Wednesday, May 16, 2012

May 15th Meeting Minutes

May 15th Meeting Minutes:


Agenda:

- Finalize Sunday Classes
- Advertising
- Snacks and Drink
- Next Location
- Tuesday May 22 free education rally support
- Odds and ends

Art Bomb Friday May 18th – volunteers needed!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday – meet in courtyard in front of OISE between 12-1: pick up business cards & stickers & chalk
- 1-3pm: split off to chalk the town in ads!
- Locations to hit: all 3 university campuses, around (but not in) st. james park, Kensington market
- If you could bring chalk that would be amazing!
- If you can bring money to cover printing costs, that would also be amazing!

Other Really Important Things from the Meeting:
- Tuesday Meetings were pushed back to 7pm
- Sunday is a pot-luck for the 12-1 gathering
- Think of an action that free skule can do for the May 22nd free tuition rally - bring thoughts to friday art bomb
- Think of next free skule location - bring thoughts to Sunday

Sunday May 20th Schedule:

12-1 
1-3 
5-7

yoga human rights equity and writing gardening, Economics Basic First Aid de-escalation


From 12 -1 on Sunday:

We need to…
- gather!
- Bring food and drink (potluck style)
- Discuss ‘what is free skule’, and what we expect from the day
- Decide on a location for next weekend
- Make signs for each of the classes
- Discuss Tuesday Action
- Set Up Library and class spaces

From 7-8pm on Sunday we need to…

- discuss how the day went
- talk about the future development of the courses
- remind ourselves of next week’s location & Tuesday’s event 

Courses:

- Economics with dix: will write up a description
- Plans to start with discussion – understand knowledge levels of learners
- Dix and anne need to get in touch
- Tuesday is better for dix

Human rights – jo’s on it

Esoterics – need a description from chris

Equity – roxy, see website

De-escalation – practical course

Gardening à Occupy Gardens and Occupy Free Skule are going to go together from park to park (wooohooooo)
1 idea: recess = the whole school stop and plant a garden
For Sunday they will have 2 hours to discuss plans for the summer, and maybe plant a garden
Occupy Democracy 
- can’t start until june 3rd
- will do a intro in the last half hour of economics

snacks /drink:

- food not bombs cook every other Sunday
- laura will test out some recipes à quinoa apple crisp
- roxy will bring some lemonade
- if you’re attending, your welcome to bring a potluck “show up with your skule lunch”


Advertising:

- stickers: add url
- twitter: occupyfreeskule
- what are we posting:
- library events, book sales
- skule events
- popular education quotes
- free school things 
- dix to send out email through occupy education
- word of mouth
- ian to talk to anarchist book fair – after Calgary
- darcy will talk to finance about funding – won’t make it for this Sunday
- will have a donation box on Sunday
- laura to make donation box
- stickers and business cards and zines
- roxy will put in initial funds for some stickers, business cards, and zines

Friday art blitz:

Kensington
St james park
Campuses

Chalking messages:

- name
- website
- Sunday in st james *
- Free education
- Education as a tool for self-liberation and collective resistance
- Occupy your mind


Friday: 12-1 pick up stuff

-until we stop: chalking, stickering, etc. 
- chalking not permitted in park
- Darcy – contact left-wing press

Odds and Ends:

- start all classes with a mic check
- respectful tone around the event
- leave no trace…except for the garden
- signs for all the courses
- put the sign against the bicycle, put the bicycle against the tree
- Signs will be made at the pre-party (12-1pm on Sunday)

Next location:

- The free skule is supported the free education action on Tuesday
- mull over locations, decide on Sunday at pre-party

Tuesday meeting – pushed to 7pm.

Tuesday action – think about it, we’ll decide at art meeting on Friday

Ideas for the future…

- Self-directed learning ventures 
- Another library call out: if you have space for our books….please contact Roxy
- Pay what you can book sale – sell off 1-2 crates of fiction from the library: ask GA for approval