The Greensboro HIVE

The Organizing Committee (OC) meets once a week to manage the operation of The HIVE, review space reservation requests, and handle any business that arises during the operation of the space. All decisions are made by consensus. The OC is open to anyone who wants to come and get involved.

Present: Eric, Dave, Ricky, Elizabeth, Liz, Fred, Jonathan, Susan

Events procedure

• Addition to procedure: list point person for events on online calendar
• Task: sign, instructions and box for completed forms added to where blank forms are by the front door (no one designated)
• Discussion ideas: rotate this job on a monthly basis to avoid burnout; find some new folks for an events committee that would handle this outside of OC meeting time and just offer report on events scheduled; check in with Linsey when she’s back.

Volunteers

• Elizabeth Leggett is interested in helping out with volunteer coordination (Yeah, Elizabeth!)
• Confirmation of volunteer recruitment meeting (or “interest gathering” - what should we call it?) for April 12, was a time mentioned?
• Need to be comprising our list of our volunteer needs: open hours volunteers, an events subcommittee, anything else?
• Eric will look into community service volunteers to help with clean-up tasks.

Library

• A priority, so we can have more to offer during open hours. Would be great to have it in shape by the time of the 4/12 volunteers meeting.
• Jonathan will have a workday this Saturday for library. Will contact Cricket, Sharp, Brenda.

Communications

• Responding to phone messages: Dave’s been handling this for the most part; partners are also answering HIVE phone for us.
• Task: create a phone messages log (Susan)
• Task: write out instructions on how to pick up messages so others can help out (Dave)
• Presently, answering general emails that come in through the website is being handled by events person (Dave, Linsey)
• Task: type up list of each work area with contact person (phone # and email) and post (no one designated)

Partners

• Need for Partners Meeting reiterated (Ricky)
• Draft of HIVE weekly cleaning schedule will be revised (Susan) for Partners Meeting, along with phone message log

Food Not Bombs/Kitchen

• Earthfare wanting a daily pick-up. Liz offering to coordinate Free Food Fridays at the HIVE.
• Fred reported on drain issue.
• Jonathan has a meeting scheduled with D. Bowers and Fred on Thursday.

Facility/Maintenance

• Dave will call city re: trash cans and recycling can
• Task: clean out conference room; needs to be done within 2 weeks for support group meeting (no ones designated)

Events

Jodi’s group
• Concerns about being able to provide the needed privacy; Ricky will include these in her email to Jodi; we’ll try our best to meet these needs
• Will ask partners to use back door upon leaving
• Will clean out and prep conference room

Minimum Wage Campaign
• March 11, 2:00
• Approved; Dave will unlock

Radical Reading Group, March 12
• Second meeting of the group, first one had to be relocated
• Time is rushed; between 2 events, but will work with them

AFSC, March 14 or 15 (3 different times each day)
• Screenings related to Iraq War
• Approved; Ricky will nail down final times with them

Morgan, Kiki & Peepee, April 2
• Anti-folk music concert
• No local promoter; we need to send them to other venues

Moms for Moms, March 29 or April 5
• Local moms sharing resources
• Need extra space
• Approved; clear up date

Two future events (June and Sept.) held off until next meeting because of time.