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

Events

• Radical Reading Group interested in every Wed.
  We’ll let them, but also say that they will have to be flexible occasionally if other events get scheduled. Also, we’ll encourage them to wait till April and use the conference room.
• Resources for Artful Living
  Yes for Sept. 11, 12, 13
• Four-week Summer Reading program for Middle Schoolers
  Need more clarity on dates and timing, but it sounds great.
• Multicultural festival planning (they are hoping to use the HIVE as HQ for the fest)
  Yes to March 19, 6-8 PM. Susan will give Becky Kates a key so that she can let GGNA people into the space for events.
• Multicultural festival – May 31 8AM – 6PM
  Yes. They are interested in HIVE folks helping to plan the day.
• Peace and Justice Network planning MTG.—March 24.
  It conflicts with the support group. We will offer them another day.
• Social Justice in Israel/ Palestine presentation – Wed. 26, 6-9PM
  Yes.

Finances
They are in order. Susan brought in some money from the little people music!

Facilities

• We got forms in order outside HIVE office: Cleaning log, Phone log, Maintenance ideas, and After event cleanup list.
• New office wall has been painted!
• Fred is going to hang a big ‘IDEAS’ white board in the main space.

Library
Bookshelves are done. Jonathan, Fahiym, Andy and Cricket are working on getting them painted. They decided to use a paper-based system for checkout. There are 2 computers now up and running in the main space.

Partners
Ricky and Susan are working on the partners meeting for early April. North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health (NCOSH) is applying to share the Word & World office.

Other ideas
A proposal was presented for paying a weekly stipend to someone to take care of the basic clerical/administrative duties for the space, because some things have been dropped lately. We will keep this proposal in mind as we move forward and have more conversation around it.