General Meeting
Date: 2025-05-01T07:00:00Z
Recording Check
- Ensure that the meeting is being recorded.
Roll Call & Introductions
- Steering Committee (state your roles)
- Quorum
- Introductions (New Members)
Reports of Members Sick or in Distress
State of the Organization
Tenant Union Campaign
Time: 20 minutes
The Tenant Union Workshop is supposed to be held on May 17th.
Remaining Action Items
- Get flyers printed for doors; larger flyers as well.
- Spanish version of flyers / in person translator?
- Finish mapping out our target list of units (need to schedule a research meeting).
- How many days to flyer to reach 500 units? At CalVilla, we could do 150 units in under 1 hour with three people. But they were clustered very close together. We don’t need to speak with people, so base this on our availability. Minimum 2 people at each outing.
- Should we share this online as well (social media, reddit)?
- We need to answer some of the lingering questions in the Tenant Handbook (schedule 1 on 1 with Harpreet)
Education
Time: 10 minutes
Short trainings on organizing conversations
Action Items
- Schedule a day to continue working on the training
Membership
Time: 5 minutes
Secretary
Time: 5 minutes
Treasurer
Time: 5 minutes
Unfinished Business - Schedule Related
Spinach Strike Teach-In
Time: 20 minutes
Review the presentation.
Current date to hold the teach is in May 3rd 10AM-12PM.
Solidarity Con
Time: 10 minutes
Organizing Fair with North Central Valley DSA
Date: August 30th
VOTE: Do we want to cosponsor the event (have WCU logo on the flyer)?
New Business - Schedule Related
WCU Article - Pick a new topic
Time: 20 minutes
- Nakba Day
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Living New Deal
- Issues with NGOs
- Occupation of Alcatraz
- Indigenous issues
- Local history and its connection to modern issues
- Farmworkers and the Bracero Program
- Communicating with non-leftists about issues
- Failures of progressive education reform
- Why liberals always lose
- Oligarchs and corporate power vs the people instead of cultural issues
Recruitment or Social at Community Events
- June 14th: Pride in Lodi
- Recruitment at Delta College (schedule? summer?)
- Monthly social event?
Victory Park
- 6/4: Summit Band
- 6/11: Mayday
- 6/18: Network Band
- 6/25: Sabrosito
- 7/2: Valley Concert Band
- 7/9: Gary Bohannon and The Band Habits
- 7/16: Whiskey Kiss
- 7/23: Rock-It
- 7/30: Blowbacks
- 8/6: Mike Torres Jr. Band
- 8/13: The Stockton Garage Big Band
- 8/20: Summer Night City ABBA Tribute Band
Calendar
May 2025
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 TU Handouts | 16 | 17 |
| 18 TU Handouts | 19 TU Handouts | 20 | 21 | 22 Spinach Strike Working on Presentation | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 Spinach Strike Teach In |
June 2025
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 TU Workshop |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 |
Unfinished Business - Not Schedule Related
Review: Whatever Happened to Medicare for All
Time: (20 minutes)
Questions:
- What kind of outreach was best? Flyers, social media, direct outreach?
- Share feedback about about the presentation, the discussion, etc.
Discuss Coalition Meetings
Time: 20 minutes
Update on Union of Unions Effort
Time: 10 minutes
Update on Unionization Efforts
Time: 10 minutes