MINUTES
December 3, 2003
Attendees: Phil, Christine, Jerome, Rice, Alex, Dan, Chloe, Duncan, Dwyer
Tabling
-no tables for this week, what about reading week?
-Someone should ask to table in Wohl as well
-We should do reading week, b/c we'll catch people on the way to lunch
-Constitution with contact info
-Shrink fliers
-Advertising for forum?
What should we do about the response?
What should we do when we table (different email lists?)
11-2 on the 11th and 12th
Sign up sheet
Email lists
One form:
Name
Check/circle what is interesting to you (Garden, Housing, Food buying, potluck ideas)
Year in school
Why are you interested?(optional)
Cooperative Experience?(optional)
Level of interest
Forum questions&emdash;circle one
Stud Life
-Respond to questions
NASCO update
Duncan:
… The guy told ups that there are models for what we could do…important to get working models from other universities&emdash;University owned, they have nice panflits.
… The school might tell us to go at it alone…but this could still work
… Suggestion: road trips to other co-ops.
… Champagne, Illinois (5 hours away) has some NASCO properties
… Chicago has a diverse range of coops (one activist only)
… Look at CCDC handbook
… Most coops start w/ leasing, go from there
… To be a reliable group to banks, we should become our own entity. Then we could establish corporate structure, reliability.
… We need to establish numbers for living.
… Maybe we could start up house and use it as HQ of cooperative network.
… Look for rental property.
… Work out constitution, how we're gonna deal with finances.
… We need to look into building codes&emdash;brothel codes. Can ask the city.
… He said he would send us the other stuff from the coops, and that we should be in touch, maybe once a month.
Maybe we should concentrate our efforts on the housing, and go from there.
The committee on environmental quality
Duncan's advisor gave us the in for next semester
Presentation
TO DO:
… Guest list--
… Write Presentation
o The importance of doing this as part of Wash U
o Insurance&emdash;why they trust big
ß An RA
Give them all the panflits/info we have
Round table type discussion
ß Cook food
ß Food buying
ß Kitchen Patrol
ß Setup stuff
o Big car, more tables:--Dwyer
o Rent Chairs, tables
o Dishes, silverware
New Idea: Buffet style. People can sit where they want, don't have to deal with chairs, or big tables.
After presentation have a round table style Q and A, then informal dinner.
Schedule:
7:00 Arrival
We tell them the deal
7:10 Give them presentation over drinks/hors deuvres
What are we trying get realistically?
Ideally&emdash;we get reserved space in an apartement&emdash;like Parkview
What is the deal with ZBT
We want to start collaborating
Go into it saying that we're going to start this coop, and that we want to collaborate/get their help
Do we have a basic idea/function?
Conscious Living&emdash;environment, community, sustainability
We're gonna do this
These are our reasons
These are our ideas&emdash;range of possibilities
These are examples of how it works
We can do it on campus, off campus, with/without support
Support from organizations, students, teachers.
TO GET:
… Projector&emdash;Dan from Architecture
… Food
… Tables
… Seating
Email:
Rsvp about presentation
We will meet at Dan's at 6pm, to organize our stuff.
Dress code: "Presentable"
Brief meeting afterword to talk about how it went.
Jobs
… Write up form for tables&emdash;Chloë
… Photocopying/shrinking fliers, photocopy questionare, constitution--Max
… Set up stuff (scoping out dan's place, aquiring the stuff)&emdash;Dan, Christine, Alex, Phil
… Presentation: Max, Dan, Chloe
… Fruit Salad&emdash;Dwyer
… Sauteed Mushrooms&emdash;Dr. Bauer
… Rice and Beans&emdash;Max
… Candied sweet potatoes--Alex
… Guacamole and chips--Philip
… Desert&emdash;Cookies and Ice Cream--Chloe
… Spinach and Cheese Quiche&emdash;Duncan and Chloë
… Drinks-Water, Juice--Chloe