February 11th, 2025 – Steering Committee Meeting

Committee updates

1. 1. Mutual aid

1. Palestine working group 
2. Member engagement/DSA500 Recruitment 
3. Electoral 
4. Security meeting recap from 2/6 with National 
   1. Security memo details
      1. Staying in compliant with taxes
      2. Tamara verified tax filing with Natasha 
      3. Public spaces and recorded meetings: review with membership about violent language, the ability to subpoena our private forum of slack and that slack would comply
      4. How we protect our members at events (photos) or at demonstrations, plan to have one representative for the org. 
      5. Can threaten tax exempt status if not careful
      6. Plan to speak to membership as a whole in next GB 
      7. Also, generally address charged language being used 
5. Possible resolution for blackout tabled
   1. Tamara spoke with Tiffany about potential communication obstacles that might arise in the event that electronic communication is halted
      1. Members are reachable via email 
      2. As long as we have web access we can reach out
      3. Want to seek general body opinion/concerns: tabled