8/4/14 Minutes: Reimbursement/Website, Fall Calendar correction

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

1. Upcoming Events – We are hosting a BDS discussion on Thursday. All that Charles needed from us was a projector, which we have. We’re also showing Godzilla on Saturday night. No problems there, either.

2. Reimbursement/Website – Fatcow has renewed our hosting for another year, and Jackson needs reimbursement for $148.36. We’ll be on their hosting for another year. Jackson also sought, and received, reimbursement for $1.07 for printing button papers last week.

3. Calendar correction – Ashley forgot to add the letter-writing to prisoners event to the calendar last week. Here’s the updated schedule:

Lincoln Secular Humanists Pastafarian Pasta Feed Fundraiser Sept 4th @6
Lincoln Secular Humanists Meeting Sept 11 @7
What is… the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? Sept 13th @7
Writing Letters to Political Prisoners Sept 16th @3-6
Trekkies for Humanism: “Who Watches the Watchers” (TNG) Sept 19th @7

Abolish Columbus Day Protest (16th and O) Oct 13th @5
Zine Making Workshop Oct 18th @2
Trekkies for Humanism: “Catspaw” (TOS) Oct 24th @7

Movie Night: (A)sexual – Nov 8th @7
Trekkies For Humanism: “Critical Care” (VOY) Nov 14th @7
How to Organize Protests Nov 15 @1
Writing Letters to Political Prisoners Nov 18 @3-6

4. Books – We spent some time looking at books that have been offered to the lending library.

Meeting adjourned: 7:20 PM

7/28/14 Minutes: Beehive Collective, Calendar

In attendance: Ashley (secretary), Jackson (moderator), Phoebe, Sammi, Tati (moderator)
Start: 7:00

1. Event review: the feminist discussion group went well, even through the turn out was a bit low because Ashley didn’t get the event up soon enough.

2. Button: Ashley made some designs for buttons, anarchy flags and identity flags. We look at the rough designs, and agree to do a test batch. Ashley will send those to Jackson this week. We also decide that we’ll sell our buttons for $1. Sammi also drew some ideas for BCH buttons, Ashley will see if she can make them into buttons.

3. Beehive Collective: Tyler sent us another email, giving more details about the event. He’s making progress getting things ready at UNL, and he’s decided how the events are going to look. He’s wanting to do a brainstorming session here on Friday, and then do the actual graphics making the next. He sent us some questions to ponder before the event.

Are there currently existing, ongoing, or proposed public art projects
in Lincoln? (not necessarily “official,” just publicly viewable)

Are there issues/campaigns/events that you/your group could use graphics
for?

Are there issues in your community that are very multi-faceted?
something that would benefit from diverse perspectives coming into
conversation?

Do you have graphics/flyers/logos/whatever that could benefit from a
group rethinking and redesigning them?

Does your space allow for hands-on art-making mess? ie screen-printing,
stencil-making, or other stuff that may leave behind stains, plus we
also will need multiple tables and big sink, etc

4. Calendar: Ashley talked the collective into letting her organize a zine-making workshop.

Lincoln Secular Humanists Pastafarian Pasta Feed Fundraiser Sept 4th @6
Lincoln Secular Humanists Meeting Sept 11 @7
What is… the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? Sept 13th @7
Trekkies for Humanism: “Who Watches the Watchers” (TNG) Sept 19th @7

Anti-Columbus Day Protest (16th and O) Oct 13th @5
Zine Making Workshop Oct 18th @2
Trekkies for Humanism: “Catspaw” (TOS) Oct 24th @7

Movie Night: (A)sexual – Nov 8th @7
Trekkies For Humanism: “Critical Care” (VOY) Nov 14th @7
How to Organize Protests Nov 15 @1

Jackson wants to add an off-calendar Trekkies for August, Enterprise’s “Stigma”. We’ll do it on the 22nd.

End Time: 7:58

6/2/14 Minutes: Venue Rules (Concerts), Ben Turk, Paying Speakers?

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

1. Event review – scott crow was here on Thursday. He had a great presentation, and we had a good turnout here to hear him. He suggested that we could get more touring speakers in here if we offered to pay a stipend, and we talked more about the possibilities in doing that. Ashley suggests that we could possibly spin off a section of the treasury exclusively for guests. The discussion was tabled.

2. Upcoming events – Ben Turk is coming in on Wednesday. Ashley will email him to see if he needs any further preparations or accommodations from us.

3. Venue rules – We are amending #7 (regarding concerts) to read:

“We are able to do musical concerts on a case-by-case basis. The show must be acoustic, and the lyrics must be in line with the politics of the house.”

This was passed by consensus.

4. Website tutorial – Ashley took some time to show us how ze maintains our website and Facebook presence.

Meeting adjourned: 7:47 PM

Tabled: Button designs, networking, event moderation training, Tyranny of Tyranny, sexyfest, Paying speakers?