Attendance: Beth, Danae, Raya, Lydia, Erin, Katie Icebreaker: If you were to create a slogan for your life, what would it be? Booking update: Tristan ● October is our biggest show month: we have 18 shows plus rentals! ● Variety of music coming up, one November show has already sold out ● December will be a slower month Subcommittee updates: Gallery: Wrapping up the Flatstock party Next artist opening Friday 10/4 Sofya Belinskaya new Gallery intern starting Jennalynn Silkscreening: Committee meeting focused on flatstock wrapup, budget, and making committee more effective New dryer being worked into the budget Steering: Discussing giving a speech at shows about Vera, possibility of walking people to cars after shows (maps and bus routes on door) Committee meeting focused on budget and pumpkin patch trip on 10/26 Veracity: next meeting is 10/9 looking at new food option for meetings other than Chipotle Audio/tech: Looking into opportunity to do sound shadow City of Music Career Day Committee focusing on housekeeping: gear, organization and communication Planning to increase hours for Rowdy, he will be taking on PA rentals Diversity: Meetings are switching to Monday nights social justice updates: 10/14 doing a workshop on incarceration, planning to have a viewing and discussion of The House I Live In Working on signs / pamphlets about the gender neutral bathrooms so people can have a better understanding of the space
Strategic planning: plan to unveil MissionVisionValues soon We have received a lot of input since February, will be ready for 10/24 Members Meeting Discussed the possibility of scheduling a forum before the Members meeting to discuss MVV Hollow Earth Radio Show: Partnered with radio station, show will be biweekly on Sundays interested people can sign up to shadow and volunteer Journalism Discussed our Writing about Music class Working with writer from Seattle Weekly Doing reviews of Decibel festival planning our role for the Pop Music Conference Members Meeting Info Session What are we voting for? Strategic Planning: Look at questions: Who are we? What do we do? Where do we want to go? Have been discussing with committees, reviewing surveys, etc. Raya will be in to discuss any questions or concerns Thursdays from 4:30 to 7:30 We need to pick a date for discussion of what we will be voting on at the meeting Budget January through August 2013 budget distributed group decided to take time to review the budget before discussing Programming Committee brainstormed thoughts and ideas as to how we can improve / things members are interested in: increased attendance at programming meetings photography classes positive feedback for Hollow Earth / newer classes, possible to grow Hollow Earth? availability to use space for lessons, drum circles, etc. effort to make everyone feel welcome and safe, esp. POC, trans, queer etc. folks workshops, poetry slams more fruit at meetings create a fun part of each meeting possibility of working with bands to have time to meet with Vera community discuss who they are and how they got where they are future partnerships with KEXP more classes: in depth audio classes, maybe something music industry related, photography, film, writing greater presence in community, more advertising hip hop artist showcase
Progress on Teen Dance? musicians day / jam sessions / Battle of the Bands? revise classes for example focus on signal flow in audio classes follow up with committee members who do not attend meetings Show signup
