Agenda September 9 Meeting

• Place: Brecht Forum (​directions)
• Date: Sunday, September 9
• Time: 10:00 am (bagels, coffee), 10:30 am (meeting starts), to 5:30 pm (meeting ends)

Goals

• Redefine the relationship between May First/People Link and the group formerly known as mf-staff
• Develop the role of May First/People Link in the broader ecosystem of progressive politics and the Internet and plan how to perform that role over the coming year
• Plan how to open and expand the leadership of the organization in a way that challenges and works through forms of oppression, particularly sexism, racism, and classism.
• Project realistically a timeline for financial solvency
• Continue developing the idea of what membership means, how a membership organization is different than a regular ISP, and what roles we want our members to play in the organization

Agenda

Item 0: Describe:

• Ecosystem in which May First/People Link operates
• What membership means
• How our leadership operates

Item 1: Lunch, financial review

Item 2: Develop:

• Our role in the ecosystem
• Plan for developing the leadership to play that role
• Roles of people in the room in this effort