It has been awhile but Literature Distribution is trudging along. Here are some updates.
Anyone who has been in the office knows that we are running short on space. There is a lot of old literature lying around that should be cleared out. The two grey filing drawers underneath the food can be cleared out and utilized for storage. Most of the literature is smaller like pamphlets, cards and fliers. Good places to put this stuff is in public libraries or coffee shop entrances. Volunteers who stop by the office can feel free to take as much as they like. We should focus on getting this out first.
A couple of our volunteers have had to turn in their green VSK stands. We have 3 or 4 that will be coming in or are in storage. Anyone interested in adopting a VSK stand should contact me at matt.schmittdiel@exploreveg.org
There are 2 volunteer staff positions open for literature distribution. The volunteer staff members will become involved in the literature distribution campaign at a higher level. Anyone who is interested or knows someone who is interested should contact Ben or Unny.
On August 19, 2009 the Board of Compassionate Action for Animals held
their meeting at 2641 Dupont Ave. S. in Minneapolis. In attendance were
Ben, Casey, Dave, Kedar, Lisa, Matt, Suzy, and Unny.
After looking at the agenda the board decided to begin with the Budget
Review and office rental. We found a large office that would run about
$7000-8000 this fiscal year, it would be adequate for meetings and other
events. We might get the office if we can get 40 hours a week of
volunteer commitment and/or a certain amount of monthly donations. The
board ratified the budget.
We looked at TLOV, while it is one of our largest events and encourages
community- and coalition- building, it does not necessarily promote
education and outreach. We may send out a survey to get a sense of
activism people have done since the conference. The State Fair is one
event where we could do outreach to significantly more people who are not
typically sympathetic to our cause. Another event to consider is a
Vegetarian Food Festival. We are encouraging people to attend Taking
Action for Animals 2010 in Washington DC as a CAA contingent.
The Board discussed developing a financial plan to communicate our vision
for the future of our group to donors and volunteers. We will continue to
research other groups to see if they have something similar
Another topic of discussion was the role of the board in the Organization.
The Board exists to satisfy legal requirements, vote on decisions that
can't be approved of otherwise, only steps in when necessary and reserves
the right to veto any decision. The board does not make decisions for
other committees, and issues should be attempted to be resolved internally
first, before turning to the Board. The Planning Group can discuss as
they want and make decisions that are within our core values. We
encourage any volunteer to attend a board meeting and learn how the board
operates. Attending the meetings gives volunteers 99.9% the power of
being a board member.
We are holding our next board meeting on Wednesday, October 7th, 6:30 pm
at 2641 Dupont Ave. S. in Minneapolis. Please consider attending and
learning more about the Board!
