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Hey all!<br>
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So I just checked the Doodle poll and it looks like the best time
would be <b>Fridays at 3:30pm. </b>For the organizing meetings. <br>
<br>
So <u>this friday, at 3:30pm, in the QCAC </u>we will have our
first meeting. We are going to discuss <u>what our first program(s)
will be, and other plans for the semester. </u>If this is too
short notice, then please just reply and I will send out a
correction that the first meeting will be the Friday after this one.
It's gonna be a pretty chill meeting and having high attendance
isn't very important, but we would love if you attended. So I don't
think it's too big a deal to announce it just a day in advance?
Lemme know, not a big deal if we postpone, we've got plenty of time.<br>
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To be clear about the structure, this meeting is basically what
other groups call their signer meetings, except that we want to
de-emphasize Signers as Leaders for this group and instead open it
up so that this is a network of people who want to organize/have
resources and programs. This also better facilitates the management
of multiple programs. This is a similar structure to what the Sports
Co-Op has. If the basketball team ceased to have anyone interested
in it, that doesn't result in the soccer team also being dismantled,
and if people want to start a lacrosse team, they could go through
the sports co-op rather than seeking individual group recognition.
Except instead of different sports teams we have programs which can
be temporal (events, drop-in spaces, support groups, etc.) or
non-temporal (hampedia pages, pamphlets, zines, clothing bins,
listservs, facebook groups, etc.). <br>
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At our revival/planning meetings during Janterm, there was a lot of
interest in two possible programs in particular. One, was a bin with
a combo lock for people to transition their wardrobe by trading in
clothes they don't want to wear anymore and getting clothes that
match their desired gender presentation. The other, was a weekly
"drop-in" time for social events, alternating between unplanned
casual spaces and planned workshops. So if you'd like to help out
in organizing either of those, then come to the organizing meeting
and help us plan them. Also, do come with your other ideas and
stuff. <br>
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Hope to see you there but also not going to be disappointed in you
if I don't,<br>
<3<br>
Y(ou)r signer,<br>
Jess<br>
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P.s<br>
(do people feel better about yr or your? I find it easier to write
yr because it can be your or you're and i feel like im being a punk
when i do it, but i've heard some people finding it alienating?
lemme know if you'd rather i avoid using yr in these emails)<br>
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