MInutes of April 10th BUF BLM Business Meeting

 BUF Black Lives Matter Ministry Action Team

Minutes

April 10th, 2023, 7pm

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Attending: David Curley, Naomi Gary, Claire Lending, Murray Bennett, Mel Hoover, Rupert Ayton, Pam Graham, Mike Betz

1. Communication Subcommittee

a. David suggested a subcommittee for communication

i. David, Ellie and Rupert volunteered

b. Rupert gave a demo of Slack

c. The group discussed MailChimp and agreed to take a look at it

d. Group discussed need to have tools for internal communication and external communication

2. Kitchen Rules

a. The group discussed the kitchen rules and the requirement of a food handler certificate.  Naomi has one.  So does Sean Foster.

3. Projects

a. Speaker Series

i. Malora Christensen April 17.  Mel raised the question of event conflict with the jail conversation schedule at the same time

ii. No response from Kendi.  Pam will follow up.

iii. Speaker Honorariums

1. Malora works for County so no honorarium

2. Shu-Ling wants hers to go to Whatcom CRE—Rupert following up with Kayla at County

3. Rupert checking with Kathy to make sure all other honorariums have been sent.

b. Voting Rights

i. Need a plan.  Claire will look into. David will check with Jane Freudenberg

4. Planned Events

a. Rupert hosting Tank on April 15, 4pm

i. Invitation open to all

b. May 25 George Floyd/Juneteenth video event notes

i. Naomi gave an update