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

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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

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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

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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.

December 31st Update:

We received $8.74 in online donations through our PayPal. This increased our overall balance to $2058.99.

LIBRARY TREASURY

We started the year with $0.

SPEAKERS TREASURY

We started the year with $0.

Treasury Log 2022

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GENERAL TREASURY

We started the year with $897.13.

2022 Updates:

New donation:

  1. Our 2022 Yard Sale raised a grand total of $1245.13! This includes a few late sales afterwards of leftover items.

New debits:

  1. Ty is reimbursed $35.00 for temporarily upgrading his Dropbox account to accommodate the storage for our recordings of Black Musicians and Liberation with Professor Kwame Dawes and our Critical Race Theory presentation with Professor Marvin Lynn. This was pre-approved at the March 7th meeting and upheld at the March 28th meeting. The matter was closed after Ty downgraded his Dropbox in late May and took final payment at the May 30th meeting.
  2. We committed $200 to a solidarity donation to the Niskithe Prayer Camp. This was approved at the May 9th meeting.
  3. Jackson was reimbursed $160.88 for buying our new projector. This was discussed at the May 23rd meeting, pre-approved at the June 6th meeting, and finalized at the June 20th meeting.
  4. Jackson was reimbursed $33.99 for renewing one of our website domains. This was approved at the August 1st meeting.

These total $429.87 in new debits.

Altogether our treasury increased $815.26 this year, to a new overall balance going into 2023 of $1712.39.

LIBRARY TREASURY

We started and ended the year with $0.

SPEAKERS TREASURY

We started and ended the year with $0.

5/15/23 Minutes: Calendar printing, Yard Sale Prep

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In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Marc, Ty
Start time: 7:15 PM

  1. Summer Calendar – Our summer calendar is ready and going to the printer this week! Jackson will pick them up. We will be printing a lot more handbills than usual between our yard sale and tabling at Star City Pride.
  2. Yard Sale Prep – We spent the remainder of the meeting preparing for the yard sale but pricing and sorting a few of our early donations already on hand.

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

5/1/23 Minutes: Summer Calendar

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In attendance: Arya, Dan, Jackson, Rae (secretary), Salem

Start time: 7:05 PM

  1. Event Review – Our latest garden day workshop was on Saturday. We had to improvise, with our planned event leader Wyatt unable to make it. We had a large turnout, possibly due to our Facebook event being seen by many unusual suspects (50+ “interested”, many of whom we aren’t connected to). Rae points out that we need to get back to our habit of passing handbills to event attendees. Hopefully we’ll see some of those new faces again soon.
  2. Upcoming Event – Our Salt of the Earth movie night is this Friday night. We want to invest in blackout curtains soon, as glare from the window was a factor in our last movie night. Jackson needs to do some serious room prep, but we should be good to go.
  3. Summer Calendar –
    Thursday, June 1st, 7-10 PM — Black Cat House 10th Anniversary Movie Night: Sorry to Bother You
    Saturday, June 24th, 1-3 PM — “Transport” reading discussion (need help from Marc and Ty naming this event)
    Tuesday, July 18th OR Wednesday, July 19th, 7-9? PM — Conflict Transformation Workshop (Rae and Rae’s friend need to finalize exact day and time and event title)
    Saturday, August 12th, 1-3 PM — The Rise of Right-Wing Cults (a community discussion)
    Friday, August 25th, 7-10 PM — Movie Night: Hail Satan

    Meeting adjourned: 8:25 PM

3/27/23 Minutes: Sign-making Party, Sticker Order

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In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Jake (late), Jim, Marc, Margaret, Wyatt
Start time: 7:10 PM

  1. Event Review – Our trans issues discussion drew a full house! Our great turnout is probably a testament to the timeliness of the issue and our co-sponsors at OutNebraska helping us to advertise. Marc sent a follow-up email out with some of the information that we were discussing. Wyatt thinks the conversation could have been a little smoother if we had a designated moderator.
  2. Sign-making Party for Trans Day of Visibility? – There will be a potentially large protest at the Capitol on Friday evening, as it is also Trans Day of Visibility. Ty recommended via the Discord chat that we should open up the House for a sign-making party for folks. Marc will take the lead, and Jackson will be here as well. Jim volunteers to bring us more posterboards. We will go from 6-8 PM officially. Marc will spearhead the internet advertising for this.
  3. Library Donation – Margaret backed the crowdfunding for a new PM Press book about sex workers. We are happy to add it to our lending library.
  4. April Events – We don’t need a full Facebook event for our tabling at Earth Day, but Marc has a couple of ideas for posts as we get closer to Lincoln Earth Day. Wyatt will prepare a rough draft for the Snowpiercer movie night. He may also have a few ideas for the garden day, but he may need help with fleshing that out with Ty and Marc.
  5. Sticker Order – Marc has quotes back from the sticker maker. We will be moving forward with 100 apiece of the two most popular designs and 50 apiece of the other designs. We will be spending $283.59, and Marc is going to be fronted the money to make that order this week.
  6. Earth Day Tabling – Ty and Marc have a mockup for their “interactive activity” board for the Earth Day table. Marc says that they feel confident that they will be able to build this board.
  7. Website – Marc met with Ty and Rae on Saturday before the event and made good progress on some of the pages that we need to get filled on the new version of the website. Wyatt has also been doing some writing for the new website. Jackson will start work on the group’s history page this week.
  8. Summer Calendar Brainstorming – reusing the TRANSport article, another Gaming the System, a BCH birthday celebration (Thursday, June 1st?), Hail Satan? documentary showing, discussion about cultural hegemony? TABLED

Meeting adjourned: 8:45 PM

Tabled Items: Summer Calendar

3/6/23 Minutes: Calendar Distro/Reimbursement, Earth Day Booth

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In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Marc, Rae, Ty, Wyatt (late)
Start time: 7:00 PM

  1. Calendar Distro/Reimbursement – Jackson has done most of downtown and Wyatt has done South Street. We divided up the rest of the spots on our distro list. Jackson requests reimbursement for picking up the calendars; it was $20.70. Reimbursement was approved.
  2. Earth Day Booth – We had an extended discussion about the themes of the materials that we want to make and distribute at our Earth Day booth. Marc has created a few designs and shared them via the Discord. We bounced a lot of other slogans and sticker/button concepts around, but we have not found consensus on whether we want to prioritize agitational/edgy stuff vs more inspirational stuff.

Meeting adjourned: 8:35 PM

2/27/23 Minutes: Prep for Earth Day Booth

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

  1. Prep for Earth Day Booth – We spent time brainstorming ideas for buttons, zines, and information for our display critical of greenwashing.
  2. Library Donation – Jackson has a new book for the library. Hooray!

Meeting adjourned: 8:05 PM

2/6/23 Minutes: Tabling Opportunities, Website Updates

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

  1. Upcoming Event – We’re running The Killing Floor on Friday night. We have some tidying of the space to do before then, but otherwise we’re good.
  2. Library Update – Jackson has four more books for our library. Marc reports that he has found a way to attach our LibraryThing database to his draft to the new website!
  3. New Website Updates – Marc has been hard at work designing the next version of our website. He has also made some tweaks to hopefully reduce the amount of spam we get to our “contact” email, and created a list on our Discord with a list of the content that we will need to write to fill out the core pages of the new website.
  4. Tabling Opportunities – Marc has created task lists for what we need to get done to table at Lincoln Earth Day and Star City Pride and posted them on our Discord. Marc has also been working on our application for Lincoln Earth Day. Marc has been very busy! The application is probably ready to be submitted, but Ty and Marc will need treasury money in advance. Pride is actually less work to apply for, but more expensive.

Meeting adjourned: 8:40 PM

Tabled: Tabling Opportunities, Website, Spring Calendar