8/14/23 Minutes: Fall Calendar, Reimbursement

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Marc, Matt, Ty

Start time: 7:25 PM

  1. Event Review – We hosted our community discussion on right-wing cults on Saturday. We had a good discussion, but our turnout was limited to the people at this meeting! Jackson wonders whether the topic may have been too niche, but it also sounds like we had a lot of competition with other events around town at the same time.
  2. Advertising – We had some extended discussion about better advertising our events. There was some interest in maybe pursuing radio ads on KZUM, but we’re not sure we could afford that at this time. We also need to be doing more to cross-pollinate with other groups. And we need to get our bulletin board rebuilt out on the sidewalk, after city inspectors demanded we removed it on the grounds that it was “indoor furniture that can’t be kept outdoors.” Wyatt may be building something new for us, but there is no timetable at this time.
  3. Reimbursement – Jackson bought DVDs of two documentaries that we will be running soon, Hail Satan? and Gather. He spent a total of $18.43, and would like to be reimbursed. He will be reimbursed, and these DVDs will join our lending library.
  4. Fall Calendar –

Saturday, September 9th, 1-3 PM: Fast Fashion’s Impact on Climate Change (a reading discussion)

Friday, September 22nd, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Gather

Saturday, October 7th, 1-3 PM: American Health Care: A Horror Story (community discussion) for October

Monday, October 9th, 4:30-6 PM: Anti-Columbus Day Protest (at the corner of 16th and O, in front of the Federal Building)

Friday, October 20th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: The Young Karl Marx

Friday, November 3rd, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Coco

Saturday, November 4th, 2-3:30 PM: Neighborhood Clean Up

Saturday, November 18th, 1-3 PM: Workshop: Difficult Conversations With Your Bigoted Uncle (working title)

Meeting adjourned: 8:25 PM

8/7/23 Minutes: Fall Calendar, Website Reimbursement

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

  1. Upcoming Event – Our community discussion on right-wing cults is this weekend. Ty will reach out to Arya, as this was kind of her brainchild. We hope to see her on Saturday. Otherwise, Jackson just has a bit of cleaning in the space to be ready for a public event.
  2. Donations – Our good friend Dr. Dance cleaned out her office and offered us some things. We will be using the paper plates; Ty notes that it is often possible to tear them up afterwards and compost them. There were also some books; we’ll add a couple of them to our library and save a couple of others for next year’s yard sale.
  3. Website Reimbursement – Jackson was billed $34.99 for the renewal of our website domain. He will be reimbursed.
  4. Fall calendar

Saturday, September 9th, 1-3 PM: Fast Fashion’s Impact on Climate Change (a reading discussion)

Saturday, October 7th, 1-3 PM: American Health Care: A Horror Story (community discussion) for October

Monday, October 9th, Time TBD: Anti-Columbus Day Protest

Saturday, November 4th, 2-3:30 PM: Neighborhood Clean Up

TBD: Movie Night: The Young Karl Marx

TBD: Movie Night: Gather

Possible Coco Movie Night on November 3rd if we do it

Probable November discussion date will be on the 18th because of Husker schedule

Other themes for events? Unions?

No movies on October 6th or November 24th

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

7/31/23 Minutes: Fall Calendar Development

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Marc, Matt, Salem, Ty
Start time: 7:20 PM

  1. Library Donation – Marc found us an anthology about disabled women. As our current disability offerings are pretty meager, this is a welcome addition.
  2. August Movie – We still need to get online advertisements up for our Hail Satan movie night! Rae offered a very rough draft on the Discord, but she was understandably busy with getting ready to move away. Matt has seen the movie, and volunteers to work on the next draft.
  3. Website Update – Marc has updated the little box on our homepage to suggest visitors check out some of the new stuff on our website.
  4. Listserv – Marc is drafting our August listserv update. We want to send that out at least a week before our next event, which only gives us a few days.
  5. Fall Calendar

Saturday, September 9th, 1-3 PM: Fast Fashion’s Impact on Climate Change (a reading discussion)

Saturday, October 7th, 1-3 PM: American Health Care: A Horror Story (community discussion) for October

Monday, October 9th, Time TBD: Anti-Columbus Day Protest

TBD: Movie Night: The Young Karl Marx

Possible Coco Movie Night on November 3rd if we do it

Probable November discussion date will be on the 18th because of Husker schedule

No movies on October 6th or November 24th

Meeting adjourned: 8:45 PM

7/24/23 Minutes: Fall Calendar, August Events

In attendance: Alex, Jackson (secretary), Matt, Rae, Ty
Start time: 7:10 PM

  1. Event Review – We hosted Rae’s workshop on conflict transformation on Tuesday night. We had a great turnout, and our guests seemed highly engaged with the material. We think it was an endorsement of both the subject matter and the interactive workshop format. There was enthusiasm for more of these workshops, but we’re not sure if and when we’ll be able to follow up with Rae leaving Lincoln soon.
  2. Library Donation – Rae brought us a book about climate change myths. We’ll add it to our library.
  3. August Events – Marc has submitted a draft for our discussion on conspiracy theories. We like it. Rae will try to get us a draft for Hail Satan in the next few days.
  4. Fall Calendar:

We’re enthusiastic about an open discussion on healthcare, as everyone seems to have a horror story… de facto support group?

We’re also wanting to do a climate change event, but we need to continue to workshop how we want to brand/emphasize that event. Extreme weather? Or the proposed fast fashion and/or Amazon and/or planned obsolescence as capitalism driving climate change? Ty: “Better Stuff. Slower” Salem has submitted a couple of articles about fast fashion onto our Discord.

We are strongly leaning towards doing The Young Karl Marx as a fall movie, and we also discussed the possibility of doing Coco for Dia de los Muertos.

Briefly: We will need to further discuss doing another Columbus Day protest, and Salem strongly wants to do a neighborhood clean-up as was discussed last week.

Meeting adjourned: 8:40 PM

7/17/23 Minutes: Advertising August Events, Fall Calendar Brainstorming

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Jeff, Salem, Ty
Start time: 7:10 PM

  1. Upcoming Event – We’re hosting a workshop here tomorrow night. Rae’s friend is in town now, and they will be ready to go tomorrow night!
  2. Midwest Queer & Trans Zine Fest – We received some fliers for an upcoming zine fest in Minneapolis in October. We’ll help spread the word!
  3. August Events – We still need to post them online ASAP!
  4. Fall Calendar Brainstorming – Salem still wants to do a neighborhood clean-up. Should we do an event on climate change? Reading discussion on climate impact of fast fashion? Salem might be able to find an article… A defense of Marx? “Was Marx Right?” community discussion? A screening of the Young Karl Marx? Maybe an open discussion on health care?

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

7/10/23 Minutes: Upcoming Events, Accessibility, Button Parts

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

  1. July Event – Our workshop is a week from tomorrow. Rae reports that she and her friend are ready for the event. Jackson added some suggested language to the comments section of the Facebook that our attendees may benefit from bringing a notebook to the event. We’re not sure what to expect for the event turnout, but there are pros and cons to both a smaller group and a bigger one.
  2. August Events – We need to get cracking on drafting our advertisements for the right-wing cults discussion and the Hail Satan documentary. Ty will try to draft a description for the discussion, and Rae will work on the draft for the documentary. Jackson will start shopping around for a DVD copy of Hail Satan.
  3. Button Parts – We need more. Jackson will be ordering more for us soon. It may be a good idea to buy some extra mylar tops for the buttons with the next batch, because we have a tendency of running out of those before the metal bottom bits.
  4. Space Accessibility/Concerns – We need to do a little bit of cleaning and moving before our next public event next week. The library cart in particular will need to be moved a bit back in case we need to get a wheelchair into the space. We also discussed possibilities for getting some blackout curtains installed.

Meeting adjourned: 8:10 PM

6/26/23 Minutes: Reimbursements, No July 3rd Meeting

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Marc, Rae, Salem
Start time: 7:20 PM

  1. Event Review – We were small on turnout, but had a really good discussion with some very engaged visitors. The article was a bit thinner on content than most of our previous readings, but it was still adequate to get the discussion started.
  2. Newsletter – Marc is making progress on getting our newsletter back online. He reports that RiseUp isn’t the most powerful or user-friendly, but he’s getting stuff done. He may even have something distributed this week!
  3. Next week’s meeting canceled – Jackson will be out of state, and several of our other people will be unavailable next week. We have decided to cancel the July 3rd meeting.
  4. Reimbursements – We had to catch up on some old financial business. Ty will be reimbursed $8.57 for some printing related to our Earth Day tabling back in April. Ty is also reimbursed $147 for picking up pizza and cupcakes for our 10th anniversary party on June 1st. Finally, Ty will also be reimbursed $83.87 for picking up a bunch of printing related to our booth at Star City Pride.

Meeting adjourned: 8:35 PM

6/19/23 Minutes: Another Pride Event, Upcoming Events

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Rae
Start time: 7:20 PM

  1. Upcoming Event – We have a reading discussion on Saturday. We should have enough readings for the event, if we can find them. Rae says she can get more copies for us if we let her know by Thursday. Jackson will be straightening up the room over the next few days.
  2. July Event – We took some time to preview a draft for our July event. Jackson thinks it looks good, aside from a few minor grammatical issues. Rae is still waiting on her collaborator to fill in a few biographical details. It should be online soon.
  3. Pride Event – Some local folks are doing an alternate Pride event this Saturday afternoon, and it’s even right after our trans safety discussion. We probably don’t have enough materials to do a formal table, nor do we likely have time or energy to prepare them in time for Saturday. But it will probably be a good community event, and we should probably make an appearance there.

Meeting adjourned: 8:10 PM

5/29/22 Minutes: Yard sale results, 10th Anniversary, Reimbursement for tabling materials

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

  1. Event Review – Our yard sale fundraiser was last weekend. Jackson reports that we currently have $1116.59, with a handful of IOUs left to collect and a few items that he will be listing online. Jackson thinks that our crowd was smaller than in the last couple of years, possibly because of our late scheduling putting this sale on Memorial Day weekend. It would be more ideal to do this earlier next year.
  2. Upcoming Event – Our 10th Anniversary celebration is this Thursday night! The event is now up online. We have advertised pizza, but this may be somewhat complicated as some of our friends (including Salem) are vegan. We will have to settle some of these details on the Discord chat. Jackson will have the room cleaned up of yard sale leftovers by Thursday.
  3. Summer calendar distro – Progress on this is unclear as none of the people who volunteered to distribute last week are here tonight to report back. TABLED.
  4. Tabling at Star City Pride/Reimbursement – Ty and Marc continue to take the lead on organizing our upcoming tabling at Star City Pride. We’re still trying to work out some of the specifics as far as who will staff the table and when. Salem may be available to help Ty set up on Friday, since he still needs a second set of hands and Marc has a work conflict. We will also be printing some stickers, and have “pre-imbursed” Marc $152.19 to get those printed in time for Pride.

Meeting adjourned: 7:35 PM

Tabled: summer calendar distro

Treasury Log 2023

GENERAL TREASURY

We started the year with $1712.39.

May 17th, 2023 Update:

New donations:

  1. We received $8.74 in donations via our PayPal.
  2. We received $50 in our donations box at the House.

These total $58.74 in new donations.

New debits:

  1. Marc was reimbursed $46.93 for getting thank-you cards printed for us. This was approved at the January 9th meeting.
  2. The group committed $125 towards getting the Black Cats tabling opportunities at Lincoln Earth Day ($35) and Star City Pride ($90). This was pre-approved at the January 30th meeting, and confirmed at the February 13th meeting.
  3. Jackson was reimbursed $20.70 for getting our spring calendars printed. This was approved at the March 6th meeting.
  4. Jackson was reimbursed $17.91 for getting our spring calendars reprinted. This was approved at the March 20th meeting.
  5. Marc was reimbursed $283.59 for getting some stickers printed for our Earth Day booth. This was approved at the March 27th meeting.
  6. Marc was reimbursed $25.13 for bringing supplies for our Trans Day of Visibility poster-making party. This was approved at the April 3rd meeting.
  7. Jackson was reimbursed $34.99 for renewing our secondary web domain. This was approved at the April 17th meeting.
  8. Ty was reimbursed an additional $110 for unexpected expenses with tabling at Star City Pride. This was approved at the May 8th meeting.

These total $664.25 in new debits.

Altogether our treasury is decreasing by $605.51, to a new overall balance of $1106.88.

June 25th, 2023 Update:

New donations:

  1. Our 2023 yard sale fundraiser brought in $1137.59.
  2. Richard and Christy donated $200. Thanks, y’all!
  3. We received $2 in our donations box at the House.
  4. We received an online donation of $4.37.

These total $1341.96 in new donations.

New debits:

  1. Jackson is reimbursed $30.83 for picking up our summer calendars. This was approved at the May 22nd meeting.
  2. Marc was “pre-imbursed” $152.19 for ordering stickers that we were distributing at Star City Pride.
  3. Ty was reimbursed $75.05 for buying a new table for future Black Cat boothing and yard sale purposes. This was approved at the June 12th meeting.
  4. Rae is reimbursed $6.99 for bringing bottled water for Black Cat booth volunteers at Star City Pride. This was approved at the June 12th meeting.
  5. Ty is reimbursed $10 for buying passes into Star City Pride for our booth volunteers. This was approved at the June 12th meeting.
  6. Salem is reimbursed $5 for buying a pass into Star City Pride for volunteering at our booth. This was approved at the June 12th meeting.

These total $280.06 in new debits.

Altogether our treasury is increasing $1061.90, to a new overall balance of $2168.78

November 12th Update:

New donations:

  1. We received $35.93 in new donations online through our PayPal.
  2. We pulled $12 from our donations box at the House.
  3. Jackson has collected $150 by selling yard sale leftovers online.

These total $197.93 in new donations.

New debits:

  1. Ty is reimbursed $8.57 for printing related to our Earth Day booth. This was approved at the June 26th meeting.
  2. Ty is reimbursed $147 for picking up pizza and cupcakes for our 10th Anniversary party. This was approved at the June 26th meeting.
  3. Ty is reimbursed $83.87 for printing related to our Star City Pride booth. This was approved at the June 26th meeting.
  4. Jackson is reimbursed $34.99 for the renewal of one of our website domains. This was approved at the August 7th meeting.
  5. Jackson is reimbursed $18.43 for buying two DVDs of movies for our library. This was approved at the August 14th meeting.
  6. Jackson is reimbursed $23.60 for getting our fall calendars printed. This was approved at the August 28th meeting.

These total $316.46 in new debits.

Altogether our treasury is decreasing by $118.53, to a new overall balance of $2050.25.

LIBRARY TREASURY

We started the year with $0.

SPEAKERS TREASURY

We started the year with $0.