08-05-09 Coordinators Collective Call

Present:  Madigan, Kiran, Angel, Annie, Eric, Mimi, Molly
Scribe:  Molly   Facilitators:  Eric & Madigan

Kiran joins the call today to guide/guide with us.

Check In + Intro

Molly-Asheville, NC Support Network Working Group, local group support, web liason, ombudsperson.  Successful local group skill share 8/2 (thanks annie).  Thunderstorms.  Living between computer/phone/garden. 

Annie-NYC, Edu/Outreach/Campus, 2yrs organizing at NYU.  Campus networking, creating seed packets/resource production.  Messy.  Craxy summer/busy.  Looking forward to NASCO. 

Kiran-Chicago, in and out of involvement w/TIP.  National US Social Forum, Solidarity Economics, Housing Coops, training collectives, self employed consultant.  Recent injury/healing. 
(Acknowledged as valuable guide through Women’s Encuentro process 08.)

Mimi-Pass.  Back in NYC tomorrow and can talk more then. 

Eric-St. Louis (currently in NM).  Newest collective member, Web Co-Coordinator w/Nick.  A part of web community 3-4 yrs.  Local group on and off 2+ yrs.  High desert is magical, healing.  Rhythms of earth/landscape.

Angel-NYC, Edu/Outreach/Campus group.  Annie covered what we’re working on.  Last night finished media project connected to 20/20, supporting local and larger community.  Scattered. 

Madigan-San Francisco, role supporting structure and working groups. Involved in project 6+ yrs.  Ok/intense summer.  Exciting time for our collective work.  Collective action/work/dreams/enrich lives.  People falling out of sky into city for corp commercial.  Gratitude is antidote for fear/anxiety. 

Admin/Distro Hiring:

Three applicants so far.  *Check TIPposition@gmail account.  Password has been changed. *Be mindful of confidentiality, specific applicants names, passwords on archived riseup list. 
*Mimi will post to idealist and craigslist. 
*Deadline to submit applications is 8/14, check in via email at that time to discuss need to extend and determine how to proceed from there. 
*Annie will check in with hiring committee people. 
*All read applications as they come in and star interesting candidates.
*8/19 Collective Call Hiring Focus
Check organic group for hiring process document from last time.
*Need to add Coordinators Collective to new group index on front page.

Fundraise/Budget:

Annie mentoring w/Mimi to provide back up support for financials. 

Annie meeting w/Tony Wood of the Ittelson Foundation (4pm 8/5) and checked in w/Sascha yesterday. 
 
Questions/suggestions for meeting:
Is funding specific to NY? 
Listen, express how far TIP has come since last grant. 
Are funds available for capacity building?
Huge difference between 04 and 09. 
Where we started/where we are now/how we’ve saved lives.
Focus on campus visions for future. 
Where we started/what we’ve done/how we did it well/why it’s important/how support will help us do that.
Pull up website/show richness of resource.

Start thinking about hard numbers of how we’ve grown over past 2-3 yrs.
Web members, local groups, how many publications pressed, etc.
Working groups work together to crunch these numbers and find place to track/archive.  Document accomplishments. 

*Annie will mail material/seed packet/handouts as follow up to Tony.
*Annie will write up next steps after meeting and email to all. 
   
Budget-Currently only 4-5 month cushion in budget/account.

Excited about large scale grassroots fundraising for regular support/large amount of small monthly donations.  Need to figure out how to package and redesign website to accommodate.  Wording, monthly sustainers, maybe give new publications for membership. 
Concerns about FJC, membership flow and fees. 
*Consider this in hiring new admin person.  Major part of job/database/keeping up w/people.  Need team effort in hiring. 

*Find place to highlight/encourage donations to harness energy after upcoming media exposure.  Add testimonials.  (Air date projected to be mid to end of August)

*Mimi has not gotten budget back from everyone yet. 

Support & Web need to send.  *Molly will send Eric last years as example. 

Icarus Structure Evaluate/Evolve:

Member driven/Advisory Council/Worker Coop model

Question from Kiran-How is TIP set up?  Function of advisors? 
Fiscal sponsor/no board-Liability is FJC’s BOD. 
Advisors great way to pull people in in limited way and get feedback.

With growth should we revisit incorporation as nonprofit? 
Suggestion of exploring relation to Collective Initiatives. 
Hybrid model.  More worker owned direction/option.  Example, No Boss. 

*Organization to explore US Federation of Worker Coops
Another model is how WRL is supported/more aligned/more freedom/incorporated for own checking account, etc.

Advisors for steering and responsible for cultivating donor relations.

Other:
NASCO November 6-7-8

INTAR November (week before thanksgiving) at NYU.  Madigan and Will in NY.  *Proposal for potential real time gathering in NYC at that time.  Molly and Eric travel up (would need to fundraise for this). 

Carry On/Carry Over:

Summer Blog Post!  In Chinese medicine the 5th season is late summer/suggestion to frame as such. 
*Working groups still need to compile info for post. 

Upcoming Moderators Meeting still needs to be scheduled.

Molly & Eric hold intention of checking in via phone. 

Next Collective Call 8/12 Web Focus! 

Collective Call 8/19 Hiring Focus! 

Meeting w/Kiran to discuss goals/focus/proposal for consulting Sunday 8/23, 3pm (est).



*Note-Tele-Wonkavator schedule of meetings is on calendar in support network organic group.  More working groups & community initiatives using wonkavator for meetings and skill shares.  Please check calendar.