Assign roles:¶

• Facilitator
• Note-taker
• Stack-taker

Open meeting time:¶

Anyone new? If so, Explain how our general meetings function¶

• Agenda (wiki beforehand, review at start of meeting), Facilitation, Stack, Note-taking
• Hand signals – raise hand, thumbs, twinkle, point of process triangle, direct response
• Everyone in attendance is welcome to voice input.
• Based on twinkles, thumbs, head nods and conversation, we will sense when we are nearing consensus and form a proposal on which to vote.
• Collective Council members vote – will council members please raise hands now.

Attendance (would any of you prefer to remain off the record? Would intros be helpful?)¶

Council members:

Non-Council Volunteers:

Other Attendees:

Review Agenda¶

• Anyone need to add anything?
• Any of these items resolved, can be removed?

Guests’ proposals¶

Requests for keys¶

Is person a council member and/or significant to staffing shop? Is person present? Is person vouched for? Vote. Assign action point to copy and arrange receipt of key.

Committee Reportbacks (can skip those not current/relevant)¶

• Wimmin, Trans, Queer and Femme Committee
• Shop Committee
  • Plans to dispose of tires via Liberty Tire. Will cost several hundred dollars. How to make payment?
  • Re-evaluate EAB requirements. Very few people (15 or so?) doing EAB right now.
• Program Committee
  Summer Youth Programs Update: Currently we have 7 instructors. 4 trained, 3 training.
  We have 3 programs:
  1. Positive Spin – 80 youth offsite Earn-a-Bike program for kids 14-18. July 11-Aug 12. 4 instructors needed
  Organized by the MGR Foundation and part of the Summer Dreamers summer school program
  2. Grow Pittsburgh- 10 kid, 18 hour, 3 day Earn-a-Bike program onsite. 2 instructors needed. July 20, 21st, and 26th.
  Organized by Grow Pittsburgh, students from Braddock Youth Project, the Hill House, and Larimer who
  are doing a summer employment program with gardening.
  3. Lawrenceville United: a 10 kid earn-a-bike program onsite from June 20th to July 29th. A weekly program (dates TBD)
  AND>>>>
  : a young youth program onsite on July 16th. 3-6hours (TBD)
  : leslie park pool event on July 16th 4-9. FR will hand out prizes, offer patch a flat workshop, and
  have bike jewelery making and 3 bikes to raffle off (these bikes will be donated bikes that volunteers
  fix up)
  Any questions you have on details or financing email andrea drazzy7@yahoo.com

Mobile Bike Repair @East End Food Co-op

• Staffers
• Finance and 501c3
• Communications Committee
• Anti-Oppression
• Fix-for-Sale

Reportbacks of respect issues¶

In 2010 retreat, we consensed to provide time in general meetings for attendees to disclose problems they have had with being on the receiving end of disrespect, harassment, etc. in the shop and collective. This is not the venue all people would choose, but it may be right for some.

• Recent activity of individual who has a serious history of dishonesty at Free Ride.

Meeting Specific Topics and Proposals¶

• Bike 2011 (from email sent by Caroline)
• Proposal: Only allowed to do 1 EAB at a time. (Placed on agenda by Will)

Action Points (add to throughout meeting)¶

• _____________ someone to briefly summarize our doings in newsletter to volunteers, blog, maybe other newsletter subscribers
• _____________ designate specific person to obtain/deliver copy of key
• set future meeting dates/times/places, 3mo. ahead

Visiting Trainings¶

at the 2010 retreat, folks talked about tacking respect/anti-oppression trainings to the end of general meetings, when possible. occasional.

Close meeting time:¶