Ron – opened mtg with quick synopsis of OCP workshop process to bring everyone up to date.
Ron: how do we start an initial group? Who are people who might be key to the membership that we need to get on board at this point? How often and when will membership meetings be? Another option is that the workshop can continue as a think-tank that meets once a week. If membership meetings are once a month using this time for workshop space might be a good use of this time. I don’t know. Any thoughts? Questions for clarifications? Last week I said we might be done and thought the rest of our work would best be done by the membership? Do we dissolve the workshop? Start the membership?
Mat: are we saying that this group is going to be the membership?
Ron: we’ve defined a membership that doesn’t exist yet. How do we start it? And: what do we do with this time? Does the workshop end?
Mat: I hope this time becomes the membership.
Ron: Your idea is continue on meeting at this time, except now it is a membership meeting, no longer the OCP workshop.
Mat: yeah.
Greigh: I have a question. If this becomes the membership how do people become members?
Ron: the handout explains it.
Greigh: sorry! Should have read it.
Ron: other thoughts about what this space/time should look like?
Mark: Who are the members? How do we decide who the first members?
Matt: I didn’t understand everything that was said. You have to pick people to be in the membership and we don’t have that yet. Pick the five best people to start the membership.
Ron: I have a concern with the time. Time management seems to be a problem. Thursday meeting was just a wash no one was really interested. Another issue I have is picking people who want to be a part of the workshop.
Mat: One thing we should establish is set a date and if you want to be a member then they should be accountable that day if you want to be a member, and pick the team before we set a date.
Dinine: It would be great to have the workshop once a month for the members to discuss issues and problems going on at OCP.
Greigh: What powers would the members have when it comes to some cases and issues that is brought up
Mat: the membership would be able to lead teams. Develop activities. It will be a group of people that get together and plan for the community center.
Greigh: a group of people who get together to get stuff done. Its not about disciplinary issues or say that the OCP should be open an extra day a week.
Ron: well we do want the membership to be able to make proposals to the Executive Director.
Greigh: like the members will have a voice and a vote.
Ron: I think Schrags hope is that eventually the membership will run everything and set the budget. We’ve also talked about a judiciary from the membership but have thought that the membership can decide some of those issues. But what I’ve heard from this group, which kinda of surprised me, is that community members seem to believe that at least now the staff is still really important.
Mat: can we set a date for the starting of the membership?
Greigh: I was looking at the proposed teams and saw that it said first times. Does that mean that we can have more teams? Can we have a conflict management team? Someone you would automatically know to go to?
Ron: there is a recovery/spirituality team that could meet that need and at this point the staff are still the people to go to when you need to mediate.
Mark: I think Mat’s right. Lets pick a date to start a membership. Everything else can flow from that. Anything else is putting the cart before the horse.
Michelle: I agree. I think we should set a date. If you want to be part of the initial membership you have to come to a meeting on that date at that time.
Ron: I think it should be by this date rather than on this date. And you need to be a workshop member already and come to a meeting a declare that you want to be a member. I still have concerns about accessibility. I like having membership meeting time when we aren’t usually open so we can all focus.
Mat: I like that idea so much! If it was a motion I would second it. I will make a motion:
“The workshops will end on July 3. Anyone who is a workshop member who declares that they want to be an OCP member by that date, at a meeting, will automatically become a member on that date. This will comprise the initial membership.” Michelle seconds.
Greigh: is there a way for people who are out of town to still plug in?
Michelle: I think the way we set it up so we know. I think if you tell us today that will be fine.
Ron: I would hope we would have flexibility in general. And I think that was schrag’s concern about letting people know. For that reason July 3 is starting to feel a little soon to be. It is the summer people are in and out. It seems we have teams to discuss and starts. It feels a little abrupt especially without Phil and Jonathan here.
Mat: I think we should discuss teams. Maybe we could change the date if you aren’t happy with July 3. We can’t really establish teams without the membership. What is your idea about a date?
Michelle: My entire month of July is uncertain so lets wait till August. My heart is really in this. Maybe the 3rd really is too soon.
Ron: the thing that is confusing me now is what do we do with the workshop time between now and when the membership starts? We don’t have much left to meet and talk about until then. Maybe we make an effort to talk to everyone who is a workshop member to let them know. Maybe you don’t have to come and declare at a meeting you just have to declare and we put you on the rooster.
Michelle: if that is the case then I think the proposal Mat is probably still plausible. We can talk to people, email, and set up fliers.
Claude: we were talking about safety issues. I come in here in peace and if people are putting their hands on me I’m going to put my hands back on them. If people are threatening people here that isn’t acceptable.
Ron: We will make a membership to discuss things that you just talked about. And it would be nice for you to become a member so we can really discuss things you just talked about and get a answer for it, and create a goal and prevent those safety issues.
Greigh: We should have a conflict resolution mediation team.
Michelle: All of our conflict things are in the code of behaviors that includes all the problems weve had here at OCP and Claude would have known that if he was here reading. Our community place is not a church but on Sunday it becomes a church where you can talk about you problems then.
Matt: Is there any set date that we have agreed on?
Ron: A couple more days and we will figure it out, get out some emails and spread the word. Are we ok changing the proposal until the 17th? I would like time to have a conversation with Daniel BK and Melas. I like that it’s a month. So we’ll change the date to July 17th. Open to people who are workshop members. They will obey rules for membership including being on a team, having a spirit of volunteerism, and trying to attend meetings. That would be the initial membership. From there on if someone wanted to become a member they have to follow the trial period etc. You will need to declare to Jonathan, or come to a meeting, by the 17th that you want to be an OCP member.
Motions passes unanimously.
Who declares right now?
Michelle Diehl
Mat Johnson
Greigh Vandevander
Mr. Rhodes
David Meyers
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