Check in (3 minutes each)

*Mad Pride

Olympia - the first week in June -------> Let's all go!!

Seattle ---------> We're going to organize a Mad Pride week the first week of October!!

*Finishing our resource guide -------------> Everyone is bringing their resources to the Meeting May 20th!!  Add your opinion and cost of treatment if available.  Also, include alternative medicine!

*Workshop at Vera at the end of June? (Lets write up a workshop proposal!!) ---------------->  We had awesome ideas!!  This took a lot of group effort!  What's your dangerous gift?! Turning self destruction into creativity.  Awareness through art (like a mental illness collage), Mental illness stigma prejudice indentifier gauge (PIG), alternatives to meds, medication awareness (case studies) positive, negative, natural positive without meds.

*News week article/bipolar blast article. I handed out the News week article you can read it by clicking the link below.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/195694    Also Gianni Kali you should read her Undiagnosing myself check her out at http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/about/ she was also interviewed on Madness Radio!  Which was awesome like madness radio usually is!!

*KIRO Radio Interview  -------------->  We talked about this which led to coming up with a Seattle Mission Statement.

 *Flyer and advertising commitee ----------->  We are having an awesome event night at Dancylvania which will include madness movies, flyer making, and hopefully Rock Band!!  This will be happening May 27th at 8pm.

*Community house (January 2010) ----------> We're trying to get this great collective house started in the beginning of January.  So let me know if you're interested in moving into a giant house with other mad folks!

*Conference Call ------------> We're meeting this sunday the 17th at Dancylvania at 11:30am and walking to the park.  

*General discussion

Check out (how did the meeting go?)  Great meeting.  We're all going to work very hard at stopping cross conversations, and not interrupting.  Everyone loves everyone and their awesome opinions!