Icarus Coordinator Wonkavator Call
07-15-09

Annie timekeeper
Molly Madigan co-facilitator
Will Notes
Eric
Angel

Agenda --
Job hiring process - Mimi's email, consensus, timeline
Web stuff
Schedules / Will traveling until Aug 8th
Madigan ABC news report back, website time

Check-ins
Annie -- doing well, doing job as counselor with pregnant teens, very cool job, lots of paperwork, cool people, doula work, meeting tomorrow with campus icarus people next week for remainder of summer tasks

Will - Summer blog post , planning for year media budgeting -- Trauma reader, Community Newsletter - Friends Make The Best Medicine, annie leah ashley working on summer blog post. Sandpiper - community zine coordinating, needs template. Friends Make the Best Medicine Update - helpful to get local groups involved in that, what's needed - Community zine -- printed version? online only? raises costs - to think about for budgeting

Molly - lots going on with working groups, organic group for support network, updating local contacts. meeting with web folks on overlap between working groups, planning aftermath of media coming up, connect with Kieran on work plan for Kieran to come on as consulting capacity. Kieran has expressed interest.

Eric -- traveling in minneapolis etc. lots in the works for the website. still hoping to connect with Nick soon. Nick and Eric answering Admin calls

Madigan - In San Francisco. Human Rights For All tomorrow -- ends at AK press tomorrow. doing a lot of media stuff, two days with abc, feel good about it, in hands of editors at this point. Relationship to AJ Muste building question with Mimi leaving, being not at Fountain House. Looks like ABC not doing the NYC support group filming project.

Angel - lot going on, things going well, supported, discussions in NYC around participating with ABC, how to make it positive impact. addressed concerns in group, issues about confidentiality in group and anonymity. Interest in doing group as an outside media project beyond ABC, video to use with local groups and starting groups as general as Icarus project. Local groups feeling better about things.

Annie  -- got registration for NASCO conference

Kieran is on the Board of the 2010 World Social Forum in Detroit, wants Icarus to do a workshop, tens of thousands of social justice organizers

Mimi plan for hiring process --
Post job asap
(process of posting and where we post)
Deadline August 14
Hiring interviews Aug 17, 18 in NYC
wed aug 19th to speak as collective about candidates
following weds - notify applicants Aug 26th
in -office training Aug 26-Sept 2nd
Ongoing training thru month of september

molly - hiring process - where do we make these announcements?
phase one in web community, local groups
circulate to ally collectives etc in nyc area

then -- post to craigslist and idealist.

Also - who is the hiring committee, who in nyc part of this

when would we take it to the broader public -- asap put it out to our community - within a week put it to the public

maybe only idealist / craigslist only when we don't have good response?

molly -- important that it's not like a regular job but movement stipend labor of love.

will - some tweaks to job description?

molly -- use words like stipend, labor of love

ask student organizers, casey, claire if they want to be on hiring committee

also ally communities, hip hop mental health, rockdove,

will - create radical mental health list for ally groups etc

molly - looking into this

madigan - website -- overhaul of front drupal page? reorganize - spring blog post right there - move radical mental health contacts -

molly - eric talk about this this week.

molly -- evaluation process for working group structure -- lots coming up with media wave that's going to hit -- issue with kieran being paid stipend out of money we currently have, 1 mo or 2 mo coming from Molly or Madigan stipend, need clarity around that. Bringing Kieran on meaningful not crunched in with other stuff that's going on. Look at workflow with things going on - Mimi leaving, hiring, Kieran, 2020 thing, etc. Preparedness.

madigan -- mimi's role essential to accounting and budget, donor money coming in etc. -- can someone in NYC partner with Mimi to be trained on this? not good to just bring in someone new, someone in NYC should definitely have those skillsets

Annie -- feeling same say, met with WRl contact Lynne and Sascha, sascha connecting with finance help people from past, Mimi given photocopies re: fjc to Annie. Also education outreach obvious for getting funders interested so this connection makes sense.

action steps
molly -- following up with kieran, clarify proposal and timeline
check in with eric about priorities for cleaning up front page of website, checking in with nick.
kickass sunday call

will- budgeting media publications stuff, follow up for blog post, contact sandpiper re: design template for community zine

madigan - report back on ak press human rights tour, on site more, up to date on abc + airdate, notify community, kieran follow up, advisory board container idea - marykate interested, backup to folks in nyc, forwarding job announce.

annie -- following up with kieran, transition with mimi

angel - campus organizers meeting - support to mimi in transition, get out word for job description, providing support for 2020 possibilities and ensuring safety and support. also fountain house connection and connecting with madigan on that - meeting with outreach at fountain house pushed back to august. -

kieran tentatively has our first weds meet on hold for availability. first weds around budget and working groups.

Community call this Sunday!