CC Meeting 11 July 2016

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COMBUSTION CHAMBER MEETING

MONDAY, JULY 11, 2016

FACILITATOR: Clover

STACK: Hawk

SCRIBE: Chim-Chim

ATTENDEES: Hezzy, Vonn, Tornado, Clover, Adam, Problem, Babbage, Henry, Dahling, Chim-Chim, Clover, Prost, Izzy, Kat, Turtlebunnie, Bonobo, Clovis

TOPIC: CC Calendaring (Topics, Dates); Town Hall

RESOLUTIONS AND ACTION ITEMS

MOTION: Start the Combustion Chamber nomination process with the intention to take at least 1 new member; MOTION PASSED

SELECTED Town Hall Producer: Henry

ACTION ITEM: Create Doodle poll (Clover)

7:50pm MEETING BEGINS

7:52pm LLC UPDATE (Problem)

  • Volunteer appreciation party occurred recently
  • AAR/AF debrief meeting occurred the following day; Some AFs stepping down this year

7:54pm AREA FACILITATOR UPDATE (Dahling)

  • Mini re-org meeting coming up once new AFs are in place
  • Leads selection to be scheduled sooner than later

7:55pm TOPIC: CC Calendaring

  • July 25
    • Respect Talk Planning (Kat)
    • Standard Dates for Town Halls (Adam)
    • Date of Flipside (Monkey)
  • August 8
    • Capitalizing on Flipside Work Experience (Prost)
    • Surveys & Censuses (Clover)
  • August 22
    • Communicating Open Positions (Cooper/Izzi)
    • Town Hall Planning
  • September 12
    • Town Hall Walkthrough
    • Volunteer Recruitment & Retention (Henry)
    • Flipside Volunteer System Requirements (Izzi)
  • September 26
    • PETS, OTC Medicine and Self-Reliance (Adam)
    • Respect Reflection
    • Town Hall Post-Mortem
  • October 17
    • Revisiting the Three Principles (Prost) 10/17
  • October 24
    • Accountability (TurtleBunnie)
    • Recycling (Adam)
  • November 7
    • What/When/Where Guide (Clover)
    • Mentoring for Leadership (Turtlebunnie)
  • November 21 – Canceled due to holiday week
  • December 5
    • Paid/Comp Staff (Monkey)
  • December 12
    • CC Mixer
  • January 9
    • Calendaring

8:53pm REGIONALS UPDATE (Clovis)

  • Burning Man is fighting fiscal charges from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Turnover in BLM mgmt; Would like to see justification of costs
  • Oblivium is coming up
  • Beachside was hot: 5500 lbs of trash picked up on beach
  • Lots of art projects going out to Burning Man

8:58pm CC BUSINESS

  • TOWN HALL PREP
    • Identify producer: Henry
    • Town Hall date: 9/21
    • Look into ways to cool down the warehouse better
    • Coordinate info from CC; Develop agenda
  • CC MEMBERSHIP
    • LISTS: CC list; Closed CC list
    • Current CC: 20 ppl; Should pressure ppl to step down; Do we need energy for more ppl?;
    • Our lack of inaction could be a reflection of the older members, but new members may not know what’s going on; There needs to be a balance; Would like to know who is stepping up or down; One AAR member is at least stepping down (Princess)
    • Is there anyone we know who should be brought up?
    • Handle prior to the retreat; Put out feels for anyone interested in joining CC;
    • Ask on list/personal conversation for those who haven’t been showing up to meetings; Keep informal; If it’s decided someone needs to step down, we’ll have that conversation
    • Year off, sabbatical, or step up—Put call out to list for active cc members to assert their intentions
    • In the past, have someone reach out

MOTION: Start the process with the intention to take at least 1 new member

  • Don’t constrain; Make enough space to take in a person we like; To interview with intention to onboard

MOTION PASSED

  • CC will get together; Announce on website
  • CC RETREAT DATE
    • ACTION ITEM: Create Doodle poll (Clover); October/November tentative date

Final note: This is Chim-Chim’s final meeting as scribe (due to relocation)

Next meeting: Monday, July 25, 2016

Topic: Respect Talk Planning (Kat); Standard Dates for Town Halls (Adam); Date of Flipside (Monkey)

FACILITATOR: Monkey

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