The Icarus Project

The Icarus Project

last modified October 8 by willhall

Every week the paid staff of The Icarus Project have a virtual meeting by conference call to talk about our progress with current projects, tasks, and problems related to the housekeeping duties necessary to keep the Icarus Project afloat as an organization.

We talk about our progress and needs in areas like: getting books and materials written, designed, printed, and distributed; supporting local icarus groups and college organizing efforts; paying bills, contractors, and other expenses; getting events organized; networking with allies and organizations; getting more people involved in the project; collaborating with volunteers, interns, and Icaristas of all stripes; what The Icarus Project's vision is and is not, how we define ourselves, how to open that definition up to more people; how to get more information, dialogue, and education out into the world... and many other things. We talk a lot about our communication, our decision-making processes, and how to help the organization grow into a more horizontal, inclusive, and sustainable network of people. It is hard and sticky work sometimes, and we are learning a lot as we go along.

BASIC WEEKLY AGENDA:

Agenda items: Usually someone starts a thread in the icarus-staff list with proposed agenda items for us to mull over.

1. Recruit facillitator, timekeeper and notetaker. Determine meeting length.
2. Check in
2. Go over agenda items
3. Read thru last week's minutes and add to agenda as needed
4. Go thru agenda, setting priorities as needed
5. Check-out
6, Note-taker posts minutes to Open Plans.

You can follow what we're doing by taking a look at the minutes from these meetings, below. Note: if you can't read a file attachment that is .txt format by double clicking the file directly, just open your word processing program first and then open it.

Head to the project home page for info on how to read through staff emails for even more detailed info on what we're up to.

If notes are missing, try checking the Staff email list, where notes are often posted instead, and bugging the notetaker to post the notes here.

11-22-06 Icarus Staff Meeting
11-29-06 Icarus Staff Meeting
12-12-06 Icarus Staff Meeting
12-19-06 Icarus Staff Meeting
01-02-07 Icarus Staff Meeting
01-09-07 Icarus Staff Meeting
01-30-07 Icarus Staff Meeting
01-13-07 Icarus Staff Meeting
03-21-07 Icarus Staff Meeting
03-28-07 Icarus Staff Meeting
04-17-07 Icarus Staff Meeting
04-24-07 Icarus Staff Meeting
05-02-07 Icarus Staff Meeting
05-16-07 Icarus Staff Meeting
06-13-07 Icarus Staff Meeting
07-06-07 Icarus Staff Meeting
07-11-07 Icarus Staff Meeting
08-09-07 Icarus Staff Meeting
10-04-09 Icarus Staff Meeting