[IMC-Seattle] Re: [Seattle-editorial] SEAIMC Meeting Changed! (Not?)

[Laury]

All:

Talked to Rick.  We will all be meeting tomorrow at the Broadview 
Library (in Greenwood) at 1pm

-- Laury

On Jul 9, 2004, at 7:20 PM, rickh at riseup.net wrote:

> As soon as I was notified of the change, I let everyone know.
>
> Where do you plan to meet?  The meeting room at the Broadview Branch 
> will
> be in use.
>
> When I spoke to Joseph earlier today, he indicated he would only be 
> there
> for 30 minutes, anyway.
>
> So should we just meet at the Broadview Branch, and just meet in the
> library? Or meet there, and then drive up to Shoreline?  I was 
> planning on
> bussing to the meet, but I can drive if I must.
>
> What stuff do we need to discuss?  Storage and CTC stuff.
>
> At the last meeting, we were empowered to change the storage, as long 
> as
> we did not spend more than we already are.  So our limit is $130 a 
> month.
> Anything else requires the approval of the entire group.
>
> I am trying to get a person or 3 to go to the storage on Sunday.  I 
> think
> Mark is going - anyone else interested?  We need to get the IMC owned
> machines to Bill Aal so we can get 'em online - thats the volunteer
> database, etc.
>
> And we need to see where we are as far as the space search goes, and 
> more
> importantly, discuss if we should be renting working space now.  There 
> is
> not any consensus at this time to do that.
>
> And while we are on the subject, I must say - I do not think we are 
> ready
> to take on an office yet - we simply do not have the resources.
>
> For us to be an approved CTC, we need to have, amomg other things, a 
> space
> that is open to the public, and this space must be ADA equipped.  We 
> must
> operate regular hours for Public use, and operate at least 20 hours a
> week.
>
> Do we have the income to sustain the rent?  Do we have enough people
> committed to staffing the space on a regular basis?
>
> Again, I must say - I would love to see us have our own space.  But we
> cannot afford that at this time.  And I do not believe we should gamble
> what we have left on the chance we can raise funds consistantly.  I do 
> not
> want to repeat our mistakes.  If anyone has a viable plan, lets hear 
> it.
>
> But to rent something without a viable plan, and some regular income, 
> is
> to repeat the exact mistake that got us in this situation.  Please, 
> lets
> not do that.
>
>
>
>> **** 1 ***** Time/Location Conflict
>>
>> Yikes!  I think there was a delay in the email distribution.  I wasn't
>> on Rick's original distribution list, and there was a delay in getting
>> Joseph's forward.
>>
>> Bottomline:  We have a scheduling conflict  that will impact the
>> Editorial Working Group.  Since Joseph is a core member of the
>> collective, we cannot move our 1 pm meeting to Shoreline.
>>
>> Editorial/Tech comrades:   do you want to try to meet earlier, in the
>> original spot and/or delay our meeting (once again)?  Please provide
>> input asap.  I favor joining Joseph at the 130th and Greenwood 
>> location
>> .... then when our business is complete, we can then drive up to
>> Shoreline for the other meeting.  Thoughts???
>>
>> ***** 2 **** Meeting Agenda
>>
>> Rick, could you be a little more specific about the agenda for the
>> Shoreline meeting? i.e., what decisions to you hope to make?  what 
>> work
>> do you hope to have assigned? etc. The reason I am asking is that the
>> following working groups were organized during the last meeting:
>>
>> * indicates point person/convener
>> CTC Tasks: Sheri, *Rick, Mark, Laury, Lila
>> Storage: Mark, Noah, Walt, *Laury, Joseph, Rick, Sheri
>> Volunteer DB: Laury, Bill, Brandon, Joseph.
>> Interim Finance WG: Rick, Sheri, Joseph, Brandon.
>>
>> With Sheri out of town, and the Editorial team (possibly) meeting in
>> Greenwood at 1pm, the Shoreline meeting may not have the quorum needed
>> for any binding decisions.    There definitely will not be enough
>> people present to hand out the assignments to complete the necessary
>> tasks.  .... And as the point person/convener of the Storage 
>> workgroup,
>> I know that most of the members of the Storage team will be in the
>> Editorial meeting.
>>
>> Should the Shoreline meeting be rescheduled???
>>
>> ***** 3 **** Home Sweet (CTC) Home
>>
>> I just can't stop my self from saying it:  we won't have to run around
>> the city trying to find a meeting space if we rent CTC office 
>> space....
>>
>> -- Laury
>>
>> On Jul 9, 2004, at 2:42 PM, Joseph Eisenschmidt wrote:
>>
>>> Friends,
>>>
>>>
>>> The Saturday meeting will be at 175 between 5th & 3rd NE at the
>>> Shoreline library.
>>>
>>> I'll be at the Greenwood library redirecting folks, as I can't
>>> attend the Shoreline location.
>>>
>>> Joseph
>>>
>>> ----- Forwarded message from rickh at riseup.net -----
>>>     Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 12:33:47 -0700 (PDT)
>>>     From: rickh at riseup.net
>>> Reply-To: rickh at riseup.net
>>>  Subject: Meeting Location CHANGED
>>>       To: anarch3m at lycos.com, imc-seattle at indymedia.org,
>>> brandon at faloona.net, darrinburgess at yahoo.com, g at art13.com,
>>> iamforher at riseup.net, noahecuador at hotmail.com, relayer at riseup.net,
>>> rickh at riseup.net, sunbird at riseup.net
>>>
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> Just got a call from the Library.  They made an oops, booked a
>>> program at
>>> the same time as our meeting was scheduled.
>>>
>>> They did arrange a new room for us.  It is at the Shoreline Library,
>>> 175
>>> betwwen 3rd and 5th.
>>>
>>> Time is still 1 pm.
>>>
>>> We do have much to discuss.  Reportbacks on the CTC situation, and
>>> the
>>> hunt for affordable space.  Other issues will also be discussed.
>>>
>>> We look forward to seeing you.
>>>
>>> Rick
>>>
>>> PS - Please forgive any duplication.  I wanted to get this to
>>> everyone,
>>> and the IMC list server is down - so we cannot send an e-mail to any
>>> group
>>> list
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- End forwarded message -----
>>>
>>>
>>> Joseph
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>>> http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/seattle-editorial
>>
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