Operations Meeting Minutes 2004-05-03

Operations Meeting 5/3/04 – Notes

Participating: Seth Atwood, Phil Denisch, Kat Dillon, Lisa Goodwin, Margot Keyes, Evan Nappen, Tom Parker, Amanda Phillips, Karen Pratt, Adam Rick, Brian Sullivan, Alan Weiss

  1. Announcements

    • Seth A needs to step back due to family obligations. We need a new Publicity Director to carry on.

    • Adam R announced the board election, urged everyone to go vote. E-mail data@fsp with any issues.

  2. Upcoming Events

    • 5/10 - GONH legislative shoot-out, Amanda attending

    • 5/13-5/15, Las Vegas NV, FreedomFest, Seth & Jason organizing, Jason speaking, 6 FSP participants attending the booth, need banners, will have sign up forms, FSP business cards, etc

    • 5/21-5/23 - CO LP convention, James Reyes is speaking on a panel with Boston T Party, Amanda P will contact James & help prepare him for some of the tough questions that might arise.

    • 5/21 - Fresno, CA, RLC conference, Varrin organizing & speaking

    • 5/23+ Randall's Walk to NH – timeline, details, etc, should mostly be on the forum. Lets send him t-shirts, shoes, gift certificates, etc. Lisa will look into generating sponsorships & support for Randall. People can donate to the walk via Paypal. (Info is on the forum.)

    • 5/27-31 – Atlanta GA, National LP convention. Alan organizing. Justin, Doug, Jason, Chris, Amanda, Keith, Trevor attending. Will sell t-shirts.

    • 6/6 - Evan is doing outreach at a knife trade show. Evan shared lots of tidbits about why the knife rights community should be receptive to the FSP.

    • ?/? – Killington Airlift, Amanda organizing

  3. Friends of the FSP

    • We have a large community of people who do want to help. (Phil owns up to being "just a Friend".)

    • We should encourage Friends to join & support their Local Groups so they will provide some continuity as Local Group members move to NH.

    • Also, we will send fundraising letters to the Friends as part of the campaign. We can also ask Friends to volunteer their time. Refer them to the How to Help FAQ.

    • The Friend sign-up page is functional.

    • Friends in NH are very helpful in relocation assistance. (Welcome Wagon)

    • We should hook the Friends into the Greeter program.

    • Friends can become Participants; all it takes is a little government persecution to push them into joining the FSP.

    • NH Friends are a new third category, as their role is very different from the out-of-state Friends.

    • Brainstorming on the name for the NH Friends, came up with lots of good suggestions. All agreed to think on it. Settled on Pioneers the day after the meeting.

  4. Activist Activator – Kat reports that all is going well. We have lots of jobs & volunteers.

  5. NH Guestbook – Cal requests (through Karen) that we find a link for the NH Guestbook on the main page. Amanda will ask Tom.

  6. Welcome Wagon – the forum poll didn't get a lot of responses, but those that did seemed to like the name Welcome Wagon. Amanda reluctantly agrees we will go with the hokey name.

  7. Lisa suggests that we have an announce list sign-up sheet at all of our events. Margot reports that she has one. Margot will send it to Tom to put on the operations page for all to rip off.

  8. PorcFest – Phil wants to know if there's a spot on the forum for ridesharing? Someone suggests that we create a Message Board devoted to the PorcFest. Everyone agrees it is a good idea. Amanda will create the new forum.

  9. Website suggestions – it's difficult to notice the Member Center. Can we do something to draw attention to it? Someone reminds us that when everything is of high importance, then nothing really is. Amy is redoing Alan's website, perhaps someone can ask Amy for a suggestion here. Also, someone mentions that the Donate & Join buttons aren't really prominent.

  10. Next Meeting – third Thursday, 5/20 at 9 p.m. Eastern.