+ Positive

• Voting rights of mad ones statement written and posted on website before the election
• Neil and Eddy attended 1st global conference on madness
• NYC local attended social justice conference in Binghamton
• NYC local group re-ignited after months of prep work
• Launched outreach event for NYC local
• Madigan and Eddy helped with AK press event on mental health
• New life in the office due to the new working group structure and ways for volunteers to plug in
• Fountain house literary journal collaboration
• Halloween party at fountain house with NYC local
• Hiring process in full swing, interviews with lots of great folks
• Surreal estate dinner and meeting with national organizer collective and local volunteers, lots of people came!
• New volunteer energy and talk about another potential art show project

Δ Needs improvement

• Communication between local, office and national collective (folks in office not aware or prepared for publishing of NY Times article)
• *blog post should be posted about the resurgence of the nyc local
• Resources tend to be consolidated for nyc folks, need to spread the love
• Campus, local group and campus icarus groups could collaborate more
• Culture of appreciation around rebuilding projects, letting go of baggage from what hasn’t happened or has happened differently then how originally imagined
• Campus workshop curriculum not complete yet
• Need a new plan for fountain house relationship
• Campus work needs more support and connection
• Connect more with our allies and those who want to be involved in building relationships at FH, NYU, etc
• Using proposals to move forward instead of just discussion
• Could partner with a unit at FH and do an ongoing series of events
• Not having clear report-backs
• Need to cultivate culture of checking in and thus be able to show appreciation for work
• Maybe should share stakeholder feedback in a monthly newsletter
• Newsletters can be made easily, drafts can be shared
• Power politics at FH and accessibility of new people (esp. women) being able to break into relationships there
• Icarus open house?
• Regular lunch at FH
• Model non-hierarchical relationships in our dealings with others, at FH and elsewhere in the world
• Collaborate with Northampton folks