Icarus Coordinator Collective Call 6/17/09

Madigan, Angel, Molly (scribe), Annie, Mimi (touched down then wonked out)

What does the wonkavator look like? 
An invisible plane/defies gravity/different people in different places crouched, hovering, floating around it.
In a bubble/outer space.
Orbiting around.
Literal, like Willy Wonka elevator goes up/down/sideways/all ways at once.
Machine w/ buttons/gears/trap doors/tunnels/different sense of gravity/levity/vacuum like

Vocab/experience-how words we use decide what we're looking at

Feeling anima energy/be be--rather than animus energy/do do!

Gratitude for last week's meeting and focus on web needs, remaining in touch/accessible to web community (envisioned as asteroid stop/gallexy hopping).

Confirm intention for 1st Wednesday an everybody call! 

Proposed meeting format:  Personal check in move to working group check in then follow up with a passion project you're working on or towards. 

Molly/support network:  Busy, life/work, events, workshops, parties...lots of overlap/can't clock out of life.  Major thunder/lightening storms.  New SF group off to great start (ashley instigated), Fresno seed event in next few weeks, Portland re-emerging in process, Bombay India group in the works, ARMHC mad pride collaboration w/homeless network in July, conflict w/Philly group reorganizing (threats made on A-space by angry icarista, folks are reaching out to reconcile, organizing more privately, looking to launch end of summer).  Concerns from forum member about increase in site traffic and more mainstream views.  How to maintain our values while being inclusive proposed topic for community call this Sunday.  Passion projects-going to Columbus OH supporting Icarus artist solo show "model patient", meeting up w/midwest Icaristas, heading to WV to search for the mythical mad lands.

Angel/Campus Icarus:  recoop from travels/catching up on emails.  Working w/Rachael (nyc icarus) to launch campus icarus at Hunter in fall.  Tuesday meeting w/Brie at FH look at overlap between campus programs.  Working w/NYU campus organizers on timeline-will check in w/organizers about language/titles "interns".  Passion project:  currently not one day without plans.  What are you instigating?  Goal to make passions in organizing/activism overlap/intersect.

Annie/Edu Outreach:  Depleted/altered place/finding self emotionally.  Helpful to be w/family.  Keeping up on email.  Ed/outreach-past campus work.  Monday Human Rights Teach In, NYC, psyched about connections made.  Excited to explore community based edu/outreach further.  On board w/all campus work.  Passion project-developing out of current situation/taking on the topic of choice around taking one's life/seeds planted/exploring/very meaningful in honoring/supporting own personal process.  Profound ripple effects as a result of talking about choice/people appreciated talking openly.  Birth/death work. 

Madigan/Support:  Exploring Smart Meme.  Human Rights Tour in SF July/Ashley and Madigan on board to help.   20/20 inspired connecting w/allies, like Brad Lewis.  Reflecting on the empowerment in having mentors.  Actualize container/space for sage advisors.  Met w/Wire Tap editor-now doing series on mental health/student organizers/youth activists/framework has changed.  Annie will brainstorm, send to Angel and then to Madigan who will stay in touch w/Wiretap for future framework.  Passion project-upcoming music fest w/new music/new classical composers/featured part/developing multi-media exploration of liminal spaces/sound.  Surrender/return to the condition of music.  3 acts of 12/sacred geometry/use Transliminal Criminal film.  Freedom in liminal spaces/reality of seaweed/teenagers in liminal space/celebrating the betweens/liberate/containers between multiperspectives.  Elminate biomedical language/put more intention into that. 

Happy Summer Solstice!
This Sunday Community Conference Call 3pm (est)
Molly off call next week (6/24)-traveling
Madigan on calls 1st/3rd Wed.