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)

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Ty (moderator)
Start time: 7:01 PM

1. Event Review – We hosted a reading discussion here on Saturday. We had an average turnout and a decent discussion.

2. Upcoming Events – Popcorn Politics returns this Friday to show Pom Poko. We should be good to go!

3. Library Updates – We’ve got a lot of news here! Ty got in and donated the book, Cartoon Punk: Artists Against Fascism (reimbursement was pre-approved last week. We also got our first couple of books for being Friends of AK Press! We also had a friend make a recommendation for a relevant title for us to look out for: _Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City_.

Jackson also brought back a couple of books and a bunch of zines from a radical store in New Orleans for the library. We will reimburse him the $27 he spent on the stack. Jackson also bought a couple of the For Beginners series of graphic novels that we like having in the library (on Anarchism and Climate Change) for $11.58. We will reimburse him for them, too.

Jackson also brought up an exciting moving sale offer from Haymarket Books on some select titles. We may have an opportunity to pick up a couple dozen of their overstocked titles for the price of shipping (!!!). We’re tentatively planning to order one of everything. Jackson will follow up.

4. May Events – Ty got the yard sale and Marx’s Birthday Party up online!

While on the yard sale, we also started to discuss logistics for that. Jackson says we’ll need more tables. Ty thinks his family can help, and will check on that. Jackson also has some ideas for places to borrow more tables. We will also need more help sorting and pricing the donations, especially with our work schedules being unusually problematic this year. Ty doesn’t want to solicit for more donations, but we will accept donations that we are directly offered.

5. Summer Calendar – Ty would like to screen the movie Moonlight for June (Pride Month) and Shin Godzilla for August (Popcorn Politics?). Jackson would be interested in running _In the Intense Now_ if available or perhaps another documentary about the revolutionary upheavels of France in 1968.

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)

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Ty (moderator)
Start time: 7:04 PM

1. Upcoming Event – We’re showing Anarchism in America on Friday night! There’s not much to prep for it, so we should be good to go!

2. Reimbursements – Ty needs to be reimbursed $4.50 for button parts for that order we agreed to at the March 12th meeting. Jackson also needs $65 for renewing the House’s subscription to the Militant for the next two years. This was pre-approved at the February 12th meeting.

3. Buttons – Ty has completed the button order for his friend in Omaha. We’re planning to hand them off this week. Ty also reports that we are very low on button parts and should order more soon.

Meeting adjourned: 7:35 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), Ty (moderator)
Start time: 7:00 PM

1. Event Review – We ran _Get Out_ for Popcorn Politics on Friday. The turnout was a little lower than we’d hoped, but the snowy weather may have had something to do with that. The discussion was also unfortunately shorter than we’d hoped. People still seemed to enjoy the film.

2. Whose Streets – Jackson bought the movie, and it came in! Since Chris specifically made a donation to us with covering the movie in mind, we’ll add it to our library and reimburse Jackson the $7.99 he paid for it.

3. Militant – This week’s issue of the Militant came in the mailbox with a notice that our subscription is expiring in two weeks. We decide that Jackson will renew it for another two years ($65) the next time we see Joe. Jackson will be reimbursed for this expense.

4. Spring Calendar –

March:
Saturday, March 3rd, 1-3 PM – What is Transfeminism? (a community discussion)
Friday, March 9th, 7-10 PM – Popcorn Politics: Mad Max: Fury Road
Friday, March 30th, 7-10 PM – Movie Night: Anarchism in America

April:
Saturday, April 14th, 1-3 PM – Reading Discussion: Fueling Dissent
Friday, April 20th, 7-10 PM – Popcorn Politics: Pom Poko

May:
Saturday, May 5th, 12-5 PM – Open House Party for Karl Marx’s 200th Birthday
Friday, May 11th, 8 AM-6 PM, and Saturday, May 12th, 8 AM-2 PM – The Black Cat House Yard Sale Fundraiser
Friday, May 18th, 7-10 PM – Popcorn Politics: Salt of the Earth

Fueling Dissent – https://apps.publicintegrity.org/united-states-of-petroleum/fueling-dissent/

Ideas for other spring calendar events:

Discussions: liberation theology, national liberation movement/separatism, prison-industrial complex

Movies: Popcorn Politics? (Salt of the Earth? Kubrick? Imperium?)

Other: Little Red Singalong

Black Out Days: April 21st (UNL Spring Game), April 28th (Lincoln Earth Day), April 6/7/8 (Jackson will be gone)
Grey Out Days: March 17-25 (UNL Spring Break)

Meeting adjourned: 8:35 PM

Tabled items: Friends of AK Press, Spring 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: 7:05 PM

1. Event Review – We had our reading/discussion What Every White Person (Teacher) Should Know When Talking About Race. We had a great turnout, and a really good discussion once everyone got comfortable.

2. Upcoming Events – We’re showing the documentary Trapped on Friday night. It looks like we can stream it for free off of Netflix. Otherwise, we’ll just have to set up the room.

We’re also gearing up for the Counter-protest of the Walk For Life on Saturday. We don’t yet know of anyone who needs childcare, but Ty and one other volunteer are planning to be here for that possibility. We may not have any blank posterboards if anyone wants to make a sign, but we have a ton of signs from last year’s event that we can bring again.

3. Reimbursement – Ty spent $5.79 on getting our handouts printed for the discussion on Saturday. Jackson spent $3.49 getting fliers for our counter-protest printed. We’re both getting reimbursed for these expenses.

4. Donations – We got some money! Jackson reports that a friend of ours finally put our PayPal button to use with a $20 donation (but we only received $19.12 because of fees). And our friends in Lincoln DSA cut us a check for $200! Jackson also has a large donation to make. He reminds Ty that we were considering becoming “Friends of AK Press” to load up on more anarchist lit. The last item of this discussion is tabled.

5. Lincoln Earth Day – Ty got an email asking us to table again. It’ll be on April 28th, and registration would be $35 for us. We’re not interested in going back this year, as we’ve not really seen sufficient benefits to match our costs of time and energy tabling for the better part of a Saturday there. We’ll still be sure not to schedule any events here that day.

6. Spring Calendar – Jackson reports that Popcorn Politics will be returning for monthly showings throughout the Spring Calendar!

March:
TBD – What is Transfeminism? (a community discussion) [basically open to doing this most any Saturday… we want to schedule the movie(s) first]
TBD – Popcorn Politics
Another movie or documentary?

April:
Saturday, April 14th, 1-3 PM – Reading Discussion: Fueling Dissent
TBD – Popcorn Politics

May:
Saturday, May 5th, 12-5 PM – Open House Party for Karl Marx’s 200th Birthday
Friday, May 11th, 8 AM-6 PM, and Saturday, May 12th, 8 AM-2 PM – The Black Cat House Yard Sale Fundraiser
TBD – Movie Night: Anarchism in America
TBD – Popcorn Politics

Fueling Dissent – https://apps.publicintegrity.org/united-states-of-petroleum/fueling-dissent/

Ideas for other spring calendar events:

Discussions: liberation theology, national liberation movement/separatism, prison-industrial complex

Movies: Popcorn Politics? (Salt of the Earth? Kubrick? Imperium?)

Other: Little Red Singalong

Black Out Days: April 21st (UNL Spring Game), April 28th (Lincoln Earth Day)
Grey Out Days: March 17-25 (UNL Spring Break), March 30/31/April 1 (alt weekend for Red State), April 6/7/8 (Red State Conference)

7. No Meeting Next Week – Just a reminder that we will be off next week.

Meeting adjourned: 8:25 PM

Tabled items: Friends of AK Press, Spring 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: 7:01 PM

1. Upcoming Event – Our next Popcorn Politics is this Friday! Jackson has the movie, and he just needs to keep hyping it. And we need to clean up the room a bit.

2. Meeting Cancellation – Ty will be unable to attend our regularly-scheduled meeting on January 29th. We’ll cancel that week’s meeting.

3. Spring Calendar –

Ideas left over from Winter brainstorming:

Discussions: liberation theology, national liberation movement/separatism, prison-industrial complex

Movies: Anarchism in America

Other: Little Red Singalong, Karl Marx’s 200th Birthday Party on May 5th

Want: Feminism-centric for March?

Tabled items: Articles for Discussion, 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