Chair/Facilitator(s): Brian T.S.
Attendance: Sophie D., Brian T.S., Anthony L., Casey L., Jaden P., Jesser S., Lorenzita S., Liaina H., Sand H., Keean G.,
Notetaker: Sophie D.
Agenda
Call to Order
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Check-ins
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Discuss LVDSA fair
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Administrative Committee
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| Enacting January GBM Resolutions |
Discussion on Campaign Progress and Needs
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February General Body Meeting Planning
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| Discuss buying more candles for merch |
| Open Comment |
| Adjourn |
Meeting Minutes
- Meeting called to order at 7:08pm
- Anthony motions to approve the agenda
- Casey seconds
- Passed unanimously
- Sophie motions to adopt last meeting’s minutes
- Casey seconds
- Passed unanimously
- Discussed technical issues with member list
- Anthony suggests asking Tiffany and Sand to figure it out
- Roles at LVDSA fair
- Jesser will table for PoliEd
- Jaden won’t be available for Comms
- Someone will need to table
- Casey will run the merch table
- Tyler will be asked to run Member Engagement table
- Confirmed
- Megan will be asked to run the raffle table
- DSA fair budget request: $250
- Anthony only anticipates printing costs
- Possibility of needing to buy toiletries
- Toilet paper, soap, hand sanitizer
- Lorenzita offers to print 500 copies if someone can pick them up
- Brian and Sophie will pick them up
- Anthony requests donating a portion of merch to the raffle
- Stickers/buttons or other available small merch for passport completion
- Large items like shirts for raffle prizes
- Anthony amends funding request from $250 to $30 for printing and stickers
- Approved unanimously
- Casey will lead an investigation into stock, reorder costs, availability for the fair, etc
- Quote and compare cost of ordering fully manufactured or making them by hand
- What shirt sizes are needed?
- A full restock may be needed at least for pins and stickers
- Anthony motions to appoint Sand H. as Coordinator for AdCom
- Sand agrees
- Passed unanimously
- Anthony suggests using a consent agenda for next GBM resolutions
- A place for active resolutions should be made on the website for active resolutions
- Casey needs to keep track on a spreadsheet of contributions to candidates
- This includes phonebanks, volunteering, etc
- We aren’t allowed to give the candidates data
- We can use data separately as DSA
- We have to register as a PAC with the state of Nevada
- February General Body meeting agenda needs to be made
- Special election for Member Engagement
- Put the bylaw amendments on consent agenda
- Ways to make meetings feel more engaging
- Nuts and bolts of chapter structure and formation
- Discussion on introductory reading
- 3.5% rule presentation
- Building a mass org presentation
- DSA’s platform (workers deserve more)
- Something topical
- ICE, venezuela, imperialism
- Breakout groups
- Imperialism impact on the colonized
- Protest safety and goals
- Labor militancy
- Strikes etc
- Anthony motions to have three 20-minute breakout sessions at the next GBM
- Imperialism
- Led by Jesser
- Responding to ICE and know your rights
- Keean will help
- Effective & safe protests
- Led by Anthony and Sophie
- Imperialism
- Brian seconds
- Approved
- Casey’s motion to use openslides tabled again
- Discussion about buying candles to be moved to an outside discussion
- A more effective treasurer’s report is needed
- Members have been spending money out of pocket
- Meeting adjourned at 9:04