In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Ty (moderator)
Start time: 7:03 PM

1. Event review – We watched FernGully here on Saturday night. We had a decent discussion afterward.

2. Button fundraising – We’ve been asked to press some buttons for a local band, as a small fundraising project. We’ve agreed to do it, and Jackson has put in an order with the copy center. He’ll be reimbursed for that expense.

3. Sama – Jackson received a reply from Sama concerning some logistics of the upcoming August discussion/concert. Ashley may be able to create a poster to promote. Ty will gather some queer speakers for the discussion portion.

4. Fliers – Ty has updated our old fliers for the 416 documentary showing, and Jackson will get some printed this week.

We spent the rest of the meeting catching up on Facebook events for our July events.

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

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

1. Event Review – We had Trekkies on Friday, but no one showed. There was an oversight and not many people were invited in the first place, so that was likely the cause. Jackson notes that there has been a decline of attendees in general for them, and he may cut back on them in the fall.

2. Upcoming Event – FernGully is on Saturday. It’s on Netflix and we’ll be running it off Ty’s computer. We need to invite people to avoid last week’s problem. Ty shared it again on the Facebook page.

3. Painting – Our painting “U.S. History” has fallen off the wall, and Ty is going to invite his grandfather over soon to figure out some new hardware to better keep it mounted. We’re considering making any new supplies we need a house expense, but we don’t have quorum.

4. What’s Next? – We continued the discussion on what sort of focus we wanted the House to continue to take in the next few months, years, etc.

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

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

1. Upcoming Event – We’re showing Selma here on Saturday night. We’ll be adding the DVD to our lending library. Jackson bought the movie, and we agree to reimburse him $7.96 for it. Ty will make a post on facebook the Monday after the movie, announcing that we have the DVD in our library.

2. Copy Machine – Ashley suggests we consider spending more money on a copy machine. The one we have she bought for $30, and she thinks we could use an upgrade. We have the money, and have already spent a lot on commercial printing since ours broke. We budget $200 for the copy machine, Ashley will start the hunt. As far as budget goes, a large paper cutter would be nice. We’ll look into getting one, and see how the treasury looks then.

Meeting Adjourned: 7:26

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

1. Event Review – We showed Salt of the Earth on Saturday. We had a fair turnout, and it was a good time.

Meeting adjourned: 7:14 PM

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

1. Event Review – We had a Trekkies on Friday, and a Feminist Discussion Group on Sunday. Turnout was low at both events; we may need to do more advertising and outreach. Ty tabled for us at Corn This Way on Saturday; he passed out a few fliers and spread word about our organization.

2. Upcoming Events – We’re showing Salt of the Earth here on Saturday. We’re ready for it. Ty will also be representing the house as a speaker for a Militant Labor Forum in Omaha on Friday night. He’ll be speaking on the intersections of working class issues and LGBT issues.

3. Library Reimbursement – Jackson bought two books for the library, and sought reimbursement for them. Both books are accepted into the library, and he is reimbursed in full for them ($15.35). Ashley also cautions us that we need another bookshelf for the library very soon, if not immediately. We’ll have to start looking more seriously.

4. Calendar printing – We underestimated the number of handbills we needed. Jackson will try to get more printed tomorrow.

Since our agenda was so short this week, we spent the rest of the meeting doing a little bit of housework.

Meeting adjourned: 7:25 PM

In attendance: Jackson (moderator), Ty (secretary)
Start time: 7:02 PM

Upcoming Events: Trekkies and Feminist Discussion Group are this week! Trekkies is on Friday, and it’s as easy as just getting the projector set up. FDG is on Sunday, and it’s a very broad topic, so we’ll do some general research to get some talking points on some women involved in labor activism. Ty and Ashley will also be going up to Omaha to table at Corn This Way on Saturday, we have zines and buttons made and fliers and calendars printed. Ty asks if there is a possibility for gas to Omaha and back to be reimbursed. Preapproval wasn’t given, but reimbursement will be considered next meeting.

Donations: Brian donated miscellaneous cool stuff, including office supplies, stickers, and a flag!

Library: Jackson brought several books that were all approved for the library. Jackson would like to be reimbursed for $80 for the cost of them. Ashley has voted absentee in favor of reimbursing, so this passes. The library treasury only has $40, so we will reimburse the remaining half when money is next allotted to the library fund.

Reimbursements: Ty spent $44 on printing zines. Jackson paid $7.22 on printing calendars. Both costs are approved for reimbursement.

Calendar Distribution: Ty needs some help distributing calendars at the end of this month. Jackson has agreed to help out. Ty will provide him a list of the usual distribution locations.

Meeting Adjourned: 7:23 PM

In attendance: Jackson (moderator), Ty (secretary)
Start time: 7:08 PM

Event Review: What is May Day? had a low turnout, but the discussion was very good. We do want to do something more substantial for May Day next year, but we’ll have to get a lot of support for it. A march would be nice to get organized if possible. May Day falls on a Sunday next year, and our problem with marches have been not engaging those who can’t afford to take the day off when it falls on a weekday. That Sunday might be a nice opportunity to get marches back up.

Upcoming Events: No events coming up in the week, but we do need to get Facebook events up and edit the ones that are already up.

Calendar:

Edits that need to be made:
Meetings are now Wednesdays at 7 pm
Open hours need to be removed from the summer calendar
Add “p” consistently after times for all events for consistency
Add “All events are free and open to the public. The Black Cat House is all-ages and wheelchair accessible.”
Italicize movie titles if possible

We made minor formatting edits to the titles, they’ve been changed below:

June 6th, 7:00p – Movie Night: Selma
June 12th, 7:00p – Trekkies For Humanism: “In The Hands of the Prophets” (DS9)
June 20th, 7:00p – Movie Night: FernGully: The Last Rainforest
July 2nd, 7:00p – Movie Night: Elysium
July 18th, 7:00p – Movie Night: 416 (A local documentary on Nebraska’s anti-gay marriage law)
July 24th, 7:00p – Trekkies For Humanism: “The Outcast” (TNG)
August 1st, 7:00p – Movie Night: Grave of the Fireflies
August 15th, 7:00p – Movie Night: Killing Us Softly
August 21st, 7:00p – Trekkies For Humanism: “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield” (TOS)

We decided on gold as the color of the summer calendar.

Reimbursement: Button parts were purchased, and button designs were printed! We had already agreed that reimbursement be given. Button printing was $4.01, and the parts were $64.71. Jackson will be reimbursed for both.

Meeting Adjourned: 7:35 PM

In attendance: Ashley (secretary), Jackson (moderator), Kyria, Matt, Ty (moderator)
Start time: 7:01

Event Review: We had a movie night on Thursday, but it was a bust. We’ll give the movie back to Sammi next time we see them. Jackson was in Grand Island on Sunday speaking on Cuba again.

Upcoming: What is…May Day is Saturday, Jackson will be doing the event alone since both Ashley and Ty have to work. We’re not worried, it’s in very capable hands.

Treasury: We have over $708 in the general treasury. Jackson suggests waiting until we buy what the house needs before moving cash into the other treasuries. We need a new copy machine, as well as a paper cutter. Ella is wanting to move forward with the new website, so we’ll also need to be looking into new hosting. Ashley will look out for the print supplies, while Jackson will look into hosting.

Library Donations: Jackson and Ty have donations for the library. Ashley suggests getting a new bookshelf sooner rather than later. We have a lead or two, but we’ll keep our eyes out.

Button Parts: We need more button parts! Jackson thought our last order was for 500, but it was actually for 1000. We agree to get another order of 1000. We approve reimbursement.

Calendar: Ashley pretty much has the calendar ready to go, we just need to pick a color. We like gold or lavender, Ashley will come back next week with both colors and see which one we like better.

June 6th – Movie Night: Selma
June 12th – Trekkies For Humanism: In The Hands of the Prophets (DS9)
June 20th – Movie Night: FernGully
July 2nd – Movie Night: Elysium
July 18th – Movie Night: 416
July 24th – Trekkies For Humanism: The Outcast (TNG)
August 1st – Movie Night: Grave of the Fireflies
August 15th – Movie Night: killing us softly
August 21st – Trekkies For Humanism: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (TOS)

Other movies to show later: pervert’s guide to cinema, In Time, gas land

Meeting Adjourned: 8:21

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

Event Review: We did a discussion event for Earthstock. Those there didn’t really latch onto the environmental justice part of the discussion, but we did have a great discussion regardless. We also should’ve promoted this a lot more, and Ashley thinks as a collective we could do to improve in that department. Ashley believes that an open model of discussion like this event could empower students, and that we should try to go out of our way to do events at other venues like UNL more often.

We also tabled at Lincoln Earth Day, which was a little rained out. However, there was still a decent turnout for the weather, and we passed out several buttons and fliers and got some donations. We were also very close by Nebraskans For Peace’s booth, and we were able to do a little bit of networking while we were there.

Upcoming Events: WALL-E is tomorrow night! We have the movie and the room is already mostly set-up for a movie showing. Jackson will also be going to Grand Island to represent the house on a forum about Cuba on Sunday.

Yard Sale Donations: There are some miscellaneous parts amongst our yard sale stuff; Ashley wants to get rid of it rather than save it for the next sale. We all agreed.

Button Parts: We need more button parts! Jackson will search for more parts in bulk. Ty says we need to print off more LGBTQ flag buttons, and also requests an aromantic flag. Ashley will try to make a button for The Black Cat House itself.

Militant: As The Militant is a weekly newspaper, there are too many to archive. Jackson suggests keeping the last five issues should be available, and anything older be given out. Ashley also suggests getting a magazine or newspaper rack to store them rather than just have them sit in a pile on the desk.

Treasury: Jackson needs to do a treasury update! We got quite a lot of money from the fundraiser, but we don’t know what to do with it unless we figure out exactly how much we have. We’re thinking about spending it on a new copier (potentially one with color capabilities), a paper cutter, earmarking some for web hosting, and the library and speaker funds.

A Novel Idea: A Novel Idea apparently has run out of our spring calendars! Unfortunately, we’re also out of them ourselves, so we can’t copy anymore.

Calendar: Ty suggests a summer movie festival, we agree that it’ll be a good idea!

June 6th – Movie Night:
June 12th – Trekkies For Humanism: In The Hands of the Prophets (DS9)
June 20th – Movie Night:
July 2nd – Movie Night:
July 18th – Movie Night: 416
July 24th – Trekkies For Humanism: The Outcast (TNG)
August 1st – Movie Night: Grave of the Fireflies
August 15th – Movie Night:
August 21st – Trekkies For Humanism: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (TOS)

Movies to decide on: Elysium, Moon, Dr. Strangelove, Michael Moore documentary, Killing Us Softly, Selma

Adjourned: 8:25 PM