11/11/09 Collective Call

present:will, eric, angel, molly (scribe)
love to annie and others absent. 

i was late. 
we checked in.
there was silence (a lot of it)
so i screamed
said excuse me please
will wonked out/in
we dove right in

consensus to move forward with salsa for 30 day trial and beyond, budget for $300 a month starting end of year. 
*Annie make contact/contract, cc details to all. 

nasco!  very awesome great connect fun stuff.
radical mental health workshop sunday, friday panel, time to attend/learn saturday.
evaluation said, "BEST WORKSHOP EVER!"  rmh is anti-oppression/all mental health issues come from trauma+oppression+violence.  came back ready to tackle org/collective work/mad mapping org.  having kiran working with us is the smartest thing because she is the smartest person to be doing the work.  housing was a nightmare, hard physically, called out on accessibility issues.  connected with people who want to volunteer! 
*will offered to help with blog post about nasco.  *angel is going to write up notes from the experience and send to list and post on forums.  (o.g. wiki?)

angel-fyi upcoming surgery may affect ability to connect during nyc visits.  distro is physically demanding.  looking for ways to get volunteers more involved in this capacity. 

upcoming event 11/22 lovin' cup
what are needs?    ?    ? 
all seems to be moving along with folks stepping up and things self organizing. 
angel made a rad flyer with details. 

where are we at with launching membership campaign?
1 post on forums
2 post/circulate via facebook/myspace/whatever
export info into salsa
dono page needs to be set up on salsa (easy)
salsa white listing to get through spam filters for bulk email
in 48 hours (by friday)everyone review and finalize language in membership pitch
https://site.icarusprojectarchive.org/wiki/fundraisingappeal-letter  edit document to reflect your desires.  sometime before the holidays create basic form letter for personally pitching friends and family memberships in lieu of gifts.  molly posted ideas for fundraising on forums and asked if anyone wanted to create such a letter: https://site.icarusprojectarchive.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17483&highl...

consensus from all on call to
polish text for small batch of postcards (orange/drooker), not perfect/fix the obvious
https://site.icarusprojectarchive.org/wiki/icarusdrookerpostcard-textrev...
revamp entire in near future
order small/rush batch
not to exceed $250 and will can put on credit card and check request through fjc can go to him.  *angel will research best options for printer and circulate to list in next few days. 
make sure pdf file text final ready for printer (will)
can of worms...debit card and status of pety cash bank account for such things.  revisit.

next week's call right before event.
make plans for nyc gatherings.
monday local group possibility.
will fri/mon best.  mads ?  eric tues/wed after event. 

web forums the more the merrier!  post and generate excitement about it all!

community call this sunday will be the best ever and you'll be really sad if you don't come talk to the rad community...3pm est on the wonkavator! 

final words/feelings
complete
fullfilled and awakened
a little anxious (a fast forward button would help...we think salsa includes that)
hungry/mice
splitpea soup