[Radmedia] Meeting minutes 28 May 2011 and cleanup request

Tue May 31 08:21:58 PDT 2011

Also, a list of people that are on this list:

Isaac
Dawn
Harjap
Nicholas
Andre from VMC
MaryAnn
Naava
Frank
Anthony from the Purple Thistle

One of the decisions was to try and bring 1-2 more people in to the next
meeting. I'm going to try and bring a friend who's just gotten to town and
hoping to start organizing - she's a CMNS graduate from Ottawa, and pretty
solid.

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 10:59 PM, dawn paley <dawnpaley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Folks
>
> So I went by maritime labour centre today to book and... turns out the rate
> for saturday is $800 just for the day (9-5) and an additional $500 for the
> evening, bringing it to $1300 plus HST for the saturday. That, and no
> outside food is allowed.
>
> I didn't book it, and I guess we will have to reassess this on Saturday.
> sorry for the confusion.
>
> Dawn
>
> On 30-May-11, at 9:33 PM, isaac oommen wrote:
>
> *In attendence: Isaac, Nicholas, Harjap, Juniper, Dawn, Frank via phone
> for the first 15 mins of the meeting (had connection trouble)*
>
>
> Frank: I can bottom-line a film screening and party the night before the
> conference. I can also do a workshop on radical video making. It makes sense
> for our event to eb a week after the Victoria Anarchist Bookfair.
>
>
> ABSTRACT
>
> Nic: We can get VIVO if we can get some money back to them.
> Dawn: We are just a few months away so need to take some big steps quickly.
> We can model it somewhat on the AMC.
>
>
> WHO (TO BRING IN)
>
> N: I have more time in June for this. Ali Lohan from the Carnegie outreach
> would be great. Amy from VIVO can bring in people around art institiutes
> that want to fight gentrification as artists. These are media institutions.
> Isaac: I can dedicate time to this no problem. Only for July I'm on
> holiday.
> Harjap: I'll have more time in July to help. I'll try to bring in Naava and
> folks that left MDD.
>
> ACTION: We all brainstorm some names for next meeting.
>
> Juniper: There are people in Victoria that would be interested. I don't
> know how much organizing I can do but I can do outreach.
> D: I'll be out till July. But we can meet before June 6 maybe? Frank is
> taking the summer off but might have a bit of time for this.
> H: My personal frustration with MDD is their bad framing and lack of
> prioritization.. The definition of media is lacking also.
> N: Is this a platform to find out about other media projects or a
> conference?
> D: Both would be good. I'd liek to bring in people who aren't already
> organizing.
> J: Cracks in the Concrete was good. Victoria-Vancouver bridging would be
> good.
> H: CiC is also about bringing people into politics.
> D: AMC recognized that they should provide a space and not be
> super-structured. So bookfair style is good.
> J: Indigenous peoples' media should be involved.
> I: ACTION I'll talk to Redwire.
>
>
> WHEN
>
> D: Is two days too much?
> N: Depends on how much we want to do.
>
> CONSENSED: A weekend conference works.
>
> D: We shoud try and get students in.
> H: Earth Day stuff might pull peolpe away. Why make it Sunday-Sat? Wouldn't
> a week be too long for Victoria bookfair people to wait?
> N: Weekdays would be too hard to work through.
> H: It might be easier for bookfair people to be on the same weekend as
> Victoria.
> D: Frank says bookfair people have no problem with a week in between. The
> Maritime Labour Centre price made us think of Sunday.
>
> ACTION: Nic to look at trying to get a discount using VDLC member price.
>
> H: Sat night events would be easier for people than Sun night.
> J: CiC saw that people wanted a plenary at the end. Discussion at the end
> would be good.
> D: It's a lot to pack into one day.So Fri party plus Sat all day plus
> keynote. Maybe brunch on Sun. We need to go beyond bookfair.
> H: Two days means less chance of overwhelming.
> D: Two days allows for socializing.
> N: Having it on Sat allows us to bring together organizations.
> D; Shall I book the MLC? Good space with breakaway rooms.
> H: Tabling can be done in lobby. What about food arrangements?
> N: VIVO can work for the Fri as long as some money is recovered. But space
> is tighter.
> H: Other option is high school gym. Maybe for $65 per hour. Other option is
> also multiple venues. But MLC seems best.
> D: I'd like to keep it compact for this first year. Maybe VIVO for the Fri?
> J: I'll outreach to the Black Dog collective.
>
> CONSENSED: Book MLC.
>
> N: I'll ask TSSU about discount booking.
> H: MLC is okay with changing the terms of the booking later.
> D: I'll also ask about food and serving. The Silver Crow peeps would be
> good maybe.
> I: We can even serve lunch outside if they don't allow inside.
> N: Sat brunch is not a huge issue.
>
>
> TALKING TO PEOPLE IE WHAT
>
> N: In terms of people it would be good to have folks from Cascadia down to
> San Fran.
> D: I'd liek two callouts - to table and workshop.
> H: Student outreach should be done sooner
> D: Major outreach should be in July. By then we should have a skeleton
> plan.
> N: What is the scale of the budget?
> D: VMC can put in about $2000, if we consense to it.
> H: Not bad to ask for money from orgs.
> N: TSSU can give less than $300 without clearing.
> D: We'll try tog et the PIRGs.
> H: But also get the Prince George PIRG and VIPIRG.
> D: It would be nice to have scholarships available also.
> N: If we bring in academics, their institutions will pay for it.
> D: Acedemics are welcome but not the priority.
> H: Let's lean away from their involvement in the actual planning.
> N: We can look at technology and communications people from universities.
> J: Maybe get hackers involved.
>
>
> TITLE
>
> H: We need to decide soon.
>
> CONSENSED: Brainstorm names by next meeting.
>
> D: ACTION I'll write up drafts for tablers. We also need a mission
> statement.
> H: Let's make sure we have a level of agreement on three things -
> 1. The anti-list (colonialist, capitalist, authoritarian)
> 2. Diverse representation
> 3. A radical alternative alternative to what exists
> J: Building strategies is important.
> H: Also quick note on funding policy - city, foundation funding is bad.
> Let's not have any level of govt. or corp.-linked funding.
>
> CONSENSED
>
>
> NEXT MEETING
>
> D: Let's try to invite 1 or 2 folks each to the meeting.
> H: Calaamites are on-board to help. We can also help with outreach.
> D: I'll be booking on Monday (NOTE: need to revist since the MLC costs more
> than we thought). Think of a dream keynote speaker.
> I: Will clean up the email list.
> D: I think we'll ahve a lot of responses to the callout.
> J: Our workshops can share time, be panels.
> D: AMC does really good youth organizing workshops. Maybe Thistle folks can
> organize this. Let's try and target 1/2 the workshops ahead of time and then
> do a callout for the other 1/2. ACTION: Will have draft callouts by next
> week.We can also have a discussion about paying people for organizing as
> well.
> N: ACTION: Will think of who can fundraise for this.
> D: Maybe do that list in July. By then we'll have a skeleton and dream
> budget. We should be able to do it for less than 10k.Whatever we get at the
> door will maybe cover the next year.
> H: Get PGPIRG contacts via Gord Hill or 12th and Clark folks.
> D: Maybe we can have endorsed groups mentioend towards the end.
>
> The next meeting is on Saturday June 4 at Nick's house 10am. Email Nick or
> Isaac for the address off-list.
>
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