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2/19/24 Minutes: Spring Calendar finalization?

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

  1. Event Review – We had our “Why is Everything Racist?” discussion on Saturday. Our turnout was modest, but we had a good quality discussion.
  2. Spring Calendar

MARCH

Saturday, March 9th, 1-3 PM: Death & Desperation: Abortion Rights in 2024 (a community discussion)

Friday, March 22nd, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Stepford Wives (1975)

APRIL

Saturday, April 13th, 12-2 PM: Garden Day Workshop
(NOTE: The folks of Winslow’s Wardrobe want to do something here in April. We think this would be the best day for them to do so.)

Friday, April 19th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Israelism

Saturday, April 20th, 10 AM – 2 PM: Come see our table at Lincoln Earth Day!

MAY

Friday, May 10th, 8 AM – 6 PM and Saturday, May 11th, 8 AM – 2 PM: Yard Sale Fundraiser

Saturday, May 18th, 1-3 PM: Why Does Amazon Suck? (a community discussion)

Friday, May 31st, 7-10 PM: Cesar Chavez film/documentary?

  1. Donations – Marc donated a DVD/Bluray player and a book for our library.

Meeting adjourned: 8:45 PM

2/12/24 Minutes: Spring Calendar

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In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Marc, Matt, Salem
Start time: 7:00 PM

  1. Event Review – We had our 10,000 Black Men Named George movie night on Friday. We had a nice turnout, including several new young friends who seemed to have a good time. The discussion was brief, but spirited.
  2. Upcoming Event – We’re hosting a discussion on Saturday called, “Why is Everything Racist?” We’re ready for it.
  3. Spring Calendar

March
Movie Night: Stepford Wives/Transsexual Menace
Discussion about the state of abortion rights? (Could we find a co-sponsor for that?)

April
Garden Day?
Lincoln Earth Day is April 20th (they’ve emailed us about tabling again…)
Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe (4 part documentary series)

May
Yard Sale Fundraiser likely on Friday the 9th and Saturday the 10th
“I Fucking Hate Amazon” discussion
Cesar Chavez documentary?

Meeting adjourned: 8:40 PM

2/5/24 Minutes: Upcoming Event, Spring Calendar

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

  1. Upcoming Event – We’re showing 10,000 Black Men Named George. We’re ready for it.
  2. Spring Calendar – (Notes from last week:)

Yard sale fundraiser?
Matt wonders if there’s a good documentary about Cesar Chavez

March
Something feminist?

Discussion about the state of abortion rights?

April
Something ecological?

Garden Day? We’re interested! Jackson needs to follow up with Wyatt and a representative of a local group that may be interested in collaborating
Lincoln Earth Day is April 20th — we think we want to table again! Ty will take point on getting us signed up. Salem may make some kind of display about reducing plastic waste.

May
Something working class/labor?
“I Fucking Hate Amazon”

Possible March Movie: Stepford Wives (maybe leaning towards ’70s version)

Meeting adjourned: 8:15 PM

1/29/24 Minutes: Website Reimbursement, Spring Calendar, Instagram?

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

  1. Event Review – We counter-protested the Walk For Life again on Saturday. Jackson reports that we had one of the smallest turnouts we’ve ever had for it, which is a great concern especially given the political climate. Jackson thinks we need to find some allies and try to grow future versions of the event as more of a coalition-driven event.
  2. Library Donation – Marc (via Ty) has offered our library a book about 20th century labor history. We’re happy to take it.
  3. Reimbursement – Jackson paid $35.99 to get one of our website domains renewed. He will be reimbursed.
  4. February Discussion – We still need to get advertising online about our February discussion about racism. Jackson hasn’t had time and focus to draft anything yet, but neither Matt nor Ty feel comfortable doing it. Jackson will continue trying to find space to work on this.
  5. Instagram – We are exploring the possibilities of expanding into Instagram. We actually have a very old account started by an ex-member, and we will see if we can get access to it.
  6. Spring Calendar –

Yard sale fundraiser?
Matt wonders if there’s a good documentary about Cesar Chavez

March
Something feminist?

Discussion about the state of abortion rights?

April
Something ecological?

Garden Day? We’re interested! Jackson needs to follow up with Wyatt and a representative of a local group that may be interested in collaborating
Lincoln Earth Day is April 20th — we think we want to table again! Ty will take point on getting us signed up. Salem may make some kind of display about reducing plastic waste.

May
Something working class/labor?
“I Fucking Hate Amazon”

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

1/22/24 Minutes: Spring Calendar, February Events

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In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Matt
Start time: 7:07 PM

  1. Event Review – We had a movie night for Space Sweepers on Friday night. Our turnout was just a couple of Black Cats, probably because of the extreme cold. That was unfortunate, since it was a good film.
  2. Upcoming Event – We’re counter-protesting the Walk for Life again this Saturday. We’re hoping for a better turnout than last year, but it seems we will not be offering childcare or a sign-making party.
  3. February Events – We need to get blurbs drafted so we can start advertising our February movie and discussion!
  4. Spring Calendar –

Yard sale fundraiser?

March
Something feminist?

Discussion about the state of abortion rights?

April
Something ecological?

Garden Day? (Jackson has heard a local group may want to collaborate with us on that)
Lincoln Earth Day is April 20th, if we want to table

May
Something working class/labor?

  1. Meeting day – Matt reminds us that we had some brief discussion of shifting the meeting day from Monday to Tuesday. He wants to revisit the matter soon when the group is all present.

Meeting adjourned: 8:12 PM

Treasury Log 2024

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GENERAL TREASURY

We started the year with $2058.99

April 16th Update:

New donations:

  1. We received $13.11 in online donations through our PayPal.
  2. Richard and Christy donated $200. Thanks, y’all!
  3. We pulled $75 from our donations box at the house.

These total $288.11 in new donations.

New debits:

  1. Jackson was reimbursed $35.99 for renewing one of our website domains. This was approved at the January 29th meeting.
  2. Ty was reimbursed $35 for reserving our table at Lincoln Earth Day. This was approved at the February 26th meeting.
  3. Jackson was reimbursed $23.60 for getting the spring calendars printed. This was approved at the March 4th meeting.
  4. We are transferring $150 to our speakers fund. This was approved at the March 18th meeting.
  5. Jackson was reimbursed $132.97 for buying us more button parts. This was approved at the March 25th meeting.
  6. Jackson was reimbursed $6.86 for buying a DVD of our May movie. This was approved at the March 25th meeting.
  7. Jackson was reimbursed $27.35 for buying face masks for the house. This was approved at the April 1st meeting.
  8. Marc was reimbursed $227.64 for getting stickers ordered for Earth Day. This was approved at the April 8th meeting.
  9. Jackson was reimbursed $11.26 for getting fliers printed for our special April discussion. This was approved at the April 8th meeting.

These total $650.67 in new debits.

Altogether our treasury is decreasing by $352.56, to a new overall balance of $1696.43.

September 12th Update:

New Donations

  1. Our 2024 yard sale raised $921!
  2. Chien-Chi collected $45.25 selling some of our yard sale leftovers on June 1st.
  3. We pulled $155 out of our donations box at the House. Most of that money was collected by Jackson for selling yard sale leftovers.
  4. We received $21.85 in donations via PayPal.

These total $1143.10 in new donations.

New Debits

  1. Ty was reimbursed $29.96 for hardware to hang blackout curtains in our space. This was approved at the April 29th meeting.
  2. Ty was reimbursed $7.14 for getting some printing done. This was approved at the April 29th meeting.
  3. Jackson was reimbursed $14.59 for getting our summer calendars printed. This was approved at the May 27th meeting.
  4. Jackson was reimbursed $36.17 for renewing one of our website domains. This was approved at the August 12th meeting.
  5. We’re transferring $250 to our Speakers Treasury to be given to the Beehive Collective when they come to town on September 11th. We first pledged to financially support the Bees at the June 17th meeting, and the specific dollar amount was decided at the September 9th meeting.
  6. Jackson was reimbursed $36.35 for getting our fall calendars printed. This was approved at the September 9th meeting.
  7. Jackson was reimbursed $539.64 for paying for the next three years of our website’s hosting. This was approved at the September 9th meeting.

These total $913.85 in new debits.

Altogether, our treasury is increasing by $229.25, to a new overall balance of $1925.68.

End of 2024 Update:

New Donations

  1. We received $26.70 in PayPal donations through our website.
  2. We pulled $89.25 from our donations box at the House.

These total $115.95 in new donations.

New Debit

  1. Jackson was reimbursed $31.72 for getting our winter calendars printed. This was approved at the December 23rd meeting.

Altogether, our treasury’s balance is increasing $84.23 to a new overall total of $2009.91.

LIBRARY TREASURY

We spent the entire year with $0.

SPEAKERS TREASURY

We started the year with $0.

April 16th Update:

  1. We transferred $150 from general funds into speakers funds, in anticipation of Dr. Fredrik Gregorius’s visit. This was approved at the March 18th meeting.
  2. Jackson gave the $150 to Fredrik Gregorius when he was here on April 14th, as we had agreed to do at the March 18th meeting.

We are still at $0.

September 12th Update:

  1. We transferred $250 from general funds into speakers funds, in anticipation of the Beehive Collective’s visit. We initially committed to financially supporting the Bees at the June 17th meeting, and the dollar amount was finalized at the September 9th meeting.
  2. Jackson gave the $250 to the Beehive Collective when they were here on September 11th.

We are still at $0.

1/15/24 Minutes: January Events

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

  1. Event Review – We had our Labor Wins discussion. Despite horrendous weather that probably scared people away, a couple of our hardcore friends still showed up and we had a nice discussion.
  2. Upcoming Event – We have a movie this Friday! We’re ready for it.
  3. Walk For Life Counter-Protest – Jackson reports that there has been no activity on the Facebook page. We would still like to offer childchare options at the House, but we have no leads on someone we know and trust who could be here to do that.

Meeting adjourned: 7:27 PM

12/4/23 Minutes: Winter Calendar Update

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

  1. Upcoming Events – We have two events this weekend! We have our Killing Gaza movie on Friday night, and we are hosting the clothing giveaway from Winslow’s Wardrobe here on Saturday. We are going to have to hustle to get the word out, but the space will be ready for the events.
  2. Winter Calendar – We are hoping to get them printed in the next few days and then we’ll be hustling hard to distribute them. We are waiting right now on Matt’s handbill design, but we are hoping to start putting up our propaganda around town by mid-week. We also need to get the Christmas discussion event up online ASAP!

Meeting adjourned: 7:30 PM

11/27/23 Minutes: Winter Calendar Finalized!

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

  1. December Events – We need to get our first couple of December events up this week! Jackson will work on the Killing Gaza movie night, and Ty will tackle the Winslow’s Wardrobe Clothing Giveaway.
  2. Winter Calendar – We finalized it! Hopefully we can get them printed this week!

Friday, December 8th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Killing Gaza
Documentary about Israel’s human rights abuses in Palestine

Saturday, December 9th, 1-3 PM: Winslow’s Wardrobe Clothing Giveaway
Community group giving away free gender-affirming clothing

Saturday, December 16th, 1-3 PM: Christmas’s War on Us (a community discussion)
How the holiday exploits with consumerist and Christian Right propaganda

Saturday, January 13th, 1-3 PM: Last Year’s Labor Wins (a community discussion)
What working people won in 2023, and what we learned

Friday, January 19th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Space Sweepers
Korean sci-fi film criticizing capitalism

Saturday, January 27th, 10 AM: Counter–Protesting the Anti-Choice “Walk For Life”
Meet at the North side of the Nebraska State Capitol

Friday, February 9th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: 10,000 Black Men Named George
Movie about unionizing Black railroad workers in the 1920s

Saturday, February 17th, 1-3 PM: Why is Everything Racist? (a community discussion)
Examining White supremacy as a foundational value in U.S. history

(Leave Black Musicians and Liberation off the calendar)

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM