Event:2016/11/23 Communications

Omni Comms/Org Wg - 23 November 2016 = attendees = n/a, done remotely

= announcements / updates =
 * Jenny is working on scheduling a Legal Observer training for Sunday, Dec 4th from 11am-1pm w/ EmilyRose Johns from the San Francisco chapter of the NLG at http://www.nlgsf.org/. We should use EventBrite to track reservations.
 * Update: https://www.facebook.com/events/358450854510069/
 * Updated https://omnicommons.org/organize to incorporate past and future workshops. Separate event pages link to notes and handouts permissible to make public.
 * Abe set up the corner of the entrance hall as an organizing space with tables, craftmaking supplies, some historical flyers and posters <3 - bring in any awesome rad posters you'd like to contribute, as well as relevant tools and supplies

= event/meeting requests = https://omnicommons.org/calendar/events/lgbtq-th-planning-meeting-2-private-event/
 * Training for New Participants - Sunflower Alliance - week of Dec 5th: https://omnicommons.org/occupy/wordpress/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=3736
 * Queer Town Hall - Bay Area Anti-Fascist Network - Nov 27- DK replied and is scheduling:
 * Spokescouncil for MLK Week Of Action - APTP - Nov 29 - Jenny coordinating w/ Krystof. ~200 people.

= discussions =
 * antifa reading group: http://thenewinquiry.com/features/a-time-for-treason/
 * Screenprint poster (ABDC?): They say we are all fountains and drains. We say we are a river. (Niki working on this idea)
 * <3
 * Establish a Rapid Response Team for ICE raids: http://www.alternet.org/immigration/getting-prepared-fight-against-trump-immigration-raids-and-deportations (Niki)
 * Jenny also did some research re: what we can do - sent an email to the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights requesting a training on human rights documentation as a community organizing strategy (http://www.nnirr.org/%7Ennirrorg/drupal/racialprofiling ). Also looking into MARTUS (https://www.martus.org ), a free and open source, end-to-end encrypted database for documenting human rights abuses on a distributed secure global network; talking with sudomesh folks about deploying it on the mesh.

= ideas =
 * Mobile soundproofed (faraday?) safe for storing mobile phones during meetings