11-11-06 will ashley sasch sasch sending em to madigan about hire situation ash sending out collective conf call next sun. ************* AGENDA ********************* hire / hire policies fundraising ittleson final report workshop/training/curric/interns/rest of sem - 6 mos, 12 mos madigan coming back - role tour / gathering collect init update flight risk radio national <-> local rel name issue hire web admin person drupal contractor - site speed issue. will email edgard website launch date reorder nav the space new mission state lst hr: current stuff last hour: visioning / brainstorming ********** HIRE *************** hire policies: written contract: terms, $, trial, when coll member will draft and send to ashley + sasch staff collective handbook sara supervisor = ash. for accountability and communication make sure to empower give ownership to sara of office organizing office hours plan / schedule: ash wants to come in nyc thurs, fris note - thanksgiving coming up start her out reading a bunch of icarus stuff WILL - final rejection letters to everyone WILL - look over info@ acct applicant make sure no one worth looking at sascha- cancel idealist, craigslist ************* OFFICE ************ friday afternoons office open to everyone? get sara involved w/ this disc ************* FUNDRAISING ITTLESON FINAL REPORT *********** FH not raise $ they said they would, only a matter of time though. but we are going broke in a month. sasch - worth it to create doc, use as winter solstice update for site sasch will gather narrative, ash will get $ figures from fjc, in next couple of weeks -- need to do this b4 holidays now is time to have conv with jeff aron about raising $ for holidays. ash to go in thurs to talk about this. enlist mad on fundraising + promotion? *********** NAV THE SPACE ************* about to run out. stickers moving postcards ok ash ask FH if they want to cover printing costs. *********** NYU INTERNS + ORGANIZING ************** ash: try to reduce sense of time pressure/must get figured out by end of sem. they need to finish 20p paper by end of s, but don't set big scary deadlines on people. release feeling of 'get big proj done by x time' = stress. interns not best equiped to assemble contents of workshop - but assemble *needs assessment*, outline what to teach people, but not to provide info about x,y,z. meds, peer counsel, crisis - but they're in a great place to say This is what we need. they don't have outline of wkshps by end of year but they come up with needs asses. next sem - flesh out workshops. sasch - oh yeah. wkshps like popular education. sasch - met w. woman who did nyu theatr show. she gets students finished 1st yr to do exercises, get them to talk about issues, then do collaborative performance thing. doing casting call in dec, then come up with materials for next yr theater show. get interns asking: "Come up with Needs and Questions Assessment." Us do workshops with interns to learn how to do workshops. i.e. do a trial 3 pt storytelling workshop next year. ******* SIX MONTH 12 MONTH ********** pay people for 20hrs/wk, get hlth ins must have 501(c) 3 to do this. staff pay part of premium on hlth ins. have to research ins plans; many won't reimb preexist condition for 6 mos cheaper to do it as grps than as individs we have an EIN now this happen eventually by summer 501(c)3 probly filed soon research wellness fund: can we rembur $ hlth expenses WILL email jeanine about this support manual series of brochures drug guide wellness toolkit brochures base on needs assessment operate in conjunction with first seed grants - write proj on spec broch? training materials one branch of focus next year seed grant / local organizer national tour / gathering for fall MADSTOCK AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD gathering. fucking huge intergalactic warehouse in queens why do this? catalyze energy, get people excited, get people to use our tools. no matter how big - key core thing -- trainings of people to do owl vision, what to do if people freak out, how to help them what kind of large scale comm support brad memorial will be instructive protest / documentary film / trainings / collab art projects / collect stories / music / spoken word / bullhorn conspiracy slam / loose associations / Tour happen after convergence. caravan. Culmination on other side of country. chasing good weather. put forum on website to discuss all this? madigan take conf coord role? note - mindfreedom alternatives conf July 12 to 15, 2007 ************** FLIGHT RISK RADIO *************** january start $100 / mo subsidy *************** ICARUS NAME ISSUE ************* Maybe disallow using 'icarus project' but allow using 'icarus' for local groups so that more than one group in a city can be icarus? table and discuss later, discuss at coll conf call. ******* HIRE WEB ADMIN PERSON ******** get started looking for web admin person to hire $600 / mo ******** MISC ******************** will contact rock dove coll web guy web workshop how to use new website: jonah, projector HOW TO ADMIN SITE doc on set monthly coll call: every call we get a $ snapshot harnessing power of interns - get sara on this. Will - send MFI a $100 check NCOR - march 9-11 in DC allied media conference - pirate radio, zines, etc DETROIT summer June 2007