No one really feels engaged with the money. Madigan wants more of a container for specifics around funding. How do we task this stuff out?

Tangible, doable action steps for each of us, check back in sometime in May, rather than haphazard.

Will - Is it time to create a standing fundraising working group. Will and Annie co-coordinate?
Madigan - Working groups allow us to bring in more of the community.
Annie - Call dedicated to fundraising skill sharing for local group overlap.
Madigan - Great ideas, how do we plug them in and when.
Annie - Christin is coordinating local groups right now and she could help to connect local groups with the collective.
Madigan - Can we get a reportback on SALSA? Where are we with membership based funding?
Angel - Difference in streams: Major Donors, Membership, Distro/Publications
To download any resources it should take the person to a donate page, to sign up for the website it should do the same. Support Icarus button on the forums?

Action Points

Ittleson Grant - Annie and Will co-writing. Deadline end of May
Annie checking in with Anita to keep her (and other major donors) posted on what's going on in TIP.
Reaching out to additional major donors:
Eric - 6 month report back on SALSA cost/benefit
Make distro profitable? Storefront? Bookstores/Libraries?
How to capitalize on media? (NY Times)
Banners on other sites (USSF?)
Buttons and banners for everyone to use? (B-Mad mailing list? Folks' signatures? Blogs?)
Angel - compile stats on costs, etc. for a report on transparency.
Will - Create forum area (sub to (Inter)national Organizing) to focus on finances.
Each commit to an hour a week to researching grants.

NEXT MONEY/FUNDRAISING CALL MAY 19th!

Parking Lot - Coordinators call time change