03-04-09 Icarus Coordinator Collective Meeting
Madigan facilitating
will notetaking
madigan, will, michael, angel, molly
angel's orient
ed outreach wrk group - incl
upcoming fh move
fundraising checkin
website visibiltiy / time
updating about section
spring blog post
checkins
molly - getting acupuncture - away from phone fri pm -sunday eve
will - working on computer stuff, visiting east coast might visit molly
angel - computer access down. looking forward to warm and away from snow
michael - busy, school and work plans
madigan - raining in sf, seeing history of icarus, talking w/icaristas, heart in ny
+++++ ed outreach wrk group +++++
michael- docs on googledocs; angel meet with local nyc, orienting angel
fh meet next week
contacting kieran re: nasco collaboration
working on theater of oppressed, mad maps info
madigan - sticky on webforums too re: this
gave nyct trust grant to angel to read
all this in google documents
angel - molly's name down for getting info, notes, wants to get emailed this
molly - read, go over, then talk about, answer questions, she''ll send and point to where things are, on organic groups etc. she will em angel re: this
angel - schedule - meet with nyu organizers. annie partnering with michael we: ed outreach. also meeting with FH, introduction. meeting other NYC allies. Schedulign happening around this. dependent on mimi's involvment too
michael - talking with annie re: meet with organizers. wants clarity on who meeting with who - meeting neil annie brad angel
michael - also brad meet issue, mimi to be there, sort it out before
michael - nyc allies meeting - ongoing - can't just call them all together
molly - able to attend gallatin Insanity of Gender workshop yesterday or other events they've already established - could be informal way
will -- all NYU events up on facebook; i can connect
michael - hang with jonah and others commit to meetings happening.
michael - meeting with leadership of FH - mimi expressed needs support to cultivate those contacts too, be there in meets with angel as well. Also brad meeting.
jobshare with ed / outreach? everyone on page with this?
molly - wants mimi's input on this. proposal we're making - michael to jobshare, could step in. What i says no?
will - good to check in re: hiring process, is hiring part of hiring process we went through
molly -- good to check in with mimi re; this. also molly on jobshare
mads- talked with mimi - proposal to offer jobshare - this is opportunity to meet and work with broader community. powerful expereinced perspective michael brings with fh, local icarus, also angel's skills, etc. Also around safe zones, campus icarus. A lot of movt around campus came around lgbt having solid presence, experience organizing on campus. where it is now -- mads has called. looking to partner with michael mimi angel on this. connections tied to project not individuals. need to address w/brad, share contacts and organizing. advocating for coordinators and jonah -- incorporate jonah more into med pub workgroup. feels connection to empties / nick coming.
will to communicate with job share possibility
angel - connecting people -- how formal of this process need to be? fh needs to be guided, but maybe allies etc can happen on informal level?
molly -- good idea. also opportunities that exist - house meets, events with campus organizers, etc. angel not aware of that event
angel - will get hooked up w/facebook and stay up
madigan - will drafting job share
michael - i can meet informally to discuss possibility
mads - email jobshare directly, then follow up
mads -- do a 6 sentence Bio to update About Us
mads -- all of us look at 30 min stipend time on icarus website
Will -- great to commit to the forum time, also i can help with coordinating the about us page, writing new sentences
Molly - look at our working groups, what's going on in working group now. folding it into personal evaluation, what's working what's not working. Feed into a spring blog post. positive feedback of folks being more present, appreciate this. Who knew arkansas was organizing, that's cool
molly - notes from fundraising thing, other notes good to put on site
angel will cross post the fundraising notes onto the site
angel - getting comfortable with forum, will jump in soon
<<<<meet extended 15 minutes >>>>
madigan - every third sun call, idea to co-faclitate, schedule next few months? - connects to caracol model of zapatistas
molly - specifically notice and invite individuals, rather than general call out to people
Molly -- FH office move being discussed?
michael -- being more involved with people, interacting, not having separate office might be a good thing. proposal underway about storing stuff FH, teaming with a unit.
madigan -- ken d wants a proposal re; What unit. madigan is available re: logistics, What about Mac computers we own etc. need to address logistics on all this.
michael - forwarded the outline proposal for FH relationship that molly wrote up, fwd to annie and local nyc
molly -- simple outline of how to frame proposal, also meeting casey michael molly meet notes from Dec with brainstorms formal proposal - not promising anything we can't deliver on, benchmark, etc
madigan - today would be good to check in with elliot, give him the update.
angel and michael at FH on monday
next weds - carry forward fundraising/membership
carry forward - elder owl advisory board - formally invite people, also a fundraising body, eg. kate bornstein, put her name, commit to bring in $500/$1k yr or something, ties into a working group around fundraising and development stuff. Everyone think of people we can reach out to to include. brad lewis for example, clarifies role
close meet