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

1. Upcoming Events – Two of them! The first is the Chomsky documentary on Friday, which we have and will be easy to set up for. Our “Organizing Resistance in the Age of Trump” is the Saturday after.

We wanted to have a talk on moderation efforts, since this discussion could be a large one. We reiterated our points from last week – we don’t want to focus on the actual election results, because it seems very unlikely that anything will stop Trump from being inaugurated in January. We want to focus on the fight going forward. While the emotional impact is hard on a lot of people, we also would like this to be a tactical discussion and not only spend our time venting.

We now have #NoDAPL as an example of direct action non-violent tactics that has been a recent success as well, that goes beyond letters to politicians.

Discussion moderation: Ty and Ju Ping are going to be co-facilitators of the discussion, to keep those ground rules down and to help people who are finding ways to speak. As part of a democratic agenda forming, we will go around the room and introduce ourselves, our pronouns, and what we would like to get out of the discussion in order to hit up as many of what topics people want to cover as possible.

2. Calendar distro – Ju Ping only has Bluestem left to go to before all our usual places have calendars!

3. Stuff to Buy – We are adding a no-slip outdoor mat for our porch to our list of stuff we need. It is pretty crucial that we buy it as soon as possible before winter starts making the porch slick.

Meeting adjourned: 8:24 PM

Tabled items: Stuff to Buy (canopy, stuff to secure bike rack, paper cutter, whiteboard, labels, 7×7 no-slip outdoor mat for porch)

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

1. Event Review – Ma Vie en Rose was last Friday, but we didn’t do a lot of advertising so there was not much of a turn out.

2. Reimbursement – Ty bought the calendars for $7.78. He’ll be reimbursed for this.

3. Calendar Distribution – Now that the calendars and handbills are printed, we can start distributing! We separated out the locations to hit up, and we’ll be fliering over the next couple days!

4. Web Events – We need to post our December events online! We’re working on that for the rest of the evening.

5. Data Crow – A quick announcement, a friend of Ty’s is working on getting Data Crow, a new library organization software set up on the public laptop. We’ll have the library and what digital versions of our materials available, as well as potentially having the library viewable online again.

Tabled items: Stuff to buy (canopy, stuff to secure bike rack, paper cutter, whiteboard, labels)

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

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

1. Event Review – We had our “Can We Vote Our Way Out of This Mess?” discussion on Saturday. It was well attended and a good discussion, but we didn’t really stay on electoral politics all that much. We figured it was inevitable given the audience this time around was mostly longtime activists who have dealt with this kind of electoral stress before. The whiteboard to keep track of what topics we did want to talk about was helpful, though we will need to get ourselves a bigger board. Jackson thinks we should dedicate some significant time to review our discussion moderation guidelines before our next discussion.

2. Book Order Review – We sent in our large order to Haymarket Books, which ended up as a total of 63 books. The damage was $596.56, over our preapproved budget of $520. There was a glitch that resulted in Jackson having to pay for shipping despite it being free, but he is supposed to be refunded the cost manually by Haymarket Books after the shipping goes out. We will reimburse Jackson for the $520, but we will reimburse him for the additional $76.56 as we are able to have extra funds to place in the library fund.

We also bought a few books from Pathfinder Press, which was $10. We will also reimburse Jackson for these as we can, so the grand total for the IOU to him is $86.56.

3. Winter Calendar –

Movies:
December:
Friday, December 9th, 7-10PM – Movie Night: Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
Saturday, December 10th, 1-3 PM – Did We Vote Our Way Out of This Mess?
Friday, December 16th, 7-10 PM Movie Night: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

January:
Saturday, January 14th, 1-3 PM, DAPL Discussion
Movie Night: Rebuilding Hope: Sudan’s Lost Boys Return Home
Date TBD: Walk For Life Counter-Protest

February:
What is Imperialism? A Community Discussion
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – “Far Beyond The Stars”

Tentative Events:
Race: The Power of an Illusion (three-part documentary series)
The Clintons’ Anti-Working Class Record – book discussion
Movie Night: The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Note: Ty will not be able to be around for February 17-19 as he’ll be at MBLGTACC in Chicago.

Meeting adjourned: 8:04 PM

Tabled items: December Calendar, Stuff to buy (canopy, stuff to secure bike rack, paper cutter, whiteboard)

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

1. Winter Calendar –

In Progress:

December:
Movie Night: Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
Movie Night: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

January:
Walk For Life Counter-Protest

February:
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – “Far Beyond The Stars”

Tentative Events:
Movie Night: Rebuilding Hope: Sudan’s Lost Boys Return Home
Race: The Power of an Illusion (three-part documentary series)

Note: Ty will not be able to be around for February 17-19 as he’ll be at MBLGTACC in Chicago.

Meeting adjourned:  7:49 PM

Tabled items: Stuff to buy (canopy, stuff to secure bike rack, paper cutter)

In attendance: Jackson (moderator), Ty (secretary), Ju Ping

Start time: 7:38 PM

1. Upcoming Events – We have the movie ready to go and we just need to set up the room to prep for the night. We also have an Indigenous People’s Day rally, which we have premade posters and blank poster boards to offer people. Jackson talked to Chris regarding the Capitalism and Debt discussion and we put up a Facebook events.

2. Meeting Cancellation – Next week, due to our own rally and the rally right afterwards at the Capitol, we will not be having a meeting on the 10th.

Meeting adjourned: 8:11 PM

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

1. Event Review – We showed Just Do It, which had a bit of a technical hiccup but it was a great movie. The Resource Fair was also good, if lowkey.

2. Upcoming Event – Liberate Your Computer is coming up, and someone did stop by today on our porch to ask whether registering was required. We told them they didn’t need to and that they could stop by on Saturday whenever it was convenient.

3. Donation – Ju Ping is donating a physical copy of Just Do It to the library when the order comes in, as well as five thumb drives with Ubuntu pre-installed to give out during the Liberate Your Computer event. Jackson is also donating a copy of Dr. Strangelove to the library.

4. Treasury – Jackson updated the treasury information on the website. We’ve got some funds to put towards some projects if we get some good ideas!

5. October Events – The movie event for Joe Hill needs to be up and the DVD needs be bought. The discussion event for Capitalism and Debt also needs to be put up, and we will speak to Chris about it.

Meeting adjourned: 9:00 PM

Tabled items: Stuff to buy (canopy, stuff to secure bike rack, paper cutter)

Reminders: “Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?” for Winter Calendar

In attendance: Jackson (moderator), Ty (secretary), Ju Ping
Start time: 7:15 PM

1. Upcoming Event: Dr. Strangelove is on Friday, we own the DVD, we’re pretty good. We need to clean the collective space, but that’s about it.

2. LGBTQA+ Resource Fair: UNL’s LGBTQA+ Resource Center wants us to be at their resource fair, and we accepted it. We need to print out more handbills, and Ty will get 50 more sheets of them printed. We will also print out more pronoun buttons and get them pressed.

Meeting adjourned: 7:29 PM

In Attendance: Jackson (moderator), Ju Ping, Ty (secretary)
Start time: 7:10 PM

1. Calendar Distro: We still need to flier Meadowlark, Open Harvest, Bodhi Imports, Cottonwood, and The Commons. The Commons just needs a full sized one, which Jackson will get to them, as well as Meadowlark and Open Harvest. Ty will take Bodhi and Cottonwood. Ju Ping and Ty will also try to hit up locations around campus, as well as the Cultiva by East Campus.
2. Reimbursements: Ty spent $7.78 on fliers and he will be reimbursed. Jackson spent $37.96 on a longarm stapler and more staples and he will be reimbursed.
3. Sacred Stone Camp: We have come across a GoFundMe to support an effort from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. We’re pitching in $50 to help them out.
4. Event Updates: We spent the rest of the time putting up Facebook events for our September schedule.

Meeting Adjourned: 8:10 PM

Tabled items: Stuff to buy (canopy, stuff to secure bike rack, paper cutter)

Reminders: “Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?” for Winter Calendar