Steering Committee Meeting: December 15th, 2025

Chair/Facilitator(s): Brian T.S.

Attendance:  Brian, Anthony, Casey, Jesser, Jade, Megan, Sophie

Guests: Sand, Jeff, Austin R.
Notetaker: Anthony L

Agenda

Meeting Minutes

• Call to order 7:05
• Agenda adopted unanimously
• Last meeting minutes adopted unanimously
• Check-ins
  • Casey doing well, has capacity to support other tasks
  • Jaden doing well
  • Megan okay, decreased availability in coming weeks through Christmas season
  • Anthony doing well, busy and focused on Starbucks solidarity action, will ask for more focus on that after Hol Sol
  • Jesser doing well, received constructive criticism on DSA 101 event from participants and looking forward to implementing that
  • Sophie has a lot going on, but will update if help is needed or capacity changes
  • Brian getting used to chair duties
• Reviewed previous action items
  • Megan hasn’t yet started working on hot leads, Casey offers to assist
• Hol Sol updates
  • Austin R. reports that we have 173 meal requests (just below our 15% buffer), the form is now closed, 23 drivers signed up (we could use a few more). Ahmed told Austin that there is a class at 11am on Saturday and we can’t use the inside during that time, Austin is adjusting. We are anticipating providing 150 hot meals and delivering up to 200 meals on Sunday.
  • Brian encourages Austin to make a post in call-to-action channel to ask people to come in early on Sunday to support Hol Sol
  • Austin R. reports that Jeanette Rosenberg, of Rosenberg Initiative, asked to partner with us for Hol Sol. She has come to Sunday Solidarity and donated items, she’s a nurse that provides checkups through her non-profit. She would like to coordinate for future MA events. She has a 100 cup coffee maker she offered to bring to Hol Sol, as well as set up a table with clothing items to provide. She also could medical check-ups.
    • Jaden motions to allow MA to let Rosenberg Initiative to partner with us for future events
      • Casey expresses
      • Anthony motions to amend to add that RI would need to accept all legal liability for any medical services they provide
        • Motion passes unanimously
      • Motion passes unanimously
  • Brian encourages Austin R to ask if RI can provide medical trainings for CSWG
• Western District call was cancelled
  • But regional organizer call is still happening!
• No ICE Campaign
  • Anthony proposes SC propose ending the campaign under the condition that we direct work into the following groups:
    • Electoral Working Group. Our candidates champion the No ICE demands, and we can direct the EWG to include a question in our voter guide along the lines of “do you support ending the 287(g) program and other collaboration with federal immigration enforcement where legally possible?”
    • Community Safety Working Group. CSWG continue to partner with local orgs and groups to develop a rapid response network.
  • Motion passes unanimously
• Steward nominations are coming soon! If we post the nominations in the SC channel, can we hold a vote in the Slack?
  • Motion passes unanimously
• Campaign Coordinating Meetings
  • Anthony proposes this resolution
  • SC members speak in favor, stewards in attendance invited to speak, Sand speaks in
  • Motion passes unanimously
• Discuss campaign data sharing agreement
  • Jaden motions to postpone, passes unanimously
• Val’s rent cap petition
  • Brian motions to postpone, passes unanimously
• Executive session
• April GBM location
  • Clark County Library is not available
  • We will discuss alternatives in the Slack
• Open comment
  • Anthony proposes an LVDSA Fair in January, to invite members and the public to learn about our candidates
    • Megan speaks opposed, would like to see more emphasis on the candidates for the event in January and then do another event in February, expresses concerns about potentially rushing the event instead of taking appropriate time to prepare and execute
    • Anthony speaks in favor, discusses that the event would be roughly the 17th or 24th and would focus on the candidates
    • Sophie expresses concern about the timeline being short
    • Brian believes the timeline could be met
    • Megan expresses that any date earlier than the 24th may be daunting to achieve
  • Sophie motions for a single event taking place on the 24th or 25th
    • Passed unanimously
• Adjourned 9:37pm