Meeting held via skype conference
Agenda and Minutes
-Intros/Recap of Last Meeting (This agenda item was skipped since everyone on the call was at the last meeting)
-Discussion: What areas are individuals interested in focusing on (art, communications, media, etc.)
Federico (via email): art and social media
Stardust (via email): website and newsletter
Breena: graphics, designs for fliers, a local identity, ways to gain external resources having a zine
Terence: continuing doing media stuff, help with the website..has experience with newspaper and newsletter/ written text
Dominique: video collective, social media and learning graphic type things from breena
-Newsletter/Zine
online and possibly in print, could be biweekly, weekly, or whatever works..stardust volunteered to do online newsletter, terence to do the print. Concern over resources to do a print version, possible .pdf newsletter. Combine zine and newsletter, have people submit material. Proposed sections for the newsletter/zine: Current Events (anything relevant to Occupy SFSU), Art and Literature, Politics and Political Writing, Interviews and Profiles, World Section (Intl. Social Movements). Propose mission statement to GA to include in the publication. More discussion/brainstorming next meeting.
-Flyer Designs
Breena presents rough drafts of logos. Final drafts will be ready for consideration week before school starts. Flyer designs will be unique to specific events as they occur maybe have consistent logos or images.
-Photos and Video
Dominique will try to contact Occupy SFSU tumblr admin. dominique will contact xavier and brainstorm video ideas/interview questions (if anyone is interested, dont be shy!) breena suggests we have story collectives from interviewing occupiers,
interviews, draft questions and bring to work group for revising, capture culture of the encampments and occupiers.
-Who needs access to post on facebook, web site, etc.
ask people to email photos and videos to vizcomm@occupysfsu.org … terence and federico have access to media sent to media@occupysfsu.org. Everyone at meeting has facebook admin access. Those who need to post to web site can learn from stardust or terence (stardust will offer weekly workshops when semester starts on Mon. or Wed. 2-4 pm, alternating with Activist Skills and Strategies workshops).
-New Ideas/Proposals (This agenda item was skipped)
-Next Steps/Next Meeting Time
Since education workgroup is not currently active, discussion of either restarting it or incorporating it into Viz Comm. Discussion of having film screening once semester starts.
**our next meeting will be Monday, Jan. 9th, 12pm @ cafe 101**
[For more information or to join the Viz Comm!, visit Visual Communications Workgroup]
