2025-12-30 Steering Committee Meeting

2025-12-30 Steering Committee Meeting Minutes

Meeting Minutes

Attendance
Campaign Coordinator: @chima
Education Coordinator: @Englishpete08
Treasurer: @Turcotte

General Meeting

Date: 2026-01-01T08:00:00Z

Recording Check

  • Ensure the meeting is being recorded.

Roll Call & Introductions

  • Steering Committee
  • Quorum
  • Introductions (New Members and Guests)

Reports of Members Sick or in Distress

Priority Activities

2026 Steering Committee Elections

Nominations Committee: Present Final Nominations

Nominations for

Treasurer: @Turcotte
Secretary: @ckposadas
Membership Coordinator: @Adri_Martinez
Education Coordinator: @Englishpete08 @HipGnosis
Campaign Coordinator: @chima

VOTING

VOTE: Use Discourse Forum as Steering Committee Primary Communication

Focus Campaign Renewal: Tenant Union

Tenant Union Campaign

Tactical Shift: Targeting Larger Buildings

  • New Target: We will shift our canvassing focus from 4-20 unit buildings to 21-40 unit buildings as well.

  • Rationale: Our previous successes relied heavily on finding a single highly motivated tenant to act as an internal organizer. Larger buildings statistically increase the odds of finding this “spark” person, who can continue organizing work inside the building when WCU members are not present.

Enhanced Outreach

  • “Propagandize the Block”: Instead of just door-knocking the active building, we should saturate the area around target buildings with flyers and set up tables during high-traffic times to catch residents coming and going.
    • This worked well, on accident, in the one larger building we had.
  • Materials: We will create simplified flyers featuring QR codes that link directly to an issue reporting form and digital resources.

Deliverables (Next 6 Months)

  • Organizing Goal: Match previous volume in terms of starting investigating a TA but increase actual active TAs to four.
  • Resources: Update Tenant Union Handbook.
  • Case Studies: Publish specific reports on past victories and fixed issues to demonstrate to new tenants what collective action can achieve.

Other Things to Schedule

Tenant Union Reading Group
New Member Orientation (monthly?)
Coffee with a WCU Member (monthly?)
Skill Share: Organizing Conversations
Brainstorm public events?
More Teach Ins

Calendar

January 2026

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Non-Calendar Activities

KYR Activities

Community Check in Booth Updates

KYR Forum Dates

Side-Quest Updates

Voices of the Working Class

Flock Cameras

END OF YEAR REVIEW

Added After Meeting

  • Want to RSVP Yes for all General Meetings for all Members on Solidarity Tech (include steering committee date in earliest reminder + instructions for add to agenda)

  • Templates for Steering Committee Agenda / General Meeting Minutes

  • Bylaw review schedule