NEXT OUTREACH MEETING: November 17th @4:30 in the kitchen!
November 3rd minutes
Agenda:
-review
-302
-QPIRG mcgill strat sess Nov 22nd
-Library Launch
-Newsletters (name?)
-Homelessness marathon (feb 23rd on CKUT)
-Spontaneous Caterings
-workshops
-ZINE table
-Put Your Politics Where Your Mouth Is (brainstorm)
-Review
302 space-
It would be good to really take this space and start publicizing it
-Alex doesn't want (have time) to buy stuff, but will call Ari about it and give her Kali's number instead (get curtains!!)
-Kali will also ask the porters about getting the chair in the basement
-Zoe will root around in the library furniture room for stuff
-Alex will call Ari about getting the SSMU tables into the room
-Alex will keep in touch with the engineers for couches
Lets try not to buy any furniture, just collect some of all this old stuff
-QPIRG Strat session
6pm QPIRG Concordia 22nd to organize response to the Conservative attack on the PIRGs (same night as the Anti-Col catering)
-Concern for Anti-Col stress, but Zoe will go and report-back
Library Launch November 15th (lundi! Live library lunch launch) Midnight kitchen bought a bunch of books to borrow, bring your bowls and brains!
-Publicity event to open the 302 space and the library (during serving) sign up sheet to sign out books, when signed up you enter a raffle to win a free book
have:
readings of favorite parts of books
accoustic preformers: Charlotte Cornfield, Cryptids, Jess/Al Blair, Lighthouse.. acoustic or others?
can we include zines in our library ask people if they want to bring their zines...we could (like uge) set up a system where we photocopy zines for people that want them
and ask uge to bring some of their best books to feature at the library launch/promote the (H)uge library
Tasks:
Alex contacts musicians- THIS WEEK
Alex gets Dominion Backissues
raffle tickets
Zoe will make a Poster
Kayleigh will make sign-out sheet
Kayleigh will buy more books
Beth will go to ExpoZine 5325 St. Dominique! Nov 13th
Kayleigh Send the poster out on Listserve/facebook + make a facebook event
Zoe will book the room
Zoe will book PA stuff
Newsletters
makes more sense to make a ZINE of relavent and current issues, similar to the MK handbook
Julia likes the idea of a newsletter, maybe monthly
Zoe feels the energy isn't there to write multiple publications, but likes the ideas of doing smaller doses
Julia/Alex are into reading student body submissions to include+ other bits that are already written and around+ a newsblurb that goes over it all+ maybe reviews of cool books we've read and stuff.... really cool idea, more compilation than writing
Julia/Kayleigh really into it
-Send out a callout of what we're looking for for submissions
+ make a beginning one to get people reading it and thinking about it + to inspire more writing
Alex will write a bit, Zoe wants to compile + make art, Beth as well
Kayleigh will bottomline making a list of potential subjects and where to maybe find them and sending it out over the listserve with an emphasis on just compiling, not necessarily writing this weekend
internally email before then to decide on what subjects
workshops
Alex will email out to groups across campus and the city to find groups interested in coming at 12:30 to do catered workshops
-starting with emailing groups on campus
and will do a test run on his serving
Homeless Marathon on Ckut
Zoe talked before about wanting to make MK more accessible to homeless people and to outreach to individuals outside McGill community...but it seems like a bad idea SO how can we address food security issues in Montreal in a way that works better?
CKUT homeless goes all night, could MK write a 5 minute segment about food security?
we are unsure what people/groups need
at people's potato, they would do servings like food not bombs outside of concordia and they now work with community groups
...do we have enough food for that?
fundraising parties/events ...ex: laundry mat staffed by all people who are homeless.
so how are we feeling about getting involved and going on radio?
what about donating our donations? ...happens often but more could be done (workshop, people coming in and talking)
we could ask dans le rue to come in and talk...but dans le rue gets a lot of funding (state, otherwise...) could there be other groups we want to get involved with?
should we talk to groups and ask what they need? yes.
zoe and kali will find groups and ask what they need/ what we could do
Spontaneous Caterings
at visioning we wanted to do solidarity servings, showing up at rallies with cakes or a cookie for example
any upcoming rallies? G-20 Anti capitalist, q-pirg?
individually look into what rallies are going on and bring it up at collective meeting, seeing if anyone wants to bottomline
bring it up at collective meeting
Put Your Politics Where Your Mouth Is
started last year week of food politics workshops and events
party at the end and it is fundraiser
thinking about speakers...an ottowa resident talking about food sovereignty issues in latin america
walking tours...edible plants on campus
dumpster diving workshop (go on a trip?)
what we need to start now is the big speaker/main event
in march?
kitchen table talk as a dinner event...contact regional rep for food sovereignty canada
and look at speakers on list
...maybe frigo could come cuz they owe us a workshop
women's labor and women's work in food system? look into groups to do that
if someone wants to learn about something, they could do a workshop about it...ex. kayle and zoe doing an intersection workshop on fat phobia/... on
guided discussion food politics 101
CURE person do a workshop on findings
in past: MK speaks, 3 people; racism, poverty, environ; fat phobia
katherine did fermentation workshop
Julia and Sabina: food and the military
Julia: Palestinian food security- make links how it connects to us, explain why we are in solidarity
room bookings...sooner than later?
group from quebec and toronto "hot yam", happy belly - skillshare between collective kitchens
task:
Kali look into kitchen table talks and food security canada
julia ask sabina to do workshop again
