Event:2018/01/03 Basement Kitchen Meeting

Kitchen Fundraiser Meeting - 1/3/18

= attendees =
 * in-person rsvp'd: phil, julian, robb, ken, jenny, joe, laura (remote on pad), yar (remote), sierk, grant (comms/baps), evelyn (new, has attended chiapas zapatismo classes, does communications for grassroots & nonprofit groups), ken (late)

= campaign status =
 * Currently at $8500, 34% of our goal in 11 days

= updates / checkins (10 mins) =
 * grant: is there a press release?
 * jenny: a draft, will share:
 * jenny: would love support on the generosity.com updates and social media buzz

= space users & needs meeting = Link: https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/omnikitchen-wishlist
 * schedule space users / shareholders meeting
 * or at least request their issues and requirements, times/prevalence of use, etc
 * joe & sierk will make a questionnaire (riseup pad)
 * also cover refrigeration needs
 * phat beets classes & caterer use (talk to asia)
 * Laura - great idea to have a meeting w everyone. I can facilitate.

= timeline (20 mins) =

campaign

 * Phase I Launch: Dec 23
 * 5% of goal reached Dec 24th - update #1 posted to Generosity & social media
 * 15% of goal reached Dec. 26th - update #2 posted to Generosity & social media
 * 25% of goal reached Jan 1st - newsletter sent to omni-announce list (875 subscribers) & posted to twitter & fb
 * Phase I End: ???
 * party to raise the last bit in early February? - book two alternate dates
 * one valentines, one later. (anything else on valentines)
 * feb 9th booked,
 * subcommittee: robb / jenny / sierk / you??
 * talk to kazoo about her band


 * Phase II ($20K) Begin: March 1st?
 * hopefully gets covered in large part by our other large donor (can do a matching $10K campaign possibly!)
 * Laura: That's a good idea
 * large donor has hella bitcoin - should we make this the bitcoin fundraiser a la https://bithope.org (jenny contacted today to inquire) - see Application Form @ https://docs.google.com/document/d/16lVJvMLcPCGMGrZu7I0fl5A8mjiPvy_2OFN-vGpqLSE/edit
 * Joe - what kind of comms accompany phase two?
 * videos of us beginning the work
 * drawings of the kitchen in imagined
 * after the stakeholder/space users meeting we can have video of people talking about why the kitchen is important to them, what they are looking forward to


 * Phase III ($20K): Begin: June 1st? Aug 1st?
 * run an in-kind donation campaign for equipment!
 * Keep an eye out for restaurants going out of business that are selling equipment for cheap
 * hopefully gets covered in large part by PDF grant (laura is working on this)
 * Sorry, The PDF Grant is not for the kitchen. The other grant I wanted to write invovled Phat Beets as the lead org and I haven't been able to get them to work with me on it depsite having talked to both Asia and Cathy
 * joe knows a big kitchen place in sonoma that might donate
 * sierk - always commercial kitchen that are renovating and have perfectly fine stuff

permits & licenses

 * first funds will be released after 21 days - Jan 13th
 * set up walkthrough with tony (plumber) by mid-january?
 * joe: think we need to have a plan first
 * finalize equipment schedule & cutsheets: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PeRv8i9rgIo10wzb-4qoGHH-XSA1YI4P
 * submit plansets by end of january?
 * sierk can do a submittable set of plans
 * been researching what we need to do to get our permits and putting info in this doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xcTfbI_Q2thEmrZsYU4appAXAnnnr1kPHm5Wd8s_PrQ/edit#
 * all application forms and city codes should be uploaded to this folder: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kUGYHFAeNNIveNKMaOPZbyUdm-aqEEjW
 * tally of hot water usage
 * one walkin or two?
 * mop sink accessible from outside the kitchen
 * contingent on stakeholder meeting / questionnaire [ccl, phat beets, fnb, catering community, sin fronteras, fermentation, mycology]
 * as well all the other collectives (chiapas, liblens, etc)

=social media/outreach todos (15 mins) =
 * contacting various orgs
 * gws - jenny
 * anarchist bookfair - laura - ? yes, I'll ask if I can post on their FB
 * fnb - national - joe
 * phat beets - ?? - who will ping? - robb will talk to max
 * occupy -
 * Laura: I can post on OO FB, am actually a mod - DONE
 * oo fb [john t - sierk], oo twitter [jenny will reping], osf [robb will check in]
 * press release & press list - Grant bottomlining; if desired, w/ support from other communications working group folkx
 * PLACE - marcus - jenny will check in
 * bio/science/gardens - ken - will check in
 * high-profile techies - jenny will talk to greg and post to some other lists
 * asa - joe - asa gave a strange reply, "pc way to send to his lists" - joe will check in
 * starhawk - jenny - forgot, will ping
 * Harborside/Dress?
 * kazoo/abdc - marcus - jenny will check in
 * Bill from fnb - robb will check in
 * cheeseboard / arizmendi / noBAWC - joe/jenny
 * nextdoor - login info is in the passpack - julian
 * temescal yahoo group - jenny will ask ken
 * shifra's BID list - jenny will ask ken
 * reddit
 * DSA meetings - talk to BAPS folks, blake
 * big event on the 13th - canvassing for medicare for all - ari - joe will message
 * bigger sign in the entrance hall - giant QR code - marcus/abe
 * omni homepage - sierk
 * banner on outside of building - suggested by sierk
 * We have a vinyl cutter. Can we finally use it to make a banner?
 * ping niki re: local food caterers? - jenny
 * Jenny - could benefit from having more support post-wise for social media;
 * different kinds of content, different platforms, different accounts - we have access to a number of collectives
 * kiosk / infobot - robb/sierk
 * joe: michael irvin hired some chef cooking on 6th & brush with a giant stove
 * raiders need tax deductible stuff as well, lots of $$, how to reach?
 * jenny will ping UC berkeley student coops & spaghettinight mailing list
 * sfchalkboard
 * michael pollan - joe will see if anyone knows someone
 * Decolonize Your Diet - Evelyn
 * ferment change dude - sander katz - ken can look for a contact, jenny will ask her contact, can fermentation station tweet at him? @sandorkraut
 * spreadsheet
 * Evelyn - do we have a messaging plan for the content we're using in the various phases?
 * Jenny - we have a content action kit that's a start, if you'd want to help https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YRIoL5jlmgxZMBdLQibWNn39gD7wSLx-EgCBbdM7izQ/edit#heading=h.rh5mz4qut0s4
 * Evelyn - I'm down to work on that. from my work I can bring in our template for a messaging plan.

= ideas / brainstorms =
 * ken: documenting 'before' photos / walkthrough - can schedule a video walkthrough - possibly after liblens meeting on sunday? (~9pm - jenny/robb/sierk/ken )
 * sierk: making a 3D model of the possible future, can be helpful to have these images/videos
 * sierk: add link for folks to pledge for Phase II toward the end of phase I
 * jenny: set up alerts for auctions
 * ken: and estate sales
 * robb: place in dogpatch kinda like habitat for humanity?
 * ken: some commercial kitchen supply places in sf

= subcommittees =
 * permits - dk / sierk / jenny / robb / joe ? - building@lists.omnicommons.org
 * schedule mtg asap - contingent on availability of dk & joe
 * event planning - jenny/robb/sierk/ ?commons?private thread?
 * fundraising - Laura - fundraising@lists.omnicommons.org
 * communications/outreach - julian / grant / jenny / evelyn - use comms@lists.omnicommons.org
 * meetings 2nd & 4th Wednesdays 6pm (tentative)
 * general meetings 1x/month - kitchen@lists.omnicommons.org - first Wednesdays

= action items (5 mins) =
 * circle back with brewster - jenny
 * http://www.sfchronicle.com/thetake/article/Plumber-spreads-optimism-even-if-job-is-sometimes-8405200.php <3 "it's like an incubator for optimism for the little groups of the future" - tony describing omni <3. I can't wait to meet this guy!
 * send old campaign perks - jenny/marc/? - this weekend ideally
 * create video mailers (design brochure stickers to cover original text, transfer video file(s), charge for x minutes) - this weekend ideally -
 * send video mailers - jenny/marc/? - - this weekend & next week ideally
 * Laura - I will be around most of this weekend
 * check in with phat beets about offering a new perk
 * ping Sin Fronteras about stakeholder meeting & helping to plan kitchen -
 * Schedule space user meeting (end of Feb?) and invite people^ - Laura

building wg action items

 * quote from alba windows - robb (from an old dk email: " I reccomend contacting Ricky ‘Glass on Wheels’ for a quote on the glass.")
 * set up formal walkthrough with tony fazule (plumber) - joe?
 * Contact licensed architect (Jim Gallagher) & structural engineer
 * Submit Plansets (3) to Planning Department - sierk/joe?/dk?
 * Submit Permit Application Forms
 * Submit Accessibility Worksheet
 * Permits/Approvals from Other Departments - Plumbing, Electrical, Mechanical/Structural

= miscellaneous link dump =
 * Campaign Page: https://omnicommons.org/donate OR https://omnicommons.org/kitchen
 * Previous Meeting Minutes: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Kitchen#Meeting_Minutes_Archive
 * Permits & Codes Folder: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kUGYHFAeNNIveNKMaOPZbyUdm-aqEEjW
 * Campaign Action Kit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YRIoL5jlmgxZMBdLQibWNn39gD7wSLx-EgCBbdM7izQ/edit#
 * Itemized Kitchen Budget: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gog9KDQb8youQp8LalMM11vquNyWAVN2v2z_LEeTVR8/edit#gid=0
 * Equipment Schedule & Cutsheets: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PeRv8i9rgIo10wzb-4qoGHH-XSA1YI4P