CVCLU Board Meeting.
January 12, 2020, 5:00 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church, 421 South Farwell St., Eau Claire
Present: Lindsey Brandrup, Selika Ducksworth-Lawton, Ann Francis, Ann Heywood, Mildred N. Larson, Kelle Moran, Teresa O’Halloran, David Shih, Pa Thao, John Wiltrout
Absent: Paul Wagner
- The meeting was called to order at 5:05 pm
- The board approved the minutes from the December 8, 2019 meeting, as taken by Paul and distributed via email.
- John Wiltrout gave the October treasurer’s report. Website expense $161.35, donations income $120. Balances: savings: $5.01, checking, $1040.46.
- No state board meeting was held since our last meeting so we did not hear a state board report.
- President David Shih led the discussion of what a letter might look like and to whom it should be addressed, following up on the racist incidences at UW-Eau Claire during Fall 2019. The board discussed possibly sending a letter to UWEC and UW-Stout, and possibly including regional school districts and governmental entities. The letter would suggest that the groups work against racism together and possibly would offer to sponsor a gathering of stakeholders. David is going to create a draft letter.
- Selika brought up a citywide book reading of Ibrahm Kendi’s How to be an Anti-Racist, that is sponsored by Uniting Bridges. Selika will draft a paragraph to publicize the event for state ACLU to publicize to area members. David will then share on our FaceBook page.
- The board discussed what to use as contact information on our website and decided to see if our website provider has a generic email account we can use. We also discussed putting officers or at least the President’s email address on the website. We decided against putting up phone numbers.
- The board discussed the topic of goals for next year. David shared a list of potential goals
- Generate ~100/month to support ACLU national
- Update our brochure and newsletter
- Support student organization at UWEC
- Button-making event
- Event in Chippewa Falls or Menomonie
- Selika mentioned that Zymurgy in Menomonie would probably host an event with us.
- Improve our meeting announcements
- Find a new member (via FB?)
- Youth summits
- “Meet your board” events
- Nametags for board
- Beer & Bill of Rights
- Micro grants for local orgs
- A “Swag” subcommittee was formed, including Ann F., Ann H., Pa, and Mildred.
- The group will meet at Mildred’s to evaluate our current stock of publicity and give-away items.
- Ann H. will look for the pdf of the newsletter so the group can look at updating it.
- Update on Smart Justice lobby day (David)
- Registration on 29th
- Training on the 14th at 6:30
- Emilio will send link
- Update on ACLU-WI CVC participation in Uniting Bridges’ MLK event (Selika)
- St. James at 6:00, enter through back door, arrive at 5:15/5:30 for set up
- Re-register members, 250 disenrolling, no list of who dis-enrolled, register regardless of party.
- 2 tables at event (Ann Fran can supply one)
- Be prepared for questions
- Discussion of student representative process and applications
- By-laws state 2-3 representatives
- Ideal to include one student from each high school
- All to receive ACLU memberships
- John will submit applications with checks
- Decided on 3 members
- North, MHS and Chi High represented
- Student reps will attend next meeting in February
- Discussion of FaceBook posting policy
- Previously tabled
- Want feed to be relevant to area and mission
- Judgement call
- Discussion of ACLU-WI CVC participation in upcoming events.
- Pride, MLK, 19th Amendment, Juneteenth
- The meeting was adjourned at 6:30.