Shore Area NOW Board Meeting
March 14, 2018
Minutes
· Review 1Q2018 Shore Area NOW Activity - Lynn
o Monthly Chapter Meetings
§ Jan – Cancelled due to weather
§ Feb – Maya Abdel-Megid spoke on women in Islam
§ Mar – Tricia & Amber spoke on running for office
o Committees
§ LGBTQ – active, addressing legislators
§ Repro – on hiatus
§ Ending Violence – on hiatus
o Treasury
§ Growing
o Membership Growth
§ Growing
· How are we doing? - All
o What is going well?
§ Speakers, format, membership growing
o What is not going well?
§ Consistent meeting attendance
§ Mission – social? Legislative? educational?
o What do we want to do about it?/ What do we vision for this organization and how do we get there?
§ Outreach
§ Phonebank
§ Tabling at events
§ Revamp meeting format
· Review 2Q2018 Shore Area NOW Plan (keeping above in mind) - All
o Monthly Chapter Meetings
§ April – Sue Fulton
§ May – Meg, clothing swap
o Committees
§ LGBTQ to continue to focus on local legislative efforts
§ Reignite Ending violence
o Fundraising
§ Table @ Pride
o Treasury Requests
§ Pride Festival Tabling Fee: $100
§ Canopy for Tabling: $50-$100(only if necessary)
§ Scholarship offer for Political Candidate Training Program: $100
· Advertise?
· Plan 2H2018 Shore Area NOW Activity - All
o Monthly Chapter Meetings
§ Schedule: September 6th, October 4th, November 1st.
§ Trafficking?
o Communiqués and Media - Any others beyond what we are doing?
o Committees (Start (how?), Stop, Continue, Keep Dormant)
§ LGBTQ Rights Committee – next meeting: Friday, 4/13
§ Repro Rights Committee
§ Ending Violence Against Women Committee
§ Constitutional Equality Committee
§ Economic Justice Committee
§ Racial Equality Committee
o Fundraising
§ Anything else other than Pride Festival?
· Shore Area NOW Presence at State NOW Meetings
Next Board Meeting – Wednesday, 6/27