2026-03-05 WCU General Meeting Minutes

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2026-03-05 WCU General Meeting Minutes

Meeting Details

Attendance

Campaign coordinator: @chima
Membership coordinator: @Adri_Martinez
Education coordinator: Not Present
Treasurer: @Turcotte
Secretary: @ckposadas

General membership: @Tanner @Joanna @Robert_H

Recording Check

  • Ensure that meeting is being recorded.

Agenda

Steering Committee Updates

Bylaw Review Update

On February 10th, 2026, the steering committee conducted its bi-annual bylaw review. Since the changes steering made did not get released 2 weeks prior to this general meeting, it has decided to simply announce those changes here and vote on them in April’s general meeting.

Discussion

The major change @ckposadas brought up regarding the bylaw changes was the inclusion of a closed session. @chima briefly explained that the inclusion of a closed session existed mainly for steering committee to discuss personal matters regarding people WCU works with (e.g. tenants).

General Updates

Campaign coordinator: TBD
Membership coordinator: TBD
Education coordinator: Socialism 101
Treasurer: Tax documents for 501(c)(4) status
Secretary: Conflict of Interest Disclosure

Discussion

Didn’t discuss steering committee updates during General Meeting.

Voices of the Working Class

Along with the workshopping of WCU’s new Socialism 101 series, WCU’s Education Coordinator @Englishpete08 hopes to facilitate the publication of a few articles this year.

Discussion

Without @Englishpete08 present in the meeting, @chima led the discussion mainly about WCU’s new Socialism 101 series. He discussed when it would be hosted (every Friday except Game Night) and where WCU would be sourcing the reading materials (via WCU’s Google Drive).

Social Events Side-Quest

After Hours w/WCU

With our newly approved “After Hours” event scheduled every second Thursday of the month, we need to decide on a topic for the our very first one!

Event Details

A. Topic for March

A general discussion of the Iran War.
First motion: @chima
Seconded: @Tanner

Discussion

After @chima briefly explains After Hours, @Tanner questions what the purpose of the event is. The main takeaways, as summarized by @chima, were two-fold. Firstly, the theoretical discussions would steer people away from blind belief in political punditry and towards thinking things through. Secondly, the discussion venue may create an opportunity for WCU membership to network outside of its usual political circle.

The discussion then changed to the topic for the After Hours event on March 12th. @Tanner brought up the idea of discussing the role religion plays in leftist activism (in light of the Christian evangelical justification for the Iran War). @chima, @ckposadas, and @Adri_Martinez expressed their interest in the topic.

@Turcotte brought up an alternative topic for the After Hours event given how contentious Tanner’s topic would most likely be. The topic: are Iranians happy with regime change? @Adri_Martinez expressed concern about the topic due to the lack of interest people may have about it when considering the discourse (or lack thereof) in Stockton about the genocide in Gaza.

Initially, WCU membership voted for Tanner’s topic. However, later on in the meeting, WCU membership revoted to change the topic to a general discussion of the Iran War given how recent the news is.

Tabling at Stockton Farmer’s Market

Now that we approved WCU’s ability to conduct tabling events every first Sunday of the month, we need to vote on a reasonable budget for them (including printed materials).

Event Details
Discussion

@chima briefly explained the event. Then, he explained that the application process to rent out a table from the Stockton Farmer’s Market prevents WCU from tabling there this month. No comment from general membership.

B. Local Flock Camera Campaign

Inspired by the successes in Woodland, West Sac, Sac, Santa Clara and Fresno, WCU hopes to launch its very own flock camera removal campaign in Stockton!

Campaign Proposal (@chima)

Goal: Gauge interest of removing flock cameras throughout San Joaquin County, starting with Stockton and the Port of Stockton.
Length of Campaign: 3-4 months
Timeline:

  1. Conduct research for campaign messaging and flock camera mapping.
  2. Publish petition using aforementioned research.
  3. Present messaging and petition to a Stockton City Council Meeting (preferably March 31st)
  4. Promote events to discuss removal of flock cameras with Stockton community members.

First motion: @chima
Seconded: @Tanner

Discussion

Before @chima made his official proposal of the Flock Camera campaign, general membership discussed the potential value and successes of the campaign. Specifically,

  • @Adri_Martinez highlighted the growing concern people in San Joaquin County have about their own personal privacy. She does note however that such concern could be secluded insulated online spaces, leaving the rest of the county in support of the flock cameras for the usual security reasons.
  • @Tanner jokingly inquired at the possibility of using extra-legal methods to take down the cameras, which reiterated the need for policy to be front-and-center for the campaign.
  • @Turcotte focused on the practical messaging behind the campaign, noting the success that “cost to tax payers” has had for Flock Camera removal campaigns in other cities.
  • @Robert_H inquired about the successes other cities have seen in their flock camera removal campaigns.

After @chima brought forward his campaign proposal, general membership discussed various elements of it in detail.

  • Length of campaign: @Tanner agreed the short 3-4 month campaign @chima proposed due to concerns of public interest.
  • Timeline:
    • When to engage with general public: @Adri_Martinez discussed the possibility of using WCU’s After Hours event to gauge interest in WCU’s flock camera campaign before presenting WCU’s concerns with city council. @Tanner contested this point, arguing that presenting WCU’s concerns to city council may lay the groundwork for the general public to be interested and attend the After Hours event afterwards. @chima agreed with @Tanner and adjusted the timeline to put city council public comment before After Hours conversation.
    • When to engage with city council: After looking over Stockton city council meeting dates, @chima wanted to conduct WCU’s public comment on March 31st. @Adri_Martinez expressed concern with the date due to the tight deadline that may be forcing WCU into. @chima addressed this concern by deemphasizing the importance of city council attendance.

Know Your Rights as Focused Campaign

WCU hopes to push the ever-evolving Know Your Rights side quest into an official Focused Campaign through its integration with our tenant union. Just an announcement; no vote held!

Discussion

@Tanner expressed concern with the potential resources that could be pulled away from tenant union organizing if immigration rights becomes more of a focus in WCU’s canvassing efforts. @chima explained how the Know Your Rights campaign would go hand-in-hand with tenant union organizing. Specifically, TU organizing would be a natural next for those WCU develops rapid response networks for. @Tanner and @Adri_Martinez provided their approval afterwards.

BDS Update

None

Calendar

March 2026

Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 (General) 6 (Reading Group: RG) 7 (TU outreach)
8 9 10 11 12 (After Hours) 13 (RG) 14 (Coffee)
15 16 17 18 19 (Steering) 20 (RG) 21
22 23 24 25 26 (RG) 27 (Game Night) 28
29 (Workers Voice EDU Event) 30 31

April 2026

Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2(General) 3 4 (Tabling)
5 (Workers Voice EDU Event) 6 (Steering) 7 8 9 (After Hours) 10 11 (Coffee)
12 13 14 15 16 (Steering) 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30

Voting Record

A. March Topic (After Hours) B. Flock Camera Campaign
@chima Yes Yes
@adri_martinez Yes Yes
@turcotte Yes Yes
@ckposadas Yes Yes
@Tanner Yes Yes
@joanna *** Yes
@Robert_H Yes Yes

*** Absent during vote

Quorum

[(6+7)/2]/2 = 3.25 (rounds up to 4)

Rolling Average

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