Meeting start: 7:07pm
Attending: Jackson, Matt, Salem, Ty, Marc (secretary)

Event Review: Movie night

• Folks really enjoyed the movie! We had a small turnout, but the discussion after the fact was good.
• We experienced some technical difficulties with streaming, but thankfully had a back-up option for viewing. In the future, we may not be able to stream movies (or we will need to make sure our tech is up to snuff first).

Upcoming Events & promotions

• We need to draft/finalize our July event descriptions and get them posted to the site and our facebook page.
• To Wong Foo – We need the description for this still. Ty will take point on drafting it.
• Amazon discussion – Salem will take point on this event description. Matt also suggested putting discussion points in our discord chat so that we can have questions at the ready when we have the event.
• July Newsletter – We’ll keep an eye out for other events that are in-line with BCH’s mission to cross-promote. We have some emails from Earth Day that still need to be added to the listserv; Ty will take point on this.

Rewilding/Urban Gardening Event

• Salem brought an application to have BCH featured as part of an educational community walking tour that focuses on homes with gardens of native plants, pollinator gardens, vegetable/herb gardens, etc. The event will be in early fall, for late September/early October depending on weather.
• We would need to have some sort of educational talk/tabling prepared with information about the garden, which we could put together pretty easily. Jackson will take point on applying.

Free Pride

• Marc and Ty started printing zines and organizing stickers, buttons, etc. for Free Pride tabling.
• We will need to remember to bring the tablecloth, a folding table, literature review holders, and a sign-up sheet for our newsletter.
• Free Pride will be at Antelope Park starting at 3:30 PM and going to about 8 PM. Ty and Marc will be able to commit to being there until 6 PM.

Beehive Collective

• The Beehive Collective is on tour and will be stopping in Lincoln on Wednesday, September 11.
• We would like to help host/sponsor their visit to Nebraska. We discussed potential contacts that might be interested in also co-sponsoring their visit.
• BCH can also help with financial assistance.

Fall Calendar Planning

• September: Rewilding Garden Tour, Beehive Collective, the Breadwinner (movie)
• October: They Live (movie)
• November: Re-visit the “talking to your racist uncle” event from last year; Transexual Menace (movie), Columbus Day Protest, “Can We Vote Our Way Out of this Mess?” re-deaux since it’s an election year 🙁
• Other movie ideas: Coextinction, a movie about the inter-connectivity of the environment and animal species

Meeting adjourned: 8:15 pm

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

1. Upcoming Event – Our Strange Victory movie night is this Friday. We think we’re ready for it.

2. Lincoln TRUE 2024 – Last night, Salem met with organizers of an event called Lincoln TRUE (Tour for Rewilding Urban Environments). The event is happening in late September, and our yard seems relevant. Salem brought us an application, and we’ll discuss this again soon.

Meeting adjourned: 7:25 PM

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Matt

Start time: 7:10 PM

1. Events Review – We had our Cesar Chavez movie night on Friday. The turnout was low, and the discussion was brief. Chien-Chi was over on Saturday to run a sale here, and she sold a few of our leftovers from the yard sale. We made about $40 from her efforts.

(It was mostly random conversation with just two of us available and a relatively light agenda…)

Meeting adjourned: 8:00 PM

In attendance: Chien-chi, Jackson (secretary), Salem, Ty, Marc
Meeting Start: 7:15 PM

1. Upcoming Events – We have our Cesar Chavez movie night this Friday. We’re ready for it! Chien-Chi will also be running a sale out of our yard on June 1st. We’ll put our leftovers back out from the main yard sale a couple of weeks ago, and she’ll also be selling some of her things. She’s thinking 9 AM – 4 PM. Jackson will help her set up, but will be too busy the rest of the day to be of further assistance.

2. Summer Calendar – Jackson got them printed! He will be reimbursed $14.59. We made plans to distro around town.

3. Library Donation – Marc and Ty brought some cool new books for our library. We like them!

4. Library Sharing – Jackson has been contacted by a friend building a leftist lending library in Kansas City. They will be in town on Sunday and are hoping to stop by and exchange literature with us. We decided tonight that we can give away most of the duplicate books in our library towards helping this sister library project.

5. June Newsletter / Online Event Posting – Salem will contribute a short story to our June newsletter. Marc and Ty will work on a draft for the LGBTQ Damage Report discussion. Matt will be working on the Strange Victory movie night.

6. AI discussion – (By this time, only Jackson, Marc, and Ty were left at the meeting.) Those still present have concerns that our group may not have the capacity for an event as ambitious as a formal panel discussion on the topic. Our group neither specializes in technology, nor do we have any specific connections to those we do. We would need access to critical experts if we are to move forward with a panel, but we are unsure of where to find them. It may be more realistic for us to facilitate one of our traditional talking circles on the subject.

Meeting adjourned: 8:35 PM

In attendance: Chien-Chi, Jackson (secretary), Matt
Start time: 7:10 PM

1. Events Review – We had our yard sale a couple of weeks ago. We raised $921! We also had Winslow’s Wardrobe back here on Saturday. We had a couple of folks pass through and get some new clothes. Winslow’s Wardrobe confirmed then that they will be back here in August.
2. June 1st Sale – Chien-Chi will be using our yard for a sale during the Near South Neighborhood-wide sale on June 1st. We’ll be putting leftovers from our sale a couple of weeks ago out there.
3. Summer Calendar – Matt has provided a draft for our summer calendar that looks good! He will finish the handbill version ASAP, and Jackson will get them printed in the next few days.
4. Upcoming AI discussion? – Chien-Chi is envisioning a panel discussion, and may have the first panelist already. She thinks a larger, more professional venue may be more appropriate for the event. We have a lot of workshopping to do as far as determining who else we should collaborate with and what we should try to prioritize for such an event.

Meeting adjourned: 7:45 PM

We did not have a meeting tonight; we will try again next week.

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Salem, Ty
Meeting start: 7:10 PM

Yard Sale

• Jackson will get ads posted/updated on Thursday. Jackson will get the change prepared. Salem will help to remake a few of our ruined signs from last year. Salem can also help put up the signs around the neighborhood (preferably on Thursday, weather permitting). We have a good crew committed to coming Friday morning to help set up.

Summer Calendar

• We finalized it!
• Friday, June 14, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Strange Victory
• Saturday, June 29, 1-3 PM: LGBTQ Damage Report (A Community Discussion)
• Friday, July 12, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: To Wong Foo
• Saturday, July 27, 1-3 PM: Amazon’s Prime Problems (A Community Discussion)
• Friday, August 9, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Godzilla (1954)

Meeting adjourned: 8:01 PM

In attendance: Chien-Chi, Jackson (secretary), Matt, Salem, Ty
Start time: 7:10 PM

1. Yard Sale – It’s time to advertise like crazy that we’re taking donations. Chien-Chi is helping to spread the word. The Black Cats are looking for donations in their own homes. Jackson will try to coordinate with Wyatt on rounding up tables again this year. Ty will put something about the yard sale in the info box on our homepage.

2. Reimbursements – Ty will be reimbursed $29.96 for hardware to hang our new blackout curtains, and $7.14 for picking up some printing that we cut and pressed into new pins.

3. Summer Calendar
Friday, June 14th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Strange Victory
Saturday, June 29th, 1-3 PM: LGBTQ Damage Report (a community discussion)

Friday, July 12th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: To Wong Foo
Saturday, July 27th, 1-3 PM: Anti-Amazon Discussion [still needs a final title]

Friday, August 9th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Godzilla (1954)
TBD?: [Winslow’s Wardrobe; possibly off-calendar]

Save for further consideration on Fall Calendar:
The Breadwinner movie for September? (Salem)
Come and See anti-war movie (Marc)
Discussion about upcoming election for October? (Matt)
Something about Internet/Web3/AI (Chien-Chi et al.)
Howl’s Moving Castle or Porco Rosso (Chien-Chi et al.)

Meeting adjourned: 8:20 PM

In attendance: Ty, Marc (sec), Salem, Matt, Chien-Chi

Event Reviews:

• Israelism – Issue with the disc – sound was slightly off. Marc will see if he can figure out what went wrong. Not a huge turnout
• Earth Day – Jackson and Matt held down the booth for the event. About 20 folks signed up for our newsletter. Folks loved the buttons and stickers; as usual, the “compost the rich” sticker was a hit. 🙂 We’ll add folks to the Riseup newsletter soon. We probably handed out about half the materials, and it seemed like the event itself was well-attended.

Upcoming Events

• Yard Sale – We can pretty much start taking donations for the yard sale now. We’ll begin advertising for folks to donate items.
• For donations, we accept:

Home goods
Kitchenware
Dishes, plates
Collectables
Wall art
Books, DVDs, CDs, other media
Small appliances
Decor
Tools
Small furniture
Toys, puzzles, games (please make sure any puzzles and games have all their pieces)

• We do not accept clothing; we encourage you to donate clothing to Winslow’s Wardrobe or other similar community organizations instead.
• Jackson will be at the yard sale for both days. Ty will also be at the yard sale. Chien-Chi can also help out on both days.
• Chien-Chi also mentioned getting involved with the Near South Neighborhood Association’s annual yard sale; the deadline for letting them know is June 1.
• Collaboration with Winslow’s Wardrobe will be in May; weather permitting, the giveaway will be outdoors.
• May 31: Cesar Chavez movie showing. This will be the 2014 biopic.

Other

• We met with Chien-Chi, who is very knowledgeable about local places and contacts. She had lots of suggestions, advice, and experience with outreach and similar work!
• May 30th: Give to Lincoln Day. We can look into this and see if we’d be able to table at it.

Summer Calendar:

• We decided on some dates and events for summer.
• Salem screened To Wong Fu and determined it’d be a good option for a movie, and we’ll make sure to include a link to doesthedogdie.com for any particular triggers.
• Regarding the LGBTQ Damage Report, Matt suggested reaching out to OutNebraska.
• Salem mentioned some potential problems with the To Wong Fu DVD, which Ty and Marc will test to see if it’s an issue with the DVD itself or the DVD player.
• Chien-Chi brought up showing Howl’s Moving Castle as a potential anti-war movie. We discussed other Ghibli films as well – Porco Rosso (as another anti-war thing).
• June 29: Damage Report
• July 12: To Wong Fu: Thanks for Everything movie
• July 14: Strange Victory movie
• July 27: Anti-Amazon discussion. We’ll need a snappier title.
• August 9: Godzilla 1954 movie
• August TBD: Discussion, hosting another event with Winslow’s Wardrobe, etc? We didn’t finalize a second August event this meeting.

Meeting Start: 7:05 PM

Meeting Adjourned: 8:45 PM

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

1. Events Review – We had Garden Day on Saturday and hosted a community discussion on Ancestral Culture and Modern Identity on Sunday. Garden Day had a modest turnout, which was ok since Jackson and Wyatt were double-booked with obligations with our guest speaker Dr. Fredrik. We did meet a new friend who expressed interest in doing some painting for us; we’ll be following up with her. Our discussion with Dr. Fredrik on Sunday drew our biggest crowd of the year to date. Everyone seemed to have a pretty good time. Jackson paid out the $150 to Fredrik that we committed to previously.
2. Upcoming Events – We’re showing Israelism on Friday night. Matt thinks it would be preferable to get our new blackout curtains installed for then. Jackson doesn’t know if that’s realistic; he’ll have to check with Wyatt, but Wyatt is behind on work after spending most of last week with Dr. Fredrik. We’re also tabling at Lincoln Earth Day on Saturday. Matt will be here at 9:15 AM to get folks over to Innovation Campus. Salem is ill, but will hopefully bounce back by Saturday.
3. Yard Sale – Ty has prepared a draft for our online advertising. We will be posting it in the next few days to Facebook and our website. Jackson would also like a post for our Instagram; Ty will check to see if we have any old photos of previous yard sales to build that around.
4. Summer Calendar

Friday, June 14th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Strange Victory OR Queer Movie (To Wong Foo?)
Saturday, June 29th, 1-3 PM: [Discussion?]

Friday, July 12th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Strange Victory OR Queer Movie (To Wong Foo?)
Saturday, July 27th, 1-3 PM: [Discussion?]

Friday, August 9th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: Godzilla (1954)
TBD: [Discussion/Winslow’s Wardrobe?]
We really want to avoid double-booking with Lincoln Indian Center’s Powwow

Blackout Dates: Star City Pride June 7th and 8th; Heartland Pride July 13th; also check Discord for Matt’s collection of powwow dates
July 25-28, 2024 – Winnebago, NE – Winnebago 158th Annual Homecoming Celebration
Jul 19 – Jul 21, 2024 – North Platte NE – North Platte Pow Wow Honoring Our Veterans
August 8-11, 2024 – Niobrara(?) – 30th Annual Ponca Tribe of NE Powwow
Santee Powwow (cannot find, typically 3rd weekend in June)
Lincoln Indian Center Powwow (cannot find, typically August)
June 15th/22nd (possible Juneteenth celebration)
Matt is gone first week of July

Movie Nights: Strange Victory [June/July?]
To Wong Foo? [June/July?; still waiting on Salem’s opinion]

Discussions: LGBTQ Damage Report?
Anti-Amazon

Does Winslow’s Wardrobe want to do a distro here? Maybe in August (Back to School)

Save for further consideration on Fall Calendar:
The Breadwinner movie for September? (Salem)
Come and See anti-war movie (Marc)
Discussion about upcoming election for October? (Matt)

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM