Event:2016/01/23 Building Bloc

Building Bloc meeting #8 Saturday January 23, 2016

intros

name, pronoun, a hope you have for omni, what you think BB's role is

yar, she/her, i hope it'll be full of people all the time; volunteer fair!
mary, she/her, still be here & similar to this (but better) in 20 years, bringing new fresh ideas & faces
matt g, he/him, hope it never dies, getting people involved to volunteer
shirin, she/her, still figuring it out, but a good starting point to omni for me. hope it is for others too!
matt s, he/him, fly on the wall
abe, he/him, that is stays, exists, doesn't close down; to introduce new people to the space. people who don't know where to fit, a good way to start
dragon, he, do more artwork / expression, dunno

are you a member of other collectives?
- finance wg, sort of the public school. they're having a crisis now, but still a member
talk about groups having a crisis and losing energy after occupy
What name should we call you?
- matt
Why are you at omni?
- i think omni is great. i help out with finance.
What do you do here?
- i'm the treasurer
What struggles do you face at omni or in general?
- lack of resources
What do omni's values mean to you?
- idk, i mean, i think they're important and the space is important in oakland.
What do you need from us?
- just your love and friendship!
What do you have to offer?
- i'm not really sure what i can do for the group, but i do what i can
What are you grateful for?
- being here and being well
will you follow & share with omni on social media?
- i already do!
Do you consent to being in photographs?
- yes
do you want us to add you to any mailing lists?
- i think i'm already on them
what's the best way to contact you?
- email
do you want a key card?
- already have a key
what's your schedule like? when are you usually available for volunteer hours?
- i work m-f until 6pm and surf on weekends. evenings best
how far away do you live?
- down the street
does anyone else have questions?
matt: not sure what you guys do
- mary: we're getting started, figuring out what we're gonna do

shirin did a screening, lots of people are interested in helping with omni. not much money, but lots of time!

saturday march 12 has nothing going on in ballroom
step 1: send a feeler email to omni-discuss to confirm it's a good date. let's do this today
- save the date
- looking for at least 1 member from each collective & working group
birdhouse
offer free computer classes from sudoroom
FNB fundraiser happening february 14
not too many hours.
someone walks up and asks about buildingbloc, asks about the event, says she is teaching genetic classes thursday 28th from 7-9 pm, every other thursday lecture, every other sunday basic lab skills, counterculture labs
shirin: who needs most volunteers?
commons working group
- fundraising working group
- conflict mediation
- public school needs people to teach classes
contact each working group & collective

first ask delegates for permission to make key cards for our members
then ask to be a member collective
do we want to do that? everybody nods.
yar can go to delegates meetings for the next couple months. matt g and mary can do some too.
are we a working group?
- maybe we're functioning as one
- we sort of inherited our reason for existing from welcoming committee & CDC
we'll draft our member collective application here: https://pad.riseup.net/p/bbapp