5-12-09 Potluck/Outreach meeting at MWRO Offices

Structure

Combine the potluck and outreach committee

Ahmina Maxey and Nisa Jorbachi

Organization to organization contact

Meeting with organization to talk to them about the USSF

Events (potluck/film festivals)

Going to events throughout Michigan to promote the USSF

Have an agenda set before each meeting

Keep time

Give an update on DLOC at each meeting

Proposed location is the new EMEAC meeting

Representatives

Ahmina is the rep for the National working group

Nationwide conference call

Groups of Interest

Please add organizations that we should reach out to on this ongoing list.

Potluck Plans

Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009 6 pm

Venue: use the same space as the Detroit Summer (MLK and Cass), Detroit Evolution, or Michigan Welfare Rights

Assignments: Ahmina and Priscilla Dziubek will research logistics

Theme: Money for the People Instead of the CEO’s; Foreclosures, Job loss, Meeting the needs

Jerome Goldberg (MECAWI and Moratorium Now)

Maureen Taylor (Michigan Welfare Rights)

They do a brief presentation, then the groups break off into discussion, then each group does a report to the collective, and then culture.

Assignments: Priscilla will invite Maureen Taylor and Andre will contact Jerome Goldberg

Orientation

Ms. Ann, Nisa, and Oya

More time on the structure of DLOC

Overview of the USSF

Train people to use the kit

Flier

Nisa (completed)

Accessibility

Using the computer lab at the Michigan Welfare Rights will be accessible for USSF members can access the net

Check the Wiki outreach list

Areas that need support

Events calendar

Rachel Wells and Ahmina Maxey.

USSF events

Will reach out to Rae Glover to work with the events calendar

Outreach Kit

Will, Nisa, Ahmina, Dessa, Joel, and Oya

A model for reps of the USSF to use during outreach

Features printed material and power point

Organizations

Oya Amakisi and Dessa Coleman

Oya will list the organizations on the Wiki

Wiki work

Themes for potlucks, who we would invite, presenters, culture, can we get youth from the Detroit Summer to work with us/open mic

Oya will post the themes for the potlucks

Wiki admin for outreach and potluck will alert everyone when it is posted

Ahmina will check with Diana to see

Next Meeting

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 6:00 pm at the new EMEAC place