[Bookstoprisoners] Re: [Btp-keystaff] Report on Steering Meeting

[Jay Schubert]

Thanks Barbara. Seems like if people think it's reasonable to request $500
for the purchase of books, we could ensure they are used in the jail
libraries; thus satisfying the 'Eastern Illinois' criteria.

-- 
Jay

On 8/3/07, Barbara kessel <barkes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> i attended a two and a half hour steering committee meeting last night
> and was the only B2P person there. I will report on just what you all
> have possible interest in.
>
> A)The first hour plus was a conference call with three people in
> Baltimore from a group called The Alternative Press Center, publisher
> of the Alternative Press index, an archive available in print and
> electronic versions in some university and public librairies through
> OCLC's First Search." Another member of their group is already living
> and working here. The proposal is for three of them to relocate here
> with their library collection to the first floor of the IMC with
> shelves built and added where there currently is a libriary of sorts.
> they woud also rent an office space to do their indexing and they
> would staff the librairy a great many hours during the week, giving
> the IMC as a whole kind of a reception presence. it is not a done deal
> but will be determined by September 1 and if decided, it would be
> completed by October 1. (They would not be taking up any of our
> space.)
>
> B) The IMC proposes that each working group have a very occasional
> cleanup project in which they invite other working groups to
> participate with them to get to know one another and also get the
> place more spiffy. I asked for an example and got this one: B2P could
> invite particularly the Biicycle Project, the School for Designing a
> Society, our proximate neighbors and any others in the building to
> join us at a certain weekend time and clean up the hallway outside our
> door. I think cleaning includes possible painting, lighting, anything
> to make it attractive.
>
> C) Show bookings are booming so that is bringing in lots of dough.
>
> D) The School for Designing a Society has rented the Sun Room four
> days a week starting in September for an actual school. This impacts
> our BOOK SALE PLAN. Danielle said that we could have it in October (I
> said that was when i thought we would be having a book sale) only
> Friday through Sunday.) If we wanted it for longer, we would have to
> go into the show room. she also said that THE CALENDAR WAS FILLING UP
> FOR OCTOBER SO WE HAD BETER GET OUR REQUEST IN PRONTO.
> I AM THINKING IT MIGHT NOT BE PRUDENT TO WAIT UNTIL OUR MEETING ON
> AUGUST 11, so perhaps April could run an e-mail decision-making
> process to get us a date and place to request ASAP.
>
> E) I announced that we are having the national conference in the IMC
> on November 2-3-4. I believe that Suzanne has already reserved the
> spaces. I prepared them for the letter on housing and money that they
> would (most of them) be receiving imminently - Keystaff will also be
> getting it within hours. There was a lot of interest and some
> questions during and after the meeting. A lot of people are proud of
> what we do, how we do it, how much we do and consider Books to
> Prisoners the crown jewel of the IMC!
>
> Post-meeting, I was called over to meet with the tech guy for the IMC
> (Dan something) who had attended the grant writing meeting. So also
> did Roger Epperson of the Finance Committee of the IMC and our Leslie
> and Yvette and myself. The IMC would like to write a grant request
> including any of the constitutents that want money because only one
> per 501(3) c is allowed, so Dan was asking me if the B2P would like to
> request any. The grand total is $5,000 and change. The WRFU wants a
> major amount to complete the fund for a higher tower which would mean
> that people could actually hear WRFU. I told him that I would pass
> this on to Leslie and all and that Deb and I and Yvette had discussed
> informally Thursday afternoon what we might ask for ****We thought a
> request for $500 for consumable books and magazines (and some popular
> paperbacks) for the county jails would work. Limitations are that the
> $ must be spent to enhance the community of Eastern Illinois (not the
> state of Illinois) and that it cannot be spent on operating expenses
> (such as postage). So what do you all think?
>
> Please weigh in on anything here - to the list. I am just the mail
> messenger.
> Barbara Kessel
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