There was no weekly meeting tonight, due to high heat and the AC at The Black Cat House not working.

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

1. Event Review – We had our Godzilla (1954) movie night on Friday. We had maybe our best turnout of any movie night this year, and a spirited discussion afterwards. Also, our new greeter cat Lucy was a huge hit.
2. Upcoming Event – Winslow’s Wardrobe is coming back on Saturday. We need to do some last-minute advertising online!
3. Salt Creek Zine Fest – It’s also happening on Saturday afternoon. Marc reports that it has been moved to the F Street Rec Center. He hopes that the two events might cross-pollinate to some degree.
4. Reimbursement – Jackson had to renew one of our website domains in early August. He will be reimbursed $36.17.
5. Fall Calendar –

• Wednesday, September 11th, 3-6 PM (@ UNL City Union’s Regency Suite): Beehive Collective
• Friday, September 13th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: The Breadwinner
• Sunday, September 29th, Time TBD: Rewilding Garden Tour
• Monday, October 14th, 4:30-6 PM: Columbus Day Counter-protest
• Friday, October 18th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: They Live
• Saturday, October 26th, 1-3 PM: Can We Vote Our Way Out of This Mess? (a community discussion)
• Friday, November 8th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: The Transexual Menace
• Saturday, November 16th, 1-3 PM: “Talking to Your Racist Uncle” (workshop/discussion)

Meeting adjourned: 8:35 PM

Not enough people showed for the meeting to have any formal agenda. Jackson had a good discussion with those who did show about our gardening efforts. We’ll try tackling other projects next week!

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

1. Event Review – We had our anti-Amazon discussion on Saturday. It was only attended by Black Cats. Matt thinks we should consider spending money on a KZUM ad to promote one of our most interesting fall events.

2. Fall Calendar – We still need to finalize details on the Bees and the Garden Tour. Jackson has been in contact with Lou, and it does sound like we’re going to have a room in the UNL Union for the Bees. Jackson sent in the Garden Tour application over the weekend and is now waiting to hear back from its organizers.

Meeting adjourned: 8:00 PM

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

1. Upcoming Event – We have our “Amazon’s Prime Problems” discussion this Saturday. We’re excited for it!

Once again, we just sat and chatted for most of the evening as we had a light agenda.

Meeting adjourned: 8:00 PM

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Matt, Salem
Meeting start: 7:05 PM

1. Event Review – We had our To Wong Foo movie night on Friday. Our turnout was small, but the discussion was spirited.

2. Fall Calendar – We still need to set times for the rewilding garden tour and the Columbus Day protest.

Note: With a light agenda tonight, we spent most of our time chatting about off-topic things.

Meeting adjourned: 8:00 PM

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Ty, Matt
Start time: 7:15 pm

1. Upcoming Event – We’re showing To Wong Foo on Friday night. We’re ready for it!

2. Fall Calendar

• Wednesday, September 11th, 3-6 PM (@ The Foundry): Beehive Collective
• Friday, September 13th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: The Breadwinner
• Sunday, September 29th, Time TBD: Rewilding Garden Tour
• Monday, October 14th, Hours TBD: Columbus Day Counter-protest
• Friday, October 18th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: They Live
• Saturday, October 26th, 1-3 PM: Can We Vote Our Way Out of This Mess? (a community discussion)
• Friday, November 8th, 7-10 PM: Movie Night: The Transexual Menace
• Saturday, November 16th, 1-3 PM: “Talking to Your Racist Uncle” (workshop/discussion) [possibly incorporate election theme into title]

Meeting adjourned: 8:13 pm

In attendance: Salem, Jackson (secretary), Matt, Marc, Lou
Start time: 7:10 p

1. Event Review – We had our LGBTQ Damage Report discussion on Saturday. We had a nice turnout, including a couple of new people. Andrew from OutNebraska was a very helpful resource, and we’re glad he could make it.

2. July Events – We are behind on advertising them! We think Ty is still working on a draft for next week’s movie. Salem has a draft prepared for the Amazon discussion, and it’s an excellent start.

3. Beehive Collective – Lou came to talk to us about his efforts to bring the Beehive Collective back to Lincoln on September 11th. The event is scheduled for 3-6 PM, and he has secured a venue in the Foundry via the co-host efforts of Common Root. We want to get a good turnout of young people out to hear from the Bees.

Meeting adjourned: 8:30 PM

Sorry for the lateness posting these!

There wasn’t enough folks that were going to be at the meeting, so it was cancelled. Better luck next week!

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