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	==Agenda==		==Agenda==
	* Recurring Potluck +		* Recurring Potluck +
	** More Community Circles +		** More Community Circles +
	* Lynice Pinkard talk on burnout (summary?)		* Lynice Pinkard talk on burnout (summary?)
	* Bottomliner transition (Sarah > Dusty + Julio?) +		* Bottomliner transition (Sarah > Dusty + Julio?) +
	* SEEDS mediaion - Julio will pay for it with some people $20 each ++		* SEEDS mediaion - Julio will pay for it with some people $20 each ++
	** Diana (and others that are not too involved) could mediation		** Diana (and others that are not too involved) could mediation
	* Visioning + Planning Process +		* Visioning + Planning Process +
	* Mental health de-escalation training		* Mental health de-escalation training
	* Welcome Orientation Project		* Welcome Orientation Project

	== Regular Potlucks ==		== Regular Potlucks ==

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Challenging Dominant Culture Working Group (CDC WG)
19 July 2015

== Attendees ==
* Sarah P, Niki, Dusty, Gwen, Cere, Yar, Matt, Libbie, Julio (notes)

==Agenda==
* Recurring Potluck +
** More Community Circles +
* Lynice Pinkard talk on burnout (summary?)
* Bottomliner transition (Sarah > Dusty + Julio?) +
* SEEDS mediaion - Julio will pay for it with some people $20 each ++
** Diana (and others that are not too involved) could mediation
* Visioning + Planning Process +
* Mental health de-escalation training
* Welcome Orientation Project

== Regular Potlucks ==
* Sarah: talked with Ziji Collective about hosting a weekly meal (open to Omni members and neighbors), partner with Phat Beets or FNB?
* Niki: maybe having each week with a different activity: RJ circles, theater one monthly large gathering?
* Sarah will talk with Phat Beets and FNB about their involvement
* Sarah will schedule meeting with Ziji (late August)
* Julio: what does Ziji get out of it?
** Libbie/Sarah: They are a sect of Buddhism that is interested in social change, and ressonate with the mission of the Omni
* Matt: schedule a trial "planning" meal? +++ (late August)

== Lynice (Burnout) Report Back ==
* Niki: Lynice is willing to participate in regular community circles
** Libbie: in conjunction with
* Other ideas she had for the CDC could tackle
** Structurelessness creating a lot of confusion; accumulations of power, amorphous
** Suggestion for addressing the lack of structure...
** connection to visioning and planning / welcoming and orientation
** Dusty: disconnect between vision/values and structure; does Lynice actually know or support our values?
** Niki: she isn't proposing a "program", but just sees that our values are not implementable in our current structure
** Matt: RJ practice: paradigm of establishing a circle with a strong intention: show strength (community building) and deal with conflict (harm)?
** Julio: circle for to deal with the core values of RJ?
** Sarah: bringing real solidarity and trust
** Matt: who would you expect to attend?
** Niki: depend on the circle. E.g. orientation discussion on values and expectations
** Matt: so it's a placeholder for addressing a specific issues, that will be predetermined later. Propose a trial run
** Libbie: It is also about creating a culture that manifests our values... Could be part of visioning process, use the form of circle to demonstrate
** Sarah: would attract more people who do not want to do meetings, but can offer up their open heart instead.
** Niki: potential to require people to attend a meeting of this
** Duisty:Shame that so many people who come to the Omni all the time who don't know what the Omni is
** Matt: Support regular space to deal with issues. Concerned with the idea that this idea could lose steam; prep so that doesn't happen. Monthly would be good. I see now that the motivation for an orientation circle.
** Dusty: monthly?

== RJC training ==
* Libbie will follow-up with Amgo about payment for Julie
* Libbie will follow-up with Julie about future involvement

== Bottomliner ==
* Julio willing to do some meetings, not all.
* Libbie can tag team with Julio or whoever
* Dusty will be gone for the first two weeks of August ... then will move Aug 30 (for a year)

* What are the duties?
** Sending out email notification about meetings
** Make sure there the meeting is on the calendar
** Make sure notes are taken and disseminated

* Dusty will own the PP role for next week (July 26)
* Julio/Libbie will update the calendar

== Visioning and Planning ==
* Libbie hoping to tackle visioning and planning
* working with Laura T, who has experience in facilitation and specifically this topic
* Niki: Is it an open meeting?
* Libbie: was inviting people specifically one on one
* Dusty: might be better to be safe than sorry
* Yar: should be able to meet individually or with groups. Important discussions happen all the time informally
* Julio: no real decisions... so only planning the actual class and effort... no need to make it open to everyone
* Niki: We are always going to meet in individual
* Dusty: Agree with everyone; just has a fear of non-transparency

== Orientation and Welcoming Project ==
* Dusty
* Having many informal decisions
* Leaving soon, so don't want to overcommitt and underdeliver
* Maybe Visioning process will drive orientation
* Orientations are very cool.
** Julio to add the orientation to the calendar (2 weeks left)
* Libbie can print Niki's copy
* Niki to share it with the group

== Mental health de-escalation training ==
Libbie did some research

* the Coalition for Alternatives to Mental Health
http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2011-08-17/article/38254?headline=Berkeley-s-Drop-In-Center-A-Client-Run-Help-Center--By-Lydia-Gans
* east bay community recovery project:
http://www.ebcrp.org/about/agency-history

* Alameda county mental health alliance community orgs:
http://mhaac.org/support/mental-health-resources/community-mental-health-resources.html

* Libbie: What is the ask?
** Niki: need to identify techniques and strategies for handling situations with
** Dusty: Hard to grasp the
** Yar: There's a problem with the framing, and it might affect the execution
** Libbie: Encountering a conflict with people who may not be able to cope with the situation... how to be helpful rather than harmful
** Libbie: also could get

* Niki has a friend whose sister was murdered

== Mediation ==
* SEEDS training
* Ask for a general fund?
* Julio: Talk to SEEDS
* Julio: reimbursement request later
Matt, Libbie, Julio

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