Trans March 2012 Planning Meeting and New Member Orientation

Where: 
TBD San Francisco, CA
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Location

San Francisco, CA
When: 
January 24, 2012, 7:00pm

Facilitator: TBD
Food: Gwen
Notes: TBD

Agenda (subject to change)

I. Welcome and short Check-ins

  • Name, pronoun, how you're feeling about the TM?

II. Review Group Agreements

  • Set phones to vibrate
  • Don't yuck someone's yum
  • It's okay to take space and do self care
  • One diva, one mic
  • Confidentiality about personal things shared
  • Agree to disagree
  • Take responsibility
  • Ask for help
  • Respect each other
  • Don't make assumptions
  • Wait, why am I talking?
  • Agree to move forward
  • Ask if there are any additions to the group agreements or if there are any agreements from last meeting that people would like to keep in mind for this meeting.

III. If new people are present, briefly review mission and vision as well as the meeting process.

IV. Announcements

V. Agenda Items

  • New Member Welcome
    * short history of the march
    * briefly talk about what's involved in being on the Steering Committee
  • Finance
    * Current financial status (Luis)
    * Set up a new bank account
    * Sponsors
    ** send sponsorship letters to old sponsors
    ** new sponsors for this year?
    *** frameline
    *** girl scouts
    * *revamp online sponsorship process (Gwen)
    * set up "start some good" campaign (like kickstarter for the non-profit world) or similar
    * Fundraisers
    ** Contact Gang of Four, Queer Qumbia and others who threw fundraisers for us last year and see if they'll do so again this year.
    ** Schedule a fundraiser at El Rio?
    ** Schedule 18+ fundraisers
  • Outreach & Promotion
    * Comments from youth about better youth inclusion (Jae)
    * How to do better outreach to different communities?
    * What is status of video shot at the last march and Civic Center? Would be great to use the footage for a march promo.
    * We should try to get on TV this year before the march.
    * Purchase a photo backdrop with TM logo for photo booths at our events? http://www.backdropoutlet.com/prodinfo.asp?number=RCEPC has 5' x 6' one for $149.
    * How to recruit more people for the Steering Committee?
    ** create an internship?
    ** fb/web site announcement
    ** direct recruiting--who do we know/what orgs can we contact?
  • Permits and Insurance
    * Gwen applied for the Dolores Park permits
    * Do we need a separate march permit?
    * Someone should check with Lish about what we've done for insurance in the past
  • Who wants to do what?
    * Volunteer Coordinator: Dylan
    * Performers: ?
    * Outreach: ?

VI. Next Meeting: When?

VII. Volunteers for next meeting: facilitator, note taker, who will bring food

VIII. Who's not here? What communities are not represented?

IX. Review TODO list

X. Check Out and Evaluations

  • ask each person to say how they're feeling about the march
  • thank you from the facilitator

1 comment

Great Agenda so far, thanks

Great Agenda so far, thanks Gwen!

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