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Please send any changes or comments to peterm@shout.net. Also,
somebody might want to extract the list of who volunteered to do what and
send it to the list. <br>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica">-Peter<br>
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<b>IMC Notes<br>
</b>2/4/01<br>
at 218 W. Main (The IMC)<br>
<br>
Attending (22 present): Paul Riismandel, Brent McDonald, Mike
Lehman, Paul Kotheimer, Peter Miller, Danielle Chynoweth, Brian Hagy,
Ellen Knutsen, Molly Stentz, Ed Mandel, Mark Enslin, Sascha Meinrath,
Pauline Bartolone, Nancy Dietrick-Riebecki, Russ Dietrick-Riebecki, Bob
Cook, Zach Miller, Maiko Covington, David Johnson, Mitra Ghaboussi, James
Jacobs, Sarah Carsey.<br>
<br>
Mark Enslin and Pauline Bartolone facilitated.<br>
<br>
Meeting began at 12:05 p.m.<br>
Additions/changes to a proposed agenda were discussed.<br>
<br>
<b>Updates<br>
</b><i>Tech/Equipment--</i>Paul Riismandel presented a Tech Group
proposal for wiring the space for computers and audio. Cost is estimated
at $1036. We have funds for it, but it'll exhaust our surplus for a
short while. Questions were raised about exhausting our money,
preventing us from doing other projects. Costs for other projects
include setting up a retail outlet; purchasing a rack-mountable minidisc
recorder; internet service; and money for wiring. It was reported
that we have the money. <br>
<br>
$1036 for Network wiring<br>
$477 for ISP<br>
$300 for Electrical Wiring<br>
<br>
Total: $1813 for Tech Group's proposal<br>
<br>
Approved.<br>
<br>
<i>Fundraising</i>--Sascha reported that Founding Funders going
well--people are paying. A couple more have signed-on, so we have
about $1600/month. Fixed costs are about $1000/month. Sascha
opened extra savings accounts for keys, and for our
"endowment." Asks to move 10 percent of the monthly
revenues into the endowment, plus 10 percent of the money we've raised
thus far ($6000). <br>
<br>
Zach raised the issue of on-line donations for the IMC. Sent to
Fundraising group for further discussion.<br>
<br>
<i>Space</i>--Space group met, but not much happened. Focusing on
the getting the production room organized. Staffing: Need
someone for 4 - 6 p.m. on Wednesdays. Volunteers took open
times.<br>
<br>
Sascha and Mike will build a sandwich board to display notices outside
the space.<br>
<br>
<i>Outreach--</i>No meeting called, yet.<br>
<br>
<i>Librarians--</i>Met on Thursday, as usual. All are making
suggestions for improving the database; they're talking about an interim
circulation policy; and they're talking about <br>
<br>
Book organizing party! Happening on Thursday.<br>
<br>
Book holding area is the white bookshelf in the back room.
<b>People should place donated materials on the white bookshelves in
back!<br>
<br>
</b>Long-range plans: Progressive reference service.
Email/phone/walk-in. If someone needs info or leads, they can
contact the IMC librarians. 2) "pathfinder"
websites--pages of progressive-oriented links.<br>
<br>
Books/materials should be donated later, after the library organizing
issues are worked out.<br>
<br>
<i>News</i>--Meeting at 1 p.m. Sidetrack story about IMC on
Wednesday at 10 p.m.<br>
<br>
<br>
STRUCTURE PROPOSAL<br>
Ellen presented the proposal that Paul Kotheimer, Paul Riismandel
,Danielle Chynoweth, Ellen Knutsen, and Pauline Bartolone created, as per
the desire of the group last Sunday.<br>
<br>
Danielle proposed to strike "paid" when it precedes
membership. Agreed.<br>
<br>
By a show of hands, the proposal passes unanimously. See final,
revised document, attached.<br>
<br>
MEMBERSHIP PROPOSAL<br>
Sarah Kanouse presented the membership proposal that has been posted at
the IMC and was developed by 8-9 people, over time. It includes
provisions for individual, organizational, "resident
organization" memberships; as well as space rental guidelines.
Some discussion followed. No campaign activities can take
place. <br>
<br>
James: Desire to have space for groups unwilling to pay was
expressed.<br>
Danielle: Desire to allow people to work without paying was
expressed. Desire to allow people to be members without paying was
expressed.<br>
Allow members to "pay" by participating? Important for
payment to give people a sense of ownership/responsibility.<br>
Paul K: Time barter/staffing barter/equipment barter would be good to
explore. Explore equity, as in coop.<br>
Mark E: Pricing: cultural, economic. Amount seems way too
much! Think about how to bring people in. Sliding scale with
much lower bottom price. Would like to see people being
responsible, but $25 or $50 says to some people, "you're not welcome
here." <br>
Paul R: Working at IMC <i>is</i> a privilege. Find a way to
scholarship people in. Difficult to negotiate the
"economy" of barter, etc. Like it or not, we live in a
money economy.<br>
Maiko: Under this proposal, people can make decisions, but not work
on the projects they decide to do? Time and money. People who
have one, sometimes don't have the other. Sometimes, don't have
either.<br>
Peter: Caste system? Scholarships sounds good. $25 over a
year isn't much money.<br>
James: Co-op example with working and non-working members.
<br>
<br>
Spinoff group: Nancy, Russell, Sarah, Brian, Mitra, Dave,
Sascha. Will plan meeting later. <br>
<br>
Conclusion: Would like to evaluate meetings during the
meetings.<br>
<br>
Next Meeting Facilitators: Brent McDonald and Molly Stentz.<br>
<br>
MEETING ENDED AT 1:10 P.M.!<br>
<br>
<br>
</font>Appendix:<br>
IMC Structure<br>
<i>By the IMC Structure Caucus, Jan. 31, 2001<br>
<br>
</i><b>Working Groups:<br>
</b><u>Definition:<br>
</u>Do the work of the IMC<br>
Have autonomy to make most decisions over their area of
responsibility<br>
Bring decisions that affect whole IMC and/or other groups to the Steering
Group.<br>
<br>
<u>Membership:<br>
</u>Must be an IMC member.<br>
<br>
<u>Meetings:<br>
</u>Must post meeting minutes at IMC and to the general IMC e-mail
list.<br>
Must have meetings at a regular time and place, and must post this
information at the IMC.<br>
<br>
<b>Steering Group:<br>
</b><u>Definition:<br>
</u>Coordinates activities between Working Groups and makes decisions
that impact all Working Groups.<br>
<br>
<u>Membership:<br>
</u>Made up of 2 empowered spokespeople from each Working Group.<br>
Members serve terms of three to twelve months in length, as determined by
their Working Group.<br>
Any given member is limited to serving a maximum of 3 years on the
Steering Group. Lesser limits may be defined by their Working
Groups.<br>
<br>
<u>Meetings</u>:<br>
Must be held at a regular time and place and posted at the IMC and on the
general IMC e-mail list.<br>
Must be held at least once per month.<br>
<br>
<u>Meeting Operation</u>:<br>
There must be a minimum quorum of one empowered spokesperson from each
Working Group in order for decisions to be made.<br>
Meetings are open to the public.<br>
All SG meeting attendees--not just empowered spokes--will have equal
standing in decision making. All attendees may make proposals and
may voice concerns.<br>
All decisions are made by consensus amongst all meeting
participants. <br>
In the case of a irresolvable block to a particular proposal, after all
IMC consensus procedures are exhausted, decision making power on that
proposal will default to the empowered spokes for resolution by
consensus.<br>
<br>
<u>Communication</u>:<br>
Meeting agendas must be posted at the IMC and to the general IMC e-mail
list at least 2 days prior to a meeting.<br>
Meeting minutes must be posted at the IMC and to the general IMC e-mail
list.<br>
<br>
<u>General Membership:<br>
</u>Membership:<br>
All members of the IMC.<br>
<br>
<u>Meetings:<br>
</u>Held at least 2 times a year. <br>
Organized by the Steering Group.<br>
Must be scheduled and first announced at least 30 days prior to the
planned meeting.<br>
<br>
<b><u>Life of this document:<br>
</u></b>The terms of this structure will expire in 12 months from the
time it is enacted, combined with a formal review of it by the IMC
general membership.<br>
Changes, amendments or the nullification of this document must be
approved by the IMC general membership.<br>
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