2026-10-01 General Meeting Minutes

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2026-10-01 General Meeting Minutes

Meeting Details

• Recording
• Transcript
• Drive Folder

Attendance

Campaign coordinator: @chima
Membership coordinator: @Adri_Martinez
Education coordinator: @Englishpete08
Treasurer: @Turcotte
Secretary: @chima

General membership: Shahzad, Lawrence

Agenda

Housekeeping

A. [URGENT] Steering Committee Nomination Committee

Motion to approve nominations committee that could collect nominations for WCU’s 2027 Steering committee.

Approved Plan: Steering committee nomination committee was created. @Adri_Martinez and @Turcotte offered to serve on it with approval from membership.

Business Cards and Budget

Motion to discuss design and budget for WCU business cards.

Social Media Schedule

Open discussion on the approved plan for WCU’s social media schedule described below:

@ckposadas

Proposed Plan:

• Create more WCU accounts on various social media platforms (e.g. Reddit, Facebook, etc.)
• Post consistently on IG account via videos and graphics
  • Twice a week for Flock (for 1 month)
  • Twice for social events (one a week before event, one a day before)

Modified Plan: Post only once a week, with propaganda on Flock being the sole focus.

Campaign Business

Open discussion on updates regarding any of WCU’s campaigns.

B. Approve DeFlock campaign as focused campaign

Note: Since focused campaigns require a notice of at least a month, a vote could not be held to officially make DeFlock a WCU focused campaign.

Approved Plan: Extend side quest until December, closing out the campaign by making our final pitch to city council.

Event Planning

C. After Hours

Motion to discuss and approve topic for monthly After Hours kitchen table discussion.

Approved topic: Should Californians vote for Prop 40 this coming November?

D. Holiday Event

Motion to discuss and approve holiday event with WCU.

Approved Plan: Host a holiday event that would replace this month’s Game Night. Members tossed around the idea of watching a scary movie instead.

Also, @chima suggested not hosting any more holiday events this year after the one approved above. He reasoned that those holidays are usually reserved for families.

Miscellaneous

United Front Update

Open discussion about WCU’s United Front presentation on September 12th and steps moving forward.

Discussion details

@chima summarized what happened at the presentation and the key takeaways. He’s expressed skepticism about using WCU’s time to organize follow up conversations. Membership mostly agreed due to the limitations they see in being able to see eye-to-eye with liberals.

Calendar

October 2026

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 (General)	2	3
4	5	6 (Working)	7	8	9	10 (Coffee)
11	12	13	14	15 (After Hours)	16	17
18	19	20 (Steering)	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30 (Game Night?)	31 (Halloween)

November 2026

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

Voting Record

	A. Steering Committee Nomination Committee	B. DeFlock Campaign Extension	C. After Hours topic	D. Holiday Event
@chima	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
@adri_martinez	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
@englishpete08	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
@turcotte	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
@ckposadas	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shahzad	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lawrence	Yes	**	Yes	**

** Not present during vote

Quorum

Rolling Average

[chima (Harpreet Chima)]

@ckposadas

A. Approve DeFlock campaign as focused campaign

We can’t do this without a month notice ahead of time, totally forgot. I propose changing it to “DeFlock: propose a focus campaign or extend the side quest.”

A Focus campaign vote can only happen after we announce it one General Meeting beforehand. So tonight we can decide:

1. Develop a focus-campaign proposal: announce the adoption vote for the next General Meeting and prepare a proposal.
2. Extend DeFlock as a side quest: approve a work plan, with clear goals and a review date.

@ckposadas

[URGENT] Steering Committee Nomination Committee

Motion to approve nominations committee that could collect nominations for WCU’s 2027 Steering committee.

• Nominations committee: Membership must vote to establish a two-member committee at least two General Meetings before the election. On our October–November–December schedule, that means appointing it tonight. The committee oversees nominations; all members in good standing may nominate candidates.
• Election and terms: Steering Committee elections take place in December, with the elected members serving the following fiscal year: January 1–December 31, 2027.
• Positions: The five offices are Treasurer, Secretary, Membership Coordinator, Education Coordinator, and Campaign Coordinator.
• Eligibility: All members in good standing may vote, nominate candidates, and hold office.
• Voting: A candidate must receive more than half of valid votes cast. Abstentions do not count toward that majority.

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Additional Items

Update the published bylaws

We need to update the published bylaws to incorporate the amendments approved in April. We do not need to vote on those amendments again; we need to assign someone to incorporate all the approved changes.

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Flock Updates

• Continue collecting signatures online and invite signers to Coffee with WCU, Game Night, and other existing social events, not only outreach events. Update the signup confirmation and follow-up messages to include an invitation to join WCU.
• Put the previously discussed schedule into practice. Rotate campaign explanations, records updates, local news, national news, always with a CTA to sign.
• Use our existing list to offer presentations, ask organizations to share the demand letter, and arrange discussions with interested members or organizing committees.
• Publish a short social post explaining when our Public Records Act requests were submitted, how long they have been pending, and what responses we have received (PRA new review system?)
• Draft a proposal implementing all five campaign demands. Prepare the Council submission process, but wait to present the proposal until a solid group of supporters has committed to attending.

[chima (Harpreet Chima)]

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