Emergency Meeting – March 1st, 2026

Chair/Facilitator(s): Brian T. S., Tyler C.

Notetakers:  Sophie D.

Agenda

Meeting Minutes

• Meeting called to order at 5:05pm
• Explanation of the Office Space Grant
• Explanation of why we are voting on the fundraising plan
  • We need to raise about $55,000
  • Application due in 3 days
  • 4-step plan for fundraising
    • 1st: Members
    • 2nd: supporters
    • 3rd: external
    • 4th: ongoing support (next year)
• Question: How much research has been done to get this cost?
  • Committee has been working for at least two months on research
• Question: Have we looked at an actual space yet?
  • No
  • We’ve used existing examples like PLAN, Dem offices, RSCC
• Question: What happens to storage space?
  • We would allocate the money for storage to the office space instead
• Question: What are the use cases for the space?
  • Storage
  • Host events
  • Host meetings
  • Fundraisers
  • Education
  • Mutual Aid
  • Coworking stations
• Debate open
  • In favor: Third spaces are necessary, every social/event/etc needs money
  • Opposed: We should get an office space, but the timeline is directly overlapping with endorsed candidates fundraising
    • Candidates want $20,000 each
    • In actuality: we’re asking for about $80,000 in a similar timeframe
• POI: Are we just voting on the fundraising plan?
  • Yes
• POI: can we still get a grant without a fundraising plan?
  • No
• POI: when we ask people to donate, will it be for specifically an office space?
  • Yes
• POI: is this an annual grant?
  • There is no guarantee it will be back
• Debate open
  • In favor: the chapter has shown very positive attitudes towards both this and
  • Opposed: Chapter has other priorities that might want to be focused on
• POI: if we pass it and we don’t meet it, do we get our money back?
  • The chapter can democratically vote on what we do with the money
  • It will not be refunded, gets absorbed into the chapter
• POI: is this an annual fundraiser?
  • The plan listed is not annual due to upfront cost, but we do need to raise it every year
• In favor:
  • Although it is true it will negatively impact other work, we can activate more
    • More frequent mutual aid
    • More recruitment
    • Will be a boon to all future projects
• Opposed:
  • We could use this fundraising plans for candidates instead
  • This needs to be an electoral focused time
• Move to end debate
  • No objections
• Vote on the question
  • 31 in favor
  • 22 opposed