8-29-06 national staff housekeeping meeting ashley madigan sascha will will notetaker ash facillitate check in sasch - going on wbai on holistic health radio show, thinking about race dynamics. will - got holistic md which is cool, bsy w/ legal stuff ashley - allergies in california, happy to be in sf, things going well madigan - inspiring week of bay area icarus stuff promoing friday benefit. fliers going up, local radio kalx interview, eddy/brooklyne doing lot of stuff. inspired by bed push. planning on getting on will's radio show. visiting family in portland, sept 11th concert family/community/resist corporate monoculture terror free folk punk festival. homecoming to nw. sent big myspace message out about event. alliance btwn icarus and bmad. Agenda: Judson Church office position - clearing office out next week distro / publications / stickers web email web technology JUDSON CHURCH EVENT: will - needs something to specify more what event is about ash - incl 'radical mental health skillshare' or something sasch - might ask christy rhode to make flier, have it by time for kate bornstein event at nyu will - like yoga with an exciting title caprice, sarah ketchup, ash on harm reduction + addiction thurs sept 7th brad lewis class sept 6th - kate bornstein OFFICE POSITION AT FOUNTAIN HOUSE: sasch - furniture going to be taken care of, might be some av equipment for us to use. need to pare down the new nyc position ash - need to have a mentor to work with new person and acclimate them. not dump someone on F madigan back end of sept for a week, then to europe for month, unclear in nyc when ashley - not hire new person more than part time ash what is status of interns? sash - not doing stuff at FH we need to seperate what we need right now and what we need long term. organize a work party end of september in FH office -- madigan back last wednesday of september? involve christine, other folks -- to get books out. Ash can join if 28th. piggyback send out support manual? only about 5 pending orders for distro. start using the space at FH to do icarus stuff. DISTRO - nav the space zine version is now avail also version of icarus postcard is now avail how about getting christine or whoever to just help get those 5 orders out? will - how about go thru old orders@ emails from a year ago and send out emails asking if people who still want them? how bout getting nyc icarus people to do some distro? xmas season coming up good for marketing. ash - what about hiring person in nov even tho staff might not be avail to train except once week/rotating ash - let's get some books out simply as soon as we can. ash - hire person, give them best orientation we can part time - important that we have new person be on 3 mo trial worker status, then perm worker. also like 6 mos trial before they join ash -- start with $15/hr. raise with other staff in jan WILL - edit maryse's draft, pare it down so not as much responsibilities for part time, send out draft to people. ASH - when back from vacation can go to city to work w/ icarus madigan -- will have regular schedule in dec when back from europe.