2026-01-22 Steering Committee Meeting
Meeting Minutes
Attendance
Campaign coordinator: @chima
Membership coordinator: @Adri_Martinez
Education coordinator: @Englishpete08
Treasurer: @Turcotte
Secretary: @ckposadas
General Meeting
Date: 2026-02-06T02:00:00Z
Recording Check
- Ensure the meeting is being recorded.
Housekeeping
A. Reset WCU Accounts
As we begin the new year, @chima suggested that we clear non-members from WCU’s various organizing apps such as Solidarity Tech, WhatsApp, and our forum on Discourse. The rest of steering committee agreed and held a unanimous vote.
First Motion: @chima
Seconded: @Adri_Martinez
Membership dues
@chima reported that WCU’s membership dues will be tracked via Stripe. The configuration of the tables on Stripe is mainly complete.
Still working on ping notifications so that members are notified when they are about to pay their dues for the month.
Bylaw Review Meeting
In this meeting, the steering committee decided to schedule our yearly bylaw review meeting for the 2nd week of February.
B. Steering committee meetings
Steering committee members unanimously voted to have steering committee meet twice a month instead of just once. Specifically, these two meetings would be held on the following:
- The Monday following WCU’s monthly general meeting (first Thursday of the month)
- The 3rd Thursday of the month
First Motion: @chima
Seconded: @ckposadas
Increasing Membership
Petitions
The steering committee members explored various means of expanding WCU’s membership list. The most discussed topic, as presented by @chima, was about creating petitions through Solidarity Tech and posting them to Instagram. Even though these petitions may not seem to achieve long-term engagement, it provides the organization an opportunity to communicate to petition signers via email and thus away from social media platforms.
A clarifying question from @ckposadas addressed such petitions would be approved. Instead of delegating the task to specific person, any member would be able to create a petition via a guide we create and propose it as a Side Quest at a general meeting.
@Adri_Martinez provided a specific example where petitions were created to encourage people to contact their senators to denounce them for supporting increased funding for ICE.
Miscellaneous suggestions
@Adri_Martinez suggested that WCU host events (unlike canvassing and legal observing) that wouldn’t be daunting for new members to engage with. This might include:
- Monthly coffee get-togethers
- Tabling
- Reading groups
- Game night
The main thing that @chima expressed concerned with was keeping the dates consistent across months so people come to expect the event and plan for attending if they so wish.
@Turcotte suggested that WCU create business cards so that people could have a point of contact to join the organization and continue to work with us on any projects they need assistance with.
Tenant Union
According to @chima, the database for our tenant union campaign is complete. Our next steps moving forward are:
- Updating canvassing sheet
- Create landing page for campaign (including contact info and prior victories)
For the sake of creating engaging content, @chima also suggested breaking up our TU handbook and posting it online.
Know Your Rights
Community Check-in Booth (CCIB)
No major updates brought up during meeting. @chima did express a desire to reach out to Tristan and Maceo to see how things have been going.
Solidarity Committee
@chima and @Adri_Martinez attended a discussion group with the Solidarity Committee to examine the discourse about Venezuela after its president, Nicholas Maduro, was captured by the United States. They requested that WCU set up another time for a follow up discussion.
Calendar
February 2026
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (General) | 6 (TU Outreach) | 7 |
| 8 | 9 (First Steering) | 10 | 11 | 12 (Kitchen Table Community Round Up) | 13 | 14 (Coffee) |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 (Second Steering) | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 (Game Night) | 28 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 (SOC101 Reading Group) | 5 (General Meeting) | 6 | 7 |
| 8 (Tabling at Weberstown Farmers Market) | 9 (Steering Meeting) | 10 | 11 | 12 (Kitchen Table) | 13 | 14 (Coffee) |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 (Steering Meeting) | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 (Game Night) | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | 31 |
Voting Record
| A. Reseting WCU accounts | B. Two steering committee meetings | |
|---|---|---|
| @chima | Yes | Yes |
| @ckposadas | Yes | Yes |
| @turcotte | Yes | Yes |
| @Adri_Martinez | Yes | Yes |
| @englishpete08 | Yes | Yes |