, and we had only a skeleton crew of Bailey, Jackson, and Wyatt. We had a new friend show up, and we just got to chatting because she had a lot on her mind. As such, we had no official meeting and no formal minutes to offer. We will get back to normal next week.

In attendance: Bailey, Jackson (secretary), Marc, Max, Ty (moderator), Wyatt
Start time: 7:10 PM

1. Event Review – We had a really good discussion. Will picked a good reading, but we wish he’d gotten the event up to Facebook earlier.

2. Upcoming Event – Love Your Library returns this Saturday. Jackson says he’s ready for it.

3. Know Your Rights Training – We really need to get it up online! Bailey will remind Will about that. Bailey reminds us that it would be good to get together, possibly this weekend, to practice some of the role-playing before doing it publicly.

4. Max’s Project – Max is doing a project about local leftist orgs. We’re happy to help him with that.

5. Spring Calendar – FINALIZED!

March
Saturday, March 7th, 1-3 PM: Fighting the Black Snake (a No KXL Community Discussion)
Friday, March 13th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Libertarias (historical fiction about the “Mujeres Liberes” of the Spanish Civil War)
Friday, March 27, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Tending the Wild (documentary and discussion about indigenous practices for living with nature)

April
Saturday, April 4th, 1-3 PM: Witch Hunts and the Inquisition (a community discussion)
Saturday, April 11th, 10 AM – 1 PM: Gardening Day
Saturday, April 17th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: JoJo Rabbit (a young boy comes to terms with blind nationalism in Nazi Germany; NOTE TO TY: can you shorten?)

May
Friday, May 1st, 7-10 PM: Oscars Movie Night: Parasite. (Poor Koreans Scam the Rich)
Friday, May 22nd, 8 AM – 6 PM & Saturday, May 23rd, 8 AM – 2 PM: Annual Yard Sale Fundraiser
Saturday, May 30th, 1-3 PM: Reading Discussion: “The Image of the Anarchist in Popular Culture” (Pg 203 of The Haymarket Scrapbook)

Meeting adjourned: 8:15 PM

Tabled Items: Presentations vs. Discussions, Radio Revival, Wellred Books, Event Outreach, Library Readership Development, Reviving the Email List, Stuff to Buy (canopy, stuff to secure bike rack, new SSD hard drive for public laptop), procedure for posting things on Facebook (when do we allow it)

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

1. Event Review – We watched the Trouble mini-documentary about mutual aid and disaster relief on Friday night. While the film seemed well received and we had a pretty good discussion afterwards, Wyatt and Jackson thought the film wasn’t as specific as we would’ve liked. It may also have helped if we had actually used the prepared questions from the Trouble people. Wyatt also suggests that perhaps we should have had some additional information (possibly via handout) to also supplement any future episodes of Trouble that we may screen.

2. Upcoming Event – The Reading Discussion is this Saturday. Jackson got the event posted to Facebook. Wyatt got the handout printed on the copier. We are ready!

3. Library Donation – Jackson donated more books. Yay!

4. Spring Calendar –

March
Saturday, March 7th, 1-3 PM: Fighting the Black Snake (a No KXL Community Discussion)
Friday, March 13th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Libertarias (historical fiction about the “Mujeres Liberes” of the Spanish Civil War)
Friday, March 27, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: “Tending the Wild” (documentary and discussion about indigenous practices for living with nature)

April
Saturday, April 4th, 1-3 PM: Witch Hunts and the Inquisition (a community discussion)
Saturday, April 11th, 10 AM – 1 PM: Gardening Day

Date TBD: Screening of JoJo Rabbit (will be available on DVD in early February) [CONFIRM?!]

May
Friday, May 1st, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Parasite. (BLURBY BLURB BLURB…)
Friday, May 22nd, 8 AM – 6 PM & Saturday, May 23rd, 8 AM – 2 PM: Annual Yard Sale Fundraiser

[We need to schedule a pre-pricing party also. There was some talk of possibly advertising a percentage of our yard sale gross being committed to buying harm-reduction supplies or possibly helping to pay for the repainting of the house. Other ideas: fund for speakers, mural, flood donations]

Saturday, May 30th, 1-3 PM: Reading Discussion on History of Labor Movements (NEED READING!)

Meeting adjourned: 8:12 PM

Tabled Items: Presentations vs. Discussions, Radio Revival, Wellred Books, Event Outreach, Library Readership Development, Reviving the Email List, Stuff to Buy (canopy, stuff to secure bike rack, new SSD hard drive for public laptop), procedure for posting things on Facebook (when do we allow it)