SDS Minutes 10 - 24 - 10

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SDS Meeting Minutes

10 – 24 - 10

 

Agenda

• Criticism of past SDS

• Planning the Winter Break

• Temporary organization structure and meetings – Deferred to next meeting

• Peace Fest/Bush Protest – Deferred to next meeting

 

Criticism of past SDS

 

Accountability – if people don't do things, what happens? How do we deal with these issues? This will be discussed during the winter break, look at consensus decision making and ask other chapters.

 

Conflict resolution – we need to have a method in practice before conflicts arrise. This will also be covered in the winter break; the proper use of consensus.

 

Leadership - We also don't necessarily have to avoid leadership. Leadership body does not equal decision making body. We just need very clearly defined responsibilities and people who are expected to meet those duties.

 

Stretegy - We rushed headlong into a lot of things, not thinking things through. Don't do too much at once. Always be in recruiting phase. Solidarity with other groups. Lets have a long-term strategy and research our objectives before acting.

 

Issues to possibly focus on – accessibility to education, campus police, textbooks & tuition

 

Winter Break

 

This list has been condensed and re-categorized for clarity. All is subject to change.

 

Things we are going to discuss:

 

• Inside SDS

  • History of SDS

  • SDS mission and constitution

  • Consensus decision making processes

  • Leadership and membership

• Outside SDS

  • UNT power structure

  • SGA power structure

  • Other SDS chapters

  • Other movements

• Theory and Vision

  • Visualize a democratic campus

  • Parecon and Parepoli alternatives

  • Anti-oppression 101

  • SDS's place in the revolution

• Practice and Strategy

  • Campaign research and strategy

  • Coalition building and allies

  • Chapter building and recruitment

• Media

  • Criticisms and alternatives

  • Production workshop

  • Grassroots Gazette proposal

• Videos

  • Past action camp footage

  • Selected documentaries

  • Selected youtubes

• Texts

  • SDS literature

  • ZMI literature

  • Additional prepared readings

 

Schedule will be sometime between January 3-14. AL will come up with different schedules and we will vote on one next meeting.

 

Try to make it more structured, get a clear idea of what we are doing and future plans. It will be organized by us, but hopefully others will want to join from our activities throughout the semester. Make this semester a trail period/recruitment period, then focus on chapter building over break. Anything that we don't get done/want more time to discuss we can do throughout the semester. Always be discussing and reading (reading group?).

 

Next meeting – Saturday 30^th at 3:00 PM