Regular Meeting - Las Vegas DSA

Call to Order (6:35 PM)
Community Guidelines, Membership & Voting
- Kara H. – Went over community guidelines, membership, and voting procedures.
Adoption of the Agenda & Approval of Previous (November 19th, 2020) Minutes
- Ashley M. – Motions passed.
Agenda
- Welcome to DSA & Member Survey – Kara H.
  - Kara H. – Want to introduce new member orientations. Allow people to step up and be more active. We are not a political party. Largest socialist organization out there right now. Make our decisions democratically. Vote and discuss.
  - Shaun N. – We welcome everyone here! A lot of great committees.
  - Kara H. – DM Ashley or Tiffany for an invite to our Slack if you are a member.
- Winter Solidarity event – Kara H.
  - Kara H. – A lot of you have probably seen our advertisements for this event. We did a Holiday Solidarity event on November 21st. Goal of 100 meal kits. Ended up doing 350 families, plus 30 with mutual aid. We thought it’d be great to do it again 2 weeks later. 300 families, then 500 families. Open form for anyone in this meeting who would like a meal. Form will be open until 9 PM today. We did a great job fundraising, great coalition partners. Tough year. Raised over $20,000, $2,000 away from our final goal. Any group appropriate questions?
- LVDSA Telethon – Lourdes E./James P.
  - James P. – We have a huge event coming up on Sunday December 27th @ 6 PM. Big Las Vegas DSA fundraising telethon! If you’re interested in being in the telethon, please fill out this form and you will be featured in it:
    1. https://forms.gle/y76ew2ZooRbHn6Pj9
  - Link will show you how to watch! Please share with people you know!
    1. https://lvdsa.org/telethon/
- Ecosocialism Committee dissolution vote – Ashley M.
  - Vote did not pass.
- Bylaws reform
  - Voted to appoint Alex onto the Bylaws committee. If you are interested in writing bylaws, please reach out!
Chapter Reports (Written Officer & Committee Reports here)
- Officer Reports
  - Co-chair Report [Shaun N.] – Bringing people hope. Everyone was touched by the warm vibe. If you haven’t signed up to donate or volunteer, please do! Big need for pre-packaged desserts. Text the number below to help out.
    1. https://lvdsa.org/holiday-solidarity/
    2. (702) 324-0972
  - Treasurer Report
  - Secretary Report
- Committee Reports
  - Communications Report
  - Education Report
  - Electoral Report
  - Labor Report
  - Medicare for All Report
  - Mutual Aid Report
  - Racial Justice Report
  - Socalist Feminist Report
  - UNLV YDSA Report
Educational Segment: Mutual Aid
Misc./Open Comment Period
- Thomas T. – Will be here on Saturday.
- Tiffany S. – Grievance revamp will be wrapped into bylaws reform
- Erika B. – A lot of overlap between NLG and DSA work. Please join us! Legal observers trainings are open to everyone. January 12th – Next date for legal observer training.
Adjourn