= Leadership Committee = The Leadership Committee is May First/People Link's body for deciding the organization's political direction. == Membership == All leadership committee members are members of May First/People Link. The current members are (organizations are for identification purposes only): * Alfredo Lopez, [http://mayfirst.org May First/People Link] * Daniel Kahn Gillmor * Hilary Goldstein * Jamie McClelland, [http://mayfirst.org May First/People Link] * Josue Guillen, [http://progressivetech.org Progressive Technology Project] * Mallory Knodel, [http://mayfirst.org May First/People Link], [http://apc.org Association for Progressive Communications] * Jack Aponte, [http://palantetech.com Palante Technology Cooperative] * Rasha Abdulhadi, [http://projectsouth.org Project South] * Joseph Lacey, [http://palantetech.com Palante Technology Collective] * Enrique Rosas, [http://frentenorte.net Frente Norte] * Roberto Tijerina * Mike Lee, [http://nlg.org National Lawyers Guild] * Lourdes Godinez Leal, [http://www.cimac.org.mx/ ComunicaciĆ³n e InformaciĆ³n de la Mujer (CIMAC)] * Juan Gerardo Dominguez Carrasco, National Coordinating Committee of Cooperative Unions and Federations. * Aaron Moysen Garcia, [http://mxtomalacalle.org MX Toma La Calle] == Next meeting == The next face-to-face Leadership Committee meeting will be held February 9th and 10th, 2013. == Subcommittees == === Democracy === MF/PL has committed itself to becoming an organization built on a robust democracy among its members. How would we characterize our current democratic behavior? When do the decisions of our member organizations about the hosting of their resources and development of their infra-structure take on a political dimension? What concrete conditions would raise the level of democratic participation among our members? What kind of decision-making process do we need to develop and how do we do that? In relationship to those questions, last year's Leadership Committee drafted a [wiki:leadership-committee/structure structure document] that could be used as a basis for moving forward. This sub committee is responsible for expanding the [wiki:leadership-committee/structure structure document] drafted last year into a formal proposal for organizational decision making. The proposal should include the rules governing our decision making as well as a process for having it approved by the membership. This proposal, or minimally a comprehensive outline, should be ready in time for our face-to-face meeting in February. This committee will collaborate with the Membership and Agenda committee in planning for the next membership meeting. === Promotion and Communication === [English version coming] [wiki:projects/leadership-committee/promotion promotion and communications plan] === Voluntary and Contracted work Subcommittee === For MF/PL, voluntary work is an expression of the commitment to our organization and the morale of its members and it has always been an essential aspect of our organizational work and life. At the same time, there are concrete needs that our volunteer workers cannot meet. Thanks for the enormous contribution of our members, MF/PL has the resources to pay work in some important areas of our operations. We consider the decisions on who is hired and for what work to be a Co-Directors' responsibility since they oversee our operations but we also need to develop a general strategic vision and policy about what work is needed and what type of person we hire and/or recruit to do that work. What criteria do we develop to determine the balance between paid and voluntary work? What are people motivations for doing voluntary work and how do we incorporate those in our practice? How do we assure that our membership recognizes their work? What policies should govern recruitment and/or hiring of people to do this work and how do we assure their understanding of and contributions to our politics? The Voluntary and Contracted Work committee is responsible for [wiki:leadership-committee/labor drafting a proposal] for the face-to-face meeting in February that conveys MF/PL labor prinicples and provides a roadmap for how we will build both our paid and volunteer labor in a way consistent with those principles. === Membership and Agenda === This sub-committee develops a document that summarizes the discussions and proposals made by members at the last Membership Meeting in October, 2012, including the priorities set at the meeting. It should also plan and organize our face to face meeting in February, 2013 and our periodic "remote" meetings in collaboration with the Internationalization and Support staffs. In addition, this sub-committee, in collaboration with the Democracy sub-committee, will lead the organizing of the next membership meeting. == Call in Number == Leadership Committee phone calls use the following number: {{{ Conference Dial-in Number: (218) 844-0850 Access Code: 526706# }}} == Past Meetings == ''November 15, 2012'' * [wiki:leadership-committee/meetings/2012-11-15/notes ''January 24, 2012'' * [wiki:projects/leadership-committee/jan-2012-proposal-votes/notes Notes on proposal votes] ''December 10, 2011'' * [wiki:projects/leadership-committee/dec-2011 Meeting page] * [wiki:/projects/leadership-committee/dec-2011/notes Meeting Notes] ''February 26, 2011'' at the Neighborhood Preservation Center * Meeting page: [wiki:projects/leadership-committee/feb-2011 Saturday, February 26, 2011, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm]. * View [wiki:projects/leadership-committee/feb-2011/agenda 2010 agenda] and the [wiki:projects/leadership-committee/feb-2011/lc2011report 2010 report to LC] ''November 21, 2009'' at the Brecht Forum * View our [wiki:projects/leadership-committee/nov-2009/agenda 2009 agenda] and our [wiki:projects/leadership-committee/nov-2009/notes 2009 meeting notes]. ''December 20, 2008'' at the Brecht Forum: * View our [wiki:projects/leadership-committee/dec-2008/agenda 2008 agenda] and our [wiki:projects/leadership-committee/dec-2008/notes 2008 meeting notes].